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this once proud city has served only as
q stone quarry.
The present expedition devoted the
first few months OF its work to the burial
grounds of the old Egyptian kings near
the pyramids Of Gizeh. Then work was
begun to find the palace, of the kings Of
Memphis. The time was ripe for such a
tremendous and ambitious undertaking
The British government had cancelled
the German and Austrian concessions and
this left a large number Of experienced
and skillful workmen unemployed. The
expedition had little difficulty In getting
the number OF men needed which in the
end amounted to $50.
The first work of the expedition was
to dig a test trench at an old Roman
wall The site OF the operation resem-
bled a sand dune backed by a grove of
palm trees. Some years before another
Egyptologist. Prof. Petrie, had worked
IN this vicinity. but although his trenches
were dug everywhere he had merely
scratched the surface.
It did not take long to discover that
the spot for the beginning OF the exca-
vations had been we'll chosen. Very
soon in the operations wall OF such
dimensions was discovered that Fisher.
who himself is an architect. felt sure It
was part Of the palace which he was
seeking. ..s ~ .
Near the old Roman work he had also
noted two columns which had been I'M
covered by Prof Petrfe and they were Of
sufficient size to indicate that they be-
longed to some large building. so he set
his men to uncovering them. The re-
suit was not the discovery of the royal
palace he was seeking. but Of the tenn
pie Of Seti or Merneptah.
The difficulties of the work multi
piled the farther he went below the sur
face The railroad had to be built to
haul away the great amount of earth
hs was taking out. Then ct . certain
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depth the seepage Of the Nile began to
be encountered. 1t made necessary the
installation Of the pumping system to
drain the chambers opened by his exca-
vators.
Despite the tremendous difficulties he
kept on until he had uncovered a large
part of the temple. He kept his men at
work until June and then laid them on
until the fall season, for Egyptians will
not work in the heat Of the summer.
In the short time he had been at
work he took out no less than 1000 ar
ticles. Most of them were small objects
like scarabs, amulets and stone Jars.
Among the larger objects are sandstone
statues which are said to be some Of
the finest sculpture found in Egypt. In
this respect the temple promises finds of
sculpture of the first magnitude when
excavations are resumed this fall
Another interesting find was the dis
covery of a manufacturing plant within
the temple. There were many molds
for making amulets and the like which
showed that when II was necessary the
priests could become good business men
and appreciated the profits that they
could make out of visitors to the tenn
pie. l---
The excavators made a discovery
when they turned up no less that 100
human neads or various sizes, mostly
in terra Gotta. The types range from
pure Egyptian to Ethiopian and show
that Memphis was inhabitated by many
races.
The most valuable Of these heads is q
life sized one Of the purest and best
Egyptian both in character and in
workmanship II Is thought to be the
portrait of the king. as q projection On
top of the head indicates that originally
II carried a tall headdress characters
tic of royalty. The sculpture is of such
a high order 1t Is considered the ind q
the season
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that its excavation has not been begun
before?
The answer is very easy. There has
been no money with which to undertake
the work 1t is a relatively easy matter to
induce the wealthy to give up their money
for charity. music. art and other visible
things in their own land. But to induce
O millionaire to part with tens of thou
sands OF dollars merely because some
mild-mannered and bespectacled Egypt
ologist is inclined to think that under the
dust of some far away land lie records
that may tell something Of a still farther
away people whom he thinks may have
existed is an entirely different matter.
very interesting example is given by
the present expedition which uncovered
the new temple. 1t not only had to pay
high salaries to the members of the ex-
petition but It also had to build a rail-
way and install pumping station before
II could proceed with its work.
Memphis is across the river from Cairo
and when its power declined after the
Romans occupied II II was covered for
century after century by the overflow of
the Nile and the sands Of the desert. All
this accumulation Of years had to be re-
moved by q railway and pumps kept go
ing to keep the excavation holes dry be-
fore the work of the real scientists could
covered It looks as IL Memphis. like Troy.
will be found to be seven-story city
with one civilization literally building on
its predecessor,
Egyptian history shows that in the
time of Seti / the foremost city in~the
world was Memphis. II was not only
a royal city, the home of Egyptian kings.
but II was the center of the commerce
of the world of that day.
1t stretched along the Nile for a dis
lance of eight miles and extended inland
four miles. From the bosom Of the Nile
its commerce extended to the Mediter-
ranean and It tapped the long caravan
trains OF the Babylonian territory. After
the conquest of Alexander Thebes
ecIipsed II in prestige for time and at
other times II was overshadowed by cities
nearer Ethiopia. Nevertheless Memphis
is as much Egypt as London is England.
When the Romans came. however.
Memphis began its permanent decline.
Alexandria and other newer cities took
its trade. Its ruin was completed by
the Moslem conquest OF recent years
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history. for even at the time of King
Menes the Egyptians had advanced far
in civilization.
Many scientists believe that the city
was founded far in the dim past by races
of whom not even q trace has been left
That the present excavations in the
newly found temple will reveal something
about these ancient and unknown races
Is the hope and expectation Of every
modern Egyptologist.
One thing about the Egyptians that
makes the people of today love them Is
that they were historians. Their priests
not only officiated at the mystic services
but they were professional men in other
lines besides.
They were doctors, surgeons, lawmak-
ers, astronomers. scientists and historians
as well as the voice of the gods. They
had a complete monopoly on all the
learning of the time and being natural
born historians they put all they knew
down In writing and in the great libraries
headquarters and in the great Libraries
which were established In this city were
stored all the records of their learning
In their own day these records were
not known as history but as "the mys-
teries' and they were only impaired to
a select few. When the famous Greek
scholar ana Philosopher, Pythagoras,
visited Mempt.ls his renown was so great
that II carsed the priests Of Memphis to
open ter mysteries to him. But that
visit look place only six centuries before
Christ and more than seven centuries
before the temple of Seti or
Merneptah was built-a comparatively
late day in Egyptian history.
II this famous temple gives promise
of containing all these ancient records
how b 1t, nearly every one has asked,
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struction at the Israeiites for
their sins and idolatry that an American
expedition with pumps and a railway
would bring to the light of the sun again
the city, the buildings and the people
which he had OWNED were doomed TO
destruction. 100 -,
For, 10, they are gone because Of de-
struction," he cried prophetically. Egypt
shall gather them up. Memphis shall bury
them; the pleasant places for their silver.
nettIes shall possess them; thorns shall
be in their tabernacles." - -
It all came about just as Hosea pre-
dicted. Memphis, the grand old city OF
the world, once the capitarof the world,
the richest and proudest and wickedest
city of the ancient Egyptian empire, GER
tainly was destroyed. The palaces, the
temples, the silver and other riches Of
the capital were buried under layer after
layer of, the mud Of the overlooking Nile
and the hot sands of the deserts. The
tabernacles were not only filed with
uettles and thorns, but we're buried scores
Ct feet deep in the waste of ages.
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AzLLAZFT/ GAGE
91a GONEIS and
IZLIHzIHy II n ONIAS7I

But along comes a Yankee expedition
and rescues the ancient town from the
curse of Hosea and the earth which was
slowly swallowing It up. II is the Eckley
B. Coke, Jr.. expedition. under the lead
ership Of Professor Clarence s. Fisher.
OF the Museum OF the University of Penn
sylvania. The finds II has made are alb
solutely startling and mark an epoch in
Egyptian research.
The expedition has found the mammoth
and beautiful temple Of Merneptah, where
Moses and the Israelites worshiped when
the Egyptians held them as captives. II
has discovered traces Of races Of the dead
ages that have hitherto remained I'M
known. 1t has found evidence that Mem
phis IS ages older than anyone has ever
thought 1t was and that seven different
civilizations had built upon its site. II
has found also important sidelights on
biblical history. In short, the discoveries
that this Yankee expedition has made in
ancient Memphis open up hundreds Of
years Of history Of the human race that
scientists had long ago given up as lost
forever.
Memphis was founded about $500
years before the birth OF Christ Menes,
the first king of Egypt, made It his
capital Even at that time 1T was
fourishing and lively city. Undoubtedly
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THE ASTONISHING DISCOVERIES OF THE
l.: ECKLEY B. COKE, JR, EXPEDITION
The Temple uere Moses and the Hebrers uorhped during
the period of their captiuity.
CiespI that uH lead to the discovery of hitherto unknown
of the earth. ..
Traces that civilizations built upon the site Of
Memphis top of the other.
The famous temple of Mernptah the home Of the Egyptian
king.
Some of the finest sculpture yet uneared and 1000 pieces cal
uabie jeueiry and cdrUings
manufacturing plant for the making of amulet sold BY the
priests charms 5upcr5titious Egyptians.
Evidence that Herodous Greek historian the
=. liar modern historians haze said he
Evidence that trade 5000 years carried BY barter
erhich modern financial experts claim the rightfu Of
trading
E1denee fhrong light biblical history and ouing that
the Amorites and Hitt played unexpectedly large parts
" in the dead ages.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-03-26
COWS PAY BEST
Pueblo Man Thinks Valley Will Be-
Come Great Dairy Country

c. w. Crews, OF Pueblo, can only
stay in his city and store SO long at
a time. Then the safety valve lets
loose and he hits the trail for Fowler
and his ranch. Mr.. Crews has as fine
a herd OF Holstein thoroughbreds as
can be found in this part OF the coun-
try. He was down Tuesday to see
them. and said to a Fowler Tribune
news gatherer:
Il believe | will see the day when
this Arkansas Valley OF Colorado will
be the best dairy country west OF the
Mississippi. We have everything in
our favor-cliinate, sunshine, and the
fact that we grow our own alfalfa
right att home. | understand that g.
200 additional cows have been bought
by the Lamar farmers during the past
year The valley farmers are coming
to realize more and more every
month the great advantages to be
derived from dairy farming over
grain farming. The greatest mort
mortgage litter in the Arkansas val
ley is the, dairy cow
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-03-26
In The Happy Springtime.

Backward. turn backward! o, time
in your fight. Give me the nose that
| breathed through last night Bring
back the smcllcr that two days ago
knew not the torment OF continual
blow. Wipe from my mustache the
moisture OF sneeze: Put wooden
splints on my poor weakened knees;
Rub my red nose as you did before,
With tallow dear mother, oh. it is so
Sore Backward, flow backward. o,
tide of the nose, | am so tired from
my head to my toes; Tired out OF
mopping and sneezing; Weary from
handkerchicfs constantly seizing. |
have grown weary OF snuffle and
snuff; OF wiping my bugle until it
is rough Stick my poor head in a
big pillow slip, and sew it up, mother
for | have lagrippe.-Ex.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-03-26
ALFALFA-sEED PEST
Continued from Page One)

uncleaned seed frequently gives the
chalcis fly start in the new field, as
well as resulting in a poor stand.
1t is not an uncommon practice for
the farmer to allow the seed crop to
remain on the fields an excessive
period in order that more of the
fields on the same plant are found
ripe pods bursting open. as well as
fully developed, half-grown, and new
ly forming pods.
Observations show that many of
the chalcis flies infesting the earlier
or first pods have had sufficient time
to complete their life devlopment,
emerge from the seeds, and deposit
their eggs into the green pods grow
ing on the same plant upon which
they themselves were fostered.
In view of this, the seed crop
should be SO handled that the setting
OF pods will be as uniform as posi-
Bile, and the crop should then be
harvested as soon as the larger num-
Der of the pods are ripe.
1t has been demonstrated that
great numbers of chalcis flies emerge
from the seed pods at about the time
the pods ripen and continue to
emerge indefinitely. In midsummer
most of them, however, emerge with
in three or four weeks after the crop
is harvested. Where later seed crops
are grown, it is therefore advisable to
stack the early crops as soon as pos
sible, thus preventing the free emer-
gence offered by leaving the crop in
shocks on the field.
In some localities bur clover grows
abundantly and natures its seed pods
in early SPRING The chalcis flies thus
have already completed the devlop-
men,t of an entire generation in the
seeds OF these plants before the al
falfa-seed pods have developed in
the fields. Under such conditions it
would be well to destroy the bur
clover pods by burning the fence
lines in the spring. This can fire.
quently be done after the plans ma
ture and before the alfalfa-seed crop
comes on.
Some OF tile alfalfa-seed- growing
districts have organized among the
seed growers with officers having
complete charge Of cleaning and
marketing the seeds for the growers.
The product handled through these
organizations is, for the most part,
well cleaned, SO that nearly all of the
infested seeds are removed before
1ldT dTkClllS. WHICH uOne on large
scale the cost of cleaning the seed
is about 40 cents per 100 pounds In
addition to removing the infested al
falfa seeds this process removes the
weed seeds, and the product will
then command the highest market
prices. Where it is necessary to do
the cleaning on the farm. good re-
suits may be secured by using the
proper sieves in a small tanning mill.
The habits OF this insect, together
with the general practices of alfalfa
seed growers, make it necessary for
the growers of each district to CO.
operate in an effort to control this
destructive seed pest. While it is i'm
portant that each farmer do all in his
power to reduce the abundance of
this insect on his own farm. the eff
forts OF an individual are greatly
hampered by the negligent habits of
a neighbor. The rapid distribution
from breeding centers of the chalcis
flies and the short minimum period
Required for the development OF the
adults render organized action nee
essary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-03-26
Sugar Factory Dismantled

The sugar factory at Holly, owned
by the Holly Sugar Company, is TO
be dismantlcd and the machinery
moved to Sheridan. Wyo. The plant
at Holly has not been operated for
four years so ii will be no great loss
to that community. The work Of
tearing down the buildings was COM
menced Thursday morning, about 200
men being. employed on the job The
factory. at Holly had 600 tons capac-
ity, but provision will be made for
increasing the capacity OF the plant
at Sheridan to 1000 and it will be
modernized in every way.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1915-03-26

For Sale-Two dozen S. c. Rhode
Island Red hens. mostly pulets; also
10000 strawberry plants. E. M. Znm-
brunnen. r. R. No. !. Rocky Ford. 42ti
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-28
NEW BUILDING FOR
JAMESTOWN COLLEGE

Jamestown, Oct. 21.-Another new
building has been decided upon for
the jamestown college. It will be a
chapel and music hall. When com.
pleted it will cost from $4,000 to
$4,000. The style will be the early
English, to conform with the other
buildings on the campus. The erection
of this building has become neces-
sity by the rapid growth of the stu.
dent body in the college. The present
chapel in the old administration build.
ing has become inadequate.
The dimensions will be 66 by 81,
with studios on the first or basement
floor. A large ensemble room will also
be connected with the music studios
The building will be so constructed
that dramatics can be given on a
stage IL feet by 80 feet. The provis.
ional plans are about ready. This will
make the eighth building for the col
lege since it opened six years ago
The state has become deeply interest.
ed in the wonderful institution de-
veloped in so short time in the in.
terror Of the state, where great en-
pire is in process Of building.
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Tell Villa He Must Quit

New York, Oct. 21.-Leaders here
of the Mexican conventionist party of
which General Villa is the head, were
reported today to have notified him
that he must give up the fight against
General Carranza and come to the
United States. Unless he does so, it
was stated, all his generals of
prominence will quit him.
1t is understood that the Conven-
tionists in New York believe that the
fight for constitutional government in
Mexico can best be waged by wait
ing policy and that they will not at
tempt to violate the neutrality of the
United States. Villa is now said to
be considering the ultimatum sent
him by Mexican leaders here and to
be undecided whether to come to this
country or to continue fighting the
Carranza government with such men
as remain with him. Meneul Chao
and Rauol Madero, two of Villas
principal generals are here.
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REV, E. c. FORD TO LECTURE

Rev. E. C. Ford, pastor of the Ply
mouth congregational church of Far.
20, will be the first speaker on the
Noltimier Citizens Free Lecture
Course. His subject will be Rural
Community Work" The lecture will
be held in the assembly room of the
school, Friday evening, Nov. 10, at
$3.50. Two musical selections will pre-
cede the lecture.
Rev. Ford has been a student of
rural conditions for years and is in a
position to tell of the progress here
in North Dakota as we'll as in other
states. Besides his work as pastor In
Fargo, he is at present assistant in
the social science department of the
Agricultural college.
Mr.. Ford is not only very interest
ing speaker, but is also writer OF
stories and plays, contributing to such
publications as the Youths Compan
ion.
The people of Noltimier are forum
ate in securing Rev. Ford for their
first number on the lecture course.
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Darlington n. Constable
Takes Es;cap|edC onlvIiids

Darlington, Oct. 23.-Two men who
had escaped from the Washington pen
itentiary at Walla Walla last August
were taken in charge by Constable
Gottleib Werner, of Bowdon. The men
were serving sentences of from three
to Is years in the Washington pen.
They were serving time for highway
robbery and had also been indicted for
other crimes, including postoffice rob-
berries.
Constable Werner discovered the
men on a threshing crew south of
Bowdon. He had been told that there
were two fellows on the crew who
were suspected of bootlegging, but
when he saw the men he recognized
them as originals Of the pictures sent
out by Washington authorities and i'm
mediately took them in charge. They
were brought from there to Darlington
to be kept until the Washington au.
thorities came after them.
1t is understood that reward Of
500 each was offered for their arrest
and this amount Constable Werner
will get. =.
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More Mexiicans
Meet Deserts

Brownsville, Oct. 21.-The body of
one Japanese was found today among
the dead Mexicans killed in a morn
ing fight between United States SOL
diers and Mexican bandits at Ojo Del
Aqua. This Japanese had apparent
ly been shot during the fight but there
vas nothing to indicate whether he
belonged to, the raiders. ,..
The Rio Grande was used twice to-
day by two separate bands of Next
can bandits to stop pursuits of Ameri-
can soldiers, most of the bandits in
both instances crossing into Mexico.
The first was in the retreat from the
Ojo Del Aqua fight, go miles up the
river, and the second occurred about
30 miles up the river, where soldiers
and civilian posses chased small
body of Mexicans to the river. They
crossed in a row boat.
Captain Frank R. Mccoy Of the
third cavalry reported tonight his be-
lief that there were not more than 80
Mexicans in the party which attacked
Ojo Del Aqua. The number of Mex
leans killed in this fight still stood
tonight at FIVE, and the American sol
diers at three. All Americans wound
ed were expected to recover.
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E--i ~ .7-g ~ s
NoLTIMiER


The Sorosis club, Of Valley City,
came out to visit the Noltimier school
Monday, Oct. IS.
The Harvest Festival and dedication
of the Noltimier school, has been post
poned from Nov. IL to Nov. is, be.
cause Governor Hanna will not be
able to be present the former date.
A piano has been purchased for the
school use from Mrs. Kelsey, Of Valley
City.
School was in session Saturday to
make up the day lost at the beginning
Of the school month.
Emma and Fred Bruins started
school last Monday.
Harold Schroeder called at the Still
man home last Sunday.
An entertainment followed by a box
supper will be held at the school Nov,
H.. ISL,
Edith Fisher visited school Satur.
day. She also assisted in cleaning up
the school yard.
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Maj John D. Black arrived Friday
morning from Washington, D. c..
where he served on the inspection
staff at the National G. A. r. reunion
He had a thoroughly enjoyable trip,
and is only here for few days to look
after business matters and get them
adjusted in order to go on to his win
ter home in San Diego, Cal. He will
leave shortly and expects to stop oyer
at Milwaukee and visit his son, DR..
Neil Black, for a short time, then to
st. Louis a few days, and after a
month spent at Hot Springs, Ark, ne
will proceed to the sunny south for the
cold winter.