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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
QUARTERLY JOURNAL
WILL BE ISSUED SOON
University Magazine Will Nave
Social Science Number In
January

The next number of the Quar-
terly Journal published by the
University Of North Dakota, will
be ready for distribution about
January 1st. It will deal with the
social and political sciences. An
article by President McVey of the
University will discuss social ten
denotes in the United States. This
article is the second of series of
addresses which was given before
the University of Christiania in
Norway. An article by DR.. o. G..
Libby ON Zone Hundred Years of
Peace" brings out number of
interesting facts and makes the
point that the unpreparedness Of
the United States during the past
century has had something to do
with our freedom from interna-
tional difficulties and has been
one cause of our continuous
peace. Mr.. Albert Volweiler. in
structor in History in the Model
High School has an article on Lite
in Congress between 1850 to 1851
DR.. j. E. Boyle has critical anal
|ysis of certain terminal market
problems. Principal w. A. Broyles
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
THE DEAD TOWN

INA You ever 20 into = town
and. as You stopped from he
tram. have 1t strike you sudden
ly that the town was dead? Have
You ever had a town Described to
you as /; dead" town? Have YOU
ever stopped to analyzc ,j,lsl What
is meant by these words dead
town? I'm the last analysis they
mean just one thing and hat is
that the merchants of the town
don't advertise. \ dead town has
certain positive ASPECTS of demise
which ar" as bald as piece of
crepe hMi@ing on The door uf d
private house. The stores seem
to ne merely existing. Their
shelves are covered with appar-
emily un-aleahlr goods. The store
keepers seem to be vieine with
each other to see which will win
The first prize a.: the town crouch.
II you talked with them they
Knocked business. they knocked
The mail order house. They were
continually complaining that 9TH
or people did business end made
money but that they didn't seem
to be able to sell anything. They
guessed ii was the town. Yes. that
was it.-the town. If you asked
that merchant if he advertised,
he would have looked at you with
amaZcmcnt. What was the use of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16

advertising when business was
So bad: People who had money
1" spend. he would tell you, were
sending ii to the mail order hou-
>es. M. he would say he didn't
advertise? He wouldn't throw
good money after bad. On the
other hand. go into live town
and what will you see. The lncr-
chants have attractive displays
i'm their stores. The daily or week
ly newspapers are filled with big
announcements of special sales
or low priced goods. They are not
afraid al tn" mail order houses
because thcyc have the same
means 10 reach the pe"ple-ad-
NcrtiSine-llat makes the mali
order house great. The merch-
ants have their local association
for mutual help, and behind the
association the local newspaper is
pushing pushing. pushing. Every
body is working and everybody is
happy and boosting. f you want
q live town get behind the news
paper and he newspaper will do
ne rest. Forget the lime worn
arguments that the paper is a
dead one. The paper is alive en-
oueh if the people are alive. The
surest test of live town is a live
newspaper. aud a newspaper can /
he alive unless the town boosters
do their share.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
CELEBRATED GOLDEN
WEDDING ANNiVERsAR j

The parents of William l.. aud
Edward W. Fricke of this city eel
ebratrd their golden wedding AL
iniversary al their home i'm Fond
! u Lac Wisconsin Monday. The
following item was taken from he
Daily Commonwealth of that
place:
December this year is a red let
ter month in the lives of Mr.. and
Mrs. ReinIlold Frirke. los Fifth
street. Today marks the seventy
fifth anniversary of Mr.. Fricke's
birth while on Monday. Dee. IS,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Frickc will have
I been married fifty years.
| MIR. Fricke was horn Dee. g,
1870. in Barenhurg. Dessan. Ger
many. He came to America with
his parents in 1877. Upon the ar
rival i'm New York they went to
Shehoygan and thence to the town
iof Marshiield. this county, where
they settled on a farm two and a
half miles from Mt. Calvary. Mr..
Fricke lived i'm this home for 81
years. On Dee. 10. 1865 he was
married to Louise Schunke, of
Grecnbush. Louise Schunke was
born in Nuremberg. Saxony. Ger
many. June 30. 1913. She came 10
America with her parents when
six years of age. the family set
thing in Greenbush.
Nine children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Frickc. OF this number
iseven are living. they being Henry
J. of Minor. N. D.: William l.. and
/ Edward W.. of Wahpeton. N. D.:
Mrs. A. Tserloth of North Fond
du Lac. Mrs. N. J. yelling. and
7; the Misses Helen and Minnie, re-
siding at home. There are eight
grand children.
Monday the golden wedding an
;niversary will be made the occas-
ion for family reunion. A big
dinner will be served al 1890 o.
colck at the Fricke home and in
the afternoon Mr.. and Mrs. Fricke
will keep open house, the hours
being from 3 to 5 o'clock.
All of the children will be pres
ent for the reunion. A sister of
i Mr.. Fricke's will also be present.
She is Mrs. Amelia Rollman Of
Shawano. and she is 80 years OF
age.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
ACCURACY IN Newspapers

Professor Hugo Munstcrbers is
a professor IF psychology at Har-
ward. His head is filled with ideas,
and he knows many things. But
some things he doesn't know. For
instance. he has been taking Il
fling recently at newspaper re-
porters, who, he says habtually
di>tori what men say and do. and
the professor regards this as Il
bad thing for public morals. ENi-
IDENTIFY tn" profeSSnrs experience
has been with the metropolitan
newspaper. On these newspapers
a vast quantity of news must be
gathered in an extraordinarily
short time. Accuracy is aimed al
and attained To a remarkable de
gree. But the metropolitan press
is but very small part of the
countty'> press. Professor Mum
sterber@ is provincial. like many
njl"r Gwrllrrs in Eastern cities.
IN the S'lall towns the people are
close to their newspaper. Ere
quently the editor knows every
body in the county. Accuracy be-
comes a deadly neccs ily. No re-
porter or editor who is worthy the
name dares say he does not care
whether what Lr writes is true or
not. His profession and his pride
i'm it demand that he gives to i.
The best he has i'm him. Accuracy,
attention to detail, truth are only
some of the things he must give
to his paper. Professor Munster
berg may be a great psychologist,
but he will never be great man
until he learns that outside of
Harvard. Boston and New York
there is a great country filled with
newspaper and newspaper men,
and that in the lot the vcnal. the
deliberately untruthful. the noun
tebank are as scarce as eXacti-
Iudc is i'm psychology.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16

Goddess of Peace, hear thou our
prayer,
Should We prepare? Should we
prepare?
If deaf with din of war we lose
All thoughts of bitter sacrifice,
Or miss the greater good and
choose
\ golden calf to cannoniZc.
Goddess of Peace. do thou declare
Should we prepare? Should we
prepare?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16

Little Mary Pickford in 1.-THE
Dawn of Tomorrow wholesome
and entertaining picture will be
shown at the Braun Theatre, Wed
nesday. Dec. 23rd. A special mat
inee will be given at three O'Clock.
Evening 1880 and 9:OO-Adv.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
PEACE PROFESSIONAL
Apologies to kiplino

-fPNl"9ENS 70 NlpIln9
Goddess Of Fortune. known of old.
Fate of our thin brown battle limc
Beneath whose kindly hand W..
hold
The love Of Peace from palm to
pine:
Goddess Of Pc, &c. make us aware
W" prepare? Should VIZ
prepare?
The tunult and the shouting dies
The peace ship sails to foreign
shores
We hear The laundering protests
rise.
We watch TIL" flag which proudly
scars.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
of the State Agricultural School
at Park River will nrasan. 4ha

of the State Agricultural School
at Park River will present the
value OF studying various agricul-
tural subjects. Judge Andrew A.
Bruce of the Supreme Court has
an article on the Value and Ne
cesslty of college education for
practising lawyers. Toward a
Municipal Theatre" is the title of
a discussion by Professor Fred
erick Koch Of the University.
Reviews Of books which deal
with the social and political sci
ences will be presented. The US
ual section devoted to University
notes will bring out facts of pres
ent interest at the University of
North Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE
BEEN PAIRED Off
Twenty-four Teams Ready to Com
pete in Annual Debate Series

The high schools enrolled in
The North Dakota Debating Lea
que have been paired for the first
round in TIE annual contest. Al
the debates in the first round will
be held before January Goth.
lwenly-four high schools in the
state arc entered. T:%y have been
paired at !he Office ii the EA!an-
si'n Division of the Univ erSliy a.,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
Thr mat1prtn&t Tintrs
E. 8. CAMERON
Editor and Publisher.
Terms: $3.50 per year IN advance.

Terms: $3.50 per year IN advance
Entered al the pos;oilice at WahpetOn,
n. D., as second class mail matter.
NOrlCE-All legitimate news matter pub
Hshed free OF charge and sich matter 10
cordially solicited. But Tor the publishers
protection. the writer or sender must sign
his name-not for publication but for ref
erence.
Church. school and society news is cord.
Tally solicited for free publication. also.
hut advance notices or all meetings where
an admission fee is charged. and all cards
OF thanks Will be charged for at 70 cents
for each 20 lines or less
Advertising rates Is cents per column
inch for any amount less than If page
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-12-16
Miss Helen stohrer entertains
a number of her young lady
friends tonight.
IDEAL KNIFE, scissors
And
SKATE SiARPENER

This is one Of the most useful
articles ever invented. Any lady
can quickly sharpen her knives
scissors or shears, any boy or
girl can sharpen their own skatas
we send to any address for i5c
post paid.
Wahpston, North n..o..
Adv. ct. '~
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Bigger Possible and Forsyth

sticks, and this air space may be con
siderable iu a cord made Of twisted,
crooked, and knotty sticks. Out oi
the l28 cubic feet fair average ol
solid wood is about so cubic feet.
It is pointed out, however, that heat
value is not the only test Of useful
ness in fuel wood, and since IS per
cent OF all wood used icI fuel is con
sumed for domestic purposes, largely
in farm houses such factors IS rapidity
Of burning and ease Of lighting are
important. Each section Of the
country has its favored woods, and
these are said 10 be in general, the
right ones to use. Hickory, Of the
nonresinous woods, has the highest
fuel value per unit volume Of wood.
and has other advantages. It burns
evenly, and, as housewiVns say, holds
the heat. The oaks come next,
followed by beech, birch, and maple.
Pine has a relatively low heat value
per unit volume, but has other advan-
tages. 1t ignites readily and gives
ont a quick hot fame, but one tha:
soon dies down. This makes it a
favorite with rural housekeepers as a
summer wood, because It is particular
ly adapted for hot davs in the kitchen,
The fuel qualities OF chestnut adapt
it particularly to work IN brass found
ries, where it gives just the required
amount Of heat, and it is therefore il
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04

corn stover is also relished BY the
ewes. Ordinarily there is little danger
Of the sheep eating too much Of it il
hay is fed once a day. The greatest
danger Of corn stover comes from
making it the exclusive feed. Under
this condition, compaction with other
attendant troubles will often result.
Clean salt and water should be kept
before the flock.
Sheep should always have a dry,
we'll bedded floor to lie on.
The flock should have sufficient hay
rack and grain trough room so that all
can eat at a time without excessive
crowding. A complete report Of the
work done by Missouri Experiment
Station with breeding ewes is found
in Bulletin No. 100.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04

one cord Of seasoned wood oil these
species is required to equal one ton Of
good coal.
1t takes cord and a half CT short
leaf pine. hemlock, red gum, Douglas
fir, sycamore. and soft maple TO equal
a ton OF coal, and two cords Of cedar,
redwood, poplar, catalpa, Norway pine,
cypress. Eastwood, spruce, and white
pine.
Equal weights Of dry, nonresinous,
woods, however, are said to have
practically the same heat value re-
gardless Of speeds, aad as a conse-
quence it can be stated as a general
proposition that the heavier the wood
the more heat 10 the cord Weight
for weight, however there is very little
difference between varioJs species,
the average heat for all that have
been cacula,ed is 1900 calories, or
heat units, per kilogiam. A kilogram
OF resin will develop 9,400 heat units,
or about twice the average for wood.
AS a consequence, resinous woods
have greater heat value per pound
than nonresinous woods, and this in
creased value varies, Of course, with
rhe resin content.
The available heat value oi cord
OF a cord Of woods depends on many
"a :tors. 1t has a relation Iot only
to the amount Of resin it contsins
but to the amount OF moisture present
Furthermore, cords vary as to tht
rmount OF solid wood they contain
vei when they are Of a standard
dimension and occupy l2S
cubic fee, Of space A certain pro
portion Of this space between tn,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
The Fuel Value Of Wood

The fuel value Of two pounds Of
Of wood is roughly equivalent 10 that
Of one pound of coal. This is given
as a result Of certain calculations now
being made in the forest service lab
oratory, which show also about how
many cords Of certain kinds Of wood
are required 10 obtain an amount Of
heat equal TO that in a ton Of coal.
Certain kinds OF wood, such as hickory,
oak, beech, birch, hard maple, ash,
elm, locust, longleaf pine, and cherry,
have fairly high heat values, and only
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Seventy. five Years on the Road

January II, 1915.
To-day turn another page
In life's long book of verse and prose.
find the one that tells Of age,
Whereon the sunset softly glows,
And now for me the easy slope
" hich reaches down the twilight hill.
Into the night where minds now grope
To find the Purpose and the VIII.
Time turns his hour-g' ass once again;
The sands in an unceasing Stream
Fall just as swiftly now as when
Youths sunshine held them with its
gleam.
Life has its seasons as the year
Turns softly on from day to day,
Ere we may sense it. Change is here
No hour with us may ever stay,
Henceforth for me the ripened husk,
The garnered field, the dropping bough,
The lullaby that fills the dusk
And soo,hs US all 10 rest somehow.
Life is ct noon-yet well know
may not hold the hours agone.
1t may be that the way go
Leads to another faiter dawn.
Bnt should | end in dreamless sleep,
Should fade into nothingness,
Yet in my crumbling heart III keep
The memories that cheer and bless.
However be the fate that waits,
Heweyer be the hour that ends,
For all that comes this compensate
The kindly deeds Of you, my friends.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
War May Affect State Fertilizers

The present war may affect the
farmers Of Missouri by restricting the
supply Of fertilizer. This belief is
held by f A. Trowbridge, professor Of
animal husbandTy at the University Of
Missouri.
Potash, which is the principal food
for corn crops, especially on muck
lands, is produced in Germany" said
Mr.. Trowbridge, and oil course we
can expect no shipments ircm that
country soon."
Mr.. Trowbridse is experimenting
the control OF fertilizer for the state,
and has a number OF men working
under him who gather samplys and
make tests. We find, said Mr.. Trow-
bridge, that q number Of companies
ae selling fertilizer that is below the
guarantee. In order 10 protect the
farmer we are preparing a bulletin
which we hope will aid him in his
selection. Any farmer that is inter
ested may write 10 the Agricultural
Experiment Station, University Of Mis-
souri,, Columbia, stating in detail to
what use he has been putting the land
in question, the resnlts Of the treat
ment he has used and 10 what use he
wishes to put the land. He then will
be advised as to treatment and exactly
what chemical foods he should supply,
while he may refer TO bulletin, which
the station will furnish, in order TO get
his data on the correct fertilizer to
USE" The bulletin referred TO by Mr..
Trowbridge contains a report Of the
chemical analysis OF every fertilizer
sold in the state.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Extracts

from a private letter received by Mr.
Chas. H. Groom from Mr.. VIM. S.
Bassett, Of Tarkio, Mo-:
We ali here were greatly pleased TO
get your letter telling some particulars
Of the fire at S. Of o. We had a tele
gram the following p. m. from Mis-
Weld but Of course 70 particulars, and
We have seen abbreviated accounts in
the papers. Petty close call for those
girls, and we, knowing their condition,
have the greater sympathy for them.
Tne loss Of clothing means more TO
many Of them than people fairly we'll
OF can realize. Il is a great satisiac
ton to US TO learn how nobly you
townspeople have come into the breach,
much more so as it was thought by
some that the townspeople did not take
very much stock in that school. But
we always see, I think, that when
dire calamity comes to any one the
barriers are soon broken down, should
there be any feeling whatever.
, used to thiuk Of how
this very thing might happen, with all
those great stoves rearing full Of wood,
Mr.. Porter has said
how glad he was when the time for fires
in the rooms was over. 1t worried him
lot, and he tried many times 10 get
some protection installed.
Thursday eve, the 14th, as the Old
Man was passing another mile stone,
my girl invited in few TO console me.
Only four people, two Of them were Of
the gay and festive kind-one man
Sc years old, the other man IS years
old, so you see how readily they would
trot in my class not in the John
Feikins clas. He's too slow for US
fellows, and if he wants to run with US
he must star. bit earlier than he is in
the habit Of doing. :.
Now with my birthday verses | will
say, regards to all the boys.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Noah's Luck

When Noah built the ark he said to Japheth
with sigh;
"We'll all be very thankful when it's finished
by and by.
The troubles we are having are immense must
agree,
But small compared to what we'll find in ages
yet to be.
The neighbors who are scofing are not c2lled
on for the cash;
There's no one getting angry and denouncing
US as rash.
We do NOT have to face the dispositions grim
and sour
Where counselors engage in hllibustelng by
the hour.
And when at last we get this noble craft Of
ours afloat
We won't fear being bothered by diplo-
matte note,
Or find when we've departed scarce halfleague
from the land
That we've got to stop the journey and be
searched for contraband.
Washington Evening Star
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Girls Earn Thei TWay at College

Girls can earn their way through
college.
Altogether there are between sew
enty-fve and a hundred young women
who are paying all or a part Of their
expenses at the University Of Missouri.
The employment bureau Of the Y.
W. c. A. has calls rom many Colum-
bia homes asking lor girls who want TO
work. This work consists Of caring
for children, serving formal dinners,
doing general housSwo.k, cleaning
busting, darDing hose, and common
sewing
For sewing, girls receive Is cent
an hour; housework generally pay
only IS cents. Students holding hall
time stenographic positions in the Uni
versity are paid Is cents an hour
Oiher stenographic work is done b.
the page. Tutoring brings so cent
an hour.
Girls working their way a. the Uni
versity are OF the general opinion tina
the effort expended is worth while an
that they need lose very little socis
life. Some even declare that the
gain valuable experience which til
gifl whose expenses are paid by he
family can never obtain.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04
Winter Care of Ewes
GUY B. mitchell

The winter care Of the flock is just
as important as the careful cultivation
OF the corn crop. This is the growing
season Of the lamb crop to be haryes
ted in the spring.
The Feed:
The condition or the amount Of
flesh the ewes are carrying must guide
the feeder. Ewes in good condition
need not be fed grain until about a
month before lamb,ng, when they
should gradually be accustomed to i
Ewes in thin or poor condition shou d
receive from onelourth to one half a
pound Of grain. Straight corn is moi
the best grain ration. The best grain
feed should contain some Of the blood
and muscle building material. A
ration Of 6 parts corn; 8 parts whes
brdr; part linssed oil cake, by
weight, has proven very satisfactory
at the Missouri Agricultural Expert
ment Station. A ration OF corn, oa
and bran, equal parts by weight, car
also be recommended.
The sheep should receive as macf
clover or alfalfa hay as they will eat
The amount Of hay est can BE- Gu
I down By use OF corn silage or coiI
S. yer. Two pounds o. clean, swee
corn silage eau be Us d to rplic,
ab ut Que poui d Of hay. Well curet
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-02-04

favor. Coastwise vessels in Florida
ply twice as much for Florida button
wood ss for any other, because it
burns with an even heat and with
minimum amount Of smoke and ash
The principal disadvantage OF the
resinous pines is their oily black
smoke.