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The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
BRAINERD MAN ON
EVE OF OPERATION
E. A. Spohn Finds Relief With First
Dose of Remarkable Remedy
for Stomach.

E. A. Spohn of Brainerd, Mimi, R
F. D. No. 2, was SO dangerously i'll
that his physicians declared he could
not live unless he was operated upon.
He feared an operation and in seek
ing a way out he tried Mayr's Won
derful Remedy. It succeeded.
After he had gained back his
strength he wrote:
IT thought I would let you know
how I was benefited by Mayr's Won
derful Remedy. I took it some time
ago. It did all that you claimed it
would do. I was so bad that the doc
tors told me I could not live without
an operation, but ]. did not have one
and T don't think I shall yer need
one now. I have felt no signs Of gall
stones since I took your treatment"
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy gives
permanent results for stomach, liver
and intestinal ailments. Eat as much
and whatever you like. No more dis
tress after eating, pressure Of gas in
| the stomach and around the heart
| Get one bottle of your druggist now
and try it on an absolute guarantee
if not satisfactory money will be re-
turned.-adv.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
RANCH AND FARM

A state butter scoring contest will
be held in connection with the Man
dan fair and butter for entry should
be shipped to arrive not later than
September Is.
Taylor Reporter:-Hans Torgerson
finished threshing his field of wheat
west of town Wednesday and was
very well pleased with the yield. II
made around % bushels to the acre
Several fields of barley have been
threshed- the past week and the yields
have been very satisfactory. For 4
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
Gunwall stated that it had been eiPl,-

Gunwall stated that it had been eigh-
teen years since nc had visited t.,
place, where Halliday is now locate.
Nh. Gunwall is one Of the oldest CT
the old timers in Dunn county. He
was more than surprised to see Halli-
day, the Garden city of Dunn county,
the thriving little city that it is. Not
SO many years ago he had e e ante
lope by the hundreds roaming over
the spot where Halliday is now locat-
ed. He, like all others, was well
nleased with Halliday, the best town
in the county. He was also pleased
with the progress that the county has
been making during the past few
years.-Promoter. .
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18

sizes which the Williston Commercial
Club have all summer presented to
ladies on each Great Northern
through train have brought that city
great publicity and people from all
over the country associate with Will
liston a thought of the beauty and
fragrance of flowers and of a rich
soil which supplies them.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
B LIBRARY o T

The Dickinson Public Library is
open. every afternoon from 200, to
$50 and every evening except Sun
day from .7;0O9to 300; it is also. open
from 500 tos12:00 on Saturday morn
ings. @ n v ..+~- .~as.z 1s.4.ssra
Numerous pictures have been sent
in to the Library for the exhibit
which begins today (Friday) Septem-
Ysber 17th They range from pictures
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
JOHN GUNWALL PLEASED
WITH TOWN OF HALLIDAY

1t was like awakening from a
Rip Vanwinkle sleep for John Gun
wall last Sunday when he visited Hal.
liday. He and his wife had come
here from their home near Taylor, to
visit their daughter, Miss Goldie Gun
wall, of the local telephone exchange.
In conversation with the editor Mr..
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
THE RULE OF MARS

Ho! no. Bring forth my scepter,
I'll try the strength of men.
With hate and wrath they stfew my
path,
I'm ruler once again.
Behold my reeking cannon!
They draw me seas Of blood
Through creek and scaur and plains
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18

Watch the PRESS mail sacks as
they go out every Friday afternoon to
get a good idea of what PRESS adj
vertising is worth. Our subscription
lists, too, are always open to the in
spection of u advertisers.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18

The cover The Hills and Range"
column, always a prominent feature
of the Belle Fourche Bee, is conspic-
uous by it's absence, marking the pas
sing of another milestone in the
transition from a free range to a
farming country.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
afar,
Rolls on the crimson flood.

Rolls on the crimson flood.
Ha! ha: I e wives weeping,
I hear the orphans cry,
My servants laugh, my demons chaff,
When men march out to die.
The trenches reek with slaughter,
I've filled them with my breath,
And home and mill and vale and hill
I've sown them all with death.
Go, make my red front wider.
Go dig in field and fen.
Wheel up your guns. Well done my
sons!
Now form and charge again.
Set torch to church and city,
Their flames will blot the stars.
Let coming years, in pain and tears
Requite the rule of Mars.
NEUTRAL.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18
COMING EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 17-Miss Emma
; Perley Lincoln and assist
, ants at Elk Auditorium.
SEPTEMBER 18-"A Pair of
Skies" at Dickinson Opera
} House.
, SEPTEMBER 1880 Morton
, County Fair at Mandan.
, SEPT. 80, OCT. - elheld
Fair.
, OCTOBER 4-16-State Agri-
, cultural Exposition at Bis
, marck.
> DECEMBER Is, 16, II, 18-
) Missouri Slope Poultry
> Association Fair at Arm
) DRY in Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1915-09-18

The punches of sweet peas and pam
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
VoracjouS Mole.

The British encyclopedia says:
THE food of the mole consists chiefly
of earthworms, in pursuit Of which 1t
forms its well.known underground ex-
cavations. The mole is one OF the
most voracious OF mammals, and, II
deprived of food, is said to succumb
in from ten to twelve hours. Almost
any kind of flesh is eagerly devoured
by captive moles. which have been
seen, as II maddened by hunger, to at
tack animals nearly as large as them
selves, such as birds. lizards, frogs
and even snakes; toads. however
they will not touch, and no form OF
vegetable food, attracts their notice
II two moles be confined together
without food. the weaker is invariably
devoured by the stronger" Techni
cally the mole belongs to tho Talpidae
family (from Latin talpus, a mole)
! of which there are several species, al
insectivorous or flesh-eating. The un
foreground burrowing Of the mole I:
done in search of worms. for which
it has a keen scent, and no naturalls
speaks of it as consuming corn or an!
other vegetable product
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
BROUGHT JOY
ev MELVILLE TURNER WARREN.

The fluttering blushing bride Of an
afternoon gave utterance to q cry OF
bewildering Joy and delight, as she
stepped across the threshold OF the
beautiful house that assiduous labor
and love had prepared as her future
home.
How beautiful" she breathed ar
IDENTIFY. "Oh, Elwyn. l never expected
this!"
The eyes Of Elwyn Borden flushed
with pride and pleasure. He had
proved his deep lasting love for THU
dainty devoted creature clingine
charmingly to his strong protecting
arm. He was glad Of his ability te
pay her the homage Of wealth. ant
ease, and comfort.
Leila was almost crying with happi
ness as he led her from room to room
Of the quaint, but grand old mansion
At the time of his fathers death 1
had been closed. Now 1t had beel
renovated to welcome the young bride
my fathers favorite room," 81
planned Elwyn, as they entered
somber apartment. A shadow Of re
spectful grief tinged the speaker
tones.
Leila glanced about at the ancien
carvings. the great book cases. tn
numerous cabinets Of curios. Her han
left his arm with . sudden 1erl
Her fair face whitened. Over tn
fireplace hung an oil painting.
"Who-who is that" she all bu
gasped.
my father. Why, Leila!" and the
a slight tap at the door, and the .
tention Of Borden was distracted frol
his wife.
"A friend has called to see yo'
sir" q servant announced-"Mr. Bar
Icy.
"Ah, l am glad!" cried Elwyn. IN
dearest college chum, Leila wi
return soon."
| In his boyish enthusiasm over Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
The Jocose Gods.

What humor could be wilder than
that of lie itself? Franz Schubert, on
his deathbed, read the complete works
of j. Fenimore Cooper. John Mil
lington Synge wrote Riders to the
Sea" on a secondhand $40 typewriter
and wore a celluloid collar. Richard
Wagner made living, during four
lean years, arranging Italian opera
arias for the cornet. Thomas Henry
Huxley's wife called him Hal" Her
bert Spencer sang bass in a barber
shop quartet and was in love with
George Eliot William Shakespeare
was a social pushar and bought him a
bogus coat-of-arms. Martin Luther
suffered from the jim-jar1s. Bismarck
was afraid of his mother The great
est soldier in Hungarian history was
named Hunyadc Janos.-Owen Hat
teras in the Smart Set
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
The Germans Are Again
Resorting to the Inhum
Warfare of G

"a humanity stamps the prac- army of Mosquitoes 1t -
o with their dsapproval, but on as the name implies is
80 ,ber hand welcomes with harmless; be safely 81
the appearance and use OF the most delicate fabric
prNs EN- which spreads the flesh Smells go
.;on in tho ranks of the great all druggists 1Oc
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
Disease Prevention,

Sense. not medicine, was the thing
most needed to cope with tubercu-
losis. Perhaps one day the world
will know in what particular direc-
tons its methods Of living are SO
wrong a. to cause other diseases
and thus by the simple process OF
prevention they may be gradually
smothered out of existence, and the
span of life yet further heightened
This has been accomplished in mum
her of directions already: it is Ger
tain to be extended yet further.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
His "0aushter.in.law.r

MY husband and had just been
married and my small brother.inIav
overheard his mother refer to me "A
my daughter-in-law." A short time
AFTER that the little fellow visited ma
N my new home. and upon sendinr
nm to the store the groceryman see.
ms he was stranger, said: We'll M.
tie 10Y, have never seen you before
10 NJ i've in this neighborhoodp t
mo. SIR" said the child, but nv
oausnter,io-iaw lives across tbs
street ana am visiting her.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
CHAPTER ~.
The Deck Hand.

Charlotte Farnham's friends-their
number was the number OF those who
had seen her grow from childhood
to naiden-and womanhood-com
monty identified her for inquiring
strangers as good old Doctor Bertie's
only" adding, men and women alike,
that she was as well-balanced and SEN
sible as she was good to look upon.
She had been spending the winter
at Pass Christian with her aunt, who
was an invalid; and 1t was for the
invalid's sake that she had decided
to make the return journey by river.
So 1t had come about that their
staterooms had been taken on the
Belle Julie; and on the morning OF
the second day out from New Or
leans, Miss Gilman was so far from
being travel sick that she was able to
sit with Charlotte in the shade Of the
hurricane deck aft, and to enjoy, with
what quavering enthusiasm there was
in her, the matchless scenery Of the
lower Mississippi.
At Baton Rouge the New Orleans
papers came aboard. and Miss Farm.
ham bought copy of the Louisianian.
AS q matter of course, the first page
leader was a circumstantial account
of the daring robbery Of the Bayou
State Security, garnished with star.
Ting headlines. Charlotte read 1t,
half.absently at first. and a second
time with interest awakened and q
quickening Of the pulse when she real
ICED that she had actually been a wit
ness Of the final act in the near-trag
edy. Her little gasp of belated horror
brought a query from the invalid.
What is it, Charlie, dear?"
For answer. Charlotte read the news
paper story of the robbery, headlines
and all.
"For PHYS sake! in broad daylight
How shockingly bold" commente,
Miss Gilman.
Yes; but that wasn't what mad
me gasp. The paper says: "A youn
lady was at the tellers window whe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Kenneth Griswold, an un-
successful writer because of socialisoo
tendencies, sups with his friend Balm
bridge at Chaudiere's restaurant In New
Orleans and declares that II necessary ne
will steal to keep from starving.
CHAPTER II-GriswoId holds up An
drew Galbraith. president of the Bayou
State Security. in his private once ana
escapes with 100000 in cash.
CHAPTER III-By original methods
Griswold escapes the hue and cry ana
goes aboard the Belle Julie as deck
hand. He Unexpectedly confronts Char
lotte Farnham of wahaska, Mimi, who
had seen him cash Galbraith's check In
the bank
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26

the robber came up with Mr.. CAL
braith-' Aunt Fanny. was the
young lady'!"
"You? horrors!" calculated the In
valid, holding up wasted hands OF dep
recation.
Charlotte the wellbalanced, smiled
at the purely personal limitations OF
her aunt's point Of view.
1T is very dreadful, of course; but
It Is no worse just because happened
to be there. Yet It seems ridiculousiy
incredible. can hardly believe 1t.
even now"
Incredible? Howl"
why, there wasn't anything about
1t to suggest a robbery. Now that l
know, remember that the old gentle.
man did seem anxious or worried, or
at least, not quite comfortable some
way; but the young man was smiling
pleasantly, and he looked like anything
rather than a desperate criminal"
Miss Gilman's New England conserv.
atism, unweakened by her long resi-
dence in the West, took the alarm at
once.
But no one In the bank knew you.
They couldn't trace you by your Ia
Tiers draft and letter of identinca
ton, could they?"
Charlotte was mystified. II should
suppose they could, II they wanted to
But why? What IL they could?"
"My dear child; don't you see? They
are sure to catch the robber. sooner
or later, and if they know how to find
you, you might be dragged into cour'
as q witness!"
Miss Farnham was not less averst
to publicity than the conventionalitie'
demanded, but she had. or believed sh'
had, very clear and well-defned idea
of her own touching her duty In an!
matter involving plain question o
right and wrong.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26

TO ner-Sfealth1ly, under some terfinc
strain of anguish. wildly excited.
Leila" he had said. as they stood
in the garden of the school, i have to
Zee the country. Listen. child. for l
believe 1 am followed. Human blood
hounds are on my track. Already
they have forced me to give up nearly
all my fortune. They hunger for the
rest. They would impoverish me. l
am innocent of any crime, but nay
thieving business partners, to shield
themselves, have so doctored the
books that they could prove me guilty.
will never dare return to this coun-
try again. | have arranged for your
care until you are educated. You will
| hear from me later"
But, oh, my father" sobbed the
broken-hearted girl. ''let me go with
you"
Impossible Listen, Leila! the men
| who have brought me to this hldeous
pass may live to see dragged down
where l have been dragged. There
was one must tell you of. Here,is
his picture. Take it." and he pressed
upon her a photograph. That man
silence! All, as feared!"
He pressed his hand closely across
his lips. She saw two lurking forms
pass down the road. Her fathers pur-
suers! He kissed her swiftly and dis
appeared in the shrubbery.
Since then every year a bank at
tache had visited the school with SUI
ncient money to meet all her expenses
for the coming year. Every year she
had a letter ready to be sent to her
father. whose address she did moi
know. She knew only the bank
. through which the missive was for
warded. Never a word from the fathel
she implored to come to her or senc
for her through all those lonely years
And she had married the son OF on'
of the men who had made OF he
: father an outcast! The thought wal
q horrible.
With the morning Leila proceeded
!. to the city where the bank was 10
: Gated. She implored it's officer to Civ
her the address Of her father. He re
= fused, but offered to forward lettel
i She wrote all of her sad story an
besought her father to take her ava
9 from her heartbreak and loneliness.
Il She remained sequestered in tn
hotel, where she awaited reply.
weary month went by. She brok
down with the suspense of the ordea
Il to awaken from a wasting fever on
! morning and to stare past her nurs
at a figure standing at the side OF tn
bed.
Father" she cried ecstatically.
Il have come at great risk frol
the far West" he told her, when tn
rhapsodies of their reunion had SUI
> sided. My child, there has been
frightfui mistake. That picture
was of the one man who stood
me in all my troubles. was about
tell you to go to him when those pu
suers appeared"
"Then-Elwyn!" palpitated Leila.
rs here. Be calm, be happy. n
= darling. He has agreed to come wi
: US to that safer home for me, at
distance from the cruel city where
have been SO bitterly wronged."
II And few days later the united tr
were speeding towards the setting su
Z fathers devotion, husbands II
vent love bringing Joy unutterable
, the tender heart of Leila.
= (Copyright 1915, by ". G. Chapman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
Intenestinu Facts.

II you shade your eyes you weaken
your sense of hearing If you sip a
glass of cold water you will increase
for a short time your power of vision.
II you all your mouth with water you
win greatly strengthen your sense Of
smell.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
Same Breed.

The men and women who would be
willing to use the Constitution to
wrap q nickel's worth Of liver In
would not halt at carrying their salt
mackerel home in the Declaration OF
Reconsideration Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26
Ito Be Continued
Hurrouohs' Birthday Message.

keep cheerful and mind your own
business may say that I have fol-
lowed that rule myself not unsuccess-
fully. and in these trying days, when
there Is so much foolish talk ana
hasty, violent action, it might be
worth the while of others just to give
II a trial."-John Burroughs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26


arrival of his old.time chum Borden
hurried from the room, the servant fol-
lowed. The door closed after them.
"His-father!" painted the bride,
his father! That man! Oh, what
have l done! what have done!"
She had fallen to chair. her eyes
fixed upon the portrait. Oh, there could
be no mistake! She had been shown
the photograph of this same person
under distressing circumstances she
had never forgotten. There was not
a face in million so peculiarly char
acteristic and marked-the prominent
chin, the bristling brows, one eye gone
and a criss-cross scar on one check,
the mementoes Of a runaway accident.
"This-this is no place for mel" sne
palpitated. "Oh, the mockery of 1t!
oh, the heartbreak! Father-father!
why has this blighting curse come to
! my poor heart!"
/ She arose, blinded with tears but
cropping her way through an open door
: way let out into the garden. She
! crossed it in feverish haste, upper.
ceived, emerging into lane. She pur'
sued her way for nalf a mile until
tottering and faint, she reached the
limits CT the town where an electric
line ran.
A car came whirling towards her
Leila hailed it. She sat crouched VI
in a rear seat until 1t reached the ter
minus, twenty miles farther on. Herr
she took a branching route. Beyont
that she became a passenger on
cross line. 1t was nearly midnigh
when she left the last train.
Il She must have travelled over . hun
dred and fifty miles. Numbed, sic
at heart, she barely sustained he
ebbing strength under the impellin
: influence that babe her leave no trai
!, that could be followed. She traverse
3 the streets of a busy town. found
r hotel, and as she was shown to
y room fell across the couch 1t col
t tanned, Frustrated.
In vivid panoramic array her pas
q life passed before her mental visiol
!. At fourteen. a motherless girl, sh
. had gone to boarding school. 1t wa
the only home she had known *
eight years. She had graduated, ha
met Elwyn Borden, and this day We
ded him.
: Then, back OF that, what she ha
& never told him-the story of her fat
l. er, still alive she believed, but hidde
n an outcast. a refugee in some far &C
u ner OF the world.
II One night, q month after she hi
q been placed at the school, he had con
Is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26

Camels are at for serious WORK at
avs years, and their strength begins
to decline at twenty-five yean, Al
though they live for thirty-0vs and
forty years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-07-26

II has been computed that at the
time Of the arrival of Columbus there
were rs, 0oO, 900 Indians in North and
South America
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-17
NEW TAX MAY
Be INVAL|DA1LD
Biting Quoted as Saying Tha'
Moneys and Credits Tax Is
No Good.

Mandan, April 16.-Holding tina,
moneys and credits are assessed and
taxed through other channels, Assist.
ant Attorney General II. r. Biting to.
day announced that House Bill No.
331 by Burgett passed at the recent
legislative assembly, is unconstitu-
lional.
The main ground on which the
bill was declared void was that it did
not provide for the distribution of the
funds co .lected by the two mill tax,
and does not say aWhethep the state,
county or city shall receive the mon
ey. EN t#
The state tax. commission fathered
the bill and recently sent out supplies
to be used by the assessors. Special
lists were provided on the, different
kinds of holdings, including notes,
cash, etc.
This week the assessors throughout
the state began their work. City At
torney L. H. Connolly. of Mandan rails.
ed the question on the legality of the
now statute with the result that as
SCISSORS will today be notified of the
finding OF the attorney generals Office.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-17
WOULD LIKE TO BE A GIANT
kauff, Speed Boy Of Federal League,
Is Anxious to Become Member Of
f- Manager McGraw's Team. a

Benny Kauf, the speed boy ofsthe
Federal league, who slugged his way
to a 1866 batting average with Indian
apolis last season and aided that team
to a pennant is very anxious to be-
come a member Of the Giants. When
Manager John J.. McGraw realized
that Kauf stole Is bases last season,
which is more than Fritz Maisel pill
fered when he led both major leagues,
he thought that Kauff might be a
good man for the Giants. r...sg
In fact, the officials Of the New York
club thought quite seriously of trying
to get Kauff some time ago, but they
would not take him from the Federal
league under any circumstances. II
Kauff had gotten back Unto the good
graces Of organized ball by making
peace with the Indianapolis club of tho
American association, the organization
from which he jumped to the Federal
league, he might have had q chance
of wearing a Giant uniform next sea.
son. a.,e. .aA
Kauf during the past winter has re-
ceived much fame for his great work
with indianapolis last season, and is
now anxious to put this big reputation
to good use In q letter to a friend
in New York, an Indianapolis pal Of
Kauf's admitted that Kau6 wanted to
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-17
CONTRACT JUMPING IS TAME
Critics Of Federal League Should Re-
member That American Circuit
Was Once an "OutlaW."

Organized baseball lifts up its eyes
In devout horror at the crime of jump.
ing to the outlaw Federal league"
Yet it should be remembered that the
American league was once an "out-
law" too. A statistician has com.
puted that of the % biggest stars who
Jumped" the National in the earlier
baseball war II became either man.
ayers or umpires in organized base.
ball.. Here they are:
John McGraw. Giants; Nap Lajoie,
Cleveland; Bob Wallace, Browns; Bill
Bernhart, Memphis (Southern
league); Doc White, Vernon Pacific
Coast league); Jim Collins, Boston
Red Sox; Bill Donovan, New York
Yankees; Fielder Jones, White Sox
and st. Louis Federals; Clark. Grit.
fifth, Cincinnati and New York Ameri.
cans and Washington; Jim Callahan,
White Sox. Bill Dineen turned UNI.
pire.
The appended table will show the
number of players lost by the different
National league clubs by desertion dur.
ing the three years war: y.