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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
BY ). D. BACON. Grand Forks, N. D

BY J. D. BACON, Grand Forks, N. D
In 1911. planted on the 18th day o.
July, with nurse crop Of one bushe
Of barley to the acre, about eight acres
to Montana grown alfalfa. got s
splendid catch, and in the fall cut Of
the top Of the barley, leaving abou
one foot of stubble and alfalfa on the
ground. Last year cut three crops
taking OF little more than four ton:
per acre in the three cuttings. be
lieve II had it to do over should cu
only two crops. leaving the third one
to catch the snow for the winter.
I milk from so to so cows, to which
I feed considerable bran and mill feed
and believe ton Of alfalfa properly
cured and saved Is worth az much FOL
feeding milk cows 40 q ton Of bran
which costs on an average about $40
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
SOUR, ACID ST0MACHs. ~
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each "Pape's DiapepsIn" dIossts 5000
grains food, ending al stomach
~. misery In I'VE minutes.

Time It! In five minutes all stom.
ach distress will 90. No indigestion.
heartburn, sourness or belching Of
gas. acid, or eructations Of undigested
food, no dizziness, bloating. foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin Is noted for its
speed In regulating upset stomachs.
It is the surest, quickest stomach rem
edy in the whole world and besides it
is harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting large
fifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
nvo, minutes how needless 1t is to sui.
fer from indigestion. dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Harley Brockway of Dickinson was
arrested charged with robbing a pool
nal! cash register of $40. Two bent
nlckies lead to his arrest. He pleaded
guilty and will board 1S months with
Warden Talcott.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

New Rockford Transcript: A Mis-
sour'an has been put in the insane
asylum because he persisted in nun
ming for office. If that policy should
be adopted in North Dakota, we would
need dozen more institutions ike
the one that made Jimtown famous.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Bert Young, who at various times
has been the publisher of about doz-
en- papers of the state, now a resident
OF tairview, Mont, is a candidate for
Register of Deeds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Don Baker will attend the agrieul-
tural short course at Minot next week.
In the corn growing contest conduct
ed by the Better Farming associatjaa
he carried off one of the prizes and
will get his expenses paid at the sksYt
course. Don's corn yielded AZ bushels
to the acre.-Glenburn Advance.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

The press boys and girls of the
state are sorry to learn Of the serious
illness OF Mrs. Darland, wife of the
editor of the Darlington Record, who
is seriously i'll in a hospital at Fargo.
where she recently submitted to an on.
GRAFTON. W.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Druggist Craigue of Forman, Sar-
gent county, is said to have had 100
bottles of booze in his possession and
a warrant was issued for his arrest.
The State News published what is
purported to be speech delivered BY
Congressman Norton relative to the
Currency bill,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19

Mrs. Nina Taylor, who has claim
northwest of Westby, was found a
short distance from that city last
week, nearly PROSTATE from the cold
and seriously frozen.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-19
ALFALFA EQUAL TO BRAN

eowed With Nurse Crop Of Barley
Cut Three Crops a Year-Find
Alfalfa az Good 40 Bran
for Dairy Cows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

We drew for our allotments. and
mine turned out To be in swamp. 81
course ! could not work there and the
professors We're very much wrough.
up as they wanted to he absolutely i'm
partial But rubber boots We're out OF
the question with skirts, 50 one Of the
men finally offered to exchange with me.
II had two positions offered me when
! graduated, one 10y Chinaman, VIII
had been member of the class lie was
very liberal minded ana believed that
the reason of Ch!na's hIckwardness was
the dnwntroddcn condition of her wom-
On. lie would have found positions Cor
All e. MS, ana ! believe that one or I've,
OF the men accepted his offers. But |
took my other offer. from the Amer-
can Bridge Company at $50 n month.
lhey mad never had a woman, hut th,V
were willing 10 make the experiment
Many private employers are afraid L.
introduce woman into an office fu,l
! OF men. But ! was 50 Interested in my
work and So Injured to Indifference that
] paid very little attention To that
phase Of the matter. ! found the men
most friendly, however.
THE work was plain drauGhting. draw
| ing the steel skeletons Of big buildings
IN ink and putting in the rivct holes and
/ other details for the machine shops. II
was very monotonous To work at III"
same thing from $50 in the morning
| unti ":l5 at night after the variety of
| the college curriculum All those hours
! sat pcrched on high drauahtiug stool
! bent over my drawing board. Curscts
would have been out of the question.
| hut fortunately never had To wear
/ them, even before the present STYLES.
"l'ut | enjoyed the work, even the
| eNacting care necessary when mistake
meant man landed in the wilderness
somewhere with the wrong materials
| We had great deal of foreign work.
| Then there were the big city BUILDINGS
where the brick and stone are simplv
patched on the outside Of iron skeletons
Later ] did designing, where | had
10 ngure out the strain on each piece
ana the size necessary. 1t was good
training. After my first year | had an
opportunity to take Civil service ex.
animation and got position ut 81, 500 a
year The hours too. We're shorter. from
y to b, with months holiday In sum.
mer. MY job was with the Board of
water supply, and I was sent over into
Jersey TO gauge the flow Of the nine
lines in order to estimate the size of
the aqueduct. All day 7 stood AT the
top or hill with gang Of Italian
hh"rers ana read gauges as the,
opened and shut the gates.
"Then ] was married and my bah,
came so was out two years. 1t i,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
Woman Civil Engineer Tells of Opportunities
for Girls in Her Profession

THE first woman To- graduate
from Cornell as a civil engineer
was "A granddaughter of Eliza
beth Cady stanton. She emerged with
her {. T.. degree not quit" ten years
ago, and in that time Nora l;latch de
Forest has risen to h" head Of
n draughtng room with thirty men un-
der her, she has been married and is
the mother of -ycar-old daughter
and sh" has found time to do "A great
deal for the Caus" Of suffrage.
Il had no idea of becoming "A civil
engineer when | entered Cornell" she
SAYS, hut ! had "A taste for drawing.
50 | entered the art department. ! had
also the strong liking for mathematics
which seems 10 lead nowhere for
"A woman. Men are more in demand as
teachers Of algebra and geometry in
high schools, and 81 this talent usually
lies idle.
BY the beginning of my sophomore
year ! had made up my mind that |
wanted to 20 into engineering, and |
chose civil engineering, with "A vague
idea that IL might lead to outdoor work.
! had to learn that the bridges and rail
roads, the really big things, were not
for women and that they must be con-
tent with the office detail.
My father ami mother are so liberal
in ;lIcir views thar ! met with no OPP
position at home, but poor Prof. Tiefy
Crane held up his hands in horror when
| presented myself as IA candidate for
his department. There had been only
one woman engineer at Cornell,
ten years before. and she had taken up
mechanics in order To help her father
with his factory. But of course
they had to accept me.
Il found no welcome from the stu
dents. The men have always re-
scented the presence of the goods at
Cornell, and the girl who has to as
sociate in classes with the men e:i.
clusively has n pretty tough time OF
1t. The freshmen We're fairly civil
to me, Tut as they advanced and got
| imbucd with the spirit of the collcg,
| their aloofness grew 1t was so diff.
| ferent from the warm courtesy, the hal
fellow well met friendlinrss tina, fount
in my fellow workers afterward
| zone of the pleasantcst COLLEGE OK.
periences was our summer SURVEYING
camp In my senior year. 1t was neal
Freeville and the men camped in tents
while ! stayed at a farmhouse with m,
mother and my aunt. A big tract OF
land was di3ided up and We surveyed
II in parties or nve. One man carried
the transit. another the rod and tive
others the tap, while the NTH dr. W.
stakes. Each party had "a name. Mia,
was called the Lone Skirt.
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enough to meet the lady, but that was
as far as they would or could go.
And then came more trouble. From
Philadelphia the Rev. T.. :. Ely wrote
to the President. whose intimate friend
he was. warning him of all the dang ~
to him politically in what by now had
come to be known as the Peggy bNom
scandal. Ely went into particu.irs. lie
had made u trip to Washington - ace
the President. but had been I'm ihio 10
gain audience on account OF the large
crowd at the White House. He told the
ru nors that had come to him from re-
spousible persons-one To the effect that
Eaton was the father Of fcggy's two
children: Of "A record in hotel res .ster
in New York; of Eaton and Peggy stop
ping there as husband and wife: at "A
child all, gcd to have been born to Peggy
more than n year after the departure
of Undertake, &c.
jackson. with hrs quaint IDEAS
thought the situation now presented
just the phase necessary To clear II up
10 the satisfaction of all whose opinions
were worthy of consideration. lie was "A
pretty good lawyer, was Andrew Jack
son. lie knew from experience that
rumor usually has little fact at It's base
great searcher for the truth. While
Eaton and Peggy billed and coo d.
happy in their love. Peggy utterly in
different to what most people thought
of her and Eaton too much infatuated
| to be worried the gallant Andrew called
upon Dr. Ely for proof H. asked for
the lattcr's authority for each specific
statement made and for dates and all
details that could be- furnished.
He got some. DR.. Ely quoted the
Rev. J. NJ. Campbell pastor OF the
church the President attended. as au-
thority for most of the charges. lie
gave some dates too. and furnished the
name Of the hotel in New York.
Jackson sent a messenger to New
York to verify or disprove that particu-
lar allegation. He got in touch too
with the Rev. Mr.. Campbell. After vari-
Gus interviews. in which Campbell
backed and filled and WAS much dis
comfited, the Iresiden; finally had tn
clergyman appear before the Cabinet
and in their presence he quizzed him
in regard to each and every charge
the clergyman had made.
The Rev. Mr.. Campbell had no proof.
Some NJ the stories to which hr had
given speed unqu.stionahly We're un-
true. He left the meeting angry and
feeling that he was much abused.
Jackson. thorough Y satisfied. thought
he had vindicatcd pretty Peggy and
| cleared her character Of every sus-
picion of stain. l:ut wilder and worse
rumors were brought about Peggy the
next day than ever before. The WON. ,,
| If Washington now We're sure OF all
they had been merely willing To- be-
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FAMOUS LOVES OF
FAMOUS AMERICANS
The Romance of the Soldier Politician Gen. John Eato
and Pretty Peggy O'Ncal the Tavern Keepers
Daughter-President jackson Their Champion

name of the woman he loved into pubic
attention. If he did not combat it the
stories would be believed. Men very
much in love do not exhibit very much
wisdom. Eaton in his infatuation de-
pended not upon himself bu, went to
another and hotter head for counsel.
Jackson had rendered tn him the port
folio Of war. To Jackson went Eaton
with a shy suggestion that he was in
clined to marry Peggy of the tavern,
Peggy OF the pretty eyes and saucy
speech
would you marry her II you were in
my place." asked Eaton of Old Hickory.
why. yes" said the man of New or
leans. "If you love the woman and she
will have you. marry her by all means"
Eaton. who was more OF soldier
than "A diplomat, hesltated few min
utes before proceeding further. Then.
lightly and as tender.y as man in love
could do. he referred to the fact that
Peggy 10y her indiscretions OF speech.
her tavern training and her general en-
vironment had bee the subject OF
much talk and that this would grow
into political gossip If Eaton should
marry her and she become the wife Of
a Cabinet Minister.
Marry her. said jackson, ana that
VIII end the gossip.
Foolish man Eaton ana Peggy
oNeal went before clergyman ana
were made man ana wlte. Iheir money
moon was barely over before the storm
broke upon them ana upon Andrew
jackson.
Never was woman more bitterly as
sailed III oinciaI circles Inc wives inc
daughters ana the women relatives OF
Capinet Ministers ana OF high o'hciais
generally refused 10 meet her'
Jackson. who knew how to handle
troops but not much about how to
handle women. blundered frightfully. He
ordered the members Of his Cabinet To
order their wives and daughters and
relatives to open their doors to Peggy
ONeal. He felt in "A degree responsible
to her and to Eaton. He felt great
sympathy too. because throughout his
whole married life the irregularity in
connection with his marriage to Rachel
Donelson had been "A source Of grief To
him and To that good woman. He had
nothing but contempt for man or
woman who would asperse the char
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talk Il the capital. Peggy O'Nca, sat in
her little home in Washington. not far
from the tavern where she was born and
whore she knew her early trlumphs. and
talked about herself and her husbands
ana her war and If Andrew Jackson.
1T j. all Of the past now" said she
1T matters little. 1t Is only a memory
! don't suppose I ever would have been
heard of but for the fact that ! was the
daughter Of "A tavern keeper. Stranger
than all else in connection with this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
u, ROBERT STEPHENS.

~ YE\ER did one careless, gay,
M sprightly widow involve more
great men in her affairs or cause
more trouble than did Peggy
D'Neal. She was called the American
Nine lie rompadour. Maybe she de-
serves the title; maybe not. That Is a
matter Of individual Judgment But she
gave added spice to one OF the liveliest
Administrations in the history Of the
tinted States and had for her knight
Grant a President, and her love story
is probably the most famous in Ameri-
an history Surely that is fame enough
for tavern keepers daughter.
There never would have been a line
written about Peggy oNeal perhaps but
Tor two far removed facts one was
the passing away Of stout. colorless
woman in the United States and the
other was the suicide by cutting his
throat of a surgeon on an American
warship in the Mediterranean. The
stout coorless woman was Mrs. John
Eaton. wife of Gen. Eaton. formerly
United States Senator and the devoted
supporter of Andrew jackson. The
other was nondescript character
named Timberlake, much given to in
temperance, who for some years had
been the husband of Peggy O'Neal.
Not long after news Of Undertakes
death had reached Washington Senator
Eaton showed more than usual interest
in the young widow. He lived in her
fathers tavern, an old fashioned, big,
roomy affair that had a large patronage
In the late eos and the early sos. Peggy
had grown up in that tavern. She was
bright. witty. we'll formed and daring In
speech and action. Men admired her
and women were suspicious or jealous
Of her. Wherever she went she had
men fiocking about her.
Eaton, as soon as his period OF
mourning was over. paid open court to
her lie was well past so: she was 80.
No doubt pretty Peggy was much flat
tered in receiving the attentions OF so
distinguished man as Eaton. There
is no doubt that Eaton was truly in love
with pretty Peggy.
True love rarely runs smooth. they
say. 1t did not with John Eaton and
Peggy O'Neal. Out of the West came
Andrew Jackson to take his seat as
President OF the United States, and with
him came the rumor that John Eaton
would he his Secretary of War. Imme-
diately the gossips got busy. That John
Eaton, war veteran, politician. states
man. should marry Peggy O'Neil meant
little: that John Eaton. member of the
Presidents Cabinet. should marry Peggy
p'Neal meant much. The President of
the United States was a widower. There
would he no first lady of the land: that
honor would he divided among the wives
# the Cabinet Ministers. What n horror
1t would lie for part of this distinction
10 come TO the daughter OF a tavern
Keeper
The gossip came TO the ears Of Gen.
Eaton. Gossip is hard thing To trace :;
ii is a hard thing, too, to combat. II he
took open notice Of ii it would bring the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29


puite Impossible To keep mp ms W.
with young children; YOU cannot h'"
your own hours as You can IN "r'i''
ana painting. When my hahN 'H..
spar" mo lett her with the nurse IS.
had Drought IN" up ana went back p
work TINS time with a private '"mua.
"They liked my drauehjinr aYj f.. .
course of three years | WAS par
charge of the draughting rpnW ..
twenty-siX men under mo Som
them did not like 1t at frs. co..
them told the head Of the firm tbs.
was 100 per cent man and could
work for woman. lie added thar .
would give IN" firm two weeks note.
order not tu iuruuvco',nco tnrm
"'That is not noe. - try.' replied
chief You may go this aft,rnpn.
1--WE heard that il took him So u...
To- ilud another position. Another p.
who could not work for W....
changed his mind ana was rN,. A.
place again.
II should u" with that firm 81 80,
haps if my mothers health had
broken down and it seemed MOI. .
portant for mo To- hr'p with h.r 10
with the New York state ~u'.
referendum only two years av..,
shall go back into cngiuccrius .u
after We win the vote.
u shall not lee the only con-.
however, for Miss I.lmina W''~".
| ploy"d as "A consultiug oug.r',r .F
of the hG firms 81" j. 20 @rldjnt'
Ames and gets leaves # absence DE-.
sionallN to 60 abroad and luuk az ..
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nj h" held him responsible FOR the
storm Of gossip that centred about her
head. II was not so with Peggy. II
rarely Is with woman. She Is more gem
erous in matters where man is aCtuatcd.
She thinks of motive and not of effect.
Jackson had been dead more than
forty years and Eaton nearly as long,
and Peggy oNcal still lived. one day
IN 1879, when eighty-thrce years had
whitcned her hair to snow and left only
traces Of the beauty that once was the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

\ 1ENr:R did one careless. gay.
NJ sprightly widow involve more
great men in her affairs or cause
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-01-08
MOB THREATENED MOYER
SHERIFF REPORTS HIS DEPUTY
SAVED LABOR LEADER.
Says Crowd in Michigan Copper Mine
District Wanted to Throw Him in
Lake After Attack.

Lansing, Mich.-A telegram 70.
ccived by GOV. Ferris from Sheriff
Cruz Of Houghton county, dealing with
the alleged deportation of President
Meyer of the Western Federation of
Miners. contained information entire
ly new to the governor. Cruz said
that Deputy Hinsley reported to him
that on the night of the alleged at.
tack a crowd had Meyer in front OF
the Scott hotel and threatened to
lynch Meyer and throw him into the
lake
"Hinsley prevailed on the crowd to
send Meyer away on 4 train, and this
they finally agreed TO do" said Cruz
in his message. "Hinsley got on the
train with Meyer and then learned
that he had wound or the head and
shot in the back. The conductor
wired ahead. and had a physician
meet the train at Winora. Hinsley ac-
companied Meyer as far as Charming"
Capt. Chester Mccormick. in com
mand of the artillery company sta
toned at Houghton, telegraphed the
governor that the striking miners have
disregarded the ultimatum issued by
the operators that the men should re-
turn to work Jan. /, or their places
would be filled by others.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-01-08
Majors "sunburst" Colonies.

Jefferson City.-The annual mill
tary ball TO be given in the executive
mansion by Gov. and Mrs. Elliott w.
Major Saturday night promises to be
n largely attended affair. In addition
to officers of the national guard. there
will be many guests from st. Louis,
Kansas City and other places. a large
number OF invitations have been is
sued.
Gov. Majors personal military staff.
"the sunburst colonels," will attend in
full dress uniform. They are invari.
ably the most decorative feature of
this annual affair.
There will be from 100 to 1876 Of
the national guard officers present.
The communicating chief. Brig. Gen.
Harvey c. Clark Of Nevada, staff Of
ficers, regimental and company COM
manders, with a smart sprinkling OF
lieutenants will attend.
While no orders have been Issued TO
that effect by adj Gen. John 3.
O'Meara, the military council of the
state and of the National Guard Asso-
citation OF Missouri probably will meet,
as it is the custom of these orgauiza-
tons to hold their annual meetings on
the day they attend the governors
military ball.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-01-08
500 FEOERALs ARE KILLED
EQUAL NUMBER OF mExicANS
ARE WOUNDED.
All Physicians and Medical Supplies
Placed at Disposal Of Disabled
Soldiers in Battle.

Preside, Textile battle at
Ojinaga, Mexico, between the northern
division OF the federal army and the
rebels continues. Five or six hun
dred federGls have already beer
killed ead the wounded will be iar in
excess of that number.
Horrifying sights were witnessed on
the American side. Wounded soldiers,
with shattered arms, legs shot OF and
injuries that later proved fatal, strug-
gled through the river and pleaded
to the American soldiers for help.
All the physicians and medical sup
plies available here were placed at
the service of the disabled federals.
Before daylight more than 200 wound
ed sought relief on this side. Some
of these were so badly injured that
they begged the American soldiers to
kill them.
From the SCARED little village of
Ojinaga back a mile from the river.
there came what appeared to be an
endless tide of wounded. The fight
on the border here had the appear
ance Of being the most sanguinary CON
fiict of the present revolution.
Federal deserters also came to the
river in great numbers, indicating that
the bulk of Huerta's army was dis
posed to give up. All the deserters
who were not wounded. however, were
disarmed on this side, and sent back
by Maj. McNamee, commanding the
United States border patrol.
Mai McNamee has more than 800
guns which he took from deserters.
During the night the groaniug of
the wounded on the battlefield on the
/ opposite side Of the river could be
/ heard by the American cavalrymen.
The firing in the darkness seemed to
be heavier than 1t had yet been.
All women, children and noncombat-
ants Of Ojinaga came to the river, and
were taken to the American side.
The little Red Cross headquarters
/ on this side, where the federal wound
ed are being cared for, now is as ac-
tive as field hospital on a battlefield.