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The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
TAYLOR HAPPENINGS


Chas. Offet was a Dickinson visitor
on Monday evening.
Mrs. E. E. Ingold arrived home on
Saturday evening from an extended
visit in Ohio, her former home.
Rev. Denninghoff is spending the
week at Mott, where he is conducting
services in the Evangelical church.
Mrs. Henry Hecht returned last
week from visit with relatives in
Minnesota. Mrs. Hecht's parents live
in Minnesota.
Miss Steinbar, assistant high school
teacher, left last Saturday for her
home at Grand Forks, where she will
spend the holidays with her folks.
A Christmas tree festival end pro-
gram will be given at the German
Evangelical church on Sunday even
ing under the direction of Rev. and
Mrs. Dcnninghoff.
DR.. Weyrens was called 20 the Jos.
Anton home at Lefor on Monday
evening, where a child had been Sc
verely burned by pulling some hot
water down from the stove.
Hans Torgerson came down from
his claim in Montana last week and
will spend the holidays here with his
mother, Mrs. Elsie Torgerson, and
other relatives.
"The Telephone Girl" given at the
auditorium last Saturday evening by
the Maude Henderson Co., was well
attended in spite of the cold weather
and everybody was pleased with the
performance.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
FRENCH AND BRITISH
LOSSES 100000

Berlin, Dec. 19.-The losses of the
french army to date have been g.
100000 and of the British 10000 &C.
cordfng to competent military au.
thority," says an Overseas News
agency statement.
The statement says: "The total
French losses since the beginning of
the war have been 100000 and the
British losses 1900, 900, or altogether
100000. These figures are based on
most reliable data.
"They do include the losses of the
colored troops Of both the French and
British armies, but as these colored
auxiliary troops are always used as
much as possible in great attacks the
total of French and British losses is
several hundred thousand higher.
"They therefore exceed consider.
ably the German losses, as estimated
by Germanys enemies,;at 600, 900 men.
AS a matter of fact, the German losses
were much less than 100000 men,"
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
STARKWEATHiEj;RI ij;Il CASE IS,
OPENED AT MANDAN

The trial of VIM. C. Starkweather,
who is charged with numbering VIM.
Osterman at the Jack Crowley
ranch in Mercer county last May, be-
gan in the Morton county court on
Monday of this week. This promises
to be one of the most interesting
legal battles in the history of west
ern North Dakota, there being an
array of legal talent conducting and
assisting in both the defense and
the prosecution.
The case attracted the attention of
Stark county authorities at the time
the crime was committed by reason
Ct the fact that the location of the
Crowley ranch, where the crime was
committed, is almost at the intersec-
ton of four counties-Stark, Dunn,
Mercer and Morton. The case first
came up in the courts of Mercer
county but a change of venue was
taken to Morton. Both Starkweather
and the victim of the murder are we'll
known in Stark county.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
Fleeing Roumanians and Rus
SLAMS at Critical Point.
DEADLOCKED IN CARPATHIANS
No Great Gains Being Made by Either
Side in Mountain Battles-Artil-
Iery Dueis Continue in West.

London, Dec. 20.-The Russian and
Roumanian troops who have been in
retreat before the Teutcnic allies in
Doubrudja seemingly are at a point
now where they either must make a
stand or cross the Danube into South
west Bessarabia or into Moldavia.
The latest official communication
from Berlin says that in Dobrudja the
Russians have retreated past their
newly fortified positions in the north
and that the Teutonic allies now are
advancing toward the lower Danube.
Aside from the announcement of
the capture of more than a thousand
Russians and Roumanians and the
taking of numerous vehicles loaded
with provisions, no mention is made
by Berlin of the advance in Moldavia.
In the Carpathians the Russians and
Teutons continue fighting but with no
great victories falling to either side.
In all the other theaters artillery
engagements predominant, only small
artillery actions having taken place
anywhere.
Berlin records attacks favorable to
Turks and Bulgarians in the Struma
region of the Macedonian 'front.'
On the right bank of the Meuse in
the Verdun sector the French and the
Germans fought spirited artillery
duels. Reciprocal bombardments took
place along the British front in
France and also in Belgium.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
RAY BILLIARD HALL
IN ST. CHARLES BLOCK

w. ]. Ray, former proprietor OF
the St. Charles hotel, opened his new
billiard parlor in the hotel block last
week. The business room has been
entirely remodeled and is thoroughly
modern in every way. The equip
ment consists of one billiard table and
three pocket billiard tables with other
suitable billiard hall furniture.
In the front part of the room Mr..
Ray has suitable fixtures for carry
ing a complete line Of cigars, to-
baccos and candies. The street en-
trance is adjoining the entrance to
the new Ray theatre.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
1z,szs q 1azz
DON'T BLAME THE FARMER

In a recent address before the Ma
tional Grange and the American As
sociation Of Farmers Institute Work
ers at Washington, President Wood
row Wilson expressed the hope that
the American farmers would not per-
nit the rcoccurance of present high
prices Of farm products and farm
materials. The farmer is not to blame
for present conditions.
The farmer is not single factor in
production. He is perhaps the most
consistent and dependable of many
factors in production. The seasons
vary. Rains prevent harvests and
damage hay and grain. Early frosts
prevent the maturing of crops. Severe
winters increase the consumption of
food, stock losses and the price of
meats Drouth reduces the yields. The
farmer cannot control these things.
He is not to blame
When high wages and great booms
in business attract laborcrs to the
city and only buns and hobos are left
to the employ of the farmers, and
even these are too few for the seeding
and the harvest, the farmer is not TO
blame. If high wages to artisans and
craftsmen in town are reflected in in
creasing cost of production of farm
staples, whose fault is it? Only in
higher prices is there an added in
ducement to produce more.
To fear bread famine is folly. The
resources of the land are scarcely
touched. Millions of acres are idle,
producing nothing. Other millions
produce only a small fraction Of what
they are able. More land, more labor,
better method Of civilization, will mul-
tiply many times the present product.
Before starving, millions Of city work
CTS would help cultivate lands to in
crease the food product. 1t is unecon-
omic to produce food greatly in excess
Of tie needs. A great surplus would
entail a loss to producers. Only q
little more than the needed amount is
economically desirable. The larger
the proportion of a countrys popula-
ton L., engaged ~ manufacturing and
commerce the better for the farmer
and the higher tho prices for food.
Farmers didn't start the European
w:r DONE bl,nc them for that, yet
wnu t-.n ucn,' lat IL -:a!i been an enor-
nous influence on thc cos. Of living ?
Farmers sold eggs at 13c-20c per
dozen. Ask cold storage managers,
who bought them, why 60c is demand
ed for those eggs now.
Don't blame farmers for car short
age. Perhaps stock manipulation has
sometimes displaced railway manage
mcnt and operatio
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23

= :
Mrs. Schecherer of Richardton all
daughter Of Hebron, came up on NJ.
Z on Tuesday evening for medical g.
tention. They returned on No. 8 u
Wednesday. s,8
Andrew Knudson and son expect
to return to their home in Spokane
this week to be home for tho holi-
days. Mrs. K. Knudson will accom-
pany them and remain for an ex-
tended visit. a
A Christmas program will be given
at the M. E. church on SATURDAY.
evening by the Sunday school class.
Many Of the public school children
will also take part. A large Christ
mas tree will be a feature of the
evenings entertainment. Mrs. Stein
quist and Miss Dean have charge Of
the program.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23

Louis w. Hill promises to become a
benefactor of the Northwest in new
role. The president of the Great Nor
thern and the son of James J. Hill,
the great empire builder, has estab-
lished matrimonial, bureau, which
grew out of the excursion of the
North Dakota farmers special to the
National Live Stock Show in Chicago.
1t all started as huge joke. The
husky North Dakotans were pictured
in the Chicago papers as well-to-do
prospects who would not be averse to
matrimony. Chicago maidens took
the matter up and now letters are
pouring into North Dakota by the
thousands. Perhaps the happiest mar
riages do not always terminate
through the correspondence method Of
courtship, yet marriage is sometimes
considered somewhat of lottery and
happy unions have been known to re-
suit from just such method as Pres
ident Hill is instrumental in estab-
fishing. Perhaps when the shy North
Dakota maidens wake up and realize
that they have fair competitors, they
will embrace their opportunities which
they have treated with so much indif-
ference in the past. Mr.. Hill might
be little presumtious in establishing
his matrimonial match factory" and
perhaps had he taken the trouble to
look over the North Dakota prairies
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23

North Dakota got some good ad-
vcrtising from the farmers special
that made the trip to the national
stock show at Chicago last week. The
easterners instead of seeing what
they anticipated-cowboys with wide
brimmed hats, boots and revolvers,
met instead healthy, prosperous look
ing bright-cyed, well-dresscd farmers
who have learned to act and think for
themselves.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
BLAST BURIES $50 MINERS

Two Are Killed and Fifteen Hurt In
T.; Indiana Explosion. 4 :. u, u.
Bruceville, Ind, Dec. 20.-Two min
ers are dead and fifteen injured as
the result Of a gas explosion in the
oliphant'Johnson mime near here. One
hundred and fifty men wsrs eentomb.
ed, but first aid 1rsHs from nearby
mines gave assistance and the work
inss were cleared in about four hours.
- tPulmotors revived more than fifty
who had hsen overcome by gas. State
ofaOials ere Investigating.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23

the goods were being delivered
Wednesday morning. The car was
loaded out of Bismarck Tuesday but
the delicacies were not able to with
stand the sudden drop in temperature
to about 80 below zero.
However, the merchants have
placed rush orders in duplication Of
the holiday order, which will be
shipped by express and delivered in
time for the holiday feasts.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23

a bit, he might have been less hasty
in urging Chicago maidens to compete
with our own "prairie roses" who are
brighter and better looking than the
delicate city-bred creatures who would
seek to supplant them. But like all
mail order competition, our North Da-
kota girls have the advantage. The
old argument of dealing at home and
inspecting before investing may we'll
be used.-Ward County Independent.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
SNOW ITEMS

Esby Keith called at o. Bergquists
on Sunday.
Miss Gordon spent Saturday and
Sunday with her friend, Miss johnson,
at the Harry Annear home.
Miss Elma Dingwall and brother,
Harry, are to spend Christmas with
their grandparents at Grassy Butte.
Mr.. Gibbern of Gladbrook, Iowa, is
visiting his daughters, Mrs. r. C..
Mr.. and Mrs. Nickols of Sturgis,
S. Dak., visited Phil Kefeler for a
few days. Mrs. Nickols is sister of
Mr.. Keffeler.
The Maui and Koehl families spent
Friday evening at Gresz's.
Mrs. H. Hanson and Mrs. Krega
are on the sick list this week.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
M. E. CHURCH

The pastor, R. H. Craig, will preach
an appropriate Christmas sermon on
Sunday morning. Special music has
been prepared for the occasion. The
pageant at the high school auditorium
will take The place of the regular
evening service.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
BLAST SHAKES LARGE AREA

Explosion Wrecks Standard Oil Rein.
ing Plant.
Wood River, ILL.,, Dec. 16.-Two men
were killed and several others were
injured in an explosion that wrecked
two refining stations of the Standard
Oil company here.
The explosion was followed by a
fire which for time threatened ten
large tanks filled with oil.
The men killed were working alone
in one Of the refining stations. Six
men in the other station escaped be.
fore the building caught fire.
The shock was felt for fifteen miles.
The Dickinson press., 1916-12-23
GOODIES
WERE FROZEN IN CAR

A full car load of fresh fruits,
vegetables and other ,delicacies for
the holiday season, consigned to
number of the leading Dickinson mer-
chants, was found to be frozen when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-21

DON'T BE A TIDEWAD
Pay up your back subscription to the
Bugle & thus fill long-felt want on our
part We Can't Run First Class News
paper on Hot Air and Cold Potatoze.
P. S.-n in leave the money with
wife door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-21

Yours for fancy plumming,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-21

which the committee adjourned and
hat was all there was to it.
The fackt that Bingville amt a
going to have her reglar and Gus
tumerry annual fair this yr is what
we call a burning disgrase and a
shame and the members of the
committee bove named ort to hang
their heads in humiliashion when
they go out on the street. In fackt
we don't see how Hen and Eph and
Amos can look their teller towns
men in the eyes without flinchin
The Bingville Fair which has al
lus been belt in our midst is in
stotooshion that is as old as the
hills and to think that this year is
the 1st yr which we have misd
havink a fair we regard as a dark
splotch on the fair eskutchen
(whotever that isl of this town.
1t wouldn't be so bad if there was
some excoose for not having fair
in this town this yr as ushual but
there amt emmy reason of that kind
exsept the s1ackness and goodfor-
nothingness of the dolittle members
who compose the fair committee.
The Bingville fair was occa-
shion when all the inhabitants of
Bingville and surrounding country
for miles in every direckshion as
senbled to visit with one another
and exhibit their stock and vegeta-
bles and poultry ct cetery and win
prizes and have a good time giner-
ally and we'll miss our guess if
when Our subscribers reads this ed
dytoriul they wont git so down on
Hen and Eph and Amos that it
will take the three of EN- menny
yrs to live it down and we don't
care if it does.
Not only that but what will Our
naber & rival town of Hardscrab-
Bile think of us when she hears that
we Amt a going to have no fair
We persoom the Hardscrabble Ban
ner will come out next wk printing
the finger of skorn at us becuz we
diddent have enuff git-up & sprawl
to us to have a fair Another rea-
son why we as editor & prop &
everythink else conneckted with the
Bugle have stitch strong feelings on
havin no fair in Bingville this VI
is owink to the fackt that becuz OF
this fackt we'll miss not less than
S. worth of advertising and JOB
printing which we allus do for the
fair committee.
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In other words we cant expeckt person
al squibs to run the same in quantity
and quality wk after wk and if we ex-
peckted that we would be expectin too
doggoned mulch Some wks the de-
mands for personal squibs exseeds the
supply and other wks vicy versy.
And yit praps we ort to say that the
general average of personal squibs is
very good all things cornsiderd.
We allus aim to give as menny per-
sonal squibs in the Bugle catch wk as
possibi1 becuz folks a11us likes to see
their names mentchioned in the paper
and if folks don't see their names in
the Bugle every so often they are liza
bull to call at this offs and show their
nasty disposishun and git insultin and
like as not stop their paper.
If you happen to hear of emmy per-
sona1s from time to time either about
yourself or about ennybuddy else we
would take it as a great faver if you
would let us know about them and for
this kindness you will git yourself liber-
ally thanked.
Speakin of personal squibs it has
turned out jest as we told you in the
beginning it was liabu1 to. In other
words when we started in to write the
above personal squibs there diddent
seem to be emmy at hand to write about
but jest look how menny we have went
& wrote above in spite of that fackt
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mo FAIR" EDDYTORIUL

Last wk or the wk before, we
don't pear to jest remember which
at this writing we made the shame
full a nouncement that Bingville
wouldn't have no annual fair this
VI as ushual. Well we amt yet said
as mulch on that subjeck as we
perpose to say and which we be a
going to say in this ishue as follers,
viz to wit namely:
The reason there amt a going to
be no Bingville Fair in Bingville
this yr is all owink to the disgrase-
full apathy on the part of our fair
committee who consist of the fol-
lering persons Hen Weathersby,
our merchant prince and prop of
the Bingville store, Eph Higgins
our accommodating postmaster and
Amos FIil1yer our talented loryer
legal lite J. of the P Notary Pub
lick and other things ct cettery too
numerous to mentchion.
1t is all Hens and Ephs and
Amosses falt that we amt a going
to have no Bingville Fair this VI
owink largely to their turrible
slackness & delinquintcy. Instid of
jumping in several wks ago and
! jerkin off their coats and expec-
toratin on their hands and working
tooth and nail to have Bingville
Fair as ushual Hen & Eph and
Amos colleckted onct in Hen
Weathersbys store about a munth
ago and lit their pipes and discusd
the sitooashion.
Hen said he ca1kilated that if
Bingville was a going to have a
Fair as ushual it was about time
that they (meaning theirselfs as a
committee) got to work and done
somethink about it. Then Ept
said that he was SO dogblamed biz
zy pickin his appels that he diddent
have mulch time to spare workir
free GRATIS for nothink on fan
committee and Anne said he had q
lawsuit coming off & he wassent
very familyur on the law relating
to same and he was bizzy readin uI
and postin hisself in his law books
and therefore he would haft to be
excoosed from bothering his head
about a fair and then Hen he spoke
up and said that being as the ma
jority of the fair committee con-
sisting of Eph and Amos wassenf
in favor of havink emmy fair there
was notfink left for him to do be
ing as he was helpless and sinst he
: wassent very mulch in favor of {
fair hisself he would jest vote
aginst it too and thus make the vote
anonimus as he might say, after
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-21
A Call From Bud

Bud Hinck1ey who aint quite right in
his head paid a call to the Bugle offs
tcther day during our absents and TAX
ing ADVANTAGE of same Bud he smeared
paste from the pastepot which we allus
keep on our desk all over the sect of
our offs chair probly pertenting that
he was doing a job of painting.
Be that as it may we returned to our
offs late in the afternoon and seated
ourself in the chair which Bud had
all pasted up the seat of to dash OH
some items never dreeming that there
was paste on the sect of the chair until
we attempted to git up often the chair a
spell later and the chair stuck to our
person to stitch a extent that we was
obliged to tear our pants half often
ourself before we could excape from
the chair to say nothing of smearlng
the aforesaid garment with layer OF
paste which has pracktikally ruined our
pants
We wisht to goodness that Bud
Hinckleys mother would keep her half
wittted son at home and under her own
observashion instid of permitting him
10 wander around at large smearing up
fclkses chairs with paste for EN-. If
we ketch Bud Hinckley around the Boo
gle offs agin we will box his ears for
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Lokal Items

Hold Ouigly perdicks that eggs is a
going to be awful skeerce this coming
winter & in order to take time by the
forelock as we mite say Hold has went
and put down u dozens of eggs in
waterglass. Being as eggs is now only
IS cts per doz and being as Hold ex-
pecks to sell what eggs he has put
down for 80 cts per doz Gas strickly
fresh eggs during the winter he will
make handsome profit of IS cts per
doz as ennybuddy can igger out who is
as quick at mental arithmetick as we be.
When Deacon Snodgrass heerd Hold
perdick that eggs was going to be tur-
rible skeerce this winter the Deacon
went strate home and begin to mix a
perperashion with his hen chikkenfeed
which he sent off fur & which is gar
rynteed to make hens lay very num-
erus all winter long whether they de-
sire to do so or not.
Yves Woodruff follerd a honeybee
which was slipping honey outen some
flowers in his garden tother morning
half way up on the side of Sawridge
Mountaing tother morning (& insident-
ally like to of broke his neck keeping
up with the bee) into a floller bee tree
and Yves he marked the spot in his
minds eye and returned home for a
axe and then returned to the bee tree
and cut down the tree and got qts OF
honey but not until he had been stung
up somethink awful Yves says bee
honey is sweet but it takes away con-
siderable of the pleasure of eatin same
when a persons eyes is sweld shet to
stitch degree that they cant skeercely
see to find their mouth.
A stranger whose name we did not
lern passed thru Bingville one day last
wk This makes five strangers whose
names we did not lern who have pasd
thru Bingville during as menny wks
past Why don't strangers who pass
thru call at this office and leave their
names and their ILLNESSES with us for
publicashion also where they come from
& where they be going to and emmy
other informashion which would be of
interest to our subscribers instid of
sneakin thru our midst like as if they
had did somethink they was ashamed
of and thus leaving the entire popula-
shion of Bingville fild with morbid
curiosity as to their identify? We
hope we wont haft to speak about this
matter agin.
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Personal Squibs

Personal Squibs" seems to be quite
skeerce in our midst this wk and we
fear we wont have as menny as ushual
but there's no telling about that Some
times we find it turrible hard to git
emmy personal squibs when we LIST start
out to collect EN- and then by the time
we are reddy to go to press we have
more personal squibs than we can git
into the Boogle mulch to our amaze
ment & surprise.
Praps we may be mistaken in what
we have said as per above concerning
personal squibs in this ishue of the
Bugle. Sometimes we find ourself mis-
taken but not very often
Its a awful queer thing about person.
al squibs-now some wks there is lots
of EN-, in .fackt as we have alreddy
stated above, some wks there is more
personal squibs comes to our notice
than we have room for in the Bugle
& then suddintly there will come a wk
when personal squibs IS as skeerce as
hens teeth.
Be that as it may however we per-
SOON it is just exackly as it ort to be.
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Pipe Lost!

lost TN NV a old br;ar nine e somewheres last
Friday betwixt 6 a. m. and 10 P NJ
and l amt seen hide nor hair of it sinst.
I've smoked that pipe now goin on 10
yrs and l miss it awful l don't prize
that pipe SO mulch for its intrinsick
valuashion but for the historick asso-
chiashions and sweet oder which
clusters about it If you should happen
to smell ennythink that smells like my
old briar pipe please investigate and if
you find same and return it to me you
will be literally thanked and be doing
kind ackt into the bargain.
Bingville. DEACON ANDREWS.