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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
TAKES OWN LIFE.

Davenport. Dec. %. Christian
Harms. IS, farm hand living a short
distance north of this city, brooded
over what promised to be cherries
Christmas and Sunday chose to es-
cape the ordeal by taking his own life.
His body was found hanging to a raj
ter in the barn.
III health prompted the deed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
soNus FOR FARMERS.

, Marinette, Wis. Fec, %. Beet
growers of northeastern Wisconsin
were presented with an unexpected
Christmas bonus amounting to 100000
by local sugar refining company. it
became known today. The bonus was
based on a rate of so cents per ton of
beets during the past season.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

make UP the national guard, but they
are emphatically CONCERNING the or
gan;zatipn as a whole. They say it Is
the. quintessence of inefficiency. and
that it is folly for this nation to de
pend upon the national guard and vol
rnteer army plan for defense against
any well organized foe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
PRAISE FOR WILSON.

Geneva. Dec %. via Paris. - The
Journal de Geneve. discussing the
note sent by President Wilson to the
belligerent powers, gives warm praise
TO the president
'Whatever results President Will
son obtains" the paper says, I'VE
Swiss and other neutrals must thank
this good republican and salute him
with respect. President Wilson has
dared to propose something precise
in order to release his specific aspira-
tons He has caused during this
dark Christmas CLEAN of hope in a
gloomy sky
Rome Saturday, Dec. %, via Paris.
Dec. % (delayed) Pope Benedict,
according to report today. in speaking
to Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary
of state. regarding President Wilson's
note TO the belligerents, said:
1T is document showing the
honesty. Justice, and farsightedness
of the American president"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

The fellow who waits until tolnor-
row to put his good resolutions INTO
effect, eventually Joins the army o.
failures. The men who progress are
the men who change their courses
when they decide thew are out or the
correct channel = and change them to
what they have found to be the correct
channel
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

The Mexican situation is just as serl-
ors and inst as unsettled as 1t was
when Mr.. Wilson first took up watch
full waiting" bu its Importance has
been lost sight Of in the ANXIOUS watch
ing of the European struggle.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

King Charles is going to be crowned
Dec. 30. at Brdanest. Heavy. heav'
hangs over your head Charlie.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

Everything in Mexico is free TO
all Now they say the press there !:
to have the same kind of freedom
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

The Chicago city council evldent i
believes that if it had fewer police. l
would have less graft.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

The generals OF the army who are
appearing before the military commit
tees OF the senate and house. have no
: ,mplaint to make of the men who
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26
SWISS join IN
PEACE PLAN OF
U.S.PRES|DENT
Belligerents Are Asked to
Get Together and Bring
Great War to Close
SWEDEN EXPECTED
TO FALL IN LINE

Paris, Dec. IS A Havas dis
patch from Berne says that it is
believed in certain circles there
that the Swedish government is
about to approach the beiligerents
on the subject Of peace in the same
way as the Swiss president.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-26

Lots OF women who love to fox tro.
from 9 to L. don't like to walk the
t,cor with n BABY from ~ to 4.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

Who looks mustang in the eye?
Changety, chang. chang! Bash! Crash!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

to slide his hand along too far. and
that he got hurt because he didn't pay
attention to your warning, and because
he was trying to show you how to do
something you were already doing a
great deal better than he could You
tell him I'll be around to look at it
and change the dressing tomorrow
morning. Goodby."
But when he paid the promised visit
the next morning he did more than
change the dressing upon the damaged
hand. The injury was severe Of its
kind, and Quincy spent long time
over it, though Sheridan was rebellious
and scornful, being brought to a de-
gree Of tractability only by means Of
horrible threats and talk OF amputa-
ton. However. he appeared Mt the
dinner. table with his hand supported
In sling, which he seemed to regard
rs an indignity. while the natural In
quiries upon the subject evidently
struck him as deliberate insults. Mrs.
Sheridan, having been unable to con-
tain her solicitude several times dur.
ing the day, and having been checked
each time in a manner that blaEched
her cheek, fastened to warn Roscoe
and Sibyl. upon Their arrival at five.
to omit any reference to the injury and
to avoid even looking ut the sling II
they possibly could.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
t know anything about it. Don't

t know anything about 1t. Don't
Il s'pose he told me? She was crazy
about him soon as he began going
there, aud he firted with her little
before he met me! After that he
wouldn't. She was bound she wouldn't
give him up. He told her long ago no
cared about me, but she kept perse'
cutting him and"
yes said Sheridan, sternly; that's
his side Of it! Thut'll do! He doesn't
come in this house again.
'You look OUT" Edith cried.
''Yes, I'll look out! I'd "a told you
today he wasn't to be allowed on the
premises, but had other things in my
mind. had Abercrombie look up this
young man privately, and he's no
count. He's no count on earth! He's
no good: He's nothin'! But it wouldn't
matter if lie was George Washington,
after what's happened and what I've
heard tonight"
But, papa" Mrs. Sheridan began,
'if Edie says it was all Sibyls fault,
maxim up to him, and he never encour'
aged her much. nor"
IS enough!' he roared "He keeps
off these premises! And If any of you
SO much as ever speak his name to me
again"
But Edith screamed, clapping her
hands over her ears to shut out the
sound of his voice, and ran upstairs,
sobbing loudly, followed by her mother.
However, Mrs. Sheridan descended
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

few minutes later ana Joined her hus-
hand in the library. Bibbs, still sit,
ting in his gold chair. saw her pass,
reused himself from reverie, and
strolled in after her.
"she locked the door," said Mrs.
Sheridan, shaking her head woefully.
"She wouldn't even answer me. They
wasn't a sound from her ROOM"
"Well," said her husband. "she can
settle her mind to it. She never
speaks to that fellow again, and if he
tries to telephone her tomorrow
Here! You tell the help if he calls up
to ring off and say it's my orders. No,
you needn't I'll tell 'em myself"
Better not said Bibbs. gently.
His father glared at him.
ITS no good" said Bibbs. "Mother.
when you were in love with father"
"My goodneSsr' she cried. you
amt a-gon' to compare your father
to that"
Edith feels about him just what
you did about father" said Bibbs.
"And If your father had told you--"
81 won. listen to such silly talk"
she declared, angrily.
$50 you're handin' out your advice,
are you, Bibbs?" said Sheridan. what
is it?''
Let her see him all she wants"
you're "a" Sheridan gave it up.
II don't know what to call YOU
Let her see him all she wants.
Bibbs repeated. thoughtfully. You're
up against something too strong for
you. If Edith were 4 weakling you'd
have chance this way, but she isn't.
She's got a lot Of your determination,
father, and with what's going OH in
side Of her she'll beat you. You can't
keep hSc from seeing him, as long as
she feGls about him the way she does
now. You can't make her think less
Of him. either. Nobody can. Your
only chance is that she'll do it herself,
and if you give her time and go easy
she probably will. Marriage would
do it for her quickest, but that's just
what you don't want, and as you don't
want 1t, you'd better
(To be Continued
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
CHAPTER Xxx.

Who looks mustang in the eye?
Changety, chang. chang! Bash! Crash!
Bang!
So sang Bibbs. his: musical gayeties
inaudible to his fellow workmen be.
cause of the noise Of the machinery.
He had discovered long ago that the
uproar was rhythmical, and it had
been jintolerable; but now, on the aft
ernoon Of the fourth day of his return.
he was accompanying the swing and
clash of the metals with jubilant va
quero fragments, mingling improvisa-
tons OF his own among them, and
hooking the zinc eaters crash with
vocal mutations:
Fearless and bold,
Chang! Bash! Behold!
With leap from the ground
~.a TO the saddle in bound
And away-and away!
Hi-yay!
The long room was ceaselessly thun-
dering with metallic sound; the air
was thick with the smell Of oil: the
floor trembled perpetually; everything
was implacably in ,motion-nowhere
was there n rest for the dizzied eye.
The first time he had entered the place
Bibbs had become dizzy instantly, and
six months Of it had only added in
creasing nausea to faintness. But he
felt neither now. "All day long I'll
send my thoughts to you. You must
keep remembering that your friend
stands beside you" He saw her there
beside him, and the greasy. roaring
place became suffused with radiance
The poet was happy in, his machine
shop; he was still a poet there. And
he fed his old zinc eater, and sang:
Away-and away!
Hi-yay!
Crash, bash crash, bash, chang!
Wild are his eyes,
Fiercely he dies!
Hi-yay!
Crash, bash. bang! Bash, chang!
Ready to fling
Our gloves in the ring
I" like the machine" said Bibbs.
"1've made friend Of it. l serenade
it and talk to it, and then it talks back
to me-"
Indeed. indeed? What does it say?'
"What want to hear"
He was unaware of a sensation that
passed along the lines of workmen.
Their great master had come amOn:.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

them. and they grinned to see him
standing with Doctor Quincy behind
the unconscious Bibbs. Sheridan nod
ded to those nearest him-he had per-
sonal acquaintance with nearly all Of
them-but ne kept his attention upon
his son. Bibbs worked steadily, never
turning from his machine. Now and
then he varied his musical program
with remarks addressed to the zinc
eater
Go on, you old crash-basher! Chew
it up! It's good for you, If you don't
try to bolt your vittles. Fletcherize
you pig! That's right-you'll never
get lump III your gizzard. Want some
more? Here's nice, shiny one."
The words were indistinguishable, but
Sheridan inclined his head to Gurney's
ear and shouted fiercely: 'Talkin' to
himself! BY George!
Quincy laughed reassuringly, and
shook his head.
Bibbs returned to song.
Chang! Chang, bash, chang! It's I!
Who looks a mustang in the eye?
Fearless and DO
His father grasped him by the arm.
"Herey' he shouted. "Let me show
you how to run strip through there.
The foreman says you're some better'n
you used to be, but chats no way to
handle Get out the way and let me
show you once"
Better be careful" Bibbs warned
him, stepping to one side.
Careful? Boh'!' Sheridan seized
strip of zinc from the box. what
you talkin' to yourself about? Tryin'
to make yourself think you're so
abused you're gO;n' wrong In the
heady'
-""Abusedy
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
Silence PieaseS Orator,

What a speaker likes best is not ap-
plause. 1t is silence. There are mo-
ments when to a speaker the silence
can be thrilling Then he knows, as
we say, that he 'has" his audience. A
perfect relation has been established.
During those moments the thought is
passing rapidly from the speakers
mind into the minds of the listeners,
and is taking effect. 1t may not al
ways be sympathetic effect. 1t may
even be hostile Nevertheless, the
thought is at work.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

fine monograph, after dinner Can you
keep sober till then? You better be
sure, because I'm goin' to send Aber-
crombie- down to your Office every little
while, and he'll let me know"
Roscoe paused Mt the door ''You
told Abercrombie about it," he asked.
''Told him." And Sheridan laughed
hideouslyr DO you suppose there's an
elevator boy in the whole. dam build
ing that amt on to you?"
Roscoe settled his hat down over his
eyes and went out.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
Libraries in Coffee Houses.

Before the days Of free libraries
book rooms were attached to English
coffee houses and every customer was
entitled to peruse book while sip
ping his cup of coffee. Some of these
libraries contained as many as thou
sand volumes and even printed cata-
logues. Two such coffee houses are
said to have existed in London until
as late as the early 'S0s.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11
SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER I-Sheridan's attempt ia
make business man of his son Bibbs
ny starting him in the machine shop
ends in Bibbs going to a sanitarium,
a nervous wreck,
CHAPTER lon his return Bibbs
is met at the station by his sister
Edith.
CHAPTER lII-He finds himself
an incOnsiderable and uncOnsidered
figure in the New House" of the Sher-
idans. He sees Mary Vertrees looking
at him from a summer house next
door. ~
CHAPTER IV-The Vertreeses, old
town family and impoverished, call
on the Sheridans, neWly-rich, and aft
erward discuss them. Mary puts into
words her parents unspoken wish
that she marry one Of the Sheridan
boys. s
CHAPTER Vat the Sheridan
house-warming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly en-
cOurages Jim Sheridan's attention.
and Bibbs hears he is to be sent back
to the machine shop.
CHAPTER Vl-Mary tells her
mother about the banquet and shocks
her mother by talking of Jim as a
matrimonial possibility
CHAPTER VII-Jim tells Mary
Bibbs is not lunatic-''iust queer"
He proposes to Mary, who half 40
cepts him.
CHAPTER VIII-sheridan tells
Bibbs he must go back to the machine
shop as soon as he is strong enough,
in spite of Bibbs' plea to be allowed
to write.
, CHAPTER IX-Edith and Sibyl,
Roscoe Sheridan's wife, quarrel over
Bobby Lamhorn; Sybil goes to Mary
for help to keep Lamhorn from mar
rying Edith. and Mary leaves her in
the room alone.
CHAPTER X-Bibbs has to break
to his father the news of Jim's sudden
death.
CHAPTER Kali the rest of the
family helpless in their grief, Bibbs
becomes temporary master of the
house. At the funeral he meets Mary
and rides home with her.
CHAPTER XII-Mrs. Sheridan
pleads with Bibbs to return to the
machine shop for his fathers sake,
and he consents. .,.
CHAPTER XII-Bibbs purposely in
terrupts a tete-a-tete between Edith
and Lamhorn. He tells Edith that he
overheard Lamhorn making Toye to
RoscOe's wife.
CHAPTER XIV-Mutual love of
music arouses an intimate friendship
between Bibbs and Mary.
CHAPTER XV-Mary sells her
piano to help out the finances of the
Vertrees family
CHAPTER XVI-Roscoe and his
wife quarrel over Lamhorn.
CHAPTER XVII Sheridan finds
Roscoe in an intoxicated condition
during office hours and takes him
home.
CHAPTER XVIII-Friendship be-
tween Gibbs and Mary ripens into a
more intimate relation, and under
Mary's influence Bbbs decides to re-
turn to the machine shop.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-11

Suppose something did happen to
him, though. You don't know what it
means. keepin' property together these
days-just keepn' it alive, let alone
maxim it grow the way do. l tell
you when a man dies, If that dead
mans chuldern amt on the job, night
and day, everything he built III get
carried off. My Lord! when 1 think
O such things comm to me! 1t don't
seem like deserved it--nO man ever
tried harder to raise his boys right
than have. planned and planned
and planned how to bring 'em up to
be guards to drive the wolves off, and
how to be builders to build, and build
bigger. tell you this business life Is
no fools job Nowadays mans got
to have eyes in the back Of his head.
You hear talk, sometimes, d make you
think the millennium had come-but
right the next breath you'll hear some
body hollerin' about the grea, unrest
You bet there's great unrest! There
amt any man alive smart enough to
see what it's goin' to do to us in the
end, nor what day it's got set to bust
loose, but it's frothin' and bubblin' in
the boiler. This country's been film
up with it from all over the world for
1 good many years, and the old camp
meetin' days are dead and done with.
Church amt what it used to be. Moth
ms what it used to be-everything's
turned up from the bottom. and the
growth is so big the roots stick out in
the air. There's an awful ructiOn gOin'
on, and you got to keep hoppiR' If
you're goin' to keep your balance on
the top of it. And the schemers! They
run like bugs on the bottom Of board
after any piece O money they hear is
loose. Fool schemes and crooked
schemes; the fool ones are the most
and the worst! You got to fight to
keep your money after you've made
It. And the woods are full o. mighty
Industrious men that's only got one
motto: Get the other fellows money
before he gets yoursv And when a
mans built as have, when he's
built good and strong, and made
good things grow and prosper-those
are the fellows that lay for a
chance to slide in and sneak the ben
eft of it and put their names to 1t!
And what's the use my hayin' ever
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-17
ELEoT1oN NOTICE.

Grand Forks. North Dakota:
Notice is hereby given that on the
third +Su Tuesday sda;y IL IN March; A. p: 1915.
noon until the hour Of s o'clock in the
Twenty-frst day Of March, A. D. 1916.
there shall be held a City Election for
Forks, as provided by law. At said cleo
ton the following officers shall be chos-
en-: Mayor. City Treasurer, Police Mag.
Park Commission; also One Alderman
from each Of the seven wards in the
City for term Of two years each. Reg
,strsti9n Of voters nj Ml1 lake place in the
18th, 1915, respectively.
The following places have been desig-
places for said election:
First Ward-City Filter Plant
Second Ward-Arlington Park Hotel.
Third Ward-Fourth Street Fire Hail.
Fourth Ward-Old City Hall on Third
Firth Ward. 1st. Precinct-1nterna-
tional Ave. Fire Hall.
Fifth Ward. End Precinct, 1915 Chey-
sixth Ward. 1st Precinct-41s Griggs
avenue.
Sixth Ward. End Precinct. 52s North
Eighth Street.
The polls at such polling places shall
be continuously kept open from o'clock
in the forenoon until S o'clock in the
afternoon on said election day, and no
Dated at Grand Forks, North Dakota,
this 9Th day Of March. A. D. 1916.
Attest: Mayor
w. H. Alexander.
CITY Auditor
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-17
March 10-17-24-31.)

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Couutyrof
Grand Forks.-In County Court. :
In the matter. of the Estate Of Edmond,
Ann Gallup, Lueila McGlalghiitl, Mary
Pierce and John Bridston.. Treasurer
OF Grand Forks County. N. D., and all
The State Of North Dakota and the Said
County Court to the Above Named
Respondents. Greeting:
You, and each Of you, are hereby cited
caumty e Court ns aad of
Grand Forks in said State. at the ONCE
OF the County Judge Of said County, at
the Court House in the City Of Grand
Aor A A Sid p Ss99SSnty =; on ths 18Th day q
Of that day. then and there to attend the
nearing upon the petition of f. L. Gal
Typ Typ to be appointed Administrator Of
the the estate es ate,1 Of Edmond Gallup deceased
the prayer contained in said petition
1: Gallup be appointed as such Admin.
istrator.
Personal service Of tho above citation
at least twenty (2o) days prior to such
hearing on: Mary Pierce. and at least
ten ten t1o1 days prior to such hearing on:
fSaR FarR. eoiast9n, eo5ntY1 n Treasurer Of Grand
= Also service 81 publication in the
for three successive weeks. the last pub.
nc;nn l,cation n to & be at least twenty l2o) days
Dated Grand Forks. N. D.. March End
A; D. 1915:
(court seaL> ,ua1. =, L IL K, G..!.s; GHAssELh: IL
e. R. o'Brien. ft Htty.. 81 'he county Court
lMarch a-1o-17.)
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-17
FARMERS AIDED IN
GETTING BEST SEED
Better Farming Association Oo-oper.
attng to Improve Conditions In
the Country.

The matter Of aiding farmers OF
Grand Forks county in the selection
of seed grains to be planted in the
spring is now in the hands of experts
and the Better Farming association is
DONG its utn,osc to see ,ha, only the
best varieties Of seed are planted in
this portion OF the Red river valley
Tests that have been made show
that extreme care must be exercised
In purchasing seed core as large
portion OF it does not germinete. This
applies especially to home grown seed
corn. Farmers having samples Of
corn they wish to have tested sre at
liberty to send in samples to the Bet
ter Farming association who will do
the work at no expense.
Seed corn in order to get the bes,
results should be raised at a point no,
more than so miles from where 1t is
to be selected, it is said.
Any farmer who wants seed raised
in the county: last year for seed plots
will do we'll to get into touch with
e. I. Olsen, field agent Grand Forks
County Better Farming association,
Grand Forks
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-17

highest bidder, who will be required ia
pay at the time Of leasing the rent for
the season Of 1915, also an additional Zee
OF $500 for issuing lease, which fee viii
pc charged for each quarter section or
fraction thereof. included in such lease.
All parties Offering bids will be held
strictly accountable for the payment Of
the amount of their bids.
subsequent years rent win become
due January LIST Of each year, ana in de-
fault Of payment within thirty DAYS
thereafter, lease will be cancelled with
out notice to lessee.
Any cultivated tracts will be offered
at the minimum annual rental Of five
per cent of the appraised value thereof
A list of the lands to be offered for
lease Will be on flle with the treasurer Of
said county for public inspection for at
lease two weeks before the date Of leas.,
ing.
Coal rights are reserved to the state
IN all leases and the Board Of Univer.
sity and School Lands reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
All leases are subject to cancellation
In case Of sale.
The only way to secure the use Of any
school or state land is by leasing on
above terms
No person has right to cut hay. kraze
or clOse-herd stock at any season OF tha
year on state land without ffrst eecur-
Ing lease Of the same and anyone 80
trespassing will be vigorously prosecuted.
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota. this
3rd day Of March, 1916.
FRANK s. HENRY,
Commissioner
Grand Forks daily herald., 1916-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS
New York Symphony.

The biggest and greatest geniuses
are often the most quiet and unas-
suming. Just as in the case of big
business men and others who hold
high positions, the very largeness of
their makeup prevents them from
petty vanities and poses of all sorts.
Among the great musicians of the
world, Josef Hofmann is particularly
noteworthy as a man of this caliber.
he is quiet mild hammered gentle-
man, q trife pre-maturely gray. His
voice is soft and more frequently than
not he listens to the conversation
rather than leads it.
On the concert platform he is the
calmest of the calm. he enters upon
the stage with a manner of seriousness
and ease that at once whets the in
terest. One feels immediately that
there is man who has something
to give and that it will be given truly
magnif1cently and perfectly. At the
same time there is a simplicity in Hof-
mans bearing that makes him dis
tlnctly human, he is every inch a
mans man.
The date fixed upon for the local
appearance Of Mr.. Holman with the
New York Symphony orchestra is
Thursday, March 80, at the auditor
ium.