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Evening star., 1914-03-15
Tearing Down Old Hotel.

The Culpeper hotel, which, under the
name of the Virginia House, has long
been a landmark of the town. is being
partly torn down this week with the in
tention Of using part Of the site for
large furniture store. During the past
few years the old hotel has been under
various managements. but without re-
gaining the large clientele of ante-bellun
times. During the war and while the
Federal troops were in occupancy of the
town, II was Gen. Grants headquarters.
Col. and Mrs. $. NJ. Newhouse have an
nounced the engagement and approach
ing marriage of their daughter, Willie
Sinclair and William Yancey, jr.. OF
Arlington. this county. The wedding
will take place directly after Easter.
Max Samuelson has returned from
short stay in New York city, following
a trip to Florida, and has had staying
with him Charles ,oster of Pittsburgh,
who has also been winterng in Florida.
Evening star., 1914-03-15

FOR sALE-l32 ACRES: So IN CULTIVATION:
broom house; barn: poultry houses for 1000
chickens; fruit: good water; bargain
BARBOUR BARBOUR, McLachlen bldg.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
CIVIL 4
EXAMINATION

The United StHtes Civil Service com
mission announces that on April II,
1914, at Devils Lake, N. D. an open
competitive examination will be held
for the positions of clerk and city car
rier in the post Office alt the place first
specified.
Clerks in offices of the first and
second classes and carriers in the city
delivery services are divided into five
grades, the salaries of which are $500,
5000, $1,000, $1loo and $1,000 per annum
respectively. Clerks and carriers at
first classofices will be promoted suc-
cessively a grade at a time to $1,000
and clerks and carriers at second class
Offices will be promoted in the same
manner to $1,000.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
Lou>er Country School Attend
Qnce Where Roads Are Bad

Gus buildings have been provided,
more competent teachers. have been
employed, and modern facilities for
teaching have been supplied at a mini
mum cost. For instance. since the i'm
provcmcnt of the main highways in
Durham county. North Caroline, the
number of school houses have been re-
duced from Go to a.. of which II are
graded and have two or more rooms,
and employ two or more teachers.
There are at the present time about
1000 consolidated rural schools in the
United States. 1t appears that Massa-
chusctts, Ohio and Indiana have made
the greatest progress along these lines
and it is rather significant to note
that in these states about one-third
Of the roads have been improved. Ac-
cording to stateistics of the Agricul-
tural Department, there was expended
in 1899, $22,1l6 in Massachusetts for
the conveyance of pupils to %consoli-
dated schools, but in 1908 the erpen.
diture for this pur!os" ar1au@:,>.
$292,213. In Indiana, thu ayr"n ;,-a:-"
for this purpose in 1904 amounted to
1861 0 while in 1908. 100000
expended. This expenditure for trans
portation reflects. in a general way,
the extent and progress of this new
educational movement. 1t must not
be understood that this is an addi-
tional burden, as the expenditure thus
made s saved in other directions-that
is by the decrcase in the number Of
schools and economy in their opera
ton.
In Indiana, Massachusetts,, Ohio and
other states, the one-room, one-teeach-
er schools are being replaced by cen
trial schoolhouses, with a halt-dozen
rooms and as many teachers. Wagons
are sent out every day to gather up
the children and take them homo
again in the evening. All Of the chill
drcn within a radius of several miles
are thus provided with the most mod
ern school facilities. In some of these
schools, courses in manual training, ag
riculture and home economics have
been introduced, scientific apparatus
utilized, and teachers having special
qualifications and training employed.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
Stmbbing in Of Grain Improbable

The stumbling in Of grain is being
praeticed more or less in the wheat
sections Of the Northwest. By sub
bling in grain is meant the seeding Of
grain on fields that have not been
plowed since the removal Of the pre-
vious crop. There are apparent adj
vantaGes and Disadvantages in the
practice. The advantages ie in tho
saving Of time and equipment in plow-
ing in the plumper and oettor quality
of kernels and in the larger area that
may be covered. The disadvantages
are that the yields, on the average,
are about one-third less and occasion
ally both seed and labor arc thrown
away. The straw is commonly short
er and in an adverse ycar is hard to
bind into firm bundles that will not
scatter. The fields dry OIL: quicker
than on plowed ground aad are hard,
er to pillow the following year while
the physical condition of the soil is
not as good for the subsequent crop
Weeds, natably Russian thistles and
tumbling mustard, are much more nu'
merous on stubbled in fsid,, as arc
also insects IN some cases Tie relcc
tions upon cne's credit AMI standing
as a farmer NUT also tt listed as 1
disadvantage.
In response to inquiry sent out by
the office Of farm management IA:
farmers in widely scattered parts Of
North Dakota| stated that the stub
bling in Of grain was practiced i,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
HOLD Meeting
APRIL SEVENTH

County supt. Haig has received no.
tice from p. J. Taylor, state euperin-
tendent Of public instruction, that he
has called a meeting Of the county
superintendents Of the Lake Region
to be held in Devils Like April 9TH.
This meeting is for the purpose. Of
making further arrangements for the
summer school which will be held ct
the Chautauqua grounds this summer.
This will be known Is the Lake Re
gion. summer school and a Large ~
tendance is looked for. The aim il 20
makeetis one Of the greatest hummer
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
WALST0N
ADJUDCED SANE

Complaint was made before Judge
Griffin Saturday that man by the
name Of Walston, working in. Noonan
township, was insane, the complaint
being made by Mr.. shobe, and the
mar he was working for. According
~ Deputy Sheriff Noonan went out
and brought him in and Monday lie
was given a hearing before the insan-
ity board, and it was found that there
was nothing particularly wrong with
him and he was discharged. Judge
Griffin expressed his opinion that he
was a better subject for the poor farm
than the insane asylum.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03

their vicinity. The experience and OBJ
s%ervation of 81 IL per cent Of these
men caused them to declare unfavor-
ably toward the practice. Ten and
one-half per cent qualified their state
ments and specified the particular con-
ditions under which satisfactory re-
suits had been obtained. The remain
ing 2 per cent did not declare either
Tor or against.
The qualified statement concerning
the practice are as follows: If the
ground has been deeply spring plowed
the year before and is rich, loose, free
from weeds and sown early, stumbling
in is all right. In a few instances
where the stubble wal burned off in
the spring better results were secured
than where the stubble was not burn
ed. A few Endorsed press drills for
this work.
From the evidence of these farmers
1t would seem to be generally unwise
TO follow this practice. If farmers
would use foresight in planning their
years work the stumbling in of grain
would rarely be necessary. The prac-
tice is usually followed because more
work has been undertaken than could
properly be accomplished in the time
available. A better understanding by
farmers Of the average length of sea-
son and the average days work would
tend to greatly reduce the number Of
cases where stumbling in would be
necessary.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR CUTHBERT

Attorney F. T. Cuthbert returned
Saturday from Cando, where he tried
the Ease Of Boreen VS.. McWilliams.
This is a case which was tried some
time ago when Mr. Cuthbert got a
verdict for his client for $1,000. The
case was appealed to the supreme court
and sent back for a new trial. Last
week it came up again at Cando and
this time Cuthbert secured a verdict
for his client for $4,000, $4,000 more
thaa the original amount. This COM
ing close on the victory Attorney
Cutkbert secured in the case of J.7s1L
Bloom VI. tho county commissioners
is the esuse Of his feeling 1sther good.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03

for the ensuing year:
Senior counselor, B. T. Baldwin;
junior counselor, A. F. Severyn; past
counselor, l.. G.. Walstrom; secretary
treasurer, r. G. Madsen; conductor,
P. NJ. Spatz; page, B. T. Cullen;
sentinel, A. e. Iverson; executive
committee to serve two years, c. F..
Moody and G. W. Mallough; holdov-
err members executive committee for
one year, A. T. Watt and j. H. Haz-
gard; representatives to grand counsel
at Mankato in June, l.. G. Walstrom
and j. P. Desmond; a%lternates, B. p.
Baldwin and A. F. Severyn; manager
of baseball team, Ira Nero; Captain
B. T. Cullen.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03

Census reports show that in 1909
there were "a 100000 children in the
United States Of school age. but that
only l7,500,000 were enrolled in the
publ" schools. This would Indicate
that there arc several million children
who are deprived, for one reason or
another, from obtaining an education.
and there is no doubt that a large
Aalnbrr of those are prevented from
attending school or account of bad
roads. Furthermore. many schools in
the country districts are closed for
varying periods on account of the i'm
passablc condition of the roads, and
many Of the schools which are not
closed have a nominal percentage of
attendance.
While t is true that various factors
contribute to increase or decrease the
attendance at schools in given sections
Of tho country, it is worthy of com
ment that in the states having a high
percentage of improved roads, a much
rolled. regularly attend the schools
than IN the states having Il small per-
centage of improved roads. Tn five
Eastern and Western states which
have al large mileage of improved
roads, the average attendance of en-
rolled pupils in l90S-9 was so per cent
while in four Southern states and one
Northwestern state which are noted
for bad roads, the average attendance
for the same year was 81 per cent
so per cent in the good roads states
as against GA per cent in the bad
road states. In the states first named
35 per cent of the roads have ben
improved, while in the latter group
of states there are only 1 l:2 per cent
Of the roads improved.
That improved rods would benefi'
our country school system, there wouli
seem to be no doubt. Improved roads
make it gessible to consolidte pr eel
ef.sffze the Schools and to establish
graded schools in the rural districts
Such schools centrally located will ac
commodate all of the children within
a radius Of from four to five miles
Tn many communities having the AID
vantage of improved roads, commodi
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
necessary.

much attention. Less wheat than e7-
er will be sown. Alfalfa, red clover
and alsike will figure largely in the
seeding this year; 300 acres Of alfalfa
will be sown in the county. A large
amount Of tilling will be done and
"waste land'' reclaimed.
Luverne, MINI, March 3l-A rain
Of several hours duration Sunday drew
the frost out Of the ground and put
the fields in good condition for seed,
ing. Seeding will begin generally in
the county this week.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
7. T.HANSON
TO MADISON, WIS.,.

Rev. T. 7. Hanson, pastor of the
Bethel Free church of this city, left
the first of the week for Madison,
Wis, where he goes to attend the
Evangelical Preachers association,
which opened in that city yesterday.
lie expects to be gone until the later
part of next week and during his alb
sence the services in the church here
will be conducted by Mr.. NJ. K. Lee.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03

for the annual election of officers there
was q good attendance and much in
terest was manifested in the work Of
the order. During the past year the
unenbersAip has mere than doubled,
there being now 1l3 members, IS
against Sc q year $50. Mech credit.
is due to Senior. Counselor L. G. Wal
strom who now. retired ~ past senie4
counselor.
4. The. following ohacezs were elected
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
Easter Day In the Churches

Easter day is pre- eminently a day for church.
going. Three hundred million people, it is esti-
mated, throng the churches throughout the
world on Easter, bending the knee in homage
before the King of kings.
The Easter festival is one Of the most beautiful in the church cal
endar, a festival in which flowers and exquisite music play important
parts.
Easter is the harbinger of spring. the glorious
season of hope, of revivified life, presagina the
immortality Of which man in his philOsOphic
moments has a vague perception.
lie, Tins Easter day bring you into communion with that great
church which God established for the redemption Of the world.
Go to church on Easter and hear in anthem
and sermon that marvellous story of the resur-
rection. Who knows? BY that very act of at
tending the house of worship you may resurrect
in your own soul the latent God hunger which,,
when il fills ones life, transforms him into a man
OF Wondrous power.
Go to church on Easter day and behold the flower laden chan
GELS, the gorgeous varcolored blooms OF spring, SO beautiful to the hui
man vision alter the sterile winter.
Go listen to the exquisite music, the sacred
compositions of many of the worlds masters of
harmony. which the choirs will render for your
edifcation. 80.
Easter day in churchswll appeal to all that is nobet and best in
you. Go to. church and partake Of that spiritual upGft for which your
soul yearns i
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
Fifteen MONTHS
in The PEN

The latter part Of the week Sheriff
Mclean and Herman stenseth left for
Bismarck taking with them Benjamin
A. Arthur, who was recently sentenc-
ed to the p%enitentiary for fifteen
months by Judge Buttz for forgery at
Crary this county. Messrs. Mclean
and stenseth returned home the first
of the week.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
school, ever held in the state, and the
school officials and teachers are. look
ing forward to it with much pleasure

Mrs. Robert Dickson entertained
guests Friday eveaiag in honor ef her;
guest Mrs. Best II Rock Lake. The
guests were ii follows: Messers and
Mesdames Howard Adams, Harry
Durham and Warren Adam, also the1
Misses Rosbelle Wright Car1is aThiSahjppt,
son, Peari stotiar Ind MI Tonilins;oonl..
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
SEEDING BEGUN
IN FREEB0RN

: Albert LeaL MINI, March 31-seed
ing for 1914 in Freedom county has
begun and farmers generally will be
busy with the work in a day or two.
Corn will be the great crop this year,
while oats and barley will be given
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1914-04-03
D0HENy FAMILY
RETURNED HOME

Mr.. nd Mrs. M. Doheny and fam
lily returned to this city Monday after
spending the winter IN the Pacific
coast. Their many Devils Lake
friends are pleased to see them home
again after their pleasant trip.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
R. W. ENGLISH LUMBER co.
HOLLY, COLORADO
BABIES NEEDN'T CRY.

Nine. Montessori has landed on our
eastern seaboard and her first inter.
views show pleasant disposition to
give full measure-and even more.
Though her special hold is not taken
until the child approaches the age Of
three. she has some Illuminating and
comforting things to say about babies.
The properly cared for baby, she de
clares. does not cry. Modern science
is able to interpret the needs of ba-
bies. and when they don't suffer they
don't complain. This claim seems al.
lowable, says the Chicago Record
Herald. II science has been able
to interpret the inartiCulate obserya-
tions of monkeys and hens it ought to
be still better able to get at the mean
ings of the earliest babblings and
whisperings Of the human young
Thus in the great hospitals of Rome
you may see 60 new born babies is
ward. and not hear peep from any
of them The normal, well-cared-for
infant will not cry before it develops
ideas and SO comes to want things"
We all cry-in one way or another
then. With the advent of the silent
yet satisfied infant two good old ideas
go by the board. The baby doesn't
need to howl in order to develop its
lungs and chest; nor is its vocaliza-
tion required to furnish parents-and
others-with discipline The baby can
enlarge its thorax in quiet and it's
parents IN. get their discipline not
by standing the crying but by learn
ing how to stop 1t in advance
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
Radium In the Arts.

While the most important use of ra.
dium is undoubtedly that of a cura-
tive agent for cancer and skin dis.
eases. it is also Of great value in 9TH
er ways. A disk carrying a minute
quantity of radium is attached to a
special voltmeter and used for meas
uring at a distance the electric DO
tential of conductor, which 1t does
at distance Of so centimeters in
the case of current of not more than
300 volts and at distance Of three
meters in high voltage.
Another use is the prevention of
the electritication Of machines and
fisers in the textile industry, espe-
pechlly in silk mills This is ef
fected by dipping the textile into a
bath containing a very small quantity
of radium and by applying radio-ac-
tive matter to the cylinders.
Besides these applications, radium
Is incorporated in manures to which
1t gives a highly stimulating effect
upon vegetation.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
THOUGHT ONLY OF ARTHUR
Telegraph Clerk Amounted to Nothing
When Sweet Innocence Was
Sending Message.

She sailed into the telegraph office
and raped on the counter The clerk
remembered that she had been there
about ten minutes before as he came
forward to meet her He wondered
what she wanted this time
"Oh." she said, let me have that
telegram | wrote just now. forgot
something very important ] wanted
to underscore perfectly lovely in
acknowledging the receipt OF that
bracelet. Will it cost anything ex.
tra?"
No, ma'am." said the clerk as he
handed her the message
The young lady drew two heavy
lines beneath the words and said
IT'S awfully good of you to let me
do that. 1t will please Arthur ever
SO much"
Don't mention it," said the clerk
IF you would like it I will put few
drops of violet extract on the tele-
gram at the same rates"
oh, thank you, sir. You don't
know how much l would appreciate
1t. I'm going to send all my tele-
grams through this office. You are
SO obliging"
And the smile she gave him would
have done any one good with the pos
sible exception Of Arthur.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
E at Honey,

Feed that child honey; 1t is the
best thing to stop its cold" said a
matronly woman to young woman,
whose little girl vas coughing violent.
ly Honey is tn" extracted sweet of
flowers obtained by bees during the
busy summer for their own subste-
nance during the winter. 1t Is, to a
certain extent, natural food for man
kind, since wild honey tree Is con.
sidered a great find among all ma
tions. If more people would eat
honey, there would be fewer colds.
There Is something about It that
seems strengthening to the lungs. One
must use care in eating honey. how
ever. for sometimes bees sip from
poisonous although fragrant beautiful
flowers. and the honey has been
known to cause Illness. Indeed, there
are some people who cannot eat hon.
ey without Ill results. But for those
who can, It is a grateful appetizing
and healthy food,
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

Now a scientist declares that the
American people are deteriorating as
nation through the use of drugs.
This is one of those sweeping state
ments whose very scope makes a
prudent mind doubt its accuracy.
That there are far too many persons
using drugs habitually may be con-
ceded by all. but that the nation as
this cause may well be doubted.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
WHEN TRAVEL WAS NO JOKE
People of Today Would Shudder at
the Hardships Taken as Mat
ter Of Course Years Ago.

Travelling In the thirties of the last
tied states Of the Union and with the
most advanced forms of transporta-
ton at the travellers command, was yet
something to face with all the forti-
tude that could be drummed up. The
Philadelphia Record gives a glimpse
of what that travelling was like:
On November 26, 1888, a car made
the first trip over the Portage rail-
road. This was the most remarkable
engineering undertaking of the times
The railroad was sc miles long. ex.
tending across the Allegheny noun
tains from Hollidaysburg to John
stown. There were ten inclined planes,
five on each side Of the mountains.
Engines at the top of each plane pulled
up four cars at time. The ascent on
the east side measured 1898 feet.
Then there was a tunnel of SIC feet
and a descent OF 1.l72 feet on the
western side. Passengers on canal
boats entered the cars at Holidays
burg, embarkinG in other boats on the
westren side and thus continuing their
journey to Pittsburgh. Later boats
were built so that they could be taken
apart into three or four sections and
placed on a car for the trip over the
mountains"
Folk who quarrel over the lateness
of train might feel better if they re-
minded themselves of what boon
their own belated transportation
would have been to their grandpar.
ents.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
EARRING NOTE IN PROGRESS
With Advancement In Medical Science
Has Como the Passing Of the
Family Physician.

Specialization. which is a sign OF the
times. threatens some old customs.
Among the most significant changes
OF today is the lessening field Of the
family doctor. To him, as immortal
ized by Balzac, were c0nfided the &c.
crets. hopes and woes of many a
household.
Modern medicine with its many
branches. Its specialize and sub-spe-
cialties. has perceptOly reduced the
scope of operation OF this old standby
Each ailment now suggests Its own
specialist. One might almost divide
life into the seven ages of medical
treatment" from the Ubstetrician at
birth. the pediatrist of early infancy.
the orthopedic surgeon to correct the
natural deformities OF childhood the
oculist to prescribe the glasses of adol-
escence, the surgeon for the trauma-
tins Of manhood. the metabolist for
the digestive troubles Of middle life,
the aurist for the deafness OF old
age.
And though the change brings with
1t higher degree of efficiency. there
is much to regret in the loss of con.
tinuity Of the friendship and counsel
Of the family doctor His interest in
the patient was personal lie knew
the physical weaknesses, as well as
the disposition OF each member of
the family. He had followed them
from birth. He was more than a ply.
sician. He was guide. philosopher
and friend.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01
OF N
7 Q = a Y

The cleanest Meat Market
with the choicest stock of
meats in Prowers county.
That's saying a whole lot,
isn't it? But we will prove
this to you if you will give
us a call and a trial order.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

The christening of the new ocean
liner Columbus by the crown prin-
cess of Germany Is all the more ap-
propriate since It was the kindly
hand of a woman that first sent the
discoverer himself upon his adven-
turous voyage.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

The stoppage OF a bullet by cler-
gyman's Bible will probably stimulate
the unregenerate to carry thicker
plug of tobacco in the vest pocket
hereafter
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

Quality always finds place at the
barrel of winter apples.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

Jules Vedraines has now flown from
Paris to Cairo, thus intensifying the
impression that Paris Is one OF the
best places to fly from that there Is.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

If any more wonderful discoveries
result from animal experimentation.
the least that science can do is to
erect a monument to the dog
The Holly chieftain., 1914-05-01

A Broadway f1irt is one of the latest
specimens OF the "mashing" bug in
captivity