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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
WHIST THEY WOULD

The checker players have been
busy this week and have called
a county meeting for Saturday,
March II in the Club Room in this
city for the purpose of perfecting
a county checker association.
This has started some of the nula
enthusiasts to discussing the pro-
ject of a county whist tournament
at Hankinson, Wahpeton. Fair
mount, Lidgerwood and Wynd-
mere have enthusiastic devotees
Of the Norwegian whist pastimc
and it would probably be an easy
matter to secure the attendance
of teams from each of these towns
Then it is not at all improbable
that Yves. Merriiield would come
down from Mooreton with COM
panions who coulG show up play
ers from the larger towns. If the
plan proved successful it would
probably be an easy matter to ar
range for whist league for next
winter with tournaments at the
various towns in turn. What
about it We whist flends ?-Hank-
inson News.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
THREE

bination cannot be.
The oil trust is supposed to be
destroyed. Mr.. Taft went through
a series of meaningless legal mo-
tons which dissolved the oil
trust into its component compa-
mes, but the same people con-
troll the individual companies that
controlled the trusts, which was
nothing more than those compa-
mes formally united.
The price of gasoline has been
increasing ever since Mr.. Taft
gave the oil trust absolution and
declared it dead and buried. and
the cost OF gasoline has increased
because the combination and con
troll of the Oil situation exists lust
the same extent as it cid before,
but is no longer acknowledged to-
exist and is no longer regulated.
The remedy therefore. is plain
enough. The oil trusts monop-
oily must be broken down by public
regulation of prices or by govern
ment ownership of the entire oil
supplies.-Chicago Examiner.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that the
annual election of the elective Of
ticers for the City of Wahpeton.
RichIand County, North Dakota,
will be held on Tuesday, the 21st
day of March, 1916. at the follow
ing polling places i'm the several
Wards Of said Cit5'; to-wit:
FIRST WARD: In the Farmers
Restaurant.
SECOND WARD: In the Richlamd
County Court House.
THIRD WARD: I'm the City Hail.
FOURTH WARD: In the Wahpe-
ton Hotel.
Said election will be held for the
purpose of "lrcting the following
officers, iu-WI:
One Mayor, ON" Police Magis-
tlaI". One City Justice, One City
Treasurer
One Alderman i'm the First Ward
for he regular term of Two years.
ON" Alderman in he second
Ward for the regular term of two
years.
One Alderman in the Third
Ward for th" regular term of two
years.
One Alderman in The Fourth
Ward for the regular term of tM)
years.
At said election the polls will
b" opened at eight O'Clock i'm he
forenoon and will be kept open
from that time until five o'clock
in the aft"rn"nn of said day and
no longer.
Dated at Wahprtnn. North Da-
h"ta, this 9th day of March, 1916.
by order of II" City Council,
S. II. MURRAY.
City Auditor.
,SEALl It
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
HOG PASTURES

Pigs make the cheapest gains
on pasture. Trials at the Mort II
Dakota Experiment Station indi-
cate that brood Sows running on
good pasture and nursing litters
will do as we'll when receiving on,
to one and Il half pounds of grain
per each 100 pounds live weight
of sow, as sows in dry lot receive
ing ~ pounds grain per day
per each 100 pounCs live weight
The pasture just about cuts the
feed for either the brood SOW with
litter or for the w"aned pigs. They
should be fed some grain. so as tn
make rapid growth. In this way
the spring pig can be ready for
market before real cold weather
sets in.
Alfalfa, clover. hromus and
winter rye make the earliest pas
lures. When these have not been
provided early spring seeding of
such grains as oats and barley or
rape are the next best thing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
The Eskimo Coda.

l'he Eskimo's social and moral code
interesting. Its chief provisions are:
Should man inadvertently or by
malice aforethougkt kill another the
wife and children of tile man SO killed
remain burden on the murderer so
ong as he or they live.
A drift log fouAd is treasure trove
md belongs to the finder, who indi.
'ates possession by placing upon 1t a
'ipe. mitten or personal trinket Of
olne kind.
No one must eat seal and walrus on
lie same day.
All large animals killed are to bs
ooked upon as common property Of
the tribe and not 40 personal belong
i'.g of the man who kills them.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16

shipment in good supply Of cracker
ice, breasts up, with paraftin paper 10
tween each layer of ice and squads.
Some express companies have u special
rate for squad shipments. which should
be secured wherever possible. The ex
press charges on small shipments Of
squads reduce the profit materially,
making it difficult to sell the squads
from small flock ut profit If they
have to be shipped to commission men
As the period at which SQUAD
r1ght for market is not over one week.
It is necessary to have good sized
dock to have over one dozen squads
ready for market at one time. \ local
market which will take any number Of
squads is great aid to the small pro.
Queer. Where one has u small flock It
usually pays best to build it up until II
IL large enough to make good sized
shipments Of squads. This. however.
requires a constant outlay without amy
return for some time.
The production of squads from each
pair of breeders varies from one or two
to as bigh as ten or eleven pairs a year.
but an average Of from six TO seven
pairs is fair estimate. although some
squad breeders do better than this
Squads usually sell at the highest
prices during cold weather. as pigeons
do not breed as freely during the win
ter as during the spring.
Those thinking Of going into pigeon
raising must remember that the higher
prices are obtained by those fully ex.
perienred In raising and who have
built up steady market for the,'
product.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
TO the DEMOCRATIC voT.
Ems OF NORTH DAKOTA

I wish to announce that am
a candidate for Delegate to the
National Democratic Convention.
For the information of those
with whom l am not acquainted l
will state that l am a life long
Democrat and that l have always
heartily supported to the best Of
my ability the principles of the
party.
During the past two years
have been chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Democratic
State Central Committee and in
the performance of my Guties as
a member of that Committee, the
welfare of the Party has always
been upparmost in my mind.
If elected will endeavor to SC.
cure the adoption of platform in
harmony with the fundamental
principles Of Democracy. l glory
in our illustrious past as we'll as
in the present. l have not for
gotten those who carried our ban
ner in the dark days of defeat, for
their services mace the victories
of which we long dreamed. and
which we enjoy today, realities.
| am especially proud of the
achievements under President
Woodrow Wilson's Administra-
ton and l would deem it a great
honor to assist in his renomina-
ton.
Your vote and whatever assist
ance you may render will be ap-
preciated.
NEI SON KELLY
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
TREES INCREASE CHOPS

Trees will actually increase the
yields Of crops. This was deter
mined by an investigation in Min
lesota, Iowa, Nebraska and KAN
sas. 1t was found that is of the
farm could be in trees without re-
ducing the yield. That is. trees
in protecting the crops increased
the crops enough to make up for
she space occupied by the trees.
From this it is plain that the re-
sulting trees would not cost any
thing except the cost of the plant
ing and care. This same thing has
been found TO be the case in Eur
ope. AS a result the general plan
there is To have Id of the land
area in trees. And The reason il
that this is the way that The great
est returns are secured.
If one fifth of the area i'm Min
nesnta, Iowa, Kansas and North
Dakota can be i'm trees without
reducing the yield of the crops,
perhaps even IL greater proper
ton of the land i'm North Dakota
could be in trees without reducing
the yields.
The planting of trees would d.
much to make stale like North
Dakota a more humelike sta'.
The trees wuulC also reduce the
effects of winds and especially of
hot winds. The spreading of weed
seed would be lesS"ncd. The light
soils would not blow anG the SNOW
would quietly settle where it fell!
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
SQUADS
FOR THE MARKET

Prepared by United States department OF
agricultural
Squads are fed by their parents until
they are marketed, which is usually ut
from three and one-half to four and
one-half weeks Of age. They must he
sold about this age. as the period dur
Ing which they are ready for market
rarely exceeds one week. Squads are
In good market condition when fully
feathered under the wings. which is
usually about the time they begin to
leave their nests. and If not killed at
this time they soon lose their baby fat
and their flesh begins to get hard.
Catch the squads to be marketed In
the morning before they are fed by
their parents. so that their crops will
be empty. Squads are usually killed in
the same manner as poultry. by cut
ting the arteries in the back part of the
roof OF the mouth and piercing the
brain. but IL sent to market without
plucking they are usually killed by
wringing or breaking the neck. The
latter Is done by pressing the thumb
against the place where the bones of
the neck join the head until the head u
dislocated. In sticking the squads are
hung by their legs ON nails or hooks.
with their wings double locked. After
they are stuck the feathers are imme-
diately plucked clean with the excep.
ton Of the head, and the birds are
cooled either by placing them In cold
water or by hanging them In a cs,cl
place. The crop should be cut open
and thoroughly cleaned II It ccntaina
any feed.
Squads should be graded according
b size and quality, as dark colored and
email squads tend to lower the price
paid for an entire shipment Of mixed
squads. They are usually packed 70,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
In the Attic.
Two old tattered trunks.

Dust covered family photograph al.
bum.
Eight broken pieces Of whatnots and
brio a-brac.
Smell of moth balls.
CObwebs.
The baby's broken toys.
Strange assortment of useless Christ.
mas gifts.
Neatly tied bundles of perfectly good
Tor nothing magazines.
Two chairs with broken legs.
One rickety table.
Framed photograph of rich uncle.
who died without leaving the family
anything. -Indianapolis Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
Alfalfa For Poultry.

Short cut alfalfa. or. letter still. al
falfa leaves. make the best kind Of
feed for the laying hen. You may nse
1t with equal parts IT bran or corn
chop. This should I've st.alded with hot
water. stirred together. allowed to cool
and then fed to the hens In q trough.
It is good plan to have barrel OF
bin filed with alfalfa leaves whenever
they can Ike gathered from the hay.
now. 80 that they may I've handy to
feeding whenever wanted.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
Laconis.

10coN1O.
Jimmy doesn't waste any words. He
was driving a visitor across the COM
mon q few evenings ago when they
saw cart lying among the gorse with
a broken shaft. The visitor asked him
what had happened to it.
Met another one" he replied.
'0h, but
Saturday night" he Interrupted
Manchester Guardian.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
POULTRY NOTES.

+ All animal life must have sun
+ shine. and poultry is 10 excep-
+ ton.
+ Hens over two years old are
+ seldom good layers and unless
+ good as breeders should I've dis
+ posed of.
+ In order to obtain eggs it is
+ necessary to have healthy, vigor-
+ GUS stock, properly fed.
+ Experiments have proved that
+ the flavor Of eggs is influenced
+ by the feed supplied the hens.
+ hence 1t is Of the utmost impor-
+ lance to supply the hens with
+ nothing but wholesome food.
+ Pullets Matched in May can be
+ brought to laying by November
+ If they are properly fed and
+ cared for and crowded as fast as
+ possible.
l.
4 =. 4. &. 4. q. .
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
Not Needed.

The young bride had clearly formed
ideas on Industrial questions.
II will give you something b eat
che Informed the tramp. III you will
ct that AK
.oh. shan't nee'' that" ths tramp
Atesrupted in d rea>>uring tqpe. my
teeth are all right. "-IDndon Stray eto
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-03-16
A Mutual Ecienei.

BObby--Dad. what Is Il mutual friend?
MIR. FOgs- He is generally one WHO
makes II his business to see that you
i"n't miss hearing the nasty things
your neigh"r> say about you.-Lon
don Stray Stories.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
NO GALLERY PLAY
FOR GENERAL HAIG
British Commander.in- Chief in
France Fighting Man on Job
Both Day and Night.
NO TIME FOR LONG STORIES

Correspondence OF The Associated Press)
British Headquarters, France, June
20.-No military leader is more averse
to publicity or works more silently
than Sir Douglas Haig, the British
commander-in-chief in France. To
those who are importunate for the
offensive his answer is patience and
yet again patience while the new mu-
milton factories begin to produce, and
he continues his building. His gen.
erals say that he never tells them
his plans; only what they are to do
Probably not one man out of ten
of the 100000 or more under his
command would recognize him if they
saw him. Not given to reviews or
any kind of display, this quiet and
Studious Scotsman was the choice Of
the progressive, practical, driving ele
ment of the. army as the one fit by
equipment, training and experience
to succeed Sir John French. At S.
he is nine years younger than Sir
John and ten years younger than
Joffre or Won Hindenburg. There
is story that he entered the army
as the result of boyish wager, He
went through Oxford with distinction
before he went to the military school
at Sandhurst. His choice of arm was
the cavalry, which has had so little
to do so far in this war. But no
sooner had he received his commits
sion, later in life than most officers
because of the time that he had spent
at Oxford, than he set out with the
thoroughness of the student to master
every branch of his profession.
Struck by His Industry.
at was in Berlin in the COS that
| met Captain Haig who was study
ing German and the German army"
said an Englishman. 81 was struck
by his industry-not brilliant man,
perhaps, but sound and well-bal-
anced one. A little hesitant of speech,
what he did say went to the heart
of things"
He studied the French army, too,
and the history of all campaigns with
the systematic thoroughness that he
applied to everything. 1t was the
same with his pastimes as his profess
sion. Whether he had talent for it
or not he made himself first-class
golf player, though the form which
he developed did not excite the envy
of professionals.
At the British Army Staff college,
where officers learn organization,
Captain Haig was a marked man be-
fore he acted as chief of staff to
General French in South Africa in
the operations that made French's
reputation. He was a soldiers SOL
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
! which the civilian population would

in which the civilian population would
suffer.
The arrival Of attachments Of the
National Guard, expected here by to-
morrow, was expected to bring feel
ing of security.
The Guard will be spread out as
soon as possible, in points where the
border is not now we'll protected.
The relase of the cavalry troopers
taken by Carranza soldiers in the
Carrizal encounter, will not interrupt
the movement of National Guard
troops to the border, Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding the de-
partment of the east, was informed
today by the War department.
Secrecy Is Ordered.
Washington, July |. - Advices
from San Antonio told of the arrival
of the first train bearing troops of
the Illinois National Guard. Informa-
ton was also received that the first
section of the Missouri guardsmen
had left their camp for the border.
Secretary Baker announced that
all department army commanders had
been ordered to keep troop move
ments secret
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
Confer Over Proposed
Advance in Rates

Railroad men and Omaha shippers
held conference at the Commercial
club rooms with regard to the pro-
posed advance in freight rates from
Omaha to points in Kansas west of
Manhattan. The traffic bureau of the
club represents the shippers in the
case.
The increase proposed averages 10
per cent on the Union Pacific road.
The traffic bureau has succeeded in
getting the Interstate Commerce
commission to suspend the rates,
which would normally have gone into
effect April l. Deposition in the
case Is to be taken in the federal
court room in Omaha July 10 by
special examiner of the Interstate
Commerce commission.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
TAFT AND HUGHES
HAVE CONFERENCE
Former President and Repub-
lican Nominee Discuss
Campaign, Plans
WILLING TO TAKE STUMP

Bridgehampton. n Y, July l.
Charles F. Hughes discussed the COM
ing political campaign for two hours
today with William H. Taft. Over a
luncheon at the republican presiden-
tal nominees temporary summer
home here, the former president and
MIR. Hughes took up the chief issues
of the day and went over the tenta
tive campaign plans, Mrs. Hughes
presided at the luncheon and partici-
pated in the discussion.
Apparently the time was too short
for full exchange of opinions, for
after the conference was over and
Mr.. Taft stood waiting at the rail-
road station for his train, Mr.. Hughes
drew him aside for final word. They
walked out of earshot of the little
group that had surrounded them and
continued in confidential conversation
emphasized by earnest gestures until
the train pulled in.
Taft in Good Humor.
Mr.. Taft appeared to be in excel
lent humor as he alighted from the
automobile in which the nominee had
accompanied him to the station.
81 am for Judge Hughes" he said.
81 want to see him elected, and shall
do all can to assist him."
will you take the stump for him?'"
some one asked.
81 shall obey orders he replied.
Monday shall go to Murray Bay,
Canada, for three months. When |
return | shall help all | can"
After Mr.. Taft's train had left,
Mr.. Hughes dictated this statement
81 have wanted for some time to
meet Judge Taft and have an oppor-
tunity Of going over matters with
him. He was kind enough to come
down here and we have had a very
full talk and | enjoyed it very much"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
Woodmen Circle.

Emma B. Manchester grove No. 156,
Woodmen Circle, held memorial serv-
ices in Crounse hall Sunday afternoon
in memory of Mrs. Mary E. Henry,
supreme outer sentinel, of Tampa,
Fla; Mrs. Margaret E. McKenna and
Mrs. Cora E. Church, members Of the
grove. Mrs. Emma B. Manchester,
supreme guardian, was present and
made short address. Mrs. Catherine
NJ. Kelly of St. Louis delivered a me-
mortal address. Music was furnished
by a quartet composed of Miss Full
ton, Miss Roberts, Mr.. Travis and Mr..
Spoerri; Miss Kerschner, Miss Killian
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02

der who had won solid professional
esteem, though the public had hardly
heard of this reserved, undemonstra-
tive worker.
OF the men of command rank in
the British army in August, 1914. the
general and Sir William Robertson,
another studious man who had risen
from the ranks and is now chief of
staff in London, were the two who
were appraised by the generation of
officers who had developed since
South Africa as having prepared
themselves for the direction of large
bodies of troops on the scale OF con-
tinental warfare. They were not the
magnetic, dashing type, but organ
izers.
Going out in the command of the
first army of the British expedition
airy force, Sir Douglas had seventeen
months experience, Mons, Ypres and
Loos, of the warfare of the western
front-which all agree is the toughest
school any soldier has ever known
There was no doubt who command
ed the first army. 1t was Haig He
was no figurehead for the work of
an able chief OF staff, London gos-
sip did not handy his name about
he was not a personality to the pub
lie, though he was to the army. When
anyone asked at the front who was
the best man to take Sir Johns place
the answer was almost invariably
"Haig." He had not captured the
armys imagination, but its reason.
The tribute was one to brains.
Much Is Expected.
The new army was arriving in
great numbers from its English drill
grounds when Haig took over COM
mand. His country expects him to
make it an instrument which will ex.
ecute a successful offensive on the
western 'front.' where the four
months effort of the Germans at Yer
dun, the French effort in Champagne
and the British effort at Neuve Cha
pelle and Loos convince many mill
tary circles that the feat is impos-
sible. His first operation, carried out
without hitch and unknown to the
Germans, was the taking over of the
trenches occupied in the Arras sec
tor by General Petain's army, which
was released for Verdun. This gave
the British an intact front OF about
100 miles, and was decided upon by
the allied commanders as wiser
than premature British offensive in
the mire and bog of the flat country
OF Flanders and northern France.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
Woodmen of the World.

The annual picnic of Commercial
camp No. 478, Woodmen of the World,
will be held the afternoon and eve
ming Of July u at Manawa.
Ziskuv Dab camp No. lis will meet
today at 10 a. m at Turner hall, Twen-
ty-first and U streets.
Schiller camp No. 304 will meet
Thursday evening, July +, at the Ger
man home on South Thirteenth street.
The deputy for the camp, F. A.
Klenke, who has been on the sick list
for some weeks, is reported to be I'M
proving.
An interesting program was rem
dered by the members of Comenius
camp No 76 at its special meeting
last Saturday evening.
The regular meeting of Omaha Sey-
mour camp No. 10 scheduled for Tues
day evening, July 4, has been post
poned until Tuesday evening, July II.
aha-Seymour camp No. 10 last
Tuesday evening conferred the pro-
lection degree on sixteen candidates.
Sovereign T. E. Patterson of the
board Of auditors was present.
Columbus camp No. 50 will meet at
noon today i'll Prague hall, Thirteenth
and William streets.
Robin Hood camp No. 80 will meet
Monday evening in Woodmen of the
World hall, Florence. The large in
crease in membership, occasioned by
the consolidation OF Florence camp
No sos, ought to materially increase
the attendance and create a greater
interest in camp affairs.
Kosciuszko camp No. 3s2 is max
ing wonderful advancement in build
ing up its membership. Its meeting
Sunday at p. m. will be in the nature
of a Notification meeting: Stanley
Ulanecki, deputy, will address the
meeting.
German-American camp No. 104
will meet the evening of July 4 at New
Bohemian Turner hall, Thirteenth and
Dorcas streets, for special work.