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The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
WILSON WINS IN
VERY CLOSE RACE
GETS 27e ELECTORAL VOTES TO
255 FOR HUGHES
Close States Made Things Interesting
for Few pays-South and West
Join Hands

The presidential contest was so
close in several of the states that the
interest in returns kept up until Sun
day morning. Minnesota, California.
New Mexico. New Hamsphire and
North Dakota were so wabbly that it
was not until late in the week that it
was fully decided that Wilson had
enough electoral votes to win. North
Dakota fell into the lap Of the presi-
dent by about 1874, New Hampshire
went to him by about 63. California by
3.278. New Mexico by 2.319. while
only Minnesota dropped over on the
side Of Hughes. Latest returns from
Minnesota place Hughes plurality at
321. Had California joined with Min
nesota the combined vote of the two
would have given the republican can
didate 26S electoral votes. two more
than enough to elect. Without Cali
fornia 1t would require three of the
doubtful states to pull Hug h e 8
through: North Dakota with 5. New
Hampshire with and New Mexico
with 3. But as it stands now, here is
the lineup:
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
THE VALUE OF A LIFE

by special arrangement and through
the courtesy of local Modern Wood.
men. the Grand Theatre has booked
two reels OF motion pictures, fcatur-
ing George Gray. in Il true and reali.,,
tic film story of his part in the pres
ent war-not Of bloodshed-but in the
fight against and conquest of that
menaclns monster of the human flesh
tuberculosis. Gray is one of the
million members Of the Modern Wood
men OF America. Discovering that he
is afflicted with this disease he takes
advantage of the comforts, care and
cure of the sanitorium owned. main
tanned, and operated by that society.
tree of charge to its members. For
several years that fraternal institu-
tion has thus actively and effectively
co-operated in the worldwide move
ment advocated by the Red Cross and
medical authorities. to stamp out the
dread white plague" and Gray is the
beneficiary of this. Woodmen life.sav-
ing station. 1t is an intensely inter-
esting and heart-gripping story of the
leave-taking of wife and children.
Weak in body and hopeless in mind
ne Journeys to the beautiful Rocky
Mountain region near COlorad o
Springs, Colo. where, in the rarified
climate and constant sunshine. at an
altitude of 1000 feet, he is destined to
spend nine months at the foot of Mt
Cedar, in the care of the most modern
sanatOrium in the world He expert
ences in chasing the cure" his abso-
Lutte rest from all cares and labor, his
gradual return to health and strength,
MS hikes" among the fragrant pines
and over the rocky trails of the L.. S.
forest reserve, leased by and adjoin-
ing the sanitorium, result in his final
return to family and friends. victor
ious over his foe. "The Value of a
Life is thrilling and dramatic story
and absolutely true as we'll; indeed,
Gray's experience has been duplicated
by nearly 5000 of his fellow Neigh
bors. who have already enjoyed the
benefits of this justly celebrated insti-
tuition. This film is pronounced by
competent authorities to be one of
the very best in this age of highly de-
Veloped motion pictures. and is in
such great demand that it can be
booked for only one day and night in
each town or city. 1t is rare oppor-
tunity one can not afford to miss.
AT the Grand Theatre on Saturday.
Nov. 25th. at the hours of 7:45 and
9:15.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16

About the middle of October John
Rosenberg, of the firm of Jessen 4
Rosenberg, contractors. left the city
for visit in Canada. Last Monday
he returned to find his partner gone.
the firms assets tied up by creditors,
and his summers earnings shot to
pieces.
He was surprised and disappointed
at the turn affairs had taken in his
business. H. p. Jessen. his partner,
collected what he could, loaded into
the Ford in which he had only q half
interest. and started out. 1t was
thought he went to Pipestone. Mimi,
his old home. but telephone communi-
cation with there Tuesday brought the
response he had not been there. Mr..
Rosenberg is checking up with those
he had business with, and intends to
square up everything. He had no idea
his partner would serve him in such a
way after he had advanced the mon
ey that was put into the business
here.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
AMATEUR CHECK
ARTIST C0NFESSES
MADE SEVENTY TWO DOLLARS
BY TWIST OF WRIST
But When He Got in Clutches Of Law.
and Faced Pen, II Didn't Seem
Near So Nice

T.. G. Day got himself into a peck Of
trouble and faced Il term in the pen-
lentiary through trying his hand ut
check raising.
Day and his partner, Richard Pul.
liam. who came from Barron. Mo-.
worked two days for Albert Larson OF
Route 3. AZ the end of two days the
men We're paid off in one check made
To lulliam. the two men agreeing to
divide. Day paid over the half to his
partner and came in possession of the
eight dollar check. written in lead
pencil. The check was presented at
the First National Bank of this city.
ON which IL was drawn. and cashed
for eighty dollars. The endorsements
showed the names of Richard Pulliam
and Jim Joyce.
When Mr.. Larson received his state.
mcnt for Oct LIST he discovered the
raised check and took the matter up
with the First National Bank. With
the aid of the North Dakota Bankers
Association. Day was located mt his
home at Barron. Mo-. and Sheriff
Bishop was sent after him. He was
brought to Ellendalc. owned up to the
transaction and made Il confession OF
the whole deal.
Judge Allen was in the city Monday
afternoon. Day was brought over and
confessed in chambers here to raising
the check. il seems after parting
with Pulliam he fell in with a man by
the name of Grindstan whose alias is
Jim Joyce. and who is now up in Mis-
souri, on Il criminal charge Grind.
staff showed him how the check could
easily be raised.
Day was sentenced to one and half
years in the pcnitcntiary, but owing
4" his youth he has just passed
twenty President Marshall of the
bank asked for leniency. and SEN
tcnce was suspended pending good be.
havior. The young man must remain
in this state and report regularly to
Sheriff Bishop.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
Physicians in District Meetino

A medical district convention was
held at the Commercial Club rooms
Monday evening and a very interest.
ing meeting was held. Many doctors
from out of town were in attendance.
among them being Drs. Howard of
Cogswell. Spinard of Forman, Gun.
dermann of Monango. Ribble of La.
Moure and Christensen of Lidgcr-
wood. The local druggists and dem
lists were also present. After the
meeting banquet was served in the
club rooms. which was said to be par
excellence and was presided over by
DIR. Fred Maercklein.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
CAKES GETS NEXT
MASONIC CONVENTION


Six of our Hope Lodge Masons wen:
to Lidgerwood Friday to attend the
district convention. Work was exer,-
plifird in the third degree. and a very
nice banquet served by the ladies' of
the Batpist church. Messrs. Naylor
Guy. Kennedy and Caldwell went
down in the latter's car, while E.
Christensen went by train and ]. d.
Scott dropped in there for the night
The Oakes delegation succeeded in
getting the next district convention
for Oakes. This will come in the
spring and will bring to our city from
100 to $50 Masons. Wahpeton, Mil
nor. Hankinson. Lidgerwood, Forman.
Cogswell and Oakes are included in
the district.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
STEEN IS LEADING
FOR TREASuRERSHIP
UNOFFICIAL RETURNS PLACE
HIM 252 VOTES AHEAD
Nonpartisans Win Contest for the
Three Places on Supreme
Bench

Bismarck. N. d.. Nov. l4-State
Treasurer John Steen is now 252
votes ahead of p. NJ. Casey with eight
precincts to be heard from. The miss.
ing precincts are: One in Burleigh,
three in Dunn. one in Hettinger, one
in Mckenzie. two in Slope.
AS the remaining precincts to be
heard from will hardly change the
results materially it looks as though
Mr.. Steen was elected. An official
canvass of the votes may change the
results. however. as there is always
some difference between the oiilcial
and unofficial count made by the
county auditors.
Casey's friends have not given up
but Stems hackers seem to be con
fldent that he will have lead Of be
tween 400 and 500 when all the pre-
cincts are accounted for.
All returns have been checked bach
with the county auditors and the hg
ures given are as nearly official as
they can be at the present writing.
In 1869 precincts out Of 1877
Stems vote is 50,258 to 5O,OO6 fo,
Casey.
No more precincts have been heart
from on Hughes and Wilson. the vote
now standing: Wilson 54.593, Hughe.
53.319. or a majority for the presiden,
of 1874.
The vote on the judiciary in 1885,
precincts is: Robinson 55.423: Bird
zell. 53,711: Grace. 5oSO6: Fisk, 80.
973; Burke, 3S.7S1: Spalding, 1896
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
INTERNATIONAL STOCK
EXPOSITION AT CHICAGO
w. 9. Richards on Committee Of Ten
to Represent North Dakota

w. B. Richards. county agricultural
agent, has been honored by being ap.
pointed a member of committee oi
ten to represent the state of North
Dakota in promoting the interests of
the Forthcoming conference on r,ar-
keting and farm credits, to be hc' in
Chicago. Dec. 90. This is the urtl,
annual conference held by the rgan-
iZatiOn. 1t is widely attended and it
is doing much to help work out bet
ter methods of marketing farm pro-
ducts and secure rural credit laws.
Farmers and Breeders Should Attend
! wish to recommend that as many
of the farmers and breeders of pure
bred livestock of Dickey county at
tend the International Livestock
Show this year. Dec. 20. is they pos.
sibly can arrange to do So The value
to be derived from attending is well
expressed in short article which ap.
peared in one of our leading agricul-
tural papers recently and which
herewith quote:
Course in Animal Husbandry
"The approach of the International
Live Stock Exposition at Chicago the
first week in December has awakened
an interest unprecedented in the his
tory of that big show. Its suspension
for two years. deemed wise on account
OF quarantine conditions, has whetted
the appetite of exhibitors and visitors
until both are eagerly awaiting the
event. The stock exhibits at the fall
fairs all over the country have been of
astonishing excellence, and as the In
ternational assemblies the tops that
have been winnowed out by these
earlier exhibitions. it assumes rank as
the highest of our educational author
tiles on meat making.
The word educational is proper in
this connection. 1t expresses the fun
damental purpose of the International.
1t is designed to be an education away
from the use of scrub animals, and an
education in the market types that
return greatest profits, and an educa-
tion in the most economical methods
of feeding. This is on the side of the
meat animals. The presence of the
magnificent draft horses must not be
forgotten. and. as usual. some of the
choicest specimens of light horses will
be shown. The time of this exposition
is most opportunely set Christmas
shopping draws thousands to Chicago.
and the great city is dressed in its
most attractive winter garb, the stock
yards are themselves a wonder city,
and no stock farmer may count his
knowledge of his business adequate
until he has witnessed the modern
methods Of the meat trade. These are
incidental to the attractions of the in
door show. which may be made to re-
turn profit by study of the various
breeds Of beef cattle. swine and sheep
such as no other exhibition affords.
Farmers Of this vicinity should figure
out plans for attendance. 1t is the
experience Of lifetime. not only in
interest. but in profit"
w. B. Richards.
County Agricultural Agent.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
LaMoure is Waking Up to the
Oakes Way of Doing Things

best known producer Of pure breds
and thOroughbreds. is an enthusiastic
booster for a LaMoure county live
stock association
II attended the Tri.County Corn
Show at Oakes and stayed for the
sales which took place on Friday" re-
marked Mr. Ellison. land am truly
impressed with the idea of organizing
a live stock or breeders association in
this county. The farmers and breed
"rs should organize an association
and employ Il secretary. The differ
ent breeders could keep the secretary
posted on what stock they had To sell
and of course. the secretary would be-
in position 10 get in touch with pros.
pective buyers and tell them what we
have to sell.
An advertisement. telling what
was for sale by the association, could
BIZ carried in the leading live stock
papers and our breeds and our county
would always be before the public.
Any one on the market for a full
blooded stallion. pure bred boar or
any animal could get in touch with
the secretary and ascertain what he
could do here.
"LaMOure has agincd n reputation
as center for pure bred stock ana
II we held annual or se'ri.annual sales
there is no doubt in my mind but
what we would attract the best buy.
ers in the country. One fine feature
of the association would be that il
would mean more and better live
stock"
Get together LaMourc county breed
crs. and perfect this organization 90
that we can start the ball rolling by
spring with whOoping big stock sale
There are enough breeders in tn"
county To perfect an imposing orsani
zation. There is; IL sufficient surplu:
OF pure bred stock produced i'm the
county each year to make as altrac
tive an offering as any community Il,
the state.
With the perfection of n live stock
or breeders association. LaMour,
county would be the best advertise,
section Of the state. Come on, boys
talk it over. call meeting, starr
something.
The poultry breeders have organ.Z
ed and are making ibg success OF
their association live stock breeders
can do likewise.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
Court In oake.

The district court had chambers in
Oakes Monday afternoon and evening.
Judge Allen and Stenographer. Divet,
being in the city on their way to hold
court in Mcintosh county. gave the
attorneys chance to have some mat.
ters disposed of. It brought to the
city Sheriff Bishop. with his prisoner.
z. c. Day. Clerk Smith. States Attor-
ney Graham. Attorneys Youker and
Brouillard Of Glendale and Attorney
Leslie Of Forman.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
Quiet Wedding at eIoomau;st Home

Tacoma Ledger: Miss Ida Andcr-
son. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Anderson, and o. L. Nelson were mar.
rled Thursday afternoon at the home
OF Rev. T.. c. Boomquist. Miss Marie
Anderson. sister of Tn" bride, and AL
bert Williams. attended the couple
The bride wore Il gown of white crepe
de chine and tulle veil. Her flowers
wer" shower Of brides roses. wle
bridesmaid wore pink and white. Her
fiowers were pink carnations. Mrs.
Albert Williams also accompanied the
party. supper was served in the
evening at the home OF the bride for
the family and bridal party Mr. and
Mrs. Nelson will be AT home to their
friends after October 18th at 2341
South J street.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16
Physical Demonstration Nov. 2sth

Oakes Athletic Association will
give the public IL taste of their meth.
cd ot keeping in trim" They will
max" 1t plain that IL is an easy mat
ter to work off that THANKSGIVING din.
ner. or rather the after effects. You
Know the caskct manufacturer claims
that his business is best after the
holidays. However true this state
mcnl may BE-. he gym members have
well learned TN" lesson of physical
preparedness and are ready for any
thing from soup to- nuts. What III
effects they may suffer will be cast to
the winds on the eve of Nov. 28th.
Watch for the program next week.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16

Payton Guy invited eleven of his
boy friends to help him celebrate his
eleventh birthday yesterday and they
certainly did every stunt conceivable
TO youthful minds to make it n sue
cess. II took all of the afternoon and
most of the evening but they staid
right there until they We're sure there
wasn't single peanut left in the yard
10 hunt and they couldn't eat another
bite OF chicken or birthday cake and
all declared they never had such ii
good time before.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1916-11-16

LaMoure Chronicle: Many La.
MOureites attended the Tri.County
Fair at Oakes last Wednesday and
Thursday. The exhibits of horses and
livestock was very cOmmendable and
showed the progress that is being
steadily made toward diversified farm.
ing. The exhibits of corn. alfalfa and
other grasses showed the possibilities
of diversiflcatiOn that this section of
the state possesses.
The motorcycle and auto races were
interesting and brought several thrills
in bursts Of speed and comparison of
the stamina of different makes of mo.
tOrcycles and cars. The motorcycle
race was won by twin Indian and
the auto race by "a Maxwell.
The LaMOure band made a distinct
hit and proved Il fine advertisement
not only for the organization but for
the city of LaMOure as well. The play.
ing of the boys and the direction of
Prof. Nottingham elected many COM
plimentary comments.
A>oMoWc ECHO. INSPIRED ny the
success Of the stock sales which took
place following the corn show at
Oakes last week several IaMoure
countians returned home with the
vowed intention of agitating a live
stock association in LaMOure county
for the purpose of holding annual and
semi.annual sales.
LaMoure has the reputation of be.
ing in the lead of all other North Da.
kota counties for full blOOded Percher-
on horses and is rapidly coming to the
front as leader in other strains and
breeds Of all kinds of live stock.
Several of the best herds of short
horns in the northwest are found
in LaMoure county. I.aMourc count V
Shorthorns. Guernseys. Poll Angus,
Holsteins are shipped to all parts of
North Dakota and even to Minnesota
and Montana for breeding purposes.
1t is not uncommon for an outsider
to come to LaMoure county in quest
of Poland China. Berkshire and other
strains of pure blooded swine.
La Moure county breeders should
organize. by cooperating properly
thousands of dollars more would be
realized by the breeders of L.aMoure
county each year
Ole Ellison. who is untlisputcdly the
county's most efficient. successful and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02
CLIMAX in SMITH CASE.
Dramatic Close to Testimony Offered
bv Defendant

lCenterville. Dec. 2.-F'rank Smith
closed his direct testimony with a very
dramatic declaration from the witness
stand yesterday. Between sobs and
almost at the top Of his voice, before
u crowded and amazed court room, he
said he would call her soul in judg-
ment before the throne Of God, when
;it would be cleared up how all these
acalamities have befallen him.
II believe that all the deaths In, my
family, he sid, "have been caused by
that wicked woman, Alice Gerlach.
God knows the trouble which she
caused me. I was treated like a brute,
worse than brute. Yes, even my old
father who is now in his grave, God
hess him. was treated Nike brute by
4 FER. NY father had to carry gun to
protect himself and 1t was with this
gun which he carried TO keep Alice
away that he shot my little boy His
fence had been cut his life threatened
Ne 1rist had 10 carry a gnn TO protect
his life, and then to- think that 1t was
with this gun that he shot my little,
boy when ,caq khearssppls stosansNsr;
Skefofo the throne Of God. then Coz
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02

length how the Courts tests on the
four fundaneHtals OF arithmetic were
given to more than $4,000 children OF
i've diffsrsnt xsades in dfty-two towns
and cities Of iowa.
The children were required to solve
problems IN addition, subtraction, null
duplication. and division in a given
amount Of time. From the number Of
problems worked and the percentage
of accuracy In answers the conclusions
were drawn. 3
Average accuracy was lowest in adj
dition and highest in division. Results
in small towns were in general poorer
than in the cities, but the highest
scores for individual towns were made
in more than half the cases In places
of less than. at thousand.
A comparison Of scores made by GER
tain cities in 1915 and 1915 shows an
increase in both speed and accuracy.
Mr.. -Ashbaugh made similar tests Of
the handwriting Of Iowa school chill
dren year ago and found them writ
ing as well as children elsewhere, and
considerably faster.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02

Knows some of these things will be ex-i
planned"
On cross examination he said he be-
gan to, fear her about the time her first
husband died suddenly and she col
lected his life insurance. He remen,-
bered little that happened Immediately
preceding her death, but did recall be-
ing in Centerville the night before,
seeing his, attorney on business mat
ters, taking home a pint of whisky
ard waking next morning with a ter
rife heavy feeling in his head. When
asked IL the whisky might not have
caused this he said he thought not as
he had stood up many time under a
quart, and had drunk half a gallon in
one day. 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-02
COMMISSIONER BARNEY PRE-
F SCENTS HIS PLAN OF REDUc.
ING LIVING COST.
SAYS CHICAGO DIET SQUAD
IS LIVING TOO HIGH
Puts Bacon on Breakfast and Rib
Roast on Dinner Menus, With Pie
and Other Trimminss-Adviees Lib
and Other Trimmings-Advises Lib
Average Family Does Not Spend More

s5e Des Moines, Dec, I'm accordance
with his plan as announced few days
ago w. B. Barney, state food and dairy
commissioner, has issued his first menu
showing how to reduce the cost Of liv-
ing.
He declares that 40 cents per day,
which the Chicago diet squad is spend
Z ing, is far more than the average per-
son here spends for food. The fol-
lowing menu can be furnished for less
than 80 cents per person per day, and
If everything is home prepared it can
be produced for around 20 cents per
day per person, he says. The menu
follows:
Breakfast-Corn meal mush or fried
mush, bacon, toast, coffee.
Lunch-Pork and beans, or macaroni
and cheese, bean salad. apple pie. milk.
Dinner-Short ribs of beef. brown
potatoes, steamed cabbage. apple
dumplings with cream, graham. gems,
tmince pie, coffee or tea.
For the past five years this de-
partment has endeavored to call to the
attention Of the consumer the fact that
the cheapest Of all foodstuffs are the
principal agricultural products of this
state" declared Commissioner Barney
in his statement issued today. Corn
and milk are the cheapest Of all food
stuffs furnishing the required mate
rlals. The former is the cheapest
source OF carbohydrates and the latter
the cheapest source cs protein; both
contain fat in good proportion.
In fact portion Of one-half pound
Of corn meal served with pint Of
milk will furnish one-third of the daily
requirements of Woodworking man.
1t will, cost 5k cents. Such fare
would perhaps be too monotonous but
to those who would practice true econ
omy. the limited use of cereals, corn
meal, hominy. oat meal. white and rye
flonr and the cheaper animal foods.
milk, cheese, bacon and pork are rec
commended. This fare should be sup
plcmented with materials which will
supply bulk. promote the appetite and
aid in digestion. The cheaper vegeta-
bles will economically furnish the re-
CURED bulk and the home canned fruits
are perhaps the cheapest means OF
meeting the other two requirements.