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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16

o.--"'Many wears ago. while on the
lookout of a ship bound for Australia.
saw a meteor pencil line OF vivid light
across the sky. and fall into the sea. so
close that was disturbed. pondsrinE the
SWIFT blotting out OF myself and mates
II the next meteor should strike our ship
Is IL not possible that some nissipg chips
met their end in this manner7
what effect would happen IL meteor
say half-n,ils in diameter--wsre TO fall
in the Pacific few hundred mile ives.
Of San Francisco? Would tho wave
created ondanger the sea-bound miles Of
California Y''-oeorge N. Lowe. zoo4 shat
tuck avenue, Berkeley, Cal.
ALL a ship should be hit BY the
twenty-two-ton meteor on display at tho
fair at Portland. One. several years ago,
Il would surely sink. II is barely possible
that ships have been sunk IN this man
ner, az ancient history records that six
humans have been killed by meteors,
A meteor half mile wide falling into
the sea few hundred miles west Of Cali
fornia would be too small 10 have any
appreciable effects on the coast. A sen-
sitive instrument might detect a little
ripple or wave.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16

OIL am very anxious TO find oct
whether n ship will sink II the bottom 81
tire ocean n az great depth, or. at least,
at such depth that the weight OF the
water would be greater than the weiert
Of tho ship. II is the opinion OF many
that AZ q certain depth the ship wouio
remain suspended instead OF sipking to
the bottom. Please explain the exact
truth Of the matter.
Amy mass that viii entirely sink
below the surface OF the ocean will sink
to the bottom of any sea orr ocean on
earth This 10 because water' Ia almost
incomprersihle.
Enormous pressure In hydraulic presses
has been made upon distilled and also
upon sea water, and the d'minutioH Or
volume-that IL. increase OF density--is
only O.o00ot for ocean water for each
atmosphere. T. e.. each addition OF fifteen
pounds TO each square inch. The water
soaked wood would be increased in dem
sity by very nearly the Same amount.
Hence. n all Of the wood In q wooden
strip sinks below the surface u must go
to the bottom. The question Of reeching
the bottom OF the ocean 10 decided for
any kind Of matter OF any ship or boat
by les behavior at the surface. II ell OF
the material OF the boat sinks at all be-
low the surface. then II win fall to the
bottom OF any sea, there being such a
slight incresse in density Of water At
the bottom Of the deepest oceans.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-04-16

CrO Be Continued TOmo
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
ERADIcATIMo WILD OATS

How to get rid of wild oats is
a question that is coming to the
North Dakota Experiment Station
in many letters. The following
suggestions are offered: Take
wild oats at their weakest point
which is that they can only grow
from seed. If they are not allowed
to go to seed that is the end Of
them. Wild oats growing in grain
ripens before the grain is cut, fall
on the ground and if not buried
by blowing OF discing they will
dig themselves into the ground by
means of their twisted awns.
Grain growing does not hit the
weak point of the wild oats but
rather gives them boost. Crops
that are cuff or hay clean out the
wild oats the quickest and cas-
lest, as they are cut before the
wild oats ripen seed.
The cultivated crops such as
corn or potatoes are good wild
oats killers if they are given clean
cultivation. A little hand pulling
will be required to get those that
the cutivator misses. Rye is a
good crop for cleaning out wild
oats. Wild oats if buried deep ell
ough will grow the next year if
plowed up. So even if one side of
the furrow slice is cleaned the
other side may be full of wild
oats seed. There are two ways of
cleaning the other side. 10 Do
not pillow the land for at least two
years and three is better and the
wild oats will have rotted. ~ If
it has to be plowed then use the
cleaning methods given above.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21

providing rules or regulations or
any red tape. In regard to the
banker satisfying himself that it
is bona fide transaction, that is
left to the bank. The tnl il orlg..
nally responsible for it, and there
is no reason why the member
banks should indulge in any more
red tape or any more restrictions
than they do to their ordinary
customers, for the farmers who
will be making these loans at the
member banks will be ordinary
customers of such banks" This
language was used in answer ia
questions and statements to the
effect that the farmers were being
Informed that the borrowing OF
money through the reserve sys-
tenn would be so hedged about
with restrictions and red tape
that the farmers would be discour
aged from making application.
In my letter to Mr.. Richards, ]
was especially careful to distin-
guish between commodity paper
and notes, drafts and bills drawn
or issued for agricultural purpo-
ses or based on live stock and
having a maturity not exceeding
SIX months, and if there is any
confusion on this subject it comes
from sources outside my letter
for this paper was expressly dis
tlngulshed from COMMODITY pa
per. And now while we are on the
subject, what has your reserve
bank done to carry out this pro-
vision of the reserve bank act?
What rates of discount have been
established for notes, drafts and
bills drawn OF issued for agricul-
tural purposes or based on live
stock, and what publicity has been
given to the regulations? Your
answer will not only be of inter-
est to me but it will be of intere ST
to the people Of the entire north
west.
l gave all the correspondence
to newspaper reporters who came
to interview me for the reason
that I did not want to be respon-
slble for anything that was said
except what | had put in writing
myself and there is absolutely
nothing in any Of the letters which
| have written upon which you
can base the charges in your an
swer.
AS your answer has been pub
lished this letter will also be given
to the press.
Yours very truly,
JOHN BURKE
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
METHODIST CHURCH

Services next Sunday at the
usual hours with the preaching
services al 1880 \. NJ. and 1880
p. NJ, the Sunday School at IL NJ,
and the Epworth League at $3.50
+. M. Also the prayer meeting al
1870 P. NJ. Thursday.
We are beginning new con-
terence year, and the pastor de-
Slres to call on the friends of the
church for their most loyal en-
deaNor. The loyalty of the church
for the last two years during the
present passionate has been very
roInmendable. Let us make this
year better than either of the 9th
ers by being always ready to do
what is to be done, and trying to
make every work of the church
interesting and helpful. A cordial
Invitation is extended to all to at
tend the services of this church.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
BIG YIELDS OF GRAIN

The threshing has been finish
ed on the Williston sub-station
farm. superintendent Ruzicka re-
ports the following maximum
yields: Spring wheat. 52.3 bushels
per acre: oats. 1870 bushels: bar
ley 1874 bushels: flax, 80 bushels;
emmer, "a bushels, and winter
wheat 1873 bushels. These crops
were all raised by the dry farming
methods.
The Williston sub-station was
established in 1908. The seven
years work that has been carried
On has done much in work out
methods and demonstrating prac-
tees that will bring good results
under the soil and climatic condi-
tons that prevail in this section
of North Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
BIG CREAMERY HOUSE
COMES TO NORTH OAK

North Dakota is gradually com
ing into her own. The work which
has been going on in this state
for the past three years along di-
versilied farming lines is at last
bearing fruit. This fact is indicat
ed by the interest being taken in
North Dakota by big business hou
SEES dealing in the products of di-
versi1icd farming. The latest adj
dition TO the states industrial in
stitutions is very extensive
plant which is to be erected in
Grand Forks by the Bridgeman-
Russell Company of Duluth for
the handling OF cream. The Bridge
man Russell Company is a very
large corporation with branches
in Minnesota and South Dakota
This company has decided that
the production of cream in North
Dakota has reached point where
they are justified in establishing
a plant to care for it, hence their
factory in this state.
Their confidence in the future
growth of the creamery business
in North Dakota is shown by the
fact that they are erecting very
large two story brick and con-
crete factory with cold storage
and fully, equipped with railway
siding facilities and thoroughly
modern in every way. North Da-
kota butter will now travel in car
load lots direct to New York City.
The estimates of the Bridgeman
establishment show that at the
start, sufficient cream is avail
able to make a carload of butter
a day in their new pint and as
business develops and the cream
comes into the new state cream
cry center, this production will be
increased many times over.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
HAS AIDED COUNTRY

James j. Hill, the greatest en-
!'pire' builder in America, spoke
recently of the financial revolu-
ton which has changed this
country from debtor to a credi-
tor nation in a single year, OF
the possibilities both of gain and
disaster which such change in
wolves, and then said:
fortunately, banking sys-
TEN has been put into effect which
makes it possible for the country
to handle it's new interests with
out disturbances
That new banking system is the
work of the Democratic party and
especially the work of President
Wilson. 1t was put through in the
teeth of the iiercest opposition
from Wall street. 1t is standing
every test. 1t saved the country
from utter financial collapse a
year ago last August and now it
is providing the machinery for
guarding and extending American
commerce.
II is working SO smoothly that
the country almost forgets it is
there. But the next time any par.
tisan ranter begins blathering
about the Wilson administration
being "hostile to business" re-
minded him of the federal re
serve act and quote the words Of
James j. Hill.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21

formed. Then they may be brought
into heat and forced as needed.
Potatoes should be stored in
a cool cellar. A temperature of
about 35 is good. If they are kept
warm enough to sprout badly, a
loss of from ten to thirty bushels
per acre in yielding power may
result.
Store cabbages in cool cellar,
heads down. They may be hung
from supports, or the roots may
be cut Off and the heads wrapped
in newspaper and laid on a shelf,
but they should be hung heads
down for while to insure drain
ing the water out.
Many worthless tulip bulbs
have appeared on the local mar
ket this year. They have suffered
either from improper caring in
Holland or from heating in tran
sit. On cutting bulb in halves
if the center of the flower is black
the bulb is of no value.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21

board. 1t is a narrow construc-
ton. 1t defeats, as Mr.. Harding OF
the reserve board we'll said, the
purpose Of the law and the regu-
lations of the reserve board. 1t is
true that in the regulations the
board used the term "terminal
warehouse receipts" but it fol-
lows it up with this language ''or
shipping documents covering ap-
proved and readily marketable,
non-perishable staples properly
that this bank has shown favorit-
ism to the great interests at the
terminal markets."
Your own letter and your own
answer show that the bank has
not been aggressive and the pur-
insured" Now what is ship
ping document covering approved
and readily marketable. non-per-
ishable staples? Could anything
answer the description better than
IA warehouse receipt for wheat ?
Wheat is a non-perishable staple,
readily marketable, and ware
house receipt for wheat covers a
non-perishable staple that is rea-
Oily marketable and hence it
comes squarely within the regu-
lations Of the board. If you had
any doubt about it and were so
willing and anxious that local
warehouse receipts be included
in the regulations, you could cas-
lily have written. to the reserve
board for their Interpretation of
this regulation.
Again, you state i'm your ans
wer that my next complaint is
that the methods Of the reserve
bank are involved and subject to
too much red tape and that your
bank has shown favoriIism to the
great grain interests at terminal
markets.. This statement in your
answer is absolutely without
foundation. | never used any lam
.uage in any letter or in any state
ment. There is absolutely nothing
in any letters charging collusioA
with the grain interests or favOri-
tism with anybody. | do mention
red tape. but not in connection
with The reserve bank. The strong
est language used in my letters on
the subject of red tape or any
hardships imposed they will be
imposed by the local bankers, not
by the reserve board. 1t is the i'll
tention of the reserve board TO
make these loans just as simple
as it is possible to make them and
to give all the relief that can be
given wherever relief is necessary
The reserve board is not hamper
ing member banks in any way by
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
ONE DAY ONLY
Offers Services Free Of chara,

DR.. MelIenthin is licensed by
the state and has visited the lar
ser towns at various times for
the past four years.
lhe doctor pays special atten-
tion to internal medicine and in
ms opinion there is. too much
cutting done and in his practice
very seldom recommends it.
examination. consultation and
advice cost you nothing on this
"trip, the only charge will be for
medicine and treatment for those
that wish it.
While travelling the doctors
time is mostly devoted to dis
eases OF the stomach, bowels, liv-
er, blood, skin, nerves, heart
kidneys, bladder, rheumatism,
eye' ear, nose and throat catarrh,
weak lungs. adnoids, asthma,
bedwetting, piles appendicitis gall
stones, tumors, goitre, etc.
Ii you are ailing do not put off
this opportunity cut out this no
tlce so you will not make mistake
in date and place.
The doctor is always glad to
meet you and to talk over your
individual case and tell you of
the new discoveries and methods
OF treating various diseases of
the human body.
German spoken. Address: 1886
Boston Block. Minneapolis, MINI.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTES

Keep house plants clean and
free from dust. Water thoroughly
when the plants need water, IA
Their than a little every day.
There is still time to plant
bulbs in pots for spring flowers.
Use hyacinths, daffodils, or tulips.
Tulips may still be planted out
doors to advantage.
Save the seed Of native plants
and SOW them in well-prepared
garden soil. The seedlings will be
desirable for transplanting about
the place later.
Almost any one can have grapes
|if he will be satisfied with the
Beta or the GAINESVILLE variety.
Some better varieties may be
grgown in favorable places.
Hyacinths, daffodils and other
bulbs should be set in a cool
place until the roots are we'll
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
PLEASING FARCE WAS
WITNESSED LAST NIGHT
Don't Lie to Your WIFE," cleverIy
Presented at tho Mankato
Theatre

Don't Lie to Your Wife," an
amusing musical play in three
acts was presented at Mankato
theatre last evening by a cast of
fourteen people, and was we'll fill
ed with laughable situations and
musical numbers of bright and
catchy character. The plot enter
ed on an escapade in which a we'll
trained husband figured when his
wife had "gone to the country"
Mixed up in the affair was anoth-
er married man, and the prospec-
tive son-in-law of the chief sim
ner.
A little dinner the night before
had ended disastrously in the
three men and three chorus girl
companions being arrested for
speeding by a hard hearted po-
liceman, and when came the cold
gray dawn Of the morning after
Uncle Amos" had headache
and fright. The headache was
cused by too much indulgence in
liquid refreshments, nd the fright
by The fact that while hilarious
he had invited the girls to his
home for dinner, and could think
of no way out of the difficulty.
The three men We're plotting on
how to escape the consequences
of their escapade, when the wives
of the two and the atfianced wife
Of the other unexpectedly return
ed. Many Iudicrous situations
followed, the crisis of all being
reached when the four chorus
girls arrived and were presented
as the nieces of "Uncle Amos,'
From Australia"
After a general mix-up affairs
were finally untangled, and the
matrimonial snarls were smooth
ed out happily. A. C. Winn, as
Amos Doubleday, the we'll trained
husband who goes astray was
right there with the comedy, was
we'll supported by the bolance of
the cast. Some clever dancing was
included in the musical numbers.
-Mankato Daily Free Press, Man
kato, Mimi.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21

Treasurer John Burke has sent
the following reply to the letter
Of Mr.. Rich of the Minneapolis
reserve bank:
Hon. John H. Rich,
Chairman and Federal Reserve
Agt., Federal Reserve Bank,
Minneapolis. Mimi.
My dear Mr.. Rich: 1 have your
letter of the 25th ult., together
with an alleged answer to certain
letters of mine written in answer
to inquiries from North Dakota.
1t is quite apparent from your
letter and from the answer which
l understand has been published
in the papers, that neither you
nor the person who prepared the
answer have carefully read my
letters. When you state in your
answer and in your letter that |
am maxim" certain charges, why
did you not quote the language
used in my letter? There is alb
solutely nothing in any of my let
tiers that conveys even an impress
Sion that the farmers of the north
west could borrow money at the
reserve bank of Minneapolis. but
on the contrary it appears i'm all
of them that the loans. if made,
would have to be through the
member banks, while with each
letter was sent the copies of the
regulations of the federal reserve
board to which special attention
was called.
I'm your answer you state that
my complaints are. THAT rates
have not been established for the
redIScount of farmers papers with
elevator receipts as collateral
That this bank has lacked agrees
siveness in serving IFS district
that Its methods are involved and
subject to too much red tape: and
ported interviews given out by
members of the reserve board
show that your bank is not active
and while ! did not make the
charge in any of my letters that
rates have not been established
for the redlScount of farmers pa
per with elevator receipts as col
lateral, your own answer shows
That you did not make such rates
until the 9th of September. long
after my letters were written.
Your excuse for not establishing
a rate Of rediscount with elevator
receipts as collateral is that only
terminal receipts We're accepted
under the regulations. but yours
is the only bank in the entire sys-
tenn that placed that construction
on the regulations of the reserve
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
Coming to
hpeton
DR.. eIIenthin
Specialist
Treats Chronic Diseases Withou,
Operations
Will Be At
MERCHANTS HOTEL
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 5th
Office Hours: 8 a. IN. to 5. D. m

w 114H 11I1It, JUL
once Hours: 8 a. IN. to 5. D. m.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
BOARD OF REGENTS
CHOOSES cRAIoHEAD

The board Of regents have en-
gagged E. b. Craighead as COM
missioner of education, also con-
tracted with M. T. Bawden and DR..
Capen, both of Washington, D. c.,
to make a survey of the educa-
tlonal institutions of the state.
The board also contracts to Dako-
ia Ignite Mining Co. of Dickin-
son for 5000 tons of coal, and
the Washburn Ignite Coal Co.,
for 1000 tons.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
BED noon FURNITURE

est to about the driest county in
the state.
LANCER is native of North
Dakota, having been born on q
farm near Casselton. He has an
academic degree from Columbia
university and law degrees from
the University of North Dakota
and Columbia.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1915-10-21
MORTON COUNTY NOW
Is DRIEST IN NORTH
DAKOTA: LANCER DID IT

1t is rare that statewide fame
is achieved in three weeks, yet
this is what happened to William
LANCER, states attorney, when he
placed North Dakota's imperial
county of Morton in the dry COL
umn. Because he is of German
parentage and the population of
Morton county is largely, the is
suing of more than 200 warrants
for the arrest of violators of the
prohibition law two days afte the
oath of office was administered,
came as a distinct shock.
LANCER won his nomination in
the face of bitter opposition of the
Morton county Republican organ
ization, and his election in the
face Of even bitterer opposition
ON the part of both the Republican
and Democratic organizations.
46 Convictions in AZ Cases
During the term of court which
was in session when he succeeded
TO office, LANCER went to trial with
~ vlolators of the prohibition
law and sent IS to the county Jail
and one to the penitentiary. He
selected for his first case q hard
ened offender against the law and
secured against him several dis
tlnct proveable charges. The jury
acquitting at the close of the first
trial, he promptly rearrested the
defendant on fresh charge. Then
when the jury disagreed on the
second trial, LANCER promptly re-
arrested the defendant on a third
charge and the jury concluded
that it was just as we'll to convict.
Thereafter, where he had a good
case he had no trouble in securing
o conviction.
Take tho Hint
LANCER experienced great diff
culty in securing witnesses who
knew beer or whisky or other in
toxicating liquor when they saw
or tasted them, but after lie had
sent a prominent citizen to the
pen" for perjury a surprising
number of persons in Morton
county discovered they knew the
difference between beer and Mis-
souri, river water.
The cost to Morton county of
Langer's progam OF law enfoce-
ment at the first term of court, as
compiled by the county auditor Of
Morton county, was S7,29l.8l;
the total amount of fines and
costs levied ON conviction was
$9,202.90, leaving a net amount
of profit of Sl,9O8.O9. The costs
include all court expenses and the
expenses Of the state attorneys
office as we'll.
No Determinations as to Laws
LANCER has followed up his law
enforcement program even to the
extent of arresting the crew of a
federal contractor at work on the
postoffice building at Mandan for
working on Sunday. The drug
store permit law, the pool hall
law and the anticigaret law all
look alike to LANCER and all are
enforced. AS result, Morton
county has passed from the Watt-