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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-07
The Texas Confectionery and Book Stor,

UNLESS YU ART PRErARFD TO DEAL y THE ABOVE TERMS % NOT ANSWER BECAUSE AN
BUSY To CONSIDER ANY OTHER DEALS RIER YOU TO ANY BNkN UNNSNHIE AS TO THE fruit
THE ABOVE STATEMENTS
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-07
Military Highway Would
BE Great Factor for Peace
Mrs. GyiSiUOH Points Ont Where Coz.
eminent Would SaUe Money HROad
Skiyted the Mexican Border
Peace and Economy.

The United States governments. nv the
inctiiclcncy III the hcad~ III ii~ depart
mcHi- cam hc and should hc held M N
strict accountability for the los ct human
lives IVY the border for WY ircfficirncv inst
m they would like ~ hold Germany to -
strict accountability fpr it~ methods VI
modern warfare.
The war department cqnuot deny that
Y military road arallciing the border
would not only conserve force and energy
hut VI would mean economy from " tiuar-
cial point I'm curtailing the heavy expense
WI present horne ~ the government. IVY
Facilitating the movement nf troops and
simplify the work ~ border patrol. ~
my correspondence with the heads nd thc
war dcparnl nt. '.hc who reads would
laugh
Quoting from q letter written hv one
az the adiutant generals. replying wv mv
letter wherein I n~l ior consideration ot
the highway. hc says w part
III beg leave Nh advise ynu that while
the existence If good roads th~nr~hori
the country vuuil n--i-. IVY nn--iilr m.'
itarr operation iu 'hc,r respective local
it.e~. w i~ uut believed thut auY iunur-
tant military purpose wound hc secured hy
of troops ~ our frontier would bc u.
IN rail. II NJ met believed that thc ou~~-
tinn nt TIE construction ot roads PSI the
federal government i- one that should hc
considered in the liclt Of military pr'par-
cduc~~. Their necessity ivy wv prcdomin-
antlv commercial and their value II >o
incidental that their c~tohlNhmcr. logical
N apprrtain~ 70 other departments than
that ot war"
! quite agree with the adiutant General
in that roadwav> traversing different sec
lions NJ v state are commercial and in
cidcntal from 2 military standpoint. hut
speaking logically Y military highway
from Brownsville 10 California does apprr-
tain "a the department ~ war.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-07

ul 'he Judge lcd the authorities "a ahan-
don their first theory ~ the assassina-
ZION. hti beyond establishing the belief
mat IN" heart affairs of Judge Knowles
were in some way nr another responsible
i"r hl~ murder, all M the facts brought 10
hght hN a YEAR, Investigation nave failed
Az lcad the investigators \ single stem
nearest 4 solution 81 the mystery.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-09-07
All Politics. No Patriotism.

In the war department n well ~ other
departments too much politics. too little
tue patriotism, too little thought i given
IL the actual needs III orr country.
In conversation with mn editor Of one
of the leading papers of Chicago whose
assistance | asked in securing publicity
and agitation through the columns of his
publication for this mnch-needed asset
The highwav-he replied that he could not
see why the North should assist the
South in securing this roadway-that the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

y. n. ll>Akrr To Julilla BecHLel
NE IT, 7-I:,3-5i 2.3G0.
Gunild Fins"th to \. +. Sicvcrt
NV IA 7-l33-5i. S2.669.
Gnnild I'in-"th I" Paul B"rn'it
SW IL 7-I:!:}-5i. s2.6172.
O. X. Ul>ak"r tn II. G.. Mitta2
SE IL 1-I33-5l. s2.360.
Gilbert Johnson +" \. p. VIM
cent SE IL 7-i33-ia. $4,000.
Frank Prrt"rka to Jacob Jirak
y i-2 lots I & ,. Blk. 9. o. i. Wah
pcton Add. S262.5O.
H. J. Hagen to G.. 7. paulson
lots 1, .. 3. ~. IS i6 II II Blk 3
y. Abercrnmhir $500.
Albert Schroeder Ia Rudolph
Schiller Lot 6. Blk. ?. II & J Add
to HankinSnn. S7OO.OO.
J. B. Maricle to Cora NJ. Kcllum
n t-2 I9-i3i-52. $4,000.
Gilbert Johnson to James F.
Brown NV IL 7-i33-i8, S7,i7O.-
72.
Nicholas Fried"richs 10 Joseph
Friederichs Lot i3, Blk. i8. o. r.
Wahpet6n. Sl.OO.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
ORANGE DAY PROCLAMATION

Saturday, March 18th. is being
observed i'm many cities of The
country by proclamation by their
respective mayors as "Oran1o
bay
WaIIp"'"n should be in line
with other cities in this matter,
for it is ito" di>trihutin. point for
IL great number of count les i'm tho
slate, and the vaIu" yearly of tho
Orange Trad" %: this territory
amounts To Thousands of dollars.
!. therefore. proclaim Saturday,
March 18Th, as Orange Day for
Wallp"tnn and call upon tll" peo-
pie to obscrv" th" day by getting
better acquainted will, tlIi, pala-
table and health giving fruit.
LOUIS FIIGEI MAN.
Mayor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
RITTENHOUSB THE
NEW POSTMASTER
Sunday Morning G. D. Rittenhouse
Of This City Succeeded Mr..
Elmer Myhre
AS HEAD OF LOCAL FORCE
And Mr.. Myhre Leaves Behind him
u Clean RECORD After Twelve
Years Of Service

Sunday morning, March 18th,
E. H. Myhra was checked out aud
c. ID. Rittenhouse checked in as
postmaster at Wahpeton. 1t was
about two months since Mr.. Rit-
tenhouse's name was sent to the
senate for confirmation, and the
wheels Of government have been
slowl y grinding, with confirmation
by senate, securing and approv-
ing bond, issuing commission and
checking in, has required two
months. The appointment is for
/ years from date of his commits
sion which was dated March 9Th.
1916.
Mr.. Ritlenhouse has been a
resident of Wahpeton and vicin-
ity for more than third of a
century. He had conducted drug
business here for many years.
While he has always been demo-
crat and active in politics. he has
never been seeker for public Of
flee, although often was impor-
tuned, to be his party's candidate
for office.
The following was published in
a Flemington, N. j. paper, some
weeks ago when Mr.. Rittenhouse
visited that state.
I'VE received a pleasant call
last week from that popular old
Pennington boy, Claude ID. Ritten-
house, of Wahpeton, North Dako-
ia. 1t has been years, since Mr..
Rittenhouse was attracted to the
great Northwest, where he en-
harked in the drug business in
the growing little town of Wahpe-
ton. Only recently has he sold out
the business which he made a
most successful one, and he is
now spending few weeks visit
ing his native place. II has been
whispered i'm our ear that Claude
is soon to receive the appointment
of postmaster of Wahprton, which
has grown into an Office payina
nearly $4,000.
''He has been a lifelong Demo-
crat. worthy son of the late
Sheriff John p. RittemhOusc,
which is a guarantee of his rock
ribbed Democracy. and we are
sure the administration could find
! no bettrr-aualificd man to mako
postmaster i'm that live North Da-
knta town. where he has been a
leading business man almost from
it's birth. We shall be pleased 20
soon report that his rumor is a
fact. and that the appointment
has been made and confirmed.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
TAXES

The following are some inter-
estlng figures concerning our
county's taxes and revenues. 1t
is quite pertinent at this time
just after most of us have dug
down in our jeans to pay our
taxes.
The total amount of taxes
spread on the 1915 Tax lists and
turned owe rto County Treasurer
Worner Dec. lst, 1915 for collec-
ton i'll this county was $522,243.
50. Considerable over half a mil
lion dollars, which is over $500
per capita for every man. woman
and child in the county. You will
wonder what we do with so much
money. Out of that amount the
state receives S62,365.6l, county
all funds, $l7l,Ol5.97. Township
assessments $82 2,9O7.6l, city and
village assessments $55, 1922.
School assessments $l34, 4,32O.5O.
Special assessments for cities
81 ,683.85. Drainage assessments
$i,786.7I.
The total assessed valuation of
all property in the county for
1915 was l4.5OO,O83. 90.
The state levy was !i.3 mills on
the above valuation. The total
county levy was IL mills. The
levy for the City of Wallpeton was
36.6 mills and the Wahpeton
School District i9.6 mills making
the total levy for Wahpeton 72.5
mills, hence we deduct the follow
ing:
On the valuation of $1,000 i'm the
City of Wallpeton the tax would
be $3.50. OF this amount there
would go to the
state $50
county .............. Zoo
Wahpeton School District 1850
February is the busy month at
the County Treasurer office, as
il is the last month in which taxes
can be paid before penalty is
added.
This year there was paid to the
County Treasurer during the one
month of February S392,9O9.97
and all of this amount was hand
led and placed in the proper funds
with all records kept current with
the collections with but four peo-
Dle working in the treasurer's Of
flee.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
DELEGATES TO THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION

TIL" following arc candidates
for delegates To The Democratic
Convention which is to be held in
st. Louis in June:
w. +. Purcell, Wahpcion.
Fred Bartholomew, Grand
Forks.
T.. ID. Casey. Dickinson.
W. p. Porterticld. Fargo.
W. +. ByrrIy. Nrlva.
John l.. CaShel, Grafton.
VIM. +. Robertson. Rolettc.
Joseph CI"ary. WilIiston.
j. Nelson Kelly. Grand Forks.
Halvor Halverson. Minot.
Jens Peterson. Minor.
j. S. Gogin, OSnabrock.
J. j. Weeks. Bottineau.
Scott Cameron, Linton.
The above are IL Of the % who
have filed petitions as candidates
10 tie Democratic National Con-
vrnii"n. These { urteen are men
whom you can safely select TO re-
present you in that great
lion. The others mayiIf . .. =.
too. but we know
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
FARMING OUTLOOK
EQUAL TO THE BEST
Q. G. DaIrymple Of Fargo Says Red
River Valley Was Never
Better Prepared
BEHIND In FALL FLOWING
North and South Dakota Farmer.
Agree Soil 10 IN Excellent
Condition

T.. U. Dalrymple of Fargo, who
operates one of the largest areas
of farm land that has been under
cultivation in that vicinity since
the breaking up, several years ago
of the famous 35.0OO-acre Oliver
Dalrymple farm, and was in Min
neapolis recently in an interview
said that early March, in no past
season, ever presented better
agriculture outlook.
Notwithstanding recent reports
which were true, he said, that
North Dakota as whole is behind
normal in fall plowing and that in
the extreme northern and western
parts little plowing was Cbne,
this is not true of the Red River
valley. On the contrary the valley
is unusually we'll prepared in adj
vance.
Plowed Land Visible
"A heavy snow blanket still
covers the valley, but on the
slopes the ground is becoming
bare and much we'll plowed land
may be seen. l Go not think the
valley ever was better prepared.
Possibly, in another week or
10 days. if the high ground un-
covers sufficiently. there will be
reports of seeding, but such in-
stances will be sporadic. Gener-
ally speaking seeding in the valley
will not get under way in a large
degree this year much before
April 10 to is, Judging from the
amount Of moisture on the sur
face that the ground must absorb
before work can start. But that
will be amply early"
Mr.. Balrymple said that there
is considerable Of last years
wheat still held by Red river valley
farmers but it is in strong hands
he said. mestly in the granaries
of men who are not under the
necessity for marketing it.
! Al North Dakota Prosperous
Cali North Dakota is prosper
ous," he said. The banks are full
of money and there will be nc
trouble at all about financing the
spring requirements.''
Good Grain Year Forecast
Farmers are praying for an
early spring." says G. d. Riesland
of the Standard Grain company
while in Mandan, after making a
trip through the western part Of
the state. "To say anything about
crop prospects n.,w would be
guesswork. But little fall blowing
was done, and farmers will have
their hands full when the ground
thaws out. More than enough
moisture is stored up to 2crmi
nate the seed and give the plants
a splendid start. But, of course.
we must get the usual June and
July rains. l look for another fine
growing season.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

On account Of the County Teach
er's institute held at the City Hall
Friday. the High School students
enjoyed half holiday. At that
time tc embryo teachers Of w. H.
S. had their first introduction to
such meetings.
Report cards are due next week.
Florence Carter was Oh the
sick list last week but returned to
school on Monday.
Marion Muir lost something
very important Monday morning
hut she has acquired ii again.
There are rumOrs of a track
team instad of base ball this
spring. More definite information
will be given later.
In Civics Glass: "Clyde, What is
POOL
Clyde: 81 don't know"
Cecil powrie walIzed us out la It
week and this week was succeeded
by Mary Plets.
The Glee Club lost one Of its
best song birds last Thursday.
namely, AGolph.
There are only two more weeks
OF school until spring vacation
which extends from March oath
tn April 3rd.
Miss Claxton: what is the
state doing to promote agricul-
ture?"
T. s.: "Preventing contagious
animals from running around"
There has been good evidence
shown that Fatty Mittendorf has
not signed the pledge.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16

"'rhc Frank Rich Company is
the best popular priced musical
comedy show ever seen in Bis
marck. Bismarck, N. D. Tri-
bune.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION
ReeIects a Number Of the Present
Teachers to Return Again. a
Few Desiring Change
MISS FULTON is REELECTED
As the superintendent Of the City
Schools For Another Year and
She has Proven Worthy

Miss Fulton was reelected Sup
erintendcnt and Miss Snyder re-
elected Principal of High School.
Other teachers re-"Iectrd for high
school work were Miss HUH. Mis-;
Won B"skirk. and Miss Shane.
Miss Elma HolZscllul was elect
ed as teacher of German and His
tory and Miss Martha EmgIr. Do
lnestic Science.
In the grades tin" following were
re-elected:
Miss W"isrrt
Miss Campion
Miss Ncpstad
Miss Murray
Miss AlbrrrhL
Miss BY"
Miss Stanley
Miss Bauer
Miss Mabel Nrp>i"d of Oakes
was elected teacher of the ith
grade.
There were some of tho teach
ers that WoI" not candidates for
recollection and ihrr" are some
places in tI" corps that are yet
TO be filled.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
YIELDS OF WHEAT

At the Dickinson Sub-Station
wheat after wheat went II 2-5
bushels per ace: wheat after corn
25 2-3 and on summer fallow %
2-5 bushels.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
TESTING is ESSENTIAL
Trial TO Determine Vitality Of
Seed Corn Is Necessary. !
Where Farmers Have Reason to Doubt
INABILITY Of Seed, terminating
Test Is Recommended by
Government Expert.

Testing seed corn for termination
always a profitable farm practice-is
an absolute necessity this year in
many sections. In a number Of dis
tricts the last corn crop from which
seed fer planting will be taken was
late in maturing or so moist when har-
vested as to call for special precau-
tons. A high moisture content makes
seed corn particularly susceptible to
damage from freezing or heating.
While complete testing for germina-
ton should take place shortly before
the seed is planted, the specialists of
the United States department of agri-
culture believe that it will be simple
forehandedness for farmers who have
any reason to be doubtful about the
viability of their seed to make q pre-
liminary terminating test with q few
typical ears taken at random from the
rack. If these preliminary tests show
that the seed is good, the owner then
can continue his precautions to guard
it from weather damage. If, however,
this test with few ears indicates that
the seed is Of low vitality, the farmer
should at once make further tests to
satisfy himself as to whether his seed
corn generally is good or bad.
II farmer finds his seed is bad, he
should take steps at once to meet the
difficulty. The farmer should secure
his seed from well known sources, buy
1t upon a terminating guaranty basis
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09

There are 1913 national forests dis
tributed in six districts as follows:
District Montana, northeastern
Washington, northern Idaho, north
western South Dakota, northern Mich
igan, northern Minnesota and south
western North Dakota. District q
Colorado. Wyoming, the remainder of
South Dakota, Nebraska and western
Kansas. District 3-Most of Arizona,
Arkansas, Florida, New Mexico and
Oklahoma District Utah, south
ern Idaho, western Wyoming. eastern
and central Nevada and a small por-
ton Of northwestern Arizona. Dis
trict 5-California and southwestern
Nevada. District 6-Washington, Ore
gon and Alaska. On July 1, 1915, the
force employed by the forest service
numbered 1878. OF these s,225 were
employed upon the national forests
and $50 were engaged In administra-
tive. scientific and clerical work at
the Washington and district headquar-
ters. OF the employees on the ma
tional forests the force engaged princi-
pally in protective work numbered
1910 men as follows: Forest rangers,
3Ss; assistant forest rangers, s61; for
est guards. 1,04s; game warden. one.
The protective force was about one
man for every $4,000 acres.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
INSECTS HELP RAISE cRoPs7
Many Plants Are Polllnated Chiefly by
6ugs-Wlnd Also Plays an
Important Part.

(By w. w. ROBBINS. Colorado Agricul-
tural College. Fort Collins, Colo.)
It Is well known that most of our
crop plants will not form fruit and
seed unless the flowers are properly
poilinated. The principal carriers OF
pollen are wind and insects. In some
plants, such as the beet, both wind
and insects play an important part in
the spread of pollen. In all cereals
and grasses, and in the potato, the
pollen is carried mainly by wind. In
most Of our common plants of garden
field and orchard, insects are the chief
and most effective carriers of pollen
The following is list of insect-pol
linated plants: Onions, asparagus
buckwheat, gooseberry, currant, cab
bage, radish, turnip, raspberry, black
berry, strawberry, apple. pear, plum
cherry, peach, alfalfa, clover, melons
cucumbers and squashes We are very
dependent upon the bees and other
insects for good crop yield.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09

and get his seed or typical samples
early enough to make his own germi.
mating tests.
II the farmer happens to have q
stock Of seed left over from year be-
fore last and doubts the seed from
last years crop, he would do we'll to
test the older seed also and then use
whichever shows the greater vitality.
Seed corn If properly cared for will
retain its vitality for several years.
Many farmers knowing this always
select an extra amount OF seed from
any unusually good harvest.
The following method of testing
seed corn is taken from Farmers
Bulletin 704: The corn ID placed on
drying racks made by driving wire
finishing nails about four inches apart
on four sides of stick. A number is
placed over the nail and the butts of
the ears are put on the nails. II wire
fencing or other seed racks are used,
the ears can be numbered in other
ways.
In single ear testing. two kernels
from opposite sides Of the ear on the
top, two from the middle and two
from the butt are put In numbered
squares or portions of terminating
boxes or other testers. The kernels
are kept moist at a room temperature
not below 80 degrees Fahrenheit, nor
below so degrees Fahrenheit After
six or seven days the seed should be-
gin to sprout. Only those ears from
which all the kernels give strong
sprouts should be reserved for plants
ing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
LITTLE DEMAND FOR PRODUCT
Production Of Raffia Wax In Madagas-
car Has Never Gone Beyond Ex-
perlmental Stage.

Raffia wax has never been produced
and exported In Madagascar SIN any
large quantities. and at present 1t is
not possible to find any Of this mate
rial in this section of the island, nor
any exporter who might be interest
ed in orders for same.
This wax is made from dust beat
en- from the leaves of the rafia palm.
and afterwards boiled to a creamy
consistency which, when allowed to
cool, becomes somewhat brittle. This
practice Of making the wax was first
begun on the northwest coast. near
Majunga; but the industry never
reached more than the experimental
stage, as far as shipments are con-
cerned.
1t Is estimated by the Tamatave ex-
porters that were there a large and
steady demand for this wax the cost
price at Tamatave would have to be at
least 8 to $50 francs per kilo
(sO.263 to $0.3O7 per pound Consul
James G. Carter, Tamatave.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-05-09
USE ANCIENT WATER CRAFT
Nations Warning In MesopotamIa
Employ the "keIek" on the TIarIs
and Euphrates.

All kinds of ships of war and of
commerce have been pressed into
service in the great European conflict.
There are oversee boats, on-the-water
boats and under-sea boats; there are
superdreadnaughts, battle cruisers and
disguised commerce raiders; there are
great ocean greyhounds that yester-
day were floating palaces of the ocean,
carrying the wealth and beauty Of
civilization on their migrations across
the sea, but that today are grim
Ravens of suffering, where the wall of
pain and the shrek of anguish have
substituted the carnival of music and
the sound of mirth.
But strangest of all the kinds of
floating equipment that the war has
drafted into fervice is the kelek. De-
scribing this strange boat, the Ma
tional Geographic society says:
THE kelek is probably one of the
earliest forms of water transportation
used by our ancestors in Asia. 1t con-
sists Of goatskins inflated with air,
tied beneath framework of light
poles. Often as many as eight hun
dred such skins are used to give the
boat the desired buoyancy.
THE cargo is loaded on to the kelek
just as though it were a flat-bottomed
barge. after which the craft begins its
journey down the Tigris or the
Euphrates propelled or guided by oars
When it reaches it's journeys end it is
broken up and sold as skins and tim
Der.
THE two great rivers of Mesopo-
tamia are very crooked and very ir-
regular in their depths. The air line
distance between Diarbekir and Bag
dad is 400 miles, while the water
route via the Tigris is about 1000
miles. At many places the river is
deep enough to accommodate boats of
considerable draft, but at others it is
so shallow that a man has difficulty
in swimming. But even over shadows,
where q man cannot go as a swimmer,
q well-laden kelek will float without
accident.
For thousands of years this buoy
ant boat has helped the people of
Mesopotamia to move their commerce
over the shoals and shadows of two
Of the earth's modest rivers, and
has now come to play its small part
In the greatest war OF human history"