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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
nlEAN COUNTY NEWS
PAPER men Meet
Editors and Printers Met at Gar
rison, Organized, and Elected
Officers.

.H .|# -~
Garrison, N. D., Sept. 1.-The meet.
ing Of the editors and printers Of
Mclean county at this point Satur'
day and Sunday proved to be a pro-
nounced success. A large number
were unable to come owing to the
rush of work at this time, but with
those present an association vas or
ganized and officers elected. The
following we're elected for the ensu.
ing year: Miss l.. L. Satterlund,
Washburn, president; F. E. Wright,
Max, secretary and treasurer, and
those of the executive committee
we're G. w. Stewart, Wilton: E. J.
Jones, Turtle Lake, and II. l.. Stan
ley of Garrison. After Unnecessary
business was transacted two address
as were given. c. D. Colcord, editor
OF the Ward County Independent and
also president of the North Dakota
Press association gave a very inter.
esting and, instructive talk. Taylor
Thompson, state printer, also deliver.
ed an excellent speech.
1t was suggested at this meeting
that another meeting be held in about
two months for the purpose of per
fecting the association and it is then
hoped that the representation will be
larger and some good plans and sug-
gestions are looked for.
Those who attended the Mclean
County Press meet Saturday were G.
G. Cowell of Max, H. L. Stanley of
Garrison, E. M. Ericsson of Garrison
and R. A. Fearseth of Underwood.
The kindness of Mr.. Colcord and
Mr.. Thompson in, attending this meet.
ing was very much appreciated and
will be long remembered by the press
boys.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
Northwest News

rieties of apples, three Of crabapples
and three Of plums. Compos cherry
trees bore plenty of fruit each year
since the second year.
One reason for the success of Mr..
Steele's orchard is that it is sur.
rounded with other trees and is pro.
tected from the winds, which r the
greatest detriment to the growing OF
fruit. trees in North Dakota. There
are ten acres of trees t%wenty-three
years old surrounding Mr.. Steele's or.
chard. He believes that by setting
out windbreaks to protect young fruit
trees a great advantage is gained
and a sure success will follow II the
fruit trees are given reasonable care
and attention. Some of Mr.. Steels's
cottonwood trees are seventy-fiye
feet high. A recent photograph tax
en- Of the owner Of the orchard hold
ing up some of the limbs loaded with
fruit will give an eastern farmer an
idea what can be raised In North Da'
kota by intelligent cultivation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02

placed in the. acclimitization tanks
on the lake shore. For a time they
will be kept in fresh water. Then
the lake water will be gradually in
troduced until the fish are living en-
tirely in lake water, following which
they will be liberated in North Da-
kota's greatest body of water.
Twenty cans were received here,
containing between 1000 and 5000
black bass and crappies.
The special car was dropped here
from Great Northern No. 5, remain
ing a day in Devils Lake.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
fine ORCHARD
NEAR kENSAl
.. h. Steele Has Demonstrated
What Can Be Done With Fruit
in North Dakota.

Kensal, N. D., Sept. 1.-The Or
chard of j. H. Steele, nea Kensal, N.
D., shows wha. can be done in fruit
growing in Stutsman county. Mr..
Steele came to North Dakota a good
many years ago and brought with
him an idea that he could raise fruits
Of the hardy kind as we'll here as in
any state, whether cas-, south or
west. For many years this theory
has been confirmed abundantly by
the success he has had in growing
apples, currants, ~gooseberries. plums,
raspberries and strawberries.
Like many other prosperous resi-
dents of the state, Mr.. Steele came to
North Dakota with almost nothing,
his best investment being willing
hands, his good wife and two child
rem. The family has now increased
to eleven children, the farm has
grown to 800 acres, all under a good
state of cultivation with farm build.
ings and modern improvements and
the farm is out of debt.
The farm is on section 80, tNogosek
township, about four miles from Ken.
sal. Mr.. Steele is especially proud
Of his apple orchard, where trees
seven years old are bearing prclifi.
cally, not only this year, but in pre-
vious years. This year the apples
are large, we'll matured and are so
thick on the limbs that they bend to-
wards and ground and require a sup.
port to prevent the breaking of the
boughs. He has ninety trees all
bearing. He has crabapple trees
that bore perfect fruit the third year
and hybrid apple trees that bore
fruit the sixth year. He has five va
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
TWO TEAMS RAN AWAY.

Edinburg, N. D., Sept. 1.-The dray
.teambelonging to the livery barn,
while standing at the depot, became
frightened and ran down the street
to Main street, where they turned
east along the south sidewalk and ran
into a team belonging to John Even
son, which was tied in front OF the
Brandvold & Johnson store.
The dray team vas stopped here,
but the Evenson team broke loose
and ran around the corne by North.
fields and into a telephone pole,
where they stripped themselves from
the buggy and ran towards home, but
was caught at Carl ~Sunderson's place.
One Of the Evenson horses was hurt
by the dray pole and the pole Of the
buggy vas broken and some damage
done to the buggy top and harness.
The dray and team were not injured
in the least.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
heavy fire DAMAGE
IN Town OF HAGUE
Night Fire Causss $4,000 Loss
Residents Reused by Fierce
Barking of Dog.

Linton, N. D., Sept. 1.-The bark.
ing Of a dog was the first warning
to the sleeping people Of Hague that
a fire that was to do some $1O,0 900
damage had broken out in the yard
Of the Welles-T Thompson Lumber Co..
The dog belonging to Cashier H. B..
Zenk began barking violently and
awakened Postmaster Albert Zenx to
discover flames in the lumber yard.
He sounded an alarm and soon the
people of the town were fighting for
their property. The fire spread
quickly west along the street, COM
pletely razing the stores Of E. Sahil,
cream-buyer; John Ell; Brooks & Co.
clothing; Fred Fischer, bowling al
ley and pool hall, and l. p. Muenz,
general merchandise.
The block that burned is on the
south side of Main street and run
ming to the cross street which is b.
tween the bank and the drug store.
How the fire started is a mystery.
1t is presumed, however, that tramps
sleeping in Inc lumber yard are re-
sponsible. The office of the Welles-
Thompson people was saved as the
wind vas blowing from the east.
However, it was impossible to check
the flames until the cross street vas
reached. All efforts were centered
on stopping it there, while the own
ers of the burned buildings worked
like beavers to remove their goods
and fixtures. Had it not been for
the dog giving the alarm the fire
might have secured sufficient start
to sweep the entire town.
Only one Of the places burned, that
of the lumber company, had any in.
surance whatever.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
.RES1OCK Devils
LAKE WITH Fish
Bureaus of Fisheries Sends Large
Consignment Of Black Bass
and Crappies.

Devils Lake, N. d., Sept. 1.-One
more move in the campaign to re-
stock the waters of Devils Lake with
fish, hundreds of carloads Of which
were taken out in the pioneer days,
figuring extensively in the industry
of this section of the state, was tax
en- recently, when a government con-
signment Of black bass and crappies
was unloaded here. A special car
working under the bureau of fisher
les, department of commerce is max
ing a tour of the northwest.
The fish for Devils Lake were con-
signed to C. M. Fisher who turned
them over to Alfred Eastgate of the
North Dakota biological station to be
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02

was advised that he had approached
one OF the men whom he accused Of
robbing him and made the suggestion
that If he was given a ten spot" he
would forget to prosecute. This was
told to the police with the resultsthat
Gephart will be a prisoner OF the "Ho-
tel Powers" until Tuesday, when the
trial will come up before Judge Ras.
mussen. The other two men were
not arrested late last evening.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
NOTHING But TROUBLE
FOR THIS 1HRESHER
Minnesota Man Claims He Was
Robbed, Is Himself Arrested
On Bribery Charge.

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 1.-Accus-
ing three men of robbing him, and
then being arrested himself for al
legged bribery, Joseph Gephart, a
thresher, whose home Is in Minnesota,
wonders if troubles always come in
punches and that if he is the victim
Of all the hard luck in the world. Gep-
hart states that he came to the city
with SIS in cash, the hard-earned
money he made in the wheat fields
of Western North Dakota. He enter
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
FIRES AS

Kimball, Sept. THAT the rubber
tires on automobile wheels operate as
some protection against lightning was
given proof neal here recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mellors, and
three young friends We're returning
from q ride in the country in their
automobile. When about eight miles
from Kimball. Mr.. Mellors got out OF
the car to adjust the wind shield,
when he was knocked unconscious by
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02

a bolt OF lightning that struck a tele-
phone pole near by. Those I'M the car
did not feel the shock and II is sup
posed that they were protected by in
sulation furnished by the rubber tires.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-02
MOBILIZE FOR MORE BUSINESS
AND BETTER TIMES.

Europe has gone out of the manu-.
featuring business even for her own
needs and where once she sold she
now must buy the while her machin-
cry rusts. Better get your coal in
and e ready. Adv.
WASHBURN Ignite COAL co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
PROTECTION OF WOMEN IN WAR

From Leslie's Weekly.
In the history of wars woman's
sex has given her no protection. War
unbridIes all the passions of men,
and during military campaigns of
olden times women were subjected
to unspeakable atrocities. Following
the Russo-Japanese war and the
more recent Balkan war women told
of outrages committed by battle-craz-
ed soldiers. During the present war
stories have appeared, not yet fully
authenticated, it is true, telling of
helpless women and little girls made
the victims of lust and passion. At
the close of the war the organized
women of the world plan to make an
appeal to The Hague Peace Confer
ence, asking that among the rules Of
civilized warfare there shall be incOr-
porated a section for the protection
of women and girls. Rules Of civil
lied war are not always observed,
but there should be a rule for the
protection of women and girls. It's
violation would bring the wrath of
the world upon the heads of the
guilty.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10

small band it has grown to mem
bership of one hundred and forty
four of Dawson's representative Gu
zens. who stand shoulder to shouluef
for the betterment of Dawson, Ter
rell county and the world. A writer
in a current magazine sounds TINS
hopeful note on the temperance queS-
ton
THE campaign for national prom
bition in the United States has Oeen
definitely launched and will be press
ed with vigor during the next Jew
wears. There can be no DOUBT as ~
the final issue. Prohibition is 0ouna
to win. The liquor dealers them
selves see the handwriting on tLe
wall. They are fighting despeTaleiy =
but they know they are 1gntlns
losing battle. They are comln5 "
see that the combined influence, ~
greed. rotten politics and aHcl9n'
prejudice cannot much longer Pre-
vail against an awakened pu nc con
science touching the greatest zoe y,
our civilization. It is a time @ne4
the forces of Temperance nave gLG~,
reason for thanking God ana I&3iD0
courage" WHITE RIIi'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
A Great Convention
To Be Held Newt Week

Editor of Dawson News: One of the
greatest conventions ever held in At
lanta will be the National Woman s
Christian Temperance Union in ses-
sion Nov. 1918. This is the second
time in the history of our great or
ganization that Georgia has had this
honor. Commenting on the coming
of the temperance hosts an exchange
calls attention to the fact that those
who attended the 1890 convention
and who come again in 1914 will
note with satisfaction the remarka-
Bile development of the national or
ganization, the splendid fruition OF
the seed soWn under Frances Will
Iards guiding hand and so gently and
wisely nurtured by Mrs. Lillian NJ.
N. Stevens. While the mother heart
in many nations throbbed with love
and yearning to protect her children
from the devastation of the liquor
traffic at that time .organized moth
err love" had not belted the world
with the white ribbon. Visitors VIII
also note that the state has kept pace
in progress along all lines, for Geor-
gia has prohibition on her statute
hooks" Ernest H. Cherrington,
writing on the subject, says:
with the people of the nation
coming to realize the actual relation
of the drink traffic to pauperism,
degradation, crime, industrial ineffi-
cheney. accidents, and to all social,
moral. political and economic prob
lens it is not strange that the tenn
Derance movement in the United
States has made nothing short of re-
markable progress during the past
ten wears. At the present time more
than 47,OOO,000 people live in terri
tory where the saloon has been pro-
bibited by law, and more than Z per
cent of the vast area of the United
States does not contain a single le-
galized saloon. The dry area grows
every day"
1t is expected that one thousand
representing every part of
the United States, will assemble in
Atlanta. Dawson will be represent
ed by Mrs Dan Finn. The local
union is stronger and more fully
alive to the great moral issues than
ever before in its history. From
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
The Cotton Fund.

The dispatches announce that
four-fifths of the share of the North
ern banks in the $135, 100000 cotton
loan fund has been subscribed, and
unless bankers hold back for fear
that consummation of the loan plan
will be held in violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law the remainder
will be forthcoming soon.
Secretary McAdoo has announced
that $8O,O0O,00O has been raised
among Northern bankers, and that
the remaining $2O,OOO,OOO to be sub
scribed in the North was in sight. At
the same time it became known that
certain bankers who had been count
ed on had become reluctant to enter
the plan until assured that the meth
cd by which the loan is to be raised
does not violate the Sherman law.
Distrust has come largely from
New England. Bankers there are
said to be chary of the plan because
of the recent indictment of former
directors of the New York, New Hay-
en- and Hartford railroad.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
The War and American Farmers
From the Youths Companion.

but we must remember that less than
one-quarter of the farms raise cotton.
Sugar, dry beans and rice are raised
on only a small proportion of our
farms. Moreover, if the war contin-
ues the prices of clothing and of al
most all sorts of manufactured goods
will rise.
1t is not even certain that there
will be an increased effective Euro
pean demand for our farm products,
not excepting wheat. Europe has
suspended credit payments, and will
take only gold; consequently it must
pay gold. AS a rule, the nations at
war are not paying, and cannot pay
in goods, and the loan market of this
country has been closed to them. Cot
ton manufacturing is paralyzed in
the warning nations, which have tax.
en- yearly about two-thirds Of our
crop. Fruits have been exported
from the United States to the cOun
tries at war to the value Of $2O,OOO,'
600 a year. That demand has ceased
absolutely.
w nave ~ LISIC tA"C W. So4A "a
ford to export. If we do export it
the price of meat and of meat AMI
mails will advance, and there will be
a wasteful slaughter of immature cat
tie. It would be misfortune both to
the farmers and to the nation to in
crease or even to continue the over
slaughter of meat animals that has
occurred in recent years.
The European war cannot really
benefit the farmers of the United
States. Small groups of producers
here and there may profit by it, but
when the actual results of the great
upheaval begin to make themselves
felt the farming population as
whole must face a diminished mar
ket and lower prices.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
Doctors Disagree,

The Moultrie Observer says the
physicians in charge of the marine
hospital at Savannah, where expert
ments have been made in the treat
ment of pellagra and investigation
into its cause, are of the opinion that
this dread disease is the outgrowth
of eating salt pork and honey and a
poor quality of corn meal as a reg
ular diet.
The. News Of week ago printed
an item to the effect that a recent re-
port of the United States public
health service states that the disease
as wholly a matter of diet; that the
cause is insufficient and improper
food. and that abundant and proper
food works a cure in four weeks. The
service has also proved that the dis
ease is neither contagious or infec-
tious, and has wholly discredited the
theory that the cause is the eating OF
corn meal.
When doctors disagree what is the
layman to do or believe?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
AN INNOCENT INVENTION
THE SOURCE OF HORkUh

From the Savannah News 4bo
Barbed wire was invented Io little gIe
purpose of making horses ana Gid SIid.
respect wire fences, JOS. -onJ d
den. a farmer of DeKalb, H. DIV maIv
the first barbed wire. II Is nos ii Il
likely he foresaw to what use no he
would be put, other than the oH0
made it for. o so
But anybody who has ever ug0I in a
unfortunate as to be tangled up II :
barbed wire fence can imagine ND "n
a terribly effective barrier II Wal of
be to a charging army if insLt ENDS h
the one fence of three or fouL 't fonces
of wire there was a series OF with with
close together and connected wire.
each other in a perfect maze ~ y, army
THAT is the sort of barriers eaC ii. vay
has been placing in the enelH'
in the fighting in Europe, , ,rrors Of
Some of the most awful no' c.avalry
the war have resulted Wneh ~ ~ into
or even infantry came sua l5ipo being
a wire ENHANCEMENT and WI. WI he fire
gashed by its barbs recelYegI onf near
of The enemy. A correspon den' have
the front reports that Once sa-il new
said of the barriers: the as'''
er invented anything nastiei'
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
SPANKING THE BAD BOY.

From Leslie's Weekly.
A good spanking has often proved
to be the turning point in boy S
life. In the majority of homes the
old-time thrashing which father used
to administer periodically for the
good of the household has almost en-
tirely disappeared. Judged by the
results of such training some ques-
ton the wisdom Of its elimination.
All students of human nature know
that there are certain types of chill
dren with whom the use of the rod
would do far more harm than good.
But it is just as true that there are
other types with whom the use OF
the slipper, switch or strap, at the
PSYCHOLOGICAL moment, is the most
powerful deterrent from wrOngdoing
yet devised.
mo law has been written into the
statute books" says Juvenile Officer
Marden of Los Angeles, which will
rob the old birch rod of its efficacy"
Superior Court Judge Jackson and
Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz, presi-
dent of the Woman s Million Club Of
Los Angeles, both give their endorse
ment to the strap, properly ana IOrce-
fully used, as a corrective treatment
for most bad boys. In the case Of
young offenders, guilty of such of
lenses as stealing milk bottles, news
papers and other trifies, good talk
ing to or a suspended sentence is not
always efficacious. Before sending
such a boy to a reform school it
might he well to try a sound spank
ing. In a well ordered house a re-
spect for authority is given great
boost by an occasional use of the
rod. Theoretically strong arguments
may be advanced against this method
of furnishing children, but we are
inclined to believe that so long as
human nature is what it is there will
always be great practical benefits
from a wise use of corporal punish
ment in some cases.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-11-10
Alfalfa.
BY Geo. Fitch.

Alfalfa is the greatest known
breakfast food for cattle. 1t is a
short, curly plant looking like over
grown clover and possessing a flavor
which causes the most blase cow to
brighten up Immediately and pass
her plate for more.
Alfalfa is distinguished for the
persevering manner in which 1t
searches for water. When an alfalfa
plant begins to grow it does not
erect a beautiful and luxuriant Su-
perstructure which dries up and
blows away with the first hot wind.
1t first gives its earnest attention to
it's roots. If water is scarce enough
an alfalfa plant will grow downward
20 feet before it grows upward any
to speak Of. Then while the corn
withers and the tomato vine becomes
exceedingly detected the alfalfa
plant fourishes and gets out three
editions of hay per year.
When an alfalfa plant is firmly
established it is as hard to root out
and eradicate as a congressman VINO
has been placing government ap-
pointments where they will do him
the most good.
After a farmer has induced 100
acre alfalfa field to grow blithely
through the long hot summer he
leads a gay and careless life, skim
ming his field with a mower when
ever he needs a new automobile and
piling up mountains of alfalfa which
contribute cheerfully to the high
price of meat by selling at SIS ton.
Our notion of the ideal employment
is to hang around home all winter
and spring reading good book and
then go out under a four-acre straw
hat in the summer and bale up a few
bonds in an alfalfa field. One can
almost always distinguish an alfalfa
farmer in California by the careless
way in which he lights his cigar from
bank note without looking at the
denomination.
Alfalfa has made many farmers
rich and happy, but the price of cat
tie continues to soar as if it were
inflated with gas. What we need is
more alfalfa. If all the highways in
America were planted with alfalfa
instead of dog fennel and thistles
perhaps there would be room in this
Interestingly prosperous country to
pasture a few more exceedingly edi-
Bile cows.