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Lefor Consolidated School Notes

Lefor Consolidated School Notes
Examinations covering the first
terms work were given last week in
the higher grades. r>gA.
John Freiheit who with his parents
is visiting in Lefor, spent few days
in school this week.
Following are the enrollments in
the Grammar department last week:
Joseph Mayer, Elizabeth Mayer and
Nichols Blasy.
A meeting of the teachers and
others interested was held last Sat-
urday evening to make final arrange
ments for the Xmas program.
The ladies of the Kaiserin Eliza
beth Society Of LefSr are going to,
very generously, make white sash cur
tains for every room in the school.
There was no school yesterday, the
teachers and delegation of the pu-
pills having been down to the Christ
mas program given at the c. c. Wylie
school.
The Christmas holidays are going
to be limited this year to Christmas
and New Years and the one day fol
lowing each. Since the opening Of
school was SO late this year, this is
deemed the wisest course. u
Mr.. Jacob Lefor, president Of the
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school board, was present at the open
ing exercises one day the past week.
A receipt was recently received at
the school from the Fargo Children S
Home for the amount collected and
donated by the school children to that
institution. This receipt will be
framed and kept at the school.
Several new students enrolled in
the Evening School at the beginning
of the week. Prin. Wing plans a little
later to give short course in Ele-
mentary Civics. This will be just the
thing for those planning on taking
l.out first or second papers in the fu-
ture.
The classes in domestic art have
reccrtly completed raffia baskets and
combination calendar and blotting
pads. The primary classes have made
Christmas baskets and cornucopias.
At the Parents and Visitors Day to
be held in January, these articles as
we'll as others will be on exhibition.
Our per cent of attendance for the
first three months of school was SO
per cent. For the Grammar depart
ment it was 80 plus per cent and for
the Primary department 81 per cent.
Several of our pupils have to travel
between ten and twelve miles every
day in go;ng to and from school. Can
any school in the county BEAT THIS
RECORD for the past three months.
The school is giving an Xmas enter
tainment at the school this afternoon
lat two p. m. The children have spent
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the two schools in the southern cor
ner of the district. Nothing definite
was done, the vote being postponed
until Feb. End.
A short time ago the "Big Four"
cashier Nick Lefor, C. C. Wylie,
Prin. Albeit E. j. Wing end Assistant
Principal Lucille Nevillc) paid visit
to the Russell Miller Milling Co.'S
mill at Dickinson. The party was
taken through the large flour mill by
the chief miller and was shown every
thing pertaining to the making of
flour.
Joseph Heber arrived from Phila-
delphia last Tuesday, coming to Glad
stone and from there out to Lefor by
stage. Mr.. Hcber will be permanently
located in Lefor in the future and
has already put up shop to carry
on his trade of cabinet making. He
is staying at Philip Weber's, where
he has rented rooms and takes his
meals. Mr.. Heber has his wife and
children in Europe and as soon as the
war is over will have his family come
here.
During the last week Prof. G.. c.
Wylie, the artist, has been throwing
out his chest little more and carry
ing his head little higher than usual,
having for the first time got into the
editorial column last week. Anyway,
it is more than the rest of us have
been able to do. Mr.. Wyie is prepar-
ing a series of cartoons for the pur-
pose Of boosting the proposed Dickin-
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considerable time this week in prepa-
ration and something nice is promised.
The Christmas tree celebration for the
school chilcren will be given on Sun
day afternoon at two D. m. by the
Felsenfest Club at the big Lefor hall.
Everybody is invited to be present.
Sixty-two perfect attendance certi-
tlcates were issued on last Monday
for the third month. Those in the:
Grammar department who received
them We're: Philip S;gl, Lincoln Lee
for, John Werth, Margaret Lefor,
Ludwig Weber, Elizabeth Lefor,
Adam Klingler, Frank Dorner, John.
Krumenacker, Gazella Blasy, Eliza
beth Marx, Ernest Kary !. Annie:
Schneider, Annie Werth, Nick Martin,
Mary Klingler, Elizabeth Dorner, Vic
tor Lefor, Lucy Blasy, John Schnei-
der, Peter Schiwal, Appalonia Engle,
Andrew Anton, John Mayer, Ludwig
Mayer, Peter Avender, Anton Dobitz,
Conrad Blasy, Peter Staat, Lena Hipp,
John Dobitz, Paul Martin, John Man
gi, Nick Schabori. And in the Pri-3
mary department: Theresa Krumen-
acker, Mary Dorner, John Dorner,
Jacob Leimeter, Nick Leimeter,
George Lefor, Nick Lefor, Adam Le-
for, Rose Lefor, Mary -Lefor, Dana,
Lefor, John Marx, Joe Mangi, John.
Mangi, Lucy Mangi, Kate Martin, Joe
Martin, Rose Schiwal, Annie Biasy,
Eva Schneider, Kate Schneider, Bar
bara Stumper, Joe Keller, Steven
Schiwal, Susie Stumper, John;
Stump Annie Werth, Katie Werth.5
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LEFOR NEWS ITEMS

John Engle, Jr., and family will
spend Xmas with friends and relatives
at Regent.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Freihcit are
spending the Christmas holidays in
town at the John Klingler home.
The mail carrier between Lefor
and Gladstone still makes the trips in
his car, although the ros.ds are very
poor.
Jos. H. Lefor came out from Dick
inson with his brother, Adam A., and
spent Sunday at Lefor at the home of
his father, Adam Lefor, ST..
Mrs. Stefan Kaufman of the neigh
borhood was rushed to the Dickinson
hospital in Adam A. Lefor's car last
Saturday morning. First reports
were that Mrs. Kaufman was ill with
typhoid.
Heavy Christmas shopping has been
stores of Lefor. The Lefor Mercan-
tile Co. was obliged to get additional
help to meet with the rush.
The Misses Atle and Michels, two
teachers in the Plum Creek district,
came to town to do their Christmas
shopping with John Schneider last
Saturday. Both teachers are board
ing at Mr.. Schneider's place.
The surveyors of the new line from
Dickinson to Mott via Lefor are at
this time at Mott, having completed
the survey. All sketches and profles
have been turned over TO Adam A,
| Lefor.
John Sabo of the Plum Creek dis
trict was business visitor to OUT
town one day last week. Mr.. Sabo is
clerk of school district No. IA, Plum
Creek, and has his accounts taken
care of at the Lefor State Bank.
Several residents of the town were
recently nominated for membership
in the National Geographic Society by
Adam A. Lefor. Among these were:
Prin. Wing, Miss Neville, c. c. Wylie
and Nick A. Lefor.
A school meeting was held in the
Lefor school last Saturday afternoon
The purpose of the meeting was tc
discuss the advisability Of further
centralizing the District by closing "
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LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. Allen Harleman and Mrs.
Miles Bartle spent Wednesday at the
Glen Casady farm south of the city.
Rev. R. H. Craig spent the week as
the guest Of his son, Ray, and family
at Lisbon, this state. He is expected
back today (Friday).
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Pearce
planned on leaving today (Friday) for
Minneapolis to spend the holidays
with their daughter, Mrs. C. P. Dau-
bach and their son, Ray.
Deane Spalding, manager of the
Bertsch Motor Co., left this (F'riday)
morning to spend Christmas with his
parents, Hon. and Mrs. Burleigh F.
Spalding of Fargo.
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Craig had as
their guest over Sunday w. p.
Cameron, who has the agency for
Paige cars with headquarters in Bis
marck.
o. E. Pohl, for time with the
South Side drug store, has the entire
state for the specialties manufactured
by the Standard Oil Co. He makes
headquarters in Fargo and appears to
be making a fine success of his work.
Friends of D. A. Stocking at Ellen
dale report that he had the misfor-
tune not long ago to lose or partially
lose his sight. Dell Stocking was a
jeweler and matchmaker in Dickin-
son in e:rly days, moving from here
to Kalispcll, Montana.
City Attorney F. E. McCurdy of
Bismarck was in the city a few
days the latter part of last week on
professional business. He came from
the capital city on the north line and
across to Dickinson from Killdeer by
auto.
Miss Dorothy Gobler, of the Reed
Bros. store, had to leave her work
on Monday morning due to a sudden
attack Of appendicitis. 1t was, how
ever, understood the first of the week
that an operation would not be neces-
sary.
F. w. Turner of the Red Trail
garage returned Sunday from the big
Overland Auto Show at Toledo, Ohio
AL. Hike, Harry Dence, R. C. Davis
and N. J. Steffen, who went down
from Belfcld, returned the same day
Mr.. Hike is the Overland salesman
in western Stark county.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Culp and chill
dren Valerine and Ernest, left this
friday morning for their former
home town, Boyceville, Wis, where
Mrs. Culp's folks reside. They will
be gone two weeks. They expected
also to stop off in St. Paul to visit
other relatives of Mrs. Culp.
Miss Ivy Conant, who taught in our
public schools last year, and this year
has been engaged in teaching in
Fargo, her home town, is expected
here the first of next week to spend
the mid year vacation partly with the
Br. H. Anderson family and partly
with the Welton Mcdonald family.
John Jungers, the Regent and New
England grain and implement man
was returning home Monday from the
Overland Auto Show at Toledo, Ohio
Mr.. Jungers is the Ford and Over
hand distributor for western Hettinge1
county, also in portions of Slope
Billings and the south tier of town
ships in Stark county.
J. w. Brinton, with the Nonpartis.
an League and making headquarters
in Fargo the past six months, was 9
passenger en- route to Beach tho
first of the week. Mrs. Brinton ant
little son are leaving for California
to spend the winter with her parents
Mr.. Brinton states that after th'
legislative session he is likely to go tt
the coast himself for few months
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
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Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers OF the
Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Into1-
cation, Yellow Jaundice, Appendicitis
and other fatal ailments result from
Stomach Trouble. Thousands OF
Stomach Sufferers owe their complete
recovery to Mayr's Wonderful Rem
: edy. Unlike any other for Stomach
Ailments. For sale by T. J. Greene
& Co., and other druggists every.
where.-adv. 6-10-6
Sold in Dickinson and recommended
as the worlds best corn remedy By
Welten Mcdonald & Co.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
GROWING WATER LILIES

Fortunate are those having a
natural pond or site where one may
be easily constructed. Yet a mina-
ture pond in the garden is within the
reach Of anyone.
In selecting a site, choose one, If
possible, partly shaded from the noon
day glare, yet having the full benefit
OF the morning sun.
This should be prepared the fall be-
fore in order to be fully decomposed.
Lilies open in the morning and close
at least partially during the middle Of
the day, hence the more they are pro-
tected from the intense heat the more
lasting will be the blossoms.
1t should be on low ground, the top
being preferably just below the ground
level.
If there is not a natural depression,
an artificial one can easily be made,
the earth removed from the pool be-
Ing arranged at the proper place at
the sides to make a gradual slope.
It should be about two feet deep
for our native lilies and lotus, but an
other foot must be added II you are so
ambitious as to try to grow that giant
beauty, Victoria Regina.
Have it protected from high winds
in some way; trees or shrubs serve
nicely.
The material used in making the
pond may be concrete or brick. An
outlet or an overflow pipe are essen
Hal.
Unless the pond is large, one must
be shy of trying many varieties, as
the stronger soon crowd out the
weaker.
If the tank with pipes is not within
reach, a beautiful effect may be OBJ
tanned by sinking a tub or half bar
rel into the ground and placing one or
two plants in 1t.
The soil should be very rich and
filled in to a depth of two-thirds. An
ideal soil is made by composing barn
yard manure with rich sods of loamy
nature, using in the proportion of one
and two-thirds, respectively.
Sprinkle a little sand over the top
and fill the tank with water. With a
sunny exposure during a part of the
day, the plants will grow and bloom
nicely.
Unless one is willing to pipe the
water, it must be supplied as needed |
by filing from pals. AS the plants
need very little other care, this can
we'll be afforded.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
FRIENDSHIP THAT RINGS TRUE
Always a Condition That Requires
Thorough Understanding and
Complete Sympathy.

Some acquaintances will never ripen
into true friendship because the com
mon bond of union, the thorough un-
derstanding and the complete sym
pathy are lacking,
An acquaintance begun In child
hood will ripen into friendship II the
children develop mutual interest in a
common cause of study or pleasure. II
dissimilar tastes and unlike impulses
develop the children will grow apart,
since each of us tends toward certain
conters of association.
Money cannot buy us friends. It
often purchases apparent friendship,
but when the wealth goes that which
posed as friendship vanishes also.
Friendship must be distinguished
from that sentimental feeling which Is
so common among young girls. This
ridiculous fascination, which ex-
presses itself in eXtravagant terms OF
endearment, is very tickle.
AS soon as It finds faults in one idol
It transfers its affection to another
Youth has yet to learn that perfection
in human nature does not exist, The
sensible man or woman does not set
up an ideal of friendship so high that
1t must be shattered.
Friends influence us for good or
evil. Unfortunately we can guide the
formation of our friendships only to
very limited extent, either for our
selves or for our children.
Friendship springs up and grows
naturally; it cannot be planted at will.
Foolish friendships are often formed
in youth. 1t is useless to talk against
them, since young people always re-
sent criticism of their friends We
must simply tolerate them and trust
to the awakening of common sense ts
prove all frivolous friendships false
and nworthy.-Philadelp Inquirer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
INDOOR BLOSSOMS

A foretaste Of spring may be had
by the nature.lover, while King Frost
reigns in the field and forest, if he
will force a few twigs to bloom in the
house.
Go into the garden, the orchard, the
forest, the hedges, and cut twigs a
foot or two long and sort them into
bouquets-each sort separate. Place
in vases in water in sunny window.
A little charcoal added will help keep
the water sweet.
Change the water twice a week and
wash the cut ends in warm, soapy
water once a week. The vases should
be washed thoroughly every time the
water is changed. Once a week it is
we'll to soak the branches in warm
water, before the flowers open, and
thus take the place of the warm
spring rains. Do not keep them in a
dry, hot atmosphere.
Hazel tassels will develop in the sit
ting room, so will the pussy willow.
One of the earliest and quickest
shrubs in the house is the forsythia
along with the Towering almond. The
dogwood unfolds it's lovely disks side
by side with the fragrant crab apple.
Almost all the fruit trees will bios.
som indoors, but they take a long
time to do so. Many Towering shrubs
may be relied upon for blossoms.
while the maple, grape, willow, beech,
horse chestnut, ETC., will give leaves
that we prize, as they come before
the swallow dares," and remind us
that the resurrection of nature is at
hand
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
BIRDS IN CEMETERIES
AUDUBON SOCIETIES INTEREST
Ed IN BIG PROJECT.
Idea Is TO Have Burial Grounds Con-
verted Into sanetuarles Where
Feathered Friends Of Human
lty May Find Refuge.

More than a million acres Of land
will be added TO the bird reservations
In the United States II the National
Association of Audubon societies, with
headquarters In New York, succeeds
in its campaign to have all the ceme-
teries of the country converted into
bird sanctuaries, The plan includes
not only the forty-eight burial grounds
OF New York city, but all cemeteries
down to the lonely graveyard of the
smallest hamlet.
While the average visitor to eeme-
teries is frequently impressed with
the song of birds" said 7. Gilbert
Pearson, secretary OF the association,
who has brought forward this plan.
this is due rather to the usual quiet
and perhaps to the receptive mood OF
the person. The number of birds is
really small compared to what 1t
would he were but a little effort made,
Much has been done to drive birds
away from cemeteries. Frequently,
there is not a yard Of underbrush
where a thrasher or vireo can build
its nest There are no pools or other
means for the birds to slake their
thirst. Tree surgery has closed the
cavities whence titmouse, wren or
bluebird formerly issued to console
the lonely visitor. Fruit-bearing trees
have been removed and there is an
absence of berry-bearing shrubs, such
as birds enjoy"
The association, in addition to the
above needs, is urging the exclusion
" gunners and cats from the ceme-
teries, the latter through the use Of
catproof fences. The placing of bird
boxes in trees is recommended. as
well as the construction of fountains
or other drinking places for the birds.
Food in the way Of growing blackber.
gested while many cemeteries are
said to have ample waste space where
buckwheat and other small grain
could be planted without detracting
from the beauty Of the landscape. The
supplying of food in other ways as
well as the provisions for nest-build-
ing are among other suggestions con.
tanned in circular just issued by the
association which, Mr.. Pearson says,
he will mail to all persons interested
in having their city cemetery con-
verted into a bird sanctuary. In In
thousands of birds find ref
uge in Crown Hill cemetery and birds
of some varieties which generally go
South in the fall spend the winter
there.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
WHEN YEARS BEGIN TO FLY
With Advancing Years, Time Has q
DIsconcerting Manner Of Slipping
Away With Rapidity.

One of the most puzzling phenome-
ma in all life is the peculiar difference
in the conception of the flight of time
existing between the child and the
aged person. A year seems an age to
a child, but to a grown person only a
few days. If both young and old were
to estimate the length Of time con-
sumed by an hour they would inva-
riably coincide in their decision; like
wise in describing a minute or a Sec
ond, but when the year is thought Of
tremendous difference is noted.
William James, the great psycholo-
gist, explained this strange freak of
our mentality when he analyZed it
thus: "The same space Of time seems
shorter as we grow older-that is, the
months and the years do so; whether
the hours do so is extremely doubtful
and the minutes and seconds, to all
appearances, remain about the same.
''In youth we may have an absolute
ly new experience, subjective or objec.
tive, every hour of the day. Apprehen'
sion is vivid, retentiveness strong, and
our recollections of that time, like
those spent in rapid and interesting
travel, are of something intricate, null
titudinous and long drawn out.
But as each passing year converts
some of these experiences into auto.
matte routine, which we hardly note
at all, the days and the weeks smooth
themselves out in recollection to con-
tentless units and the years grow hol.
low and collapse"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25
ncltv Healthier Than Farm .

THE sanitary conditions in the
farmers homes of Massachusetts and
New York state are not what they
should be-" DR.. Harvey w. Wiley de-
clared in an address before several
hundred farmers from all over the
state in horticultural hall, assembled
for the Massachusetts state board of
agriculturals annual meeting
''ln New York and Massachusetts
particularly, the city is a healthier
place to live than the country" Doctor
Wiley said. THE cities of New York
and Massachusetts are taking better
care of their citizens than the coun-
try is, and l am inclined to believe
that the unfavorable situation in the
rural sections is due more to lack of
sanitary conven.erces and appliances
than it is to the effect of the climate
or of a deficient diet"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25

The "store mother" is the latest
method to be adopted by the large
stores to make store girls feel there is
someone to look after their welfare;
she also helps make a girl feel the
store which employs here is not a
huge selling machine, but an institu-
ton with heart and feeling, says the
Philadelphia Record. The newcomer
without a home or suitable boarding
house, few friends and no definite aim
in life is turned over to the store
mother" who treats each case in an
individual manner, analyzing the re-
uuirements of each. A suitable board
ing place is found at a price she can
afford to pay; she is introduced to
other girls of about her own 6ge and
station. Reading good books from the
store library is another diversion sug-
gested by the store mother as are
classes in fancy work, sewing and
cookery, all taught by the mother,
who is, as a rule, selected for her good
sense, acting well the part of mother
to all the girls of the store family.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25

A fat black bear, weighing nearly
400 pounds, was trapped and killed on
the edge of the city limits near Cowen
park, according to dispatch from Sc
attic, and about one and half miles
from the university.
The downfall of bruin was brought
about by two unknown men, who sold
the bear while it was in the trap to
A. Lampaert, a butcher of Redmond,
for 500 According to the men who
trapped the animal, it had established
It's headquarters on the hill near the
Cowen Park ravine, and had appar-
emily decided to spend the winter
there.
The bear was in prime condition
and had evidently found the back
yards of Cowen Park residents fine
foTaging grounds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25

Umbrella
By C. E. COBB

Copyright. 1915 by W. G. ChapmanJ
We'll, nephew, here's your famous
invention" announced old Peter
CRANKY.
Turned down." questioned his IA
Vorite relative. Ned Dawson.
Hard and quick had influence
enough on account Of business deal
lngs to secure all due attention and
preference from Baskill & Co., cane
and umbrella manufacturers"
And what did they say"
"Impracticable. They claim that
customers will not pay an advanced
price. Anyway, they stick to the
cheap, simple, old-fashioned umbrella"
Ned Dawson looked disappointed,
but shrugged his shoulders resignedly.
Well, Uncle Peter" he observed
wearily, I'm try something better next
time"
There must be no next time!" thun-
dered the old man in sudden decision
and boisterous, too. That's why
sent for you-to give you back your
discredited invention and inform you
that you've got to quit these vain side
issues, now and for all time. If you
don't, I'll-Ill. yes til disown you"
Ned smiled. He never hinched, for
he loved the dear old man and knew
that he loved him in return.
You see, Ned pursued Uncle Pc
ter mue tolerantly, I've gone to
lot Of trouble to get your started In
on an educational progressive business
career, and you cant do things by
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-02-25

The death of George Edwardes re-
calls how he sold Dorothy for a
song, and how a song-"Queen Of My
Hear" made fortune for the piece.
The death Of Lewis Waller recalls the
case of Monsieur Beaucaire." That
play, when tried on the dog" at Liver"
pool, was a dead failure The dogs"
verdict was wrong. Produced as a
mere stop-gap at the Comedy, Beau
caire" proved big and instant sue
cess. 1t ran for some 400 times, and
had the crowning triumph of a royal
command performance at Sandring-
ham.