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The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
MINOT STATE NORMAL
SCHOOL PROGRESSING

The State Normal school at Minot
has entered upon the fourth year of
it's history with an enrolment, in the
normal department of 204. This
shows about 103 per cent growth III
these four years, more than fulfilling
the most optimistic prophecies for the
school, as we'll as definitely proving
it's need in this northwest section.
The faculty now number 10. Miss
Bessie johnson being an additional
member in the normal department
this year.. Miss Johnson has charge
of the science department and brings
to it much valuable experience and
excellent scholarship.
The Model school has an enrolment
of 24O pupils, so taxing the present
Model school teaching force that the
employment of an additional critic
teacher is necessary. This appoint.
ment was authorized at a recent ses.
sion of the state board of regents ir
Minot. This will relieve the conges.
ton in numbers although the space
problem is still unsolved. The Nor.
NAL school at Minot is unusually for.
tunate in it's large Model school, sc
essential to the best results in the
training of teachers. That the work
of the Model school has met the ap'
proval of the patrons is best evi'
denced by it's steady growth from 134
in 1884 to 240 in the fall term Of
1916.
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
(Political Advertisement

Tom West, an employee of the Ward
Fruit company at Minot, al his hand
into a surprise yesterday while handl-
ing bananas. He felt something coil
around his hand and when he made
an investigation he found it vas a
snake. Instead of killing it he placed
it in a large glass jar and it is now
on exhibition in the window of the
Shirley grocery.
A rather unusual accident occurred
at the N. C. Crockett farm near
Langdon, when William Maxwell,
who is about 16 years Of age, was
un%hitching four horses from the
gang pillow at noon. Just how the ac-
cident happened is unknown as the
horses came to the barn unhitched
and the brides either hanging on the
names or dragging It is presumed
that when the boy pulled the bride
off from n animal it started for the
barn and may have kicked up and
struck him. He was found shortly
after by Nat Crockett. For a long
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
PUBLIC LIBRARY O T

The Dickinson Public Library is
open this week in the evening only,
as the librarian has gone to the State
Library Association meeting, held at
Williston. With this week as the ex-
ception, the Library is open daily
from 20 Otto $50 in the afternoon,
and 700 to 900 in the evening, and
Saturday morning from 900 to 1900.
Sunday afternoons it is open for read
ing only, from 20 Otto $50. Every
body is cordially invited to draw out
books, which are free to all, or to use
the reading room.
With the compliments of Sir Gilbert
Parker Bart of Carlton House Ter
race, London, a number of official and
semi-official documents connected
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
STATE NEWS T
o o o o o o o o o o o O o (

The Cherry Lake school district in
Eddy county is erecting a new school
house. The building will be a model
rural school in every respect, and
will be thoroughly equipped.
Theo. Tobias, candidate for county
superintendent Of school of Mclean
county was placed under arrest at
Max recently for stealing grain from
Lewis Walters and Fred Affeldt.
Joe Gieler, formerly a resident of
Stanton, but now residing at Zap, had
the misfortune to lose one of his eyes.
While working on a piece of steel, a
particle of steel pierced his eye ball.
A small prairie fire occurred in the
vicinity of Arnegard which is said to
have been started by a new resident
of the section who had put out a fire.
Fortunately little damage was done.
The State Bankers association has
undertaken the education of bank
clerks. The work is conducted by COR
r~espondence through the extension di-
vision of the state university in on
junction with the American Bankers
association.
William Dieter, switchman in the
Great Northern yards at Devils Lake,
suffered injuries to both his feet re-
Gently. AS a result the toe on one
foot had to be amputatcd and the
ankle on the other received an ugly
cut.
Herman B%erghold, a prominent
farmer, residing ear Reynolds, died
as the result of injuries received Sat
urday- when his left arm was
wrenched from his body, while he was
employed on a gravel elevator near
Reynolds.
Blueshale is the name of a new
posto1fice established on the NJ. L,
Barnett farm in the southwestern
part of Mckenzie county. Mrs. Mary
Barnett is the postmistress. Blues
hale is supplied from Trotters and
has at present service once a week.
Anton Asleson, residing a short dis
lance north and east of Fortuna, had
the misfortune of losing a valuable
team from poisoning. The team was
being used on a threshing rig IN tho
Murray farm south of Fortuna. The
teamster in some secured 8
sack OF oats Which had been prepared
for poisoning gophers.
Leslie Allen, a nephew of the Aller
brothers, who shot up a court room
and the judge in Kentucky severa
years ago, was sentenced to the NORTH
Dakota state ~penitentiary by Judge
j. A. Coffey of Jamestown. Aller
drew two years from Foster count.
for thefts of hardware lear McHenry
He pleaded guilty to the charge.
S. R. Cook of near Dunseith, while
driving to town in a lumber wagon
had quite a serious accident. Thu
bolt that holds the tongue to tn
wagon broke as he was descending
hill, releasing the tongue from duty
and Immediately the front wheels O.
the wagon cramped, overturning i
and throwing Cook violently to tn
ground.
A steam shovel has been at worl
about two miles south of Stanton TO-
the past week, cutting down one O.
the hills preparatory to moving tn
Northern Pacific track. The railroad
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28

company experienced considerable
difficulty with their grade at that
point during the high water last
spring as the grade slid into the
river and is now laying the track
! about twenty feet further south.
S. R. Kallak of Epping had the
misfortune to break one bone in his
right arm when cranking an auto.
While attempting to crank a car
at tho garage at Bisbee, Nels Nelson
had n of the bones of his right
arm broken.
Minot fremen were called to the
Great Northern warehouse where oil
soaked waste had ignited. There was
considerable smoke but very little
damage.
A prairie fire twelve miles east of
Dawson, burned twelve acres of rye
belonging to Chas. Cox. It is rum
ored that the fire was started by
some boys.
Manager Bronson has ordered steel
for the ceiling and side wall of the
electric plant at Flaxton, making the
building, when complete, as near fire
proof as possible.
A bunch of ninety cattle broke out
of the stock yards at Cayuga and
considerable trouble was experienced
locating them. They were found at
a slough east of town.
While going down the cellar stairs
Mrs. Brokofsky of Linton slipped and
fell. Her feet caught in the steps
and in the fall broke her right leg,
wrcnched her ankle and broke her left
wrist.
While cranking an automobile
Helen Nygaard Of DcEamere had the
misfortune Of cracking one of the
bones in the right forearm. The
spark was too far advanced and the
engine backfred.
C. Y. Gray suffered the loss of
twelve stacks of fine hay during the
prairie fire which swept the river
bottoms near Wilton. Mr.. Gray esti-
mates his loss at over $1,000 as the
twelve stacks would easily aggregate
200 tons.
The smaller towns of the state are
having trouble in keeping their 'turn
to the right" signs in place. Kids
seem to enjoy carrying them away
and motorists dearly love to put dents
in their radiators and tenders in bowl
ing them over.
Arthur Pink of Springfield, III.
was killed under an automobile which
overturned on a road near Hoople
while he was attempting to make {
sharp turn. Pink was pinned to the
ground, the top of the back seat ovel
his neck, and he was choked to deatl
while girl companions made desperate
efforts to raise the car.
The police forces of Bismarck ant
Mandan have spent some time il
rounding up a band of yeggs wht
broke into Best's clothing store an(
got away with $11. The suspect WIZ
was arrested at Mandan, broke ava!
through the bars of his cell and es
capped but was taken a second time ii
the evening.
The Lidgerwood council held ;
special meeting and received bids fol
the drilling of an artesian well tt
increase the city water supply. It il
: hoped that this we'll will supply
greater quantity of water than som
of the others and that the city will
be assured of plenty of water when i
is finished.
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28

School petitions are beginning to
be the order of the day at Halliday,
the last one requesting that the new
school district be changed back to the
COMMON class from the special. The
petition met with ignominious de-
feat, and the Promoter mar now says:
"God pity the man who c%irculates an
other school petition"
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
lO3, Spaldine 457
i'm the whole city:
Robinson $40, Spalding 1922
Look For the Name Of Burhgh F. Spalding on Small Ballot

time he Was in a dazed condition and
has not fully recovered. The doctors
found a small wound back of his al
and it is presumed that it was caused
by a kick.
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28

with the war. have been received at
the Library. The documents present
the British Ease from many aspects,
and though it is probable that every
American has made up his mind as
to who is responsible for the war in
regard to its primary causes, none the
less these publications will be valu-
able for purposes of references.
A magazine entitled, "The Mexican
Review" a copy Of which has been
received at the Library, will be of no
little interest to those who are inter-
ested in the Mexican problem: 1t is a
journal devoted to the enlightenment
of the American people, in respect to
the hopes, ambitions, benefcent in
tentions and accomplishments of the
constitutionalist government of the
Republic of Mexico.
Zenka Irma Trinka, Librarian.
Lyman Sumter has purchased the
Wesley Keith residence at Werner
and has already taken possession.
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28
Hon. B. F. Spaldin&
Judge of the Supreme Court

Judge B. F. Spalding has consented to allow the use of his name
as a candidate for the supreme bench of the state, only after weeks
Of persistent urging by the public and not until it was put up to him
as a public duty by a delegation Of citizens who waited upon him.
North Dakota needs Judge spalding on the supreme bench. His
long experience in the practice of the law, as well as his long SER
vice upon the supreme court bench where he gave universal satisfac-
ton, makes him a candidate of unusual fitness for the high office.
More than anything else, he has the judicial temperament, the abil-
iy to weigh evidence carefully and the moral stamina to decide
according to the dictates of his sound judgment and without being
influenced in the least by Interior considerations. .
The people of North Dakota need to look we'll to their courts
above everything else, and especially to the court of last resort.
Nothing could plunge the state more quickly into a chaotic condition
than to place upon the supreme bench mel of unsound Judgment or
of unrpe experience.
In Judge Spalding the state has a man of tried and proved
ability for this important office and he should have the support
lof every MAJ in North Dakota who believes in a supreme court
lof sound judgment and the backbone to stand by justice and the
fright above all other oniderations-Farg Forum, May 8, 1916.
The Dickinson press., 1916-10-28

Fargo for many years and i'm the same ward. Both were nonni-
mated din June for the Supreme Bench. Their vote in their home
ward was as follows:
Robinson 1O3. Sna1dino A57
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
SAYS THE owl

There's often Q slip after the eaJ
goes TO the lip.
A stitch in time may close the
mouths Of nine gossips.
Deeds speak louder than words In .
real estate transaction.
Tho coat does not make the man
not even . coat Of tar and feathers.
It's much easier to convince others
than Il 10 to convince ones self.
Listeners hear as little good about
others - they do about themselves.
There 10 glory in any little thing
that you do simply from . sense Of
duty.
Tho wise man never loses his repu.
tation by attempting to answer fool
questions.
What this country needs is . blind
asylum for people who are blind to
their own best interests.
The woman who marries her ideal
is very apt to change her views In the
course of . few short weeks.
When q man begins to argue with
his conscience as to whether q thing
is right or wrong, the chances are that
It 10 wrong.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

After rough lie has been polished
t is called hypocrisy.
The man who is honest merely from
policy is practically dishonest.
Through . mans tongue we get .
glimpse Of his brains-or his lack
thereof.
Moles and poor physicians are eas.
lily traced by the holes they leave in
the ground.
Perhaps the boy who plays marbles
for keeps may be giving away libraries
in after years.
Children make sweet music in .
home until they get big enough to
take piano lessons.
Every time the sun shines the pes.
simist consoles himself with the belief
that it's raining somewhere.
It is said the cat has nine lives
but that is nothing to the number Of
lives of a great man-sold by sub
scription only.
It's always safe to name Q baby boy
William. II he becomes good boy
people may call him Willie, and II he
doesn't they can call him Bill.-Cht
cago News.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Lotteries.

Lotteries are against the law in the
United States. They were prohibited
BY law in New York and Massachu
sets in 1888. and in most Of the other
states In the next two decades. The
Louisiana lottery was abolished in
1890. and the same year the United
States congress made lottery adver.
tisements and registered letters for
lotteries in the mails illegal; in 1894
congress prohibited the importation Of
lottery tickets or advertisements into
the United States.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Couldn't Talk Any More.

Wilma and mother were at home
alone one evening when Wilma's
brother informed them by telephone
that he had just married. It sur
prised his mother 80 that she started
to cry. and 90 did little Wilma. In
the meantime one Of his old sweet
hearts called up and asked to speak
to him, and wilma, ct the telephone.
sobbed her answer: "You can't talk
to my brother no more. He just
phoned mamma he got him . wife to
night"
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Soma That Attracted Stella.

Song That Attracted Stella.
F1ve-year.old Stella was fond Of 60
ing to Sunday school and she liked es
pecially the singing. Did they sing
any pretty songs at Sunday school?'
asked GRANDMA of the little girl upon
her return home. only one" replied
the ,youugster. ut was something
about Greenland's ice cream noun
tains."-Musical America.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Man. Heaviest Burden.

/! Mans Heaviest Burden.
living. that, pals on him. II it were to
become the custom for ball teams to
pay rooters. It would not be long be-
fore there would be . rooters' union
that would demand . reduction Of in.
ningB. more wages and pint Of sude
per capita between innings.-Houstou
Post.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Not ! soothlna explanation.

Not . Soothing Explanation.
n What do you think Of his nerve?"
exclaimed the. old man, who was no
tofiotsly tricky in business. "He called
mGsA haESfaced~ robber.' ''Oh, well,'
replied them who knew him, prob
ably q his sxcitement he didn't notics
your muitsehs. e.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Novel Eskimo Belief.

The Eskimos have an original su
perstition. They say that one day
Anfga, the moon, chased his sister, the
sun. In wrath. Just as he was about
to catch her, however, she turned
round and threw great handful Of
SCOT in his face. and thus escaped
him: and Of that SCOT he bears the
traces to this day.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Real NsIahborly.

willie-"MA may ! have Tommy
Wilson over to our house to play Sat
urday?" Motner-"No, you mako al
together too much noise. You'd better
60 over to his house and play."-Bos
ton Transcript.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Wacda chanae Meanlna.

Our great-sranddads often referred
to their overcoats as "bangups." Thie
word has . different meaning now, just
as slump" was used at Harvard 70
years ago to denote . funk by q std.
dent. Now it is commonly employed
to denote q big recession in the price
Of stocks.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Al About Il.

"Tell me about Spain. romantic
Spain" Well" said the motorist,
there are few bad places as you
come down the mountains. but In the
main the roads are pretty good
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
HAD Been Unfortunate.

HAD Been Unfortunate.
Old Gentleman (engaging new chauf
feur)-''I suppose can write to your
last employer for your character?"
Chauheur-"I am sorry to say, sir,
each of the last two gentlemen have
been with died in my service. -
Punch.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
BLuNDERs OF MoDERNlTY

Eugenics:A foolish attempt to i'm,
prove the race and promote human
happiness by substituting anatomical
affinity for love.
Sociology: Conscious evolution on
rampage; disastrous mixture of un.
derdone ethics, underthought sugges
tion and natural instinct.
Prosperity: The much.longed-fo
condition Of being unreasonably we'll
of; equally fatal to individuals, insti.
tutions and commonwealths.
Efficiency: The removal of all the
waste and all the Joy from human 90.
tivity; displacing common sense with
the micrometer, calipsr and the slide
rule:
Upiift: A contagious mania for
throwing monkey wrenches into the
evolutionary machinery Of human be.
ings who are hard at work attending
to their own business.
Associated charities: Efficiency In
brotherly love and sympathy; con.
venient expedient for allaying the
pangs of conscience while the fruits
Of legal pillage are enjoyed
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10

Saw eusiness Opportunity.
"This suite will cost you $500 pei"
"Do you flnd people willing to pay
such prices?" Plenty of them" In
that case. what will you take for the
hotel?"-Judge.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Rubs was Homssiek.

Come out Of it. mister
You got to change here-this car goes
70 the barn" Rube (seeing New York
and half asleep)- Go right ahead,
sonny! I amt fed . hog or MIXED .
COW In over . week. b'gosh. I'll helr
you do the chores this evenin,."-
Puck.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
A Problem.

A Pennsylvania woman asked for Z
divorce because her husband had beer
drunk for thirty-five years. Was she
keeping him till he established rec
ord-or is she now convinced that II
he keeps it up any longer it will be
come a ahabit?-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Rllndnaaa II Old Aas.

Blindness II Old Age.
About half Of the blind population
are more than sixty years Of age. This
is probably due to the fact that cata'
ract, glaucoma. ETC.. are largely dis
eases Of old age.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Education Plus.

Once (says the Philosopher Of Folly)
I undertook to teach difhdent young
man to have more confidence in him.
self. And as result OF my careful
and scientific training, he got so con-
ceited that he wouldn't speak to me-
when he met me on the street.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
3coIu.ra,aII,sIl.

9l, 'FlE,. lE,.SODyA0N n !, 4 y 7. ,s
III your husb9nd u optimist?"
asked the inquisitivs woman. .Of
comvss kea b. s replied MR.. Tprkins.
"Aud, As' has thegc courage of his conYio
lions. IA hate 70 know hoy much
Charls optimism cost him e the,
raoe track" 4. . =, d.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
The Execution.

II never buy anything without sec
ing It," Il do. paid the Electric
Light company for bunch of kilo
watts this morning. and I've never laid
eyes on one of them"
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Wisdom Must ss Practical.

VsOAOsss Vs0Os SO Vs0SSsS0ss
knowledge is the treasure Of the
mind. but discretion is the key to it,
without which it is useless. The prac-
tical part of wisdom is the beethoven
Eelltham.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Latest Rapid TeIeeraphy.

A French system Of rapid teleg-
raphy by which it is possible to send
10000 words an hour, has worked sue
cessfully for distances Of 900 miles in
that country.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
Pertinent Query.

Pertinent Query.
When little Harold Woggins was
told that light travels through space
he Immediately inquired whether the
gas meter is a taxicab.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
STAGE Il, SET L: TlNe,s' Il / S /

A good many men act foolish vAs|
ore not real actors. aSi isi
Distance lends enchantment %! oneis
svisW d stage beauties. n
The soabrette has the laugh a ths
oomedian who gets none.
Il But the;stags carpenter makes man
htts than the average actor.
An actress may: hlase with diamonls
without satting IL world on nsA
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
s.wed-om Sermon.

SaWSOs0U 00TNUOus
One should make allowance for
youthful follies. The cat. the gravest
Of all animals, is the most frisky when
young.-Indianapolis Star.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10
FIRE

Fire 10 . purifying element.
Neither Nelson nor Napoleon ever
saw gas Lamp.
No building 10 really fireproof, q.
though many are ':fire-resisting."
Machines for the extinguishing Of
fires were employed by the Romans.
Tho use Of the burning lens to gen.
crate fire was known to the ancient
Greeks.
The first fre engine in which steam
was used to drive the pumps>was that
Of Braithwaite n 1899.
The Washburn leader., 1916-03-10

Fire is . purifying element.
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