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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
,,. Movement Of Population.

emigration from tho aosto."
q. ,,.' the middle West began in . s aa'as
," ay soon after the close of the R R.na,
, aftan .a war, but was not largo ,set W.
a. I'm tne admission of Ohio rs ss s,l
IN 1903. In 1900 the '1 eo "s !. STATE
lsn4 81 the the system of selling nuh1i,
ID .d''a IN Ohio on credit and TINS e "t"n.
, vu a current of emigration +" I "h,t
s @ncn soon made it a state and o wn,.
tsn esa INTO Indiana. Old letters v writ.
Ven from towns in MASSACHUSETTS S Was
nork and Pennsylvania describe ', lev
, .oads leading west us thronpa1 ,. III.
, n,a Go covered wagons filled With neo.
PIE! ple and ma household goods, moyina pe ~
, tne Ohio" An Englishman who I',,a ~
west In 1916 wrote: I'm n,s"; ",e
o ehsougn the upper parts of Virginia J
JUS a great number of farms th.,
ilaa been abandoned, on MANY "t
"n,cli good houses had been erectad
anu me apple and peach orchards haa
zee oeen planted. On inquiring the rev. s.
son' ! was always informed thar tho
owners had gone to the western conn
Try: From the New England states the
Ss@ s are still more. numerous MS
Iney mostly cross the Hudson r;ve,
between ,,''.s. Albany and Newburg, and
must pass through Cayuga on thei,
%ay 70 pittsburgh. 1 was informed
oy an inhabitant of Cayuga in Anril
.oio' that more than $4,000 wagons
nau passed over the bridge at that
paace WITHIN the last IS months, con.
tanning emigrants to the western conn.
try" ~ eoul''
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
pure devotee OF fashion!

pure devotee Of fashion!
Gordon Marie did not forget that
charming face. It was strange, he told
himself, but somehow the flashing
memory of that chance meeting caused
him to long for another sight of its
pOssessor. Twice he roamed through
the woods, hoping to come across the
ideal Of his dreams, but Hazel die not
reappear.
Then he made inquiries among his
set, but that furnished no clue. He de-
cided that the young lady who had 60
impressed him must belong to some of
the rich farmer families of that dis.
trict. Then one day, he met her.
He was passing neat, small cot.
tage, with beautifully kept garden
when the unfenced lawn and q cool.
looking pump in the back yard tempt
ed him to allay his thirst.
AS he rounded the house, he came
upon wash bench, q tub sending up
snowy cascades of soapsuds, and
bending .over it, was the lady of his
dreams.
could I have a drink" he began
and started and stared.
Certainly" said 'Hazel, but in 9
vivid gasp and all aflush, recognizing
her knight of the picture hat episode
She was an enticing picture to her
admirer as she daintily wiped the suds
from her little hands on the great en-.
veloping apron She wore, as she
tripped to the kitchen and returned
with glass and handed it to him.
He made clumsy task of pumping
and Hazel had to show him how to
mango the crank handle. Then both
laughed, ard her embarrassment was
gone.
He referred to their first meeting.
Hazel told him the story of her Won.
lerful dress. Who could resist her
truth and simplicity? Not Gor!en
Marie, hrarthungry for real love, and
here he found it.
In after years Hazel Marie had q
whole wardrobe Of the latest gowns
but the one in which she had first
dashed into the presence of her de.
voted husband she kept as cherished
! melnentO.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
In Fine
0AxA
By VICTOR REDuFr
'sSsSsSs0oOo0oo
Nopyrlght. 1916. BY w. a cha....H

N'psf'sht. lsls. By W. q. chapmanl
y can't pay you in money. child !"
spoke Mrs. Hannah Blake.
"oh, 4 never thought of money. dear
Mrs. Blake! I'm only too glad to he
able to help you"
You are good, kind.hearted girl,
anu nothing but happiness will come
20 you. It's been a hard week for all
OF us, but you have borne your burden
IKE some sweet angel"
"Oh, Mrs. Blake!" fiuttered Haze,
Blair, all aflush.
ITS true, and ! don't know how we
could have got along without you. But
as l began to say. I can't pay you in
money. but I must make you a little
present. Come with me, child"
When cross-grained, tyrannical old
Sllas Blake was taken down with a
fever, 1t was in harvest time, with all
the hands busy. the well ones of the
family included. A nurse was neces.
sary. but the Blakes were in money
straits; Hazel, who lived Mt the next
farm with her aunt, volunteered. Mrs.
Blake had been friendly and kind to
Hazels mother during her last illness,
and the true-hearted daughter re.
membered It.
Mrs. Blake led Hazel into a lit.
tie stOreroom where the old bureau
stood, and opened ore Of it's drawers.
She carefully drew out a long, bulky,
but neatly cared-for package done up
in sheet, placed it on table, after
busting of the latter, and drew aside
the folds of the sheet, revealing q
beautiful toilette. The outfit of q
beautiful, expensive silk attire was
complete, even to petticoat and hose.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16

den with little white house in the
middle of 1t, and there are 1900 of
these. The people belonging to this
community, freed from all fear for the
future Of their family, marry young
and have many children. The births
average fOrty-three a thousand, and
infant mortality is very low.
Poverty is unknown here because It
Is impossible. Some of the men leave
the security Of their quiet homes for
greater profits in Dunkirk, the nearest
big city, or go even further away.
1s this the model Of human society
In the future?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
Suited Her Exactly

The Sympathetic Fricnd-"Is he q
good doctor?" The Chronic Invalid
"oh, splendid. l have only been EN-.
ploying him three months, and he has
already told me l have almost all the
diseases there are."-Buffalo Express,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
Wrona Definition.

'Woman," said the misguided NOR.
alizer, ''is one of natures opportuni.
ties"
"Don't you believe it." rejoined the
demoralizer. Everybody knows that
when an opportunity arises it goes
without saying, while q woman hangs
around the front door for an hour sag.
Ink Goodbye"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
EVERYTHING HANDY

and within our reach. Our
kitchen cabinets will save you
hundreds Of steps, which you
are now taking about the kitch-
en- inpcrformance of your daily
routine. Standing before the
cabinet, which is we'll stocked
all the work is done without
moving. Get our prices.
J. 4. MoLLoY, The Furniture Man
Wahpeton, N. D.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
Absent.Mtnded.

The Observation-Disclosures person I ever
heard OF was the man who at break
fast, after being out among the CHG.
gers, poured mOlasses on his ankle and
scratched his pancakes.-Farm Life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-11-16
Complete Reformation,

Any smoker who wishes to quit the
habit can do so by knocking the live
ashes Of his pipe into keg of blast.
Ing powder.-Boston Transcript.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
The Vanishing Indian.

NE Wagton Post appears to be skepca about the poor
indian vanishing and gives the for its follows:
~ was gentle Tom Moore who sentimental mood of
even more than accustomed depth pntvey conded to more
on less indifferent world that he loved fair gazee but
twas % TO fade These may the exact words but
the thought is there. - -
Thousands of wehoused well-fed and wesanitaed folk
TINS country have felt very much the way about the noble
req man. There not few striking evidences that he felt that
way about himself Uncas filled pages Coopers verac-
9 chronicles mourning his Fastening eclipse Chief Logan also
Shd tears as he eced the fate of his people, and of how the
e Dog who dug his hole unscared in the would
shortly be unable to look upon his like again
ana now commissioner Cato Sells along with set of
V3hShG statistics of peculiar nature According to Mr.
report Poor o has been reducing uphill until he has reached
100000 in round numbers.
Entertainments of his white have been so deadly that
every Wahy father OF family has go outside the tepee to
mourn ms sad state because there isn't the
poos lie gzes over the slim former possessions
reduced 10 pay 6o0OOoO0 acres Of valuable Upon k
ing e mp pocket Of the enemys factormade overas he hears
only inc empty cnk OF S900000000 cold monetary
Where are the shells that formerly served as ampum or
the glass beads which good William Penn SO generously bestowed
his ancestors? With thoughts surging in his manly
bosom why should he not sell $19O genuine Navajo blanket
made IN New Jersey to the hearess tourist for SIS and then
drown ms sorrow by blowing in the proceeds family ticket
to the movies? ~
one feels that Commissioner Sells made his case The
century OF dshonor dnned for almost long is now
rounded out in proper melancholy fashion the present rate
vanishing keeps it will be necessary revive the ghost
dance and all that with it, else there enough
on the reservation for the pathetic once powerful
people"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Rebuilding Zion.

EVER SINCE the Jews driven out of Palestine, nearly
nineteen centuries they have ceased pray for the
toraon of Zion. For the last generation particularly the
decade they have begun work for very practical ways says
the World Outlook for September.
The Zionist movement aims to restore by colonization the
national life of the Jews in Palestine Rohschd made the
large gift The movement has enlisted the prominent
leaders in Europe and America Justice the
American section.
There in Palestine forty Zionist colonies chiefly in
farming There very active agricultural experiment station
which brings the newest and most advanced methods of agcu
ture to the colonists.
Palestine described productive be flowing
with milk and honey In those days the Jews agricultural
people not yet the merchants of the world.
The Zionist colonies have demonstrated that the still
able to back to the land and live it. Until the inter-
rupted commerce, their producorange grapes olives and
other semtropica fswere finding ready in London
and New York.
But the Zonss dream of more than material prosperity in
the reestabshed Zion They hope for spiritual commonwealth
real material life where their children shall language
of their fathers fathers where their religion shall free to
the where they return to the old Hebrew eocrac I'M
hampered by persecution The Turk yet agreed to this
and the Turk still is lord of the land Indeed Zonsts have
suffered greatly from the They eagerly looking
forward to its end and the subsequent peace settlements hoping
that in the world order the Jew will permitted his own
small place in the
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Lessons for DrLpers.

AUToMoBnE ACCIDENTS appear to be the increase
where" remarked James Hayden noted driver of Chicago
Washington newspaper reporter the other day This depora
BILE and unaccounta for certainly drivers and pedestrians
careful than before Still there much learn and
particularly the part of drivers Beginners likely be far
reckless than experienced operators and have less regard
the rights pedestrians Everybody who operates
chine should thoroughly the fundamental fact that the ped
tran has places rights others equal rights and
in still others nfe>or rights, on the roads.
THE driver of automobile afford to be careful
of the rights Of others than of himself The driver
who aspire to clean recordand every who capable of
running machine ought to have this aspratomust be
than ordinarily alert He has special degree the
quality of orethough and train himself to calculate nicely
fore hand what likely to happen certain circumstances which
may at first thought appear unlikely There many instances
of when the utmost pecauton the part driver will
fail prevent accident but in nine out of venture
to say, careful driving will avoid accidents
One thing driver should always bear in mindthat every
pedestrian supposed be deaf and should depend upon
his horn people There many persons who
and who hear the sound of the horn and these
much right to the privilege of the road those
perfect hearing"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
EpiscopaIians at ST. Louis.

ARRANGEMENTS have been completed the entertainment
more than 800 delegates to the Episcopal general convention
ST Louis the second week in October The churhmen of the
diocese OF Missouri have contributed $25 pur-
pose ana have spared effort to uphold the reputation city
for generous hospitality.
The sessions of the two houses of bishops and lay
deputies viii be held in the spacious Mooah temple situated on
the nde boulevard of the most beautiful horoughares
the city The bishops will meet in the hall the deputies
IN the large hall which has ample accommodations visitors
Every convenience has been provided Telephones will be in
office and messenger service
In the spacious Undercroft of the Temple luncheon will be
served daily and the ladies of the city will dispense tea
Social features will be much in evidence The Right Reverend
Daniel s. Iute bishop of Missouri will entertain all the bishops
at reception at his house and similar function will be
given TO all the delegates the Mooah Temple famous bo-
ana gardens will be the of garden party the
ey OF the country club will be extended to the bishops and dele
gates.
Among the special services the opening sermon before the
convention by Bishop Tue the trennia missionary
winch VIII be preached by Bishop Montgomery of the
English bishops sent by the archbishop of Canterbury and the
service viii be held in Christ Church cathedral years ago.
at New York. this offering amounted to 1855 OOO
peced to be considerable larger this
auxiliary headquarters will be at the Sheldon building
which more than 1000 performers will part have been COM
peed it will be presented in the coliseum building seating
$4,000 Moving pictures of the two houses be taken
and shown IN connection with the pageant
very large attendance of visitors is expected addition to
OO oc representatives and the English Canadian dele
cations curcmen and churchwomen the conven-
ton IN evergrowng numbers Every state will send its quota
and in addition China Japan Africa Cuba Mexico and other
foreign countries will be represented.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Road and Bridge.

RAPID INCREASE in total expenditures and bridges
growth OF building and maintenance activities under super
VISION and sharp decrease the proportion contributions
the form OF statute labor mark the development highway work
the United States during the last twelve years. These facts
brought out by statistics for the wear recently
compiled by the office of Public and Rural Engineering Of
the United States department of agriculture.
The total length of public roads the United States outside
the limits OF incorporated towns and cities about
miles on January l. 1916 OF this about 900 miles of
per cent were improved with form of surfacng The
age OF surfaced roads has been increasing of about
10000 miles and in 1915 approximately onehaf this in
crease was made under the supervision highway depart
menS In addition these departments supervised maintenance
OF nearly $4,000 miles of main and trunk line roads
The increase in expenditures for road bridge work in the
United States has been from approximately $S00O00 per
1904 to about S22OO0000 in 1915 increase than
$50 cent The expenditure of state funds during
period increased from than SO 100000 In adj
supervision in 1915 bringing the total and bridge expend
tuures managed by the state $8O5699 amount greater
than the total expenditures for roads and bridges all sources
in 1904
The growth in Importance of the state highway departments
has been rapid The first of these created in 1891
New Jersey and form of highway department exists
state except Indiana South Carolina Texas Since
their inception these departments had expended to January
aggregate of 265350825 state funds and bridge
construction maintenance and administration They had
ructed over $4,000 miles of roads cooperation with
More than 10000 miles of these roads surfaced
The falling off in the value of work performed by sa+ua
and convict labor from $2O00000O 1904 the total
when the total expenditures had to This was
reduction from twenty-five cent of the the former
to less than five onehaf the total 1918
An increase the of better and more expensive tynes
roads also shown by the recently compiled statistics This de-
vopment has been due in large part to the a-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
CLEANING Up Tim 3

IN LARGE PART of the country ceanngup time is at hand
Tor road oclas Where the best Of money understood
the brush and weeds along the roasdes will cut down and
burned and the bitches so that the drainage
Of the roadway will stay good until the ground has thawed in
let put IN good order All this must be done prevent water
from accumuang and freezing below the of the road
Tor THIS once happens the chances fair that the frozen
mass expands IN hawng will heav up the and form
rough place which will cause considerable inconvenience before it
can be repaired. ~ "
one OF the common causes OF such trouble the accumulation
usefulness for the water during the part Of the
when drainage is most needed 1t is to such interference
side that the work must be done at this season ~
1t is also particularly desirable smooth away the rs
and shape the surface Of earth gravel roads for is
spring repairs can be undertaken ~ 'i'
The shoulders of the should receive paricpla attention
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
. SKETCHES OF LITTLE XT
Up N EW y . 1 u RK
aaa-ass ssvSsssssosaa

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Nebuchadnez-
Ear. king OF Babylon, used to have
some pretty wild dreams, but he has
nothing on Max Cohen, of Brooklyn.
II does not matter so much about the
King OF Babylon for he turned to dust
ages ago. The Book says that Nebuch-
adnezzar dreamed wherewith his
spiri, was troubled and his sleep brake
from him."
Max Cohens dream was a little diff
ferent from the kings. Cohen was
asleep in his apartment and dreamed
about burglars. when | awakened ]
was trembling from fright" he said.
Il saw a form lying beside me and
| picked up the first thing | could see
and hit it"
The FIRST thing he could see to pick
up was heavy iron bar and the form
lying beside him was his wife and not
a burglar.
Mrs. Cohen. who evidently does not
take much stock in dreams, had a
summons issued for the dreamer, after
an ambulance surgeon had taken sew
eral stitches in her head. A seer
should be found to interpret the Co
Heu uIcdlll,
Robert Carlton Brown is also some
what of dreamer He writes verse
and book reviews and lives in Bohemia.
He has just inserted an ad in the Even
ing Post for job. He is frank
enough to say that he wants kind,
whimsical master more paymaster
than anything else.
He also wants one who would ap-
precate him humanity and never en-
croach on his personal expression so
long as he served his interests. Al
most anyone would grab at the job
he wants. The ad reads:
Il want something unusual to do;
orchid hunting in Brazil, antique buy
ing in Spain, collecting books for a
bibliophile. searching Japan for prints,
travelling around the world in quest
of beautiful things. chasing rain
bows.
Employers are not imaginative
enough. | want tcmperamental per-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
SANCTUM
VAUDEVILLE

Bobbie-But why do you reject me?
Is there another inflow?
Bessie-Possiblyf Did you think
you were tho last Of the species?
smith-DOes your son graduate this
JuneP
Jones-1 guess 50. He wrote me he
was ineligible for football next fall
Orange Peel.
Yes. sir, the surgeon says il he
hadn't performed that operation on me
Just when he did I wouldn't be alive
What else do they ever sayr-
Willis-Then you think Jane will
make you good sensible wife?
Gillis-Yes. When we bought the
furniture she picked out kitchen Ia
bel twice as large as her dressing ia
ble.-Judge.
I'm true friend Of laborI" shouted
the soapbox orator.
the crowd, that the first time l ever
AuOWNu yOu WV was
Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Mulllns-what's the matter,
Mrs. Jones?
Mrs. Jones-Why, this young var
mint as swallowed a cartridge and
can I wallop i'm for fear it goes off."-
London Opinion.
What about your case?" demanded
the judge who couldn't quite make out
what the prisoner was trying to say.
Please, your honor, the district at
torney said 1t was to be nolle pros
trated. louisville Courier Journal.
When you're whipt,' said Mr.. Do
Ion. you ought TO say you've had
enough"
III I've the strength left to say I've
enough replied Mr.. Rafferty,, I'm
not whipt yet. Washington Star.
why so sad and downcast?"
My wife has threatened to leave
me-"
Cheer up; women are always
threatening to do something like that,
but they hardly ever do it.
That's what was thinking. Par
sons Weekly.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
WHAT OTHER
EDITORS SAY
AlcOhoI's Affinity.
lMnrgnntnwn Pnst-Chroniclo.l

lMorgantOWn PoSt-ChrOnlclc.l
1t was not the drink that had made
these men weak-minded so much as
it was their weak-mindedness that
made them drunkards. They had de-
Perforated. of course, under the raw
ages of alcohol. but they were def
cIent TO begin with. They were easy
marks" And the conclusion seems
plain that IL alcohol has an affinity"
for any particular type of mentality.
it is an affinity for mental weakness
rather than strength.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
4 Sorry Contrast.
lPIeasants lonnty Leaderl

Vt IVI0UIII0 NUTITITy IVWWVT.T
Over in Washington county, o.. the
adjacent ground to the main roads is
kept clean OF filth and weeds. The
right of way is moved down nicely.
This procedure not only enhances the
joy and value Of travel. but helps to
prevent diseases-such as hay fever.
But as soon as you whip back into
West Virginia You know it. The lux
uriant weeds oyerhanging, underlying
overlapping all hut the bare center
track reminds you of an African jun
gle Slothfulness in roading, keeping
as well as in anything else, doesn't
pay.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Back to the pOne.

A Pittsburg man has a scheme to
beat the high price of flour He would
mix wheat flour with proportion OF
from fourth to third OF corn meal,
which he says will result in a good
quality of bread. Why not go the
Pittsburg mans plan one better, and
eat corn pone for while? The pion-
GERS did 1t and thrived.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Rnt the Cost.
(Morgantown Post-Chonlcle.

N4VIVI bdIIIVWH 4 VaI-OUUUIOIGsT
A Los Angeles scientist named
Adams Dixon Warner says he has
solved the food problem. Eight years
ago. inspired by perception of waste,
expense and general inefficiency at
tending our dietary system, he set
about to discover simple, inexpen-
siye and universally adaptable food
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
The Graduate Nurses.

lWest Virginlan, FairmOntJ
In deciding to come to Fairmont for
their state convention of next year
the members of the West Virginia
Graduate Nurses Association paid this
community a compliment which it will
do its best to reciprocate for when
they come here.
There are larger organizations in
the state, numerically considered, but
we do not at the present time recall
a more useful role in the busy world.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-08
Must BE a Show in Town.
lPnrknrshmrr NnA g

They are back today once more
American Indians in their fcrocious
war paint. the dashing cowboys stick
ing like glue to their rearing horses,
the cavalrymen exhibiting the last de-
gree OF horsemanship. -