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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22

"The Company owns approximately 163 acres in three different tracts, follows:
 Red River Parish, La. lease, they have erected derrick and begun drilling and there can be no question that the oil sands underlay this property and in my opinion should develop satisfactory we'll
 5"Caddo Parish La, lease there is well down to 1860 feet and has producing wells on all sides This should bring in we'll within a short tme "The Marion Co.,, Texas lease is what is known as Caddo Extension into Texas and it is my bellef that it will produce satisfactory well as 1t is only 3-4 of a mile from large producing we'll J '.ln conclusion it is my opinion that the Arkla Oil Co., holds very we'll located leases giving strong promise of profitable development.
 q am convinced that it is the intention of ths Company to put the money raised by the sale of the stock to the development of their leases; and that they are n the oil business in legitimte and com' potent way.7
 (Signed) JOHN T. FULLER,
 Consulting Engineer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22
Browning Valves Examination,

Brought before Justice of the Peace l.. k. Cheek yesterday for preliminary examination on charges of grand lar ceny, Bob Browning, accused of cat tie thefts. waived examination and was ordered held to await the action of the grand jury in the circuit court. He is in the county jail, being unable to furnish surety bond.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22

Why encounter fatigue and disap-
 pointments hunting your wants in person, when The Graphic "cIassif1ed" ads will do the work better? If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22

V. G. Douglass will go as the painters delegate, while Walter Davis will be the representative of the machinists', blacksmiths', boiler makers and sheetmetal workers unions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22

awarded on petition charging thu Hurwitz had never paid a balals due on the stock, and had appropril. cd to his Cwn use a considerable sun in excess of the amount allowed lin as salary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-22

Mrs. Jesse Core of Plum Bayou r. turned homo yesterday, after spending a short time here as the guest of Nil and Mrs. H. A. Mccoy.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10

mission has had one Of its periodical
outbreaks during tina session. State
ments, invective and threats have
characterized the life of that commits
sion since it's inception. 1t. has been
a publicity bureau and a mixer CT
political poison since organization.
The members of the legislature
have in tits affidavit the very best
reasons why the present commission
should be abolished.
Any subordinate department of the
government which attacks openly a
superior branch of tina; government
should have it's qualifications to serve
the state called into serious question.
1t is high time the state created a
real tax commissioner instead OF har-
boring a nest of political place hunt
ers. If the sentiment heard daily Oh
the floors of both houses IS a criterl.
on, the commission is bound to be re-
yamped in line with the Heckls bill.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
DEMOCRATIC RULE.

BY removing protection and thus
reducing the income of the govern
ment from the collection of customs,
the present administration in Wash,
ington at last is brought face to face
with a treasury deficit con%servatively
estimated at eighty million dollars.
No benefit has accrued to the public
by the reduction of the tariff. The
cost of living is higher now than it
was under the Payne.Aldrich law, and
yet the government finds itself $780,
900, 900 short, and that amount must
be- made up from the pockets of the
people.
1t Is idle for the President and his
cabinet officers to attempt to put the
blame on the so-called pork barrel
rivers and harbors bill, or the public
buildings bill. The rivers and har,
bors bill last year was cut from $780,.
00O, 900 to $50, 200, 900. and yet did not
prevent the deficit. Nor will it avail
prevent the deficit.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
HOUSE PASSED
BUT -FOUR BILLS
Frietag's Bill Relating to Liabl.
ity of Stockholders Killed.

or the six house bills up for thlrd
reading and final passage yesterday
afternoon four were passed, n was
killed and the CHER was Withdrawn
by the author.
The our bills passed were n. B.
209, Dickson of Dunn, relating to the
fees of assessors when acting as cen
sus enumerators; H. B. 165, Lludahl,
providing for county and district mu-
tual fire, lightning and cyclone insur-
ance companies; III. B. POI, Twlcheli,
would not require bond from con-
tractor doing municipal improvement.
work: H. B. 274, Ployhar, relating to
bountles for tree planting.
Frietag's H. B. No. 267. relating to
liability of stockholders of corpora
tons, was indefinitely postponed on
motion of l.. L. Twichell.
Mr.. Naramore recalled his H. B.
No. 270, providing that no person 9th
err than such as are paupers or public
charges shall be admitted to the poor
asylum.
On motion of Mr.. Diyet the house
passed the order OF third reading of
senate bills yesterday. S. B. 4S, re-
lating to registration of trained
nurses was up for third reading.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
FROM WARD COUNTY.

Jacob Erstad, Plaintiff and Appellant,
Martin Jacobson, Defendant and Re-
spondent.
Plaintiff, who had entrusted certain
money to defendant for safe keeping,
to be returned upon demand. brought
suit for the conversion thereof. De-
PENDANT answered.. admitting that he
received such money from plaintiff.
but denied all the other allegations
of the complaint, and alleged that a
portion of such money had been re-
paid to plaintiff and the balance ten
dered, which tender plaintiff refused.
Then follows what is designated a
second and further Defense where
in defendant, after realleging all the
prior allegations in t:le answer, alleg'
es in effect that he notified plaintll
that if he and his family continued to
board and rcom in defendants home
he would be charge1 therefor and the
reasonable value thereof would be de-
Quoted from the moneys il defend
ants hands belonging to %piaintiff. n
that plaintiff and his family did there
dllcF tOuLIlEC ~ JUAN dllu WIN "A1H
defendant and that the reasonable
value of such board and va
more than the balance of such funds
in defendants custody. Ae demurrer
to such second defense upon tAn
ground that it fails to allege a de-
Tense, was i%nterposed and o%verruled.
Held, that such ruling Was not error.
Syllabus BY The Court.
Appeal from District Court, Ward
County; Leighton, J.
From an order overruling a demur-
rer to a portion of defendants answer,
plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed. Opinion of the Court by
Fisk, G. j.
W.. F. Doherty, Minot, y. d., for
Appellant.
Halvorson & Wysong, Minot, N. D.,
Tor Respondent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
CONFIDENCE IN
BOARD CONTROL
Number of Jamestown Citizens
Present Petition to Leg
islature.

The following petition, signed by
one hundred. and. twenty OF James
towns best citizens and expressing
their confidence in the board OF con-
troll and the management Of the hos
pital for the insane, was presented
in the house and, senate yesterday
and created quite an impression on
the legislators.
Petition.
To the Honorable Senators and Re
representatives. of the 14th Legisla-
tive Assembly of the State of North
Dakota in Session Assembled.
Greeting
Believing that a serious injustice is
being done the board of control of the
state, Of North lakotl, the local man
agement of the Insane asylum at
jamestown and the, state architect,
Samuel F.. Crabbet by certain charges
made by three citizens of the city OF
jamestown, North Dakota, we, the
undersigned citizens Of said city OF
jamestown, desire to express our dis
approval of SUCH charges and to
state that we believeE the members
Of the board of control of the state of
North Dakota to be Honest and cap
able and men OF good business pudg-
ment. ..e.
We believe that an examination
made of the improvements now being
completed at the state hospital at
jamestown will convince any fair
minded person that the money ex-
pended thereon has Reen wisely and
economically spent and that the same
cost less in view of their utility than
any buildings now IN the asylum
grounds.
We further desire TO express our
approval and con1idefce in the local
administration of the asylum under the
able management of Pr. w. NJ. Hotch-
kiss. We commend his efficiency
and painstaking atteltion in the care
Of the unfortunate Ifrsons intrusted
to his care and in hill honesty in con.
Quoting the affairs d the said insti.
tuition.
We believe that tie charges made
by these gentlemen ire not grounded
in that sincerely d purpose that
would warrant theirl presen. motor
iety.
Respectfully signed and submitted
this 29th day of January, 1915.
Signed by 120 p%ertons.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
Supreme Court
FROM SARGENT COUNTY.

J. A. Tharp, Plaintiff and Respondent,
vs..
Gertrude Blew, Defendant and Appel
lalt.
Plaintiff and defendant entered into
a contract whereby plaintiff perform
ed certain labor upon the farm of the
defendant. In the trial below, the
court gave certain instructions SCI
forth in the opinion which are exam
ined, and, Held:
ID That said instruction as a
whole is inadequate, confusing and
misleading, l5ut in view Of the fact
that this is the second appeal in this
case 10 this court, and the interest
of the parties demand that the matter
be finally settled, it is ordered: that
a 1ew trial be granted, unless plain
tiff. within thirty days after the re.
ceipt of the remittitur in the lower
court, shall consent, in writing, to a
reduction CT the amount Of the verdict
to the sum of s3o.1o.
Syllabus BY The Court.
Appeal from thu District Court of
Sargent County, Allen, j.. in favor OF
plaintiff. Defendant Appeals.
reversed on conditions. Opinion
of the Court by Burke. J.
Wolfe & Schneider, of Wahpeton, y.
D.. Attorneys for Defendant and APP.
pellant.
o. S. Sem, of Minor, n. D., and
Forbes & Lounsberry. of Wahpeton,
n. D.. Attorneys for Plaintiff and Re-
spOndelt.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
AUTOMOBILES LESS DEADLY.

That the automobile, in spite of this
rapidity with which it has come into
general use, is still less deadly than
the horse, might be inferred from the
fact that thu mortality incident to its
operation was less in 1913 than that
chargeable, directly and indirectly, to
mans faithful but sometimes erratic
friend. During the year the number
OF deaths resulting from automobile
accidents and injuries was 2,4SS,
while the number due to injuries and
accidents caused by other vehicles
principally horse DRAWN was 1881,
and the number caused by animals
(principally horses) was $40. The
corresponding figures for 1912 were
1883, 2,221, and 543. A few fatalities
caused by motorcycles and bicycles
are included in those due to other
vehicles and a small humber charge
able to animals other than horses are
comprised in those caused by ant,
mails; but, after making due allow
ance for these factors, there still re-
mains a considerable margin OF safe.
ty' in favor of the automobile.
Deaths due to railway accidents and
Injuries during tina year numbered
S,212, and those resulting from street
car accidents and injuries, 1898. The
corresponding figures for 1912 were,
$500 and 1882. For the first time
the number of fatalities due to auto
mobile accidents and injuries exceeds
the number resulting from injuries
caused by other vehicles and also ex-
ceeds the number due to street car
accidents.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10

Watt Bill For Repfal Of Teachers
Pension Back i coYmittee.

The lawyers and thool teachers in
the house had a graf time yesterday
for bills of vital interest to both were
up for discussion inSthe committee Of
the whole house. Ill. B. 220, Con-
verse, relating TO ehange Of venue,
was killed after a bng discussion in
which many of the lawyer members
took part and in witch the author Of
the bill made an elOquent appeal IN
it's behalf. The bin which brought
the school teachers and former teach
ers to their feet gas Watts H. B.
173, relating to tths repeal OF the
teachers insurance. and retirement
fund. $50
Converse's bill vas intended to
amend the presents law with regard
to changing the PLACE OF trial SO ina
a change could nOtabe obtained on a
misdemeancr charge but could be OBJ
tanned in case Of a felony. The auth
or of the bill conteaded that changes
were too frequently obtained under
the present law AMI the ends or JUS
tice were somtimea defeated. l. ~
Torson and A.. A. Al Peterson OF Nei-
son both contended that the present
law was a just Law and a good law
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
SOME LOTUS TACTICS.

Members Of the state tax commits
sion and the employees of the Office
in an affidavit published by the Trib.
I'M this morning are using the Lotus
methods, which were so repugnant to
the members Of the legislature last
week.
Surely it is not up to the tax com
missio1ers and employees to dictate
how the members of the Legislature
shall probe them, neither are the
members of that commission assist
ing their case any by charging the
members Of The joint committee Will
bad faith.
1t is, indeed, fortunate that the com
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
THE LEGISLATORS
and opposed any amendment thereto
as endangering the rights Of the de-
feadan: in any action. L,
Slams the Educators.

and opposed any amendment thereto
as endangering the rights of the de-
feGdan: in any action. 1,
Slams the Educators.
Educators have no business heads,
as the present state Of affairs in
North Dakota will prove said Repre-
sentative Sherman Hick:e of Mercer,
Oliver and Dunn, in the midst>Of his
address in which he urged the repeal
Of the present law relating to teach
ers' retirement and pension funds and
favored the passage of the Watt bill.
In speaking of the old.age and re-
tirement fund Mr.. Hickle stated that
he did not believe in long terms of
service for teachers. that they be-
came sale and rusty after six or
eight years of teaching and were not
to be desired. ANY teacher would be
of more use to the country, after
teaching for six or eight years, in be-
coming the mother of a good family
of American children and bringing
them up right than to continue teach
ing" said Mr.. Hickle.
Henry O'Keefe, Jr., of Grand Forks
argued against the Watt bill at some
length and quoted facts and figures
calculated to show the desirability Of
continuing the pension fund for the
teachers.
Mr.. Watt, the author OF the bill, ar
gued in favor of its adoption. He de-
Tended the Temporary teacher in
the course of his remarks and stated
that mos of this class entered into a
ncbler profession after teaching a
few years, to become wives and
mothers.
At this time the motion to recon.
mend the bill for indefinite postpone
ment carried.
\ few moments la.er Mr.. Wiley of
Morton moved that the report of the
committee of the whole be adopted
except as to H. B. 173. (the Watt billy
and this motion Carried Nj. Wiley
then moved that the Watt bill be re-
ferred to the committee on education
and this resurrective motion was car
ried. The bill is now in the hands of
the committee on education again. /.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
FROM HIGHLAND COUNTY.

Peter Wallin, Plaintiff and Respond
ent. VS..
Great Northern Railway Company,
Defendant and Appellant.
Plaintiff was injured by ignition of
lighting gas while the tank contain.
ing it was being cleaned and re-charg-
ed. Plaintiff recovered on the theory
that the gas was ignited by the Ian
tern of an incompetent and inexper-
fenced employee, a boy seventeen
years old, who plaintiff asserts was
negligently directed to assist in such
work. AL the evidence is examined
and it is held that there is no evil
dence to support the finding that said
employee, who had other duties else
where to perform, was assigned to
this work or directed to do it. In
stead the evidence without contradic-
ton is all to the effect that the boy
whose lantern plaintiff asserts caus-
ed the explosion, was a mere volun'
,:eer and was at the place of the &C
cident out of his mere curiosity and
for which The defendant and it's Off.
Gals in charge were in no wise re-
%sponsible. The motion to dismiss
made at the close of plaintiffs ase
and again at the close of the trial
should have been granted, and dis.
missal is directed.
(SylIabus by the Court.)
Appeal from the District Court Of
Richland County, Allen, J..
Reversed and ordered dismissed.
Opinion of the Court by Goss, J..
Purcell & Dlvet, of Wahpeton, and
Murphy & Toner, Of Grand Forks, at
torneys for defendant and appellant.
~ George w. Freerks and Geo. E.
Wallace, of Wahpeton, Attorneys for
! plaintiff and respondent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1915.


q WHERE THE TRIBUNE CAN
. BE BOUGHT. +
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Fargo, N. ..
Gardner Hotel.
Grand Forks, N. o.
Hotel Frederick.
Devils Lake, N. o.
H. B.. Rosenberg, News agent.
c. J.. B. Turner, News agent.
Minot, N. O..
MAnDen Bros.
Dickinson, N. o..
St. Charles Hotel.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Kemp & Cohen, News agents.
Hotel Dyckman.
Hotel Radisson.
ST. Paul, MINI.
Merchants Hotel.
st. Marie, Fifth ST., News agent.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-10
The Weather
Forecast,

For North Dakota: Partly cloudy
tonight and Wednesday,; warmer to-
night.
ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
Section Director.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15

To the stranger in his own country
or here the Syrian is not laxative. But
to an acquaintance, particularly to one
who knows his native land, he is frank,
and, under the present stress, even vol
uble. SO, TO the writer, who has just
returned from a tour to every district
of Syria, the colony talks without re-
serve.
But at glance any one who visits
the quarter can tell that these people
are not neutral, and that they don't
care who knows it. Excited gestures
from throngs on the sidewalks, in the
stores and restaurants arc proofs open
and sufficient.
Drop into George Shaouy's Oriental
restaurant, in Washington Street, at
the lunch hour. You will find it crowd
ed and the bill of fare in Arabic, but
some one at the table will instantly
translate the menu for you. II is from
first to last the menu of the East. II is
the same at the Cedar of Lebanon eat
ing house, in the same street, where
AbOu Skandcr takes your order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15

Minutes from I'D ST. IL Minutes
A.
Store Opens at M. Closes S p M Daily Saturdays at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15

counts to aid a sufferer, and every lad
was happy. In another camp $50 was
drawn from the bank to buy an arti-
fetal leg for a poor newsboy at home.
HYGIENE conditions are ever in mind,
and matters of diet, play and sleep
the tripod upholding normal boyhOod
are keenly watched by camp physi-
clan, whose work is preventive rather
than remedial Beyond bandaging an
occasional stubbed toe or applying
lotion to sunburned shoulders, he finds
little need for practice. Fresh air,
pure water and bright sunshine are
overwhelming competitors. His work
is mainly to show the boys how TO rem
der first aid to a comrade in case Of
need
The utmost freedom prevails in
camp, but safety and community inter-
ests are considered always, and one OBJ
serves here a true democracy. A self
ish, spoiled boy has a rude awakening,
but he returns home having learned to
respect the rights of others and TO bear
his share in the home world. After
breakfast comes a short-lived chapel
service, at which popular leader gives
a brief talk One boy expressed the
sentiment of all when he blnrted out:
81 tell We, ! wish we had Mr.. Blank
for our Sunday school teacher. He's
great. He doesn't talk solemn-like, but
Teller has to play ball straight after
hearing him. And, say, you just
oughter see him swat BALL" Strong,
virile leadership entering a boys whole
everyday life! Camp can help direct
home and church to a great truth.
As the sun sets, tired campers gather
for the light but wholesome supper Of
bread, milk and fruit, each content to
always live a camper. But the best
part Of the day remains, and all are
eager for darkness TO come. Dead wood
has been piled high and scientifically
By the wood squad" and all is in
readiness. The significance of the
campfire cannot be r-emphasized in
boy life. The fire, lighting up the
circle of eager faces, the dark trees in
the outer blackness and the open
heavens above make boys soul a SEN
sitized plate, ready to receive the
image of all finer things. Imagination
is a factor in boy life, and so, as the
flames from the logs leap upward, a
weird scene presents itself. Painted In
dams in camp blankets perform q war
dance around the circle until exhaust
ed, but the strenuous day is beginning
TO tell even on campers, and soon at a
psychological moment n leader sug-
gests story, and all grows quiet.
After the story a hush falls on the cir
Gle of sleepy boys, and the day is closed
with a song and word which remind
the wild woodsmen that after all they
have q home and loved ones. All go
to their tents ready for a night of
soundest sleep in the fresh, still air.
The stirring reveille of morning, &C
companicd By yels and life, hos given
place to taps, low and sweet, un-
broken except by few faint murmurs
A hundred peace-scouts in a tented
dreamland, guarded by dark trees and
lulled by the tapping of the waters, are
dreaming of home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15

The hilarious fun of swimming and
ducking is mixed with valuable instruc-
tion, for competent leaders are teach
ing groups 70 swim and dive, with older
boys aiding Suddenly, by prearrange-
ment, n good swimmer jumps from the
diving board, throws up his arms and
sinks, calling for help. An Older boy
piunges in, rescues him, tows him to
shore, and the process of resuscitation
of the drowning is carried through
under skilled direction. A light boat,
always in readiness. shoots out from
the shore, manned by lifesaving crew
of boys, a swimmer is secured, taken
ashore and "resuscitated. No part OF
camp life is so joyous, health giving
and valuable as this swimming hour,
and camps are rendering a great and
practical service to the community.
During 1910 over 1000 boys were
drowned in the United States, most of
them during the skating and swimming
seasons. The great majority Of these
lads could have been saved if they or
their companions had been strong
swimmers or had known the simple
process of resuscitation. Growing out
Of camping and scouting has come a
movement to enlist older boys in teach