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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
SYMPATHY WITH THE BOY.
a story of the Right Kind of q
Father,

rainier.
In the May WOman's clone Com
Danion appears an article about faith
crs I'm which is told the story Of two
ittherS-Onc, a successful father III
his relations to his children. and thC
other a failure. Following is a par.
Of the story Of the successful father.
The father who has kept his sorI
was wise enough to remember thai
there are no sorrows i'm the world SC
bitter as the disappointment Of child,
hood. For instance, the boy will never
forget his fathers tender sOlicitud
on the morning when they got up to
find that the cat had eaten his pig
cons. lie had moved lawns anC'
Hceded gardens all summer with ne
word of complaint. because the
money that he earned was to pur-|
chase the finest pair Of fancy pig
cons in town. In the evenings. after.
n hard days work, he built the ljttlp
home and fashioned the yard Of wire
around it. one evening when tn,
summer was nearly over he trudge,
uptown with the earnings Of an mi
work in his pocket and came bacl
with . the two beautiful birds. Ho
watched them in their little house I'M
till long past his usual bedtime. anG'
az NN''' go AAIAAArhF w. ''bH NIt
night the cat found a place whero|
the wire around the yard was no
secure and killed one Of the birds.
Some fathers might have passed.
It off with a laugh and an offer to
replace the lost bird. and such faith
crs would have wondered ina late
years, a trifle reseutfully. why thei
sons went always TO their mother TO
comfort and for advice i'm their prob.
lens.
"Ie was wise enough, too, TO know.
that there is no such thing as a nor
mai boy; that the thing which make
me boy q trifle strange, which set
him apart a little from the other.
boys. is the germ Of personality tha
is most precious. When his boy drew
back q little from sports and showed.
an eagerneSs to be alone and to read
he, who himself had been the rough
est of the crowd I'm the games of his
own youth. made no effort TO create,
his sons boyhOod IN the image of his
own"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
Five Errors in Two Innings
Decide Contest in Favor
of Texans.
BLOWS ALL SINGLES
Jones Pitches a Veteran
Game But Is Given Mis-
cradle Support.

- nam,
Five errors in two innings OF " S""''
which. swarmed with ragged playing
cost Tulsa Yesterdays contest with
Deuison to /. The Producers regis
tered a total Of eight errors during the
game and caused Jones, who was al
his best. to lose what should have been
a victory.
The scoring commenced in the sec
ond. w. Campbell laying the tounda-
ton and Hellman was safe at frst
when Franklin dropped his fly to
deep center. With the bases tull, D.
Campbell walked and forced a rum
Harper counted two other base run
ncrs 10y placing a blow in the left
garden. The next two batsmen were
retired.
The following frame was even more
tragic than the previous one. Camp
bell singled and advanced TO second
as the ball rolled between Hopper.s
legs. lie went to third when Gourlcy
passed up a perfect peg. W. Campbell
struck out but HOrnsby managed a
safety and went TO the second sack
when Gourley muffed a thrown ball.
The blow scored Merritt. Brooks was
hit by the pitcher but was caught on
Gourley's fielder's choice. The Texans
last run resulted from two walks, a
sacrifice and a safety in the SIXTH
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
FRANK ROLAND BACK
Chanutc Heavyweight Training Under
Jimmy Kelly: Leslie Wants Bout.

Frank Rowland, the Chanute heavy
weight, arrived in Tulsa last night and
will begin a seigc OF training under
Jimmy Kelly. at the b. NJ. A. c. this
afternoon. Rowland has finished up
his business in Chanute and will do
nothing from now on except school
and train for a ring career. Kelly has
promised that the next time Tulsa
boxing fans see Rowland in action the
big one will have a ring knowledge
that will make them sit up and take
notice.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
Indinns TaIAc Eifth.

"TFTTUT ~ INC WTTTT-
STILLNArER, OKLA, May II. - A
bad fifth inning gave the ChilocCo
Indians their fifth consecutive vic
tory over the Oklahoma A. & NJ. col
lege baseball team today the score
being 3 TO /. A scorching drive to
deep right field by Mathics In the
seventh inning. which Melted four
bases. counted for the only Aggie run.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

The summary IwO-base hits, Shawkey,
Oldring c. Walker, Pratt stolen bases,
Siru44 SS' SShanEi - H MaLheri sacrliit &c
Kaufman. Strunk to Lajoie, Pratt TO Austin,
Kopf to McInnis to Barry, Barry TO Laiioie
to McInnis; left on bases, Philadelphia T.,
st. Louis 6 first base on errors, st. Louis 1;
bases on balls, off Shawkey 5, Hoch a;
struck out. by ~Shawkey 4, Hoch 2. I'm.
pires-Hildebrand and 0'Loughlin. Time
2:l2.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

NEWARK, May 1.-JOhusgu held Newark
10 three hits, two Of them from Scherr IS
bat, and Kansas City won. z to o, today.
Score by innings.
Kansas City .....O2l lO1 lUl-7 ~ /
Newark ........ 600 600 600 % .
Batteries-JohnSon and Brown Kaiser
ling, Billiard, G. Whitehouse and Raridcu.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
GRACE CHURCH WINS
HARD HITTING GAME

Grace Methodist won from the Teen Age
Christians by the score of z to 2 at South
Main park yesterday afternoon. Davis catch
in left field was the sensation Of the game.
The smuggling was hard with honors about
even. In the third inning Calvert was hit
by a thrown ball which obliged him to re.
from the game for several minutes.
The score by innings
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
Worn Wins Close Gnmc.

NpeclaI 70 Inc WOrId.
VERA, okla, May 1.-THE Vera
Groys defeated the Ochelata ball team
at vera Sunday IN a hotly contested
game by the score of 9 to 10. This
was the second game with Ochelata
this season. the other one being a
flo
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

unNH INO'DANe Nus, HOWdN, Smlth,
Meanwhile: stolen bases, Moran, Maranyille
sacrifice hits, Doak, Snyder. Miller, Mar.
awhile: double plays, Butler. Hugglns and
Miller, Meanwhile and Egan, Rudolph, Mar.
AWHILE and Schmidt; Maeee, Egan and
Schmidt left on bases, ST. Louis T.. Boston
7. first base on errors, ST. Louis 3. Bos-
ton 2 bases on balls, off Doak /. off Ru.
dolph 2, of Raglan 2: hits, of Rudolph 9
in Z innings, off Raglan none in 2 innings ;
struck out, by Doak g, by Rudolph q, by
Raglan /: passed ball, Gowdy. Umpires,
Quigley and Eason. Time, 2:Og.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

Jack Lester. who defeated Joe Cox
in a l5-round bout i'm Joplin Monday
night. was in the city yesterday in
company with his manager, Jake
Foreman, who is negotiating with the
local club for a bout between Lester
and some prominent heavyweight.
Foreman says that he is confident that
Lester can beat Carl Morris and would
like 10 have him meet Morris in Tulsa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
Ray Sohalk Is suspended.

CHICAGO, May 11.-Because Of
row with Umpire O'Loughliu in ST
Louis on Sunday afternoon RIA,
Schalk, star catcher of the Chicag,
American league team. received wore
Of his indefinite suspension today.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

The photograph shows Phinuey
Boyle, a conner in the pugilistic world.
He bids fair to become one OF the lead
ing lightweights. according to experts
who have watched him work. lie is
fast on his feet, but carries a punch
in either hand.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
UNCLE SAM SWAMPS
NATIONAL

The Postofnce team beat the Contra. Ma
tlonal 4 to 2 yesterday afternoon i'm one of
the best and fastest played since the open
ing Of the city league The pitching of Davis
for the postotlite was a feature Of the game
lie struck out 10 and allowed only one hit in
the seven innings. Frautz got a single in
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

Cumming! IWV7UdNW Nus, JOUU6TOU- las
kert stolen bases, Carey, Baird 2. Wag-
ner. Costello: earned runs, Philadelphia 2,
sacrifice hits, Byrne, Whitfield left on bases.
Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia T: first base on
errors. Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia .: bases
on balls, McQgillan l, Alexander 8 hit by
pitcher, McQuillan: struck out, by McQuil-
Ian 2, by Alexander 3. Umpires' KLEIN and
EmSlie. Time. lag.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

sherman by the score OF Q to O. Catcher
Herman Of Muskogce was the sensation of
The game. lN three trips TO the plate he
clouted out'two homers and one two. bagger.
The score by innings:
sherman ......-.. OlO 100 OOO-2 9 Q
Muskoger .......uOI ll2 l3x-q 10 /
Batteries-Necks Ray and White, Nor
gaU and Herman.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

CHICAGO, May ll.-Washington, the
first OF the eastern clubs to invade Chicago,
shut out the locals . to o today. Sensational
fielding behind Shaw in the piuches pre-.
vented the locals from scoring.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

Totals

Summary: oTwo.base hits, Leach, Won Kol-
nitz; stolen bases, Doyle, Clark earned
runs, New York ! sacrifice hits, Benton,
Stroud ., Groh, Killifer; double play, Burns
and Meyers, left or bases, New York g.,
Cincinnati II first base on errors, Cincin-
natl 4, New York /; bases on balls, off
Stroud 3, off Benton 3; hit by pitcher, by
Benton (Lobert) struck out, by Stroud g.,
by Benton 6 passed ball, Meyers. Umpires,
Byron and Orth. Time, 2:13.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
CINCINNATI 2. New York /.

Stroud, the New York recruit, in an eleven.
inning pitchers battle today, in which Gin.
]ciHnati defeated New York by . to l. The
visitors won in the eleventh inning when
Won Kolnitz opened with a double, took third
on Killifor' sacrifice and scored on a passed
ball.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
COLLEGE BASEBALL

At Bloomington. Iud-Chiucse Of Hawaii
At Bloomington Ind Chimes o Hawaii
D
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

BOSTON. May 11.-Better pitching. bat.
ting and fielding enabled st. Louis to de.
feat Boston, 3 to / today. Three times st.
Louis worked the squeeze play successfully
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

summary. Eafhed NUM-. W0NI0lIIc0 o IW0-
base hits, Barton, Dow, McKenry bases on
balls, off Davis a. House 2, Cutburth 2.
Struck out, by Davis 10, Cutburth g, passed
by CutburtR Davis .; hits Off Davis / in +
innings, off House 3 in 2 innings. off Cut
burth 6 in S innings, stolen bases, Karr.
Wilborn, McFetridge, Frazier 3. Reynolds
game. one hour five minutes l"' VI
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

summary: Base on balls, off Hover 8
off Rooch ! struck out, by Hover s, by
Rooch.s hits Off Hover 0. off Rooch ). UNI
pires, Shurtlef and Glaze.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland 8, New York

CLEVELAND. May ll.-CIeyeland opened
MS series against the eastern clubs by beat
ing New FORK 3 TO D.. HRgerman passed ten
men and forced in New York's only run. but
held New York to three hits.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

ST. LOUIS, May Il.-Pmiadeiphia de.
feated ST. Louis 8 to o today, Shawkey hold,
ing the home team to three hits. St. Louis
error figured in PhiladelphIa's scores.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

PHILADELPHIA, May l1.-Pittsburgh's
winning streak, which had reached six straight
was broken when Philadelphia won today
game.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
WESTERN ASSOCIATION

WESTERN ASSN
Muskogee 9. Sherman 2.
Special TO the World.
MUSK0GEE. May 11-outclassing the
league leaders in every department Of the
game, the Nets took Tuesdays contest from
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

DETROIT, May 11.-Hitting s~avsgely
with men on bases and taking advantage Of
Boston's misplays, Detroit won the opening
game with the Red SoX here today 5 to /.
Tho gpOra
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE


BROOKLYN. May Ill Pierce pitched al.
most perfect ball today when Chicago bent
Brooklyn 10y 3 TO O. RUckrr was hattrd
freely.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

At Minneapolis Z, Columbus 6.
At St. Paul l, Cleveland 4.
At Kansas City Louisville I.
At Milwaukee 8, Indianapolis 10.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

Washington ......... 900 40 600
Chicago 900 600 600
Summary: Two.base hits. Morgan, J. Col
Inns; three base hit, Felsch home run, Noel
Ter; earned runs, off Scott !, Benz l double
play, Moeller and Henry, left on bases,
Washington s, Chicago 7 bases on balls. off
Shaw E, Scott / hits, off Scott 3 in A in
nings, Benz 3 in 3 innings; struck out, by
Shaw 5, Scitt ] Benz 2; wild pitch, Shaw.
Umpires, Connolly and Chill. Time 1:54,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
l. SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Nashville Ia. Mobile o.a.

MOBILE, May 11-Nashvile won both
games Of a doubleheader from, mobile today,
! to 0 and 4 to 3, the second game going
ten innings. Manager Schmidt was so badly
spiked in the ninth inning Of the second
game that he will be out Of the game ten
days or more.
SrDr..s
r ayc- r. II. +.
Nashyi .r .......... .OO1 900 o. 6 o
Mobile .......... 900 600 90 8 3
tSeyeu innings by agrcement).
Batteries. kroh and Street, Hogg and
Schmidt.
Second game K. II i.
Nashville ........ 100 OO1 600 "a 8 .
Mobile ......... OO2 600 900 Ia a 3
Batteries: Berger and Street; Harkins
and Schmidt, Olson.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Where They Play Today
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.


DeniS0u AZ Tulsa.
sherman az MuskOgee.
Oklahoma City at Fort Smith.
Paris at McAlegtcr.
NATIONAL LEAGUR
Pittsburgh NJ Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at New York.
81. Louis AZ Boston.
Chicago az Brooklyn.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
New York al Cleveland.
Washington AZ Chicago.
Philadelphia al ST. Louis.
o. Boston at Detroit.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo.
kansas CITY az Newark.
Chicago AZ Brooklyn.
ST.. LtIIs at Baltimore.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-12

Memphis Birmingham, ChattsnoOs 70. Atlanta.
rain.
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Little Rock s. New Orleans 2,

NEW ORLEANS, May ll.-New Orleans
batsmen could not solve The delivery Of East
today and Little Rock defeated the locals, 5
to 2, breaking even on the four games played
here.
Score: X. H. r.
New Orleans .Ol0 600 OOl-2 8 0
Batteries: East and Gibson Gudger,
Morgan and Higgins.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30
NOTICE EoR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, March goth, 1915
Notice is hereby given that the
Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany, whose post Office address, is
ST. Paul, Minnesota, has this goth
day of March, 1915, filed in this
office its application to select un-
under the provision of the act of
Congress, approved July 1, 1898
$40 Stat. 597, 62Oj the SEA Sec.
6, Twp. "A ~, r. East, B. M.
Any and all persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
Mineral character of the land, or
any other reason, to the disposal
to the applicant, should file their
afDdavits of protest in this office,
on or before the 4th day of May
1875.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30
NOTICE EoR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, U.
S. Land Ofice at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, March 27, 1915. Notice
is hereby given that Arthur E.
Allberry, of st. Maries, Idaho, who
on January i6, 1914, made home
stead entry serial No. O7i77 for
SEA, Section 2epxsoKnship 46 N.
Range 2 West, BOISE Meridian,
has filed notice cf/intention to
make Communication proof, to es-
tablish claim to the land above
described before M. w. Frost, U.
S. Commissioner, at Harrison,
Idaho, on the 7th day of May,
1915. Claimant names as wit
nesses: George PATTERSON, Of st.
Marie, Idaho, Herbert Gehr, of St.
Maries, Idaho, Erastus Barden, Of
st. Maries, Idaho, William Her
of st. Maries, Idaho.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register.
Mar. 30 May 1.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30

The railroads are putting the
stamp of their approval on the
opinion that business is on the
upgrade by starting work for
the betterment of their service.
About ten days ago a call went
out for 10000 men to work on
the large systems of the Missis-
sippi valley and Thursday it was
announced by the president of
the Lehigh company that ST..
100000 worth of contracts would
be started because of the i'm
provement in the business situa-
ton, and on Friday the Pennsyl-
vania railroad made the an
nouncement that it was in the
market for S2O,OOO,OOO worth of
equipment.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30

idian intersects the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad, thence South
.208.7 feet; thence East and par
allel to the Chicago, Milwaukee
q ST. Paul Railroad, 208.7 feet;
thence north 208.7 feet; thence
westerly along the right of way
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad, 208.7 feet to the
place of beginning, containing
one (i) acre, more or less, all in
the Southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter of Section
Eight, Township FOrty-six, North
of Range -Four w. b. M. in Bene-
wah County, Idaho.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that on the 9Th day of May, 1915,
at IL o'clock A. M. of that day
in front of the Court House in
the City Of st. Maries in the COun-
ty of Benewah and State of Ida
no | will in obedience of said or
der of sale and decree of fore
closure sell the above described
property, or as much as may be
necessary to satisfy the judg-
ments rendered in the above en-
titled action, with interest there
on, to the highest and best bid
der for cash.
c.. w. LEAF
Sheriff of Benewah County.
By VIM. TOOHY
Deputy
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30
J. II. MORAN

Chairman, Board of
County Commission
ers of Benewah COun-
ty, Idaho.
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Some talk has been heard in
the republican corner of house
cleaning for their party, but re-
form from within hasn't met with
much welcome in general. But
the work of "house-cleaning"
from without apparently has not
stopped even after the long roll
of indictments returned by the
grand jury. T. f. Van Valken-
burg, state insurance commits
sioner under the late republican
administration, is the latest sac
rifice on the altar of hOuseclean-
ing which the officers of the law
have been carrying out. Mr..
Van Valkenburg was arrested last
week on a warrant charging him
with embezzling state funds. The
offenses it is alleged began with
in 60 days Of his entering Office.
Van Valkenburg, apparently, had
gone to the same school as for
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30
sHERIFF,S SALE

Under and by virtue of an exc
culiOn issued out of the District
Court of the County of Benewah,
State of Idaho, in an action
wherein S. M. Watson was plain
tiff and T.. A. Williams was de-
PENDANT, upon judgment rem
dered on the oath day of Febru-
airy, 1915, in favor of said plain
tiff and against said defendant,
for the sum of S424.9O, current
lawful money of the United
States of America with interest
and costs, have this day levied
upon all the right, title, claim,
and interest of said defendant in
and to the following described
property, tO-wit: The East half
of The Sc a of Section 10 and the
West half of the SW a of Section
"a, Township IA North, Range
Four West b. NJ, and
Notice is hereby given that
will, ON the oath day Of May, at
II o'clock A. M. of said day in
front of the door of the court
house of said county at ST.
Maries, Idaho, sell at public auc-
ton, for current lawful money
all the right, title, claim and in
terest of said defendant in and
to the above described property,
or SO much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy said judg-
ment, with interest and costs,
and accruing costs, to the high
est bidder
Dated this Goth day of April,
1915.
e.. w. LEAF
Sheriff of Benewah
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ORDER

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF IDA
HO.
In the Matter of Fixing Regu-
lar terms of said Court for
b newah County for the year
1915.
It is hereby ordered that regu-
lar terms of the District Court
in and for Benewah County for
the year 1915 be and the same
are hereby fixed ard established
to begin as follows, tO-wit:
AT st. Maries, in Benewah
County, June /, 1915, and NOvem-
Der IS, 1915.
Witness our hands this 28th
day Of April, 1915.
JOHN M. FLYNN
r.. N. DUNN
District Judges
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-30
THE CANADIAN BOUNDARY

An event of some historical inn
portance was the completion in
January of this year of the last
Of the permanent monuments
marking the boundary line be-
tween the United States and Can
ada. In 1908 it was decided to
replace the wooden markings
which then showed the dividing
line between the countries with
durable monuments of bronze
placed sufficiently close together
to provide a clear view from one
monument to the next. The
line was first established in No
vember of 1882, when the three
active commissioner of the
American government, Franklin,
Jay and Adams, reached an
agreement with the British rep
resentatives fixing the boundary
from the st. Croix river to the
highlands that divide the rivers
that empty into the st. Lawrence
from those that empty into the
Atlantic" etc, in a manner which
at that time was thought to be
definite and beyond dispute. But
little was known in those days of
the geography of the north and
west, and the boundary line caus-
ed disputes for many years af-
ter.
In 1899, both Maine and Cana
da laid claim to large territory
under the treaty of 1882. War
with Great Britain was threaten
ed. Maine senl troops into the
disputed territory and held it.
This occupation was know as the
ArOOstook war, and is said to
have cost the state a million dol
lars. Actual war with Great
Britain was averted and an
agreement reached between Lord
Ashburton and Mr.. w bster, in
1912, which settled the northern
boundary as far west as the Lake
of the Woods.
Another dispute which had
arisen out of the vagueness of
former treaties was settled by
the treaty of Washington in 1874
A preceding treaty had defined
the boundary line in the north
west as running along the forty
ninth parallel ito the middle of
the channel which separates the
continent from Vancouver is
lands, and thence sOutherly
through the middle of said chan
mel and of Fuca's straights to
the Pacific ocean," A question
had arisen as to where the mid
die of the channel was. The
treaty of Washington provided
that this question be settled by
the German emperor who later
decided in favor of the claim of
the United States. No serious
disputes have arisen since anC
the new markers will, in all prob
ability, be fixtures for a long
time to come.