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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
SCHOOL HYGIENE

The following is from the Oc-
tober issue of the Pemnant. thu
official publication of the North
Dakota Anti-TubcrculoSis Assoc
citation 5 official organ:
School Hygiene is one of the
great problems of mankind. Man
kind is a gregarious animal: VIZ
love association. Out of that dis
position has grown our great con-
munities. our immense cities, anC
IN early years of ma improper sam
ltation of cities was an immense
problem to solve. and those who
undertook he solution of it were
looked upon as dreamrrS. To q
very great extent We have solNet
the problem of sanitation i'm on!
cities. There is YET a great deHI
to be done i'm that direction. but
the fundamental principles of sar
itation are very generally known
Our school rooms. whether pub
lie or private. are little cities IT
themselves. composed of those
who not yet reached matured jude
ment, who have nor yet had suf-
ficient years in life to become IA
miliar with the principles under
lying proper Observation-Disclosures
Wilson.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
MooNsHlNE FRAUDS
AMOUNT TO S323. 600

Fort Smith, Ark, Oct. 2l-That
the government had been defraud
ed out of att east $383,OOO in the
moonshine whiskey conspiracy
for connection with which nine
men today were sentenced in the
federal court to Imprisonment
and to pay fines. was announced
tonight by j. S. Barkman, revenue
agent of Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Kansas. This sum has been plac-
ed in the official record and as
sessed against the whiskey max
ing plant seized here.
The figures are based on the
amount of grain the government
investigators are positive the con
spirators participated to convert
into moonshine whiskey. 1t was
said by government agents that
the local conspiracy was but a
part of a giant conspiracy which
existed in the south for Is years,
in which time the United States
revenue department has been de-
frauded Of many thousands of dol
lars.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

thicum explained, by the same
method of heavier birds, classified
as "gliders. They spread their
wings, and the air becomes Il
cushion. They can maintain equi-
librium because the main weight
of their bodies is below their
wings. Hence, he has under
slung' the weight of his aero
plane, and controls the upward
and downward fitting with a
weight sliding back and forth.
"Iinvented it, and r. E. Gosnell
secretary to Sir Richard Mcbride,
premier Of British Columbia, pro-
NOTED it," the inventor stated.
Linthicum supposed to be
former U. S. navy lieutenant,
though he refuses to talk about it,
is also suspected of being the my
FERROUS Capt. SMITH under
whose command the submarines
Iquique and Antofagasta were Ia
ken from here to British Column
bia last year, at the time the war
broke out.
Linthicum denies it, but says he
was in the fortress at Esquimalt,
which guards the Victoria harbor,
where he had been called to re-
pair the guns, which had been
tempered with. When the subma-
rines appeared in the harbor, he
declares hen early took shot at
them, thinking they were Ger
mans.
However, close friends of Lin
thicum still insist he is Capt.
Smith -
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
PRESIDENT RICHTER
WAS IN WAHPETON

Editor Il. l.. Richter of the Lar
imore Pioneer, arrived in Wah-
peton last Friday evening from
Grand Forks, where he has been
working in the interest of North
Dakota Appreciation Week-Nov
IA TO 20.
Mr.. Richter has had a severe at
tack of illness while on route to
Grand Forks and now says thai
he is feeling pretty weak yet, but
is determined to carry his cam
paien to the end. HI is handing
out a neat little booklet gotten out
in the interest of the movement,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Etiouett. Of letter..

Eighty years ago the etiquette Of let
tiers was far more rigid than now.
Even the twopenny post was not con-
sidered good enough for correspond
ence addressed to persons Of any stand
ing. In her "Reminiscences Of an Oc-
togenarian" Miss Louisa Packe tells US
that when her father had occasion to
write to Londoners in his own class Of
life the letter was always conveyed by
q servant not for any reasons of urgen-
cy, but because the post was consid-
cred q vulgar medium of communtca-
ton for persons. residing in the same
city and only to be used for the con-
veyance Of letters to the country
London Chronicle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
The Blow Of /. Wave.

There is an instrument Of English
invention which is employed to deter
mine the measure Of the blow of a
wave. This instrument was used to
measure the wave blow off the Sherry
wore rock. Scotland. There the waves
sweep in from the wide Atlantic. In
summer force of over 600 pounds to
the square foot was recorded. In win.
ter as high as ton to the square foot
was attained. These figures give some
idea as to what ships. lighthouses and
other similar structures have to con-
tend with during stress of foul weather.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
WOMEN EAGER TO
ENROLL FOR LAND
CUPID HAS HAND

Fifteen hundred registrations
representing almost every state
and practically all of the larger
cities from New York state to
Montana. had been received al
Bismarck up to midnight by The
n"taries who are listing the names
OF bidders for Fort Bclthold res
eiNation lands. New York city il.
we'll represcnted: Minneapolis
and st. Paul have large contim-
gent. and many of the smaller
towns of Minnesota and Wiscon-
SIN have citizens in line for a
North Dakota homestead.
Rush Expected Later
No rush has materialiZcd to
date. ad the chances of success
for late cnmerS are so much en-
HANGED. ~ ~
a large percentage of..those re
glstering so far have been Wnm-
en-particulaTly sch St9f1na 7aiifhisss
who see an opportunity to leave
the class room for the freer life
OF the ranch. Naturally, some
laughable results have followed
the pertinent queries which the
notaries are required to make.
One clustered damsel assured THE
notary that her height was eight
feet five inches. but on second
thought she shrank to five feet
eigt. Another young woman aged
two years in as many seconds
when she learned that 10 was not
considered sufficiently mature for
homesteadress. There has been
all of the usual objections to re-
VealIng ages. and an unexpected
sensitivenesS as to weight.
Cupid Has Hand
There is more than a suspicion
that wedding bells will ring in the
event Of the success of some of
the fair applicants. When a home
stead is means to an end. regis
trations often are made in cou-
Piles, and there seldom is, any
question as to the prospective re-
lationship.
But as matter of fact. every
one of the 700 successful claim
ants will win a prize. The Fort
Berthold lands are 90 per cent
tillable; lie we'll; nave splendid
drainage, and excellent shipping
facilities, both by rail and on the
Missouri river, which is piled by
line Of packet boats quartered
at Bismarck. "A small amount Of
capital is necessary to satisfy the
governments requirements, and
the real homesteader can make
the land pay for itself.
srz kix thousand, one hundred and
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

style. When the
drst applicant ap-
peared Tad said,
"Of course I want
a man who can
speak Fren b,
play pinochle,
curry a horse and
make q cocktail.
"Well, I can do
'em all and still
have q few tricks
up my sleeve"
said the chauf-
feur, with becom-
ing modesty.
Tad looked him
over and t he n
said suddenly: ~
don't know. When
l lamp your face
and see your horn
painted up that
way it strikes me
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Only On. Drawback.

"A pusson's dog, sab, is one thing
shawl O. bein' de best friend he's got"
stated old Brother Hawhee, who was
great hand to philosophize. TN
health he 'joices wild yo', in sickness he
suffers too. When yo's in Jail he's
waitin' right outside de do for yo', and
when dey turns 70 loose he greets 70
wild a yell O. welcome. He's 70 guide
and companion and friend; but, dad
blame him, yo' KANT borry dollar
offm him, no mattah If 20 dess mach.
" got ter have it."-Kansas City Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
AN INVENTION THAT WILL
PROHIBIT USE OF SUBMARINE

w. d. Illll Illculll. WHO SltS all
day tinkering with broken-down
watches in a little shop at Seattle.
Wash. is also the inventor of the
united States navy's G-class sub
marine, according to himself. and
the inventor Of new aeroplane,
which he says will render all sub
marines useless.
The aeroplane. he claims, has
been accepted by the British gov
eminent.
1t is fashioned like a bird. fitted
with long, cigar-shaped air
tank, which will enable it to ride
air waves as a ship rides sea
waves.
1t can rise without a runway
and stop dead in mid-air. poised
over any given object, the only
motion being gradual sinking.
Linthicum brings to attention
the fact that submarines can he
seen under water, even when they
are lying on the bottom, if one is
in the air, looking straight down
at them.
Having sighted the submarine,
he would poise directly over it
and drop aerial torpedoes IAN
other invention of his). The tor
pedoes, being dropped perpendic-
ularly, would travel through the
water and strike the submarine.
+. If the submarine chose to flee
under the water, the aeroplane,
capable Of a speed of two miles a
minute, could follow, and rain
bombs, until one of them struck.
The air poise is obtained, Lin
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

forty-one had registered in Minot
up to II a. m. today for chance
to participate in the distribution
of lands on the Fort Berthold re-
servation. Indications are that
the daily average Of registrations
from now on will not exceed 600
to 700. At Place nearly 1000 have
registered.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
A SAVING Quality.

He IL too much Of an egotist to
make faux pas
What's his being an egotist got to
do VIII ftp
He couldn't 80 far forget himself"
Baltimore American.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

eyes," said the old mathematician.
with CLEAN in his eyes, 1--WE always
looked at it that way. Marriage is ad-
dition; when the little ones come it's
multiplication; when dissension looms
up to cloud the horizon of their happi-
ness it's division, and when the final
parting comes it's subtraction
"And how about divOrce?' asked the
listener.
ooh, that would come under the de-
nomination of Observation-Disclosures Tel
egraph,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
His Heavy Voice.

His Heavy Voice.
Some time ago the guests at recep-
ton were discussing the relative merits
of several sOngsters, when one Of the
party turned to man named Brown.
by the way, Brown" said he, "you
are something Of singer, are you
not?'
mot on your life" was the emphatic
response Of Brown. II never sang a
note that somebody didn't threaten to
send in riot call. You are probably
thinking of my brother
Perhaps am was the thoughtful
rejoinder Of the other. HAS he heavy
bass voice."
YES" smiled Brown, $50 derned
heavy that it makes him bowlegged to
carry it."-Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Quick Story TeIiina,

Nine Bernhardt is fond of relating
a very funny experience she had during
her early days as an actress with al
actor who was something of wit and
who was addicted to 'gagging.'
ut is so long ago." she says, that
recall neither the player nor the play,
only the part wherein the scene was
spoiled. The hero said to me, DO you
object to this cigar:' which he had al
ready lighted and was putting vigor-
ously.
NO, no, no!' answered, which was
the cue for him to tell me the story
Of his life.
"He looked at me instead and said
rolling the cigar between his fingers,
That, madame, is because you do not
have to smoke it.
"The audience appreciated the fact
that he was smoking cigar furnished
by the property man, and roared with
laughter, but this interference made
him forget his lines. He could not
recollect word, so, taking my arm, he
said. Come with me for walk. and
I will tell you the story Of my life.'
1--WE walked of the stage and on a,
the next entrance. which required no
more than two seconds of time, and
then he said. Now have told you the
story Of my life
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Without Reservs.

Tommy knew that mother had got q
special cake for tea and, with an aye
to getting his share, asked pleadingiy:
"Mummy, have I been a good boy
this afterno0n?"
"M-m-es," replied mother rather
slowly, her mind going back to little
incident OF the day when Tommy had
not shone.
The five-year-old slipped a coaxing
hand into hers.
"Please," he begged, "say wide open
yes Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Both Stuna.


Some time ago an eminent London
physician requested an equally emf
nent surgeon to accompany him to see
a distinguished but slippery patient.
The patient was exceedingly polite to
both the medical gentlemen, shaking
hands with them and bowling them out
of the room in the most affable man.
ner. Soon after this professional visit
the same physician called again on the
surgeon. requesting him to accompany
him to see another patient. On their
way thither the surgeon observed, II
hope this patient will behave more lib
orally than the last did"
"Why"' said the NJ. D. did he not
give you fee:'
''Not a shilling" was the reply.
"Indeed!' said the eminent physician,
with a toss Of the head. why, he bor-
rowed g,lineas from me to give to
yOu.'
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
A Mutual Friend.

Bobby-Dad. what is a mutual friend?
Mr.. Fogg-He is generally one who
makes it his business to see that you
don't miss hearing the nasty things
your neighbors say about you.-Lon-
don Stray Stories.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
Circumspect.

A very circumspect and conscientious
young miss of four was sent into the
parlor of a certain Philadelphia house.
hold to entertain caller for a few
minutes until her mother should ap-
pear.
The conversation drifted to a discus.
sion of the youngsters intellectual &C.
Quirements. and the visitor asked:
do you know the alphabet. Marie?"
Eyes, ma'am."
"Will you say it for me?''
Marie began glibly enough. but after
she had given three or four letters she
stopped short. saying, III you please,
ma'am, don't think l better say any
more"
"And why not?" asked the caller, sur.
prised.
Those are not all know" explained
the youngster; 'but, you know, mamma
Gays nugea't tell oil know!"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

The Larger Life.
Oh. may I join the choir invisible
OF those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence;
live
In pulses stirred to generosity,
In deeds Of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night
like stars
And with their mild persistence urge
mans search
To vaster issues.
George Eliot.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28

IT COMEB EASY 10
that you are q Me-"
hard drinker, and I don't want any
hard drinkers driving car for me and
running me over some picturesque
cliff"
you are wrong" said the driver. 81
am not q hard drinker. It comes easy
to me."-Cartoons Magazine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
AVERAGE TAX LEVY
FOR ALL PURPOSES
IN 1914, 49, MILLS

For all purposes it cost the tax
payers in 1914 S13,987,476.0O TO
run the school district, township,
county. city and state government
or an increase of IL per cent Ov-
er the year 1913.
State taxes were Si.323, i67 90,
county taxes Si,Oi2.3O5, township
taxes $1.7l5,747, city and village
taxes sl.223.221. city special tax
'es 1851 .O85. and the common
school So. $50.
In the county taxes is included
the two mill levy for county tut
ton purposes. making the eX-
prnditures for the schools s6l4,-
900 greater. The total expended
for the common schools not in
Guiding HE revenue from the ell
dowment fund for common school
S5.7i6.9i0. I'm 1914 there was
about $3.50. 100000 more than in
1913.
Ward County Leads
In the matter of high rates of
levy Ward county leads the list
with tax levy of 81 6 mills. Then
in order come William county
With an average levy of 50 mills;
RenNille with a levy Of 500 mills,
and Golden Valley with a levy OF
500 mills. Logan county has the
lowest tax levy with 800 mills
and Mercer stands next to the
bottom with levy of 1913 mills.
Ward county stands sixth in as
sessed valuation but third in
point of taxes raised. Ward
county raised s7i5.i12 in taxes in
1914 on an assessment valuation
of sll,OO9.l5i.
Cass Valuation Highest
CaSs county stands first in as
>eSspd valuation. having 50 .6lS,
6S2 i'm property assessed. levyin"
Sl.0l9.96S in taxes with a levy Of
III. Grand Forks is second With
an assessed valuation of Sii.5SS-
O55. Grand Forks levied $4,000.
giving the county an average tax
levy of 53.i mills. Stut>man coun-
ty stands third i'm assessed alua-
ton and sixth i'm he amount Of
taxes levied. This county had SIP.
o9l los in assessed valuation.
levying sl25.5S9 in taXes--a levy
Of 35.l mills.
Morton county has an assessed
valuation of ST i,iS7.287, with Il
tax levy of s5i5.331. or an aver
age levy for all purposes of AS
mills. Richland county stands
fifth in point Of assessed aluation
and fifth i'm taxes levied. The as
sessed valuation of Richland
county was sil.4l7.O58. taxes le-
WED. $i50.52i. being a levy of
1913 mills.
Average Levy 45.4s Mills
The average tax levy for 1911
for the entire state for all pur-
poses was 1913 mills. In 1913 il
was but l2.5 raise of 3 mills in
one year. In addition the assessed
valuation increased from 800
million in 1913 to 3O7 million in
1914.
1t is interesting to note that the
taxes levied for the state govern
ment in 1913 amounted to 1866,
900. and in 1914 was but $685.
900, slight decrease despite the
increase in assessed valuation.
This is due to the fact that the
supreme court held that the equi-
liZation board of the state could
not exceed l.3 mills for state pur-
poses, whereas the levy in 1913
was in excess of i.3 mills the
limit for state pur-
poses.
We started statehood in North
Dakota with total per capita tax
of $12.83. OF this amount $3.50
was for state purposes and $lO.-
So for local purposes. In 1914, the
per capita total tax burden was
$22.06, of which 5000 was for
state purposes and 1897 for To-
cal purposes.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-28
The
The -
Scrap Book
A Match For Grady

T. A. Dorgan, the cartoonist, was
trying to hire chauffeur the other day
and went about it in his usually breezy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-19
~FORECLOsURE l.

SUPREME COURT OF II STATE OF
NEW YORK. COUNTY OF NEW YOEKL
Richard II Swartwout and Girdul J. rAum
son, as trustees under the last Wtt ana
testament Of Maria Louise Miller, deceased
PLAINTIFF, against Blaize l.. Harsel, and
others, Defendants.
closure and sale. duly made and entsr.d in
the above-entitled action and hearing 3a.
the eighth day Of July. 1915, J. tn" urlet.
signed ths %referse In sara jadsmsn,
Exchange Salesroom. Nos. lt-l6 Nesay
street, In the Borough of Mauha''au D.,
the City Of New York, on The thru day u
day. by Joseph p. Day. Auctionoer. the
premises directed by said judgment 20 be
sold. and therein described a. follows
land. with the buildings and impro,eu, ms
thereon erected. situate, lying and being in
the borough Of Manhattan % tn' egg, "
New York. In the County and state ~ Sew
York. bounded and described as follows.
Beginning at the corner for .iei by the
nters.etion OF the southerly sid. "
the soutberly side Of Howard street me
hundred and twenty.three feet nv and
one-half inches to premises NO g. Howard
Street. thence southerly along said
premises and nearly parallel with Broad.
way one hundred and one feet ten and one
jay; thence westerly nearly parallel With
Howard Street and along said land nov
or late OF John Jay tweuty-four feet hin,
and three-quarters inches to i point lis
tAnt ninety.e eight feet three ana ona-haI'
riches e%asteriy from Broadway, theme.
northeriy nearly parallel with Broadway
md along the land now or late o, John
jay forty.nine feet eleven and oue.hat
inches to The northerly line % sdil and
now or late OF John jay. thence western
and along the northerly line ~ land now
or late OF John Jay ninety-oight fee four
and one-quarter inchss to the caSter,y side
OF Broadway. and thence northcr,y al1.s
the casterly side of Broadway Nffy.on.
feet ten and one-auarter inches 10 ~.
point or place OF beginning; Together with
all gas and electric fixtures. heater,
boilers, elevators, pumps and machinery
and connections OF every description In o-
connected with said buildings and premise,
and whether or not the same or any 2
them are securely attached - the freehold
or otherwise, the same having been declared
In the mortgage hereby forecloset 90 b.
real estate and covered by the lion 81 sai
mortgage.
Dated. New York. July io,h. is,t.
ABRAHAM FELT. Referee
GEORGE NJ. THOMSON. Attorney .,r
Plaintiffs, l4l Broadway, Borough ~
Manhattan, New York CITY.
The following Is a diagram ~ the IRON.
erty 70 he sold Its street Number ar.
a2s-4se Broadway and s7.i Howard
street;
Howard street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-19
WANTS TRUST FUNDS FOR CITY.
COMMISSIONS Wnilstcin Relieves
Court Noney VIII he safer.

Commissioned OF Accounts WalIs,ein
has written TO Mayor Mitchell recon-
mendins that all moneys held In the
trust fund accounts Of the municipal
courts r'lOr 70 January |, 1915, he
turned over 10 the custody OF the City
Chamberll.A and that the court clerks
deposit with the city monthly money
which has been in their care for six
months.
Commissioners Wallstcin's recommen-
datious are the result OF an audit into
the accommodations of unclaimed trust
funds-monry which has been paid In as
tenders, yo-.s ~ appeal jury fees, pay
meut ~ Judgements aud other deposits,
The com mist. oucr believes tina the
funds ,.'I ur better ~'af,guarded under
the are. ioHau' he proposes,
II" .f.0t audit shows that on De-
cern-. 81, .Hli Tia" accommodations Of
thee ';,s, aids, covering a period Of
th'"'ea2 ',a.s, amounted TO S36.Sis.93.