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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
FISH REASON, SAYS THIS MAN
Declares Salmon Tell Each Other
About Dirty Water and Egg
Stripping.

Bangor. Mr.-Stcphcn Decatur
Bridges of Verona. near Bangor. who is
known as the salmon and alc-wife king
of the pcn"bScot. is positive not only
that fish have brains. hut that fish
reason and form ideas and ,islikes,
and tell their opinions to each other.
Bridges explains the disappearance
of salmon from the Penobscot in two
ways-ei,hcr salmon tell other sal
{fion how dirty its waters are and how
it is not tit for any respectable sal
mon to live in or 1.-THE fish resent it
because at the hatchery in East Or.
land they are taken from the water
and stripped of their eggs"
'The fish resent that because it is
against nature" Mr.. Bridges asserts.
"They decided they were not being
treated right and stay away"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
RABBITS EYE FOR A GIRL
Surgeons Expect to Restore Sight Of
Seventeen-Year.old Eskimo
Girl.

Portland, Ore.-New York's best
surgeons will indeavor to restore the
sight of Melba, seventeen-year.old
Eskimo girl. who was found deserted
In an iglee by DR.. ii. French, United
States government physician in
Alaska.
The cornea of q rabbit will be graft.
ed upon one affected eye and u cata-
ract removed from the other.
In charge of Mrs. Corinne Call, a
government teacher. the child arrived
In Portland recently. Mrs. Call says
the Eskimos left Melba in the ice hut,
hoping she would die. She has been
totally blind for five years. The trou.
BILE is diagnosed as an eruption of the
cOrnca.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
STATISTICAL NOTES

German railrouds employ 2,SN
women.
Buffalo in June recorded 1O5 cases
of dOg-bite.
Pennsylvania yearly records 6,OOc
cancer deaths.
Americans own nearly all Cuban
sugar cane.
San Francisco pays telephone girls
500 month.
Forty states last year passed special
labor legislation.
Mexico'S national library contains
225,OOO volumes.
American investments in Mexico ex~
coed $5OO.OOO,UOO.
st. Paul ana Minneapolis last gear
ate 100000 frog legs.
Powd~esa sulphur quenches fire
more rapidly than water.
Chicago university will add military
science to it's curriculum.
San Francisco transfers union has
more than 5000 members.
New York city has 1O,537 saloons,
or one to each 515 population.
Forty-one of the states have state
biologists or similar officials.
Kingston. Ireland, will build 274
model houses for workingmen.
Canada has herd of 2,O77 buffalo.
owned by the Dominion government.
This years strawberry crop of the
United States was worth $2OOOO,OOO.
Oregon will open 100000 acres Of
agricultural land to settlement this
fall.
Infectious diseases are unknown in
Greenland on account Of the dry, cold
atmosphere.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Thouoht Il Settled.

They had been trotting in double
harness for six long months.
"Why is it, queried the young wife,
shat you never make me any pres:
ents like you used to before we were
married?'
"Well, it's like this" explains the
victim of leap year, "after acquiring
title to piece of property. a man
naturally supposes, there are no more
inst;l!nents to pay. Get me?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Business Point of View.

IF 1 could write play as great az
Hamlet l would be content to rest
on my laurels," said the ambitious
author.
"And the chances are" replied the
successful theatrical manager, "if you
wrote a play as great as Hamlet in
these days and times, you would be
compelled to rest on your laurels for
lack Of any other support"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Hot Time at the Front.

outlook: IN a private letter Written
"somewhere in France, surgeon with
the British army gives this graphic de-
scription of the strenuous life of an
erstwhile quiet city physician: AN
attack was on for next day. Mines.
innewerfers Smelling. 1t was simply
hell for twenty-four hours. Intense
:strafing' on both sides. The trenches
were Uttered with cases. had l20
cases and was certainly OF use. Had
smack on the hand Pressing one. Just
q scratch. Our candle was blown out
every now and then 10y the concussion
Of the high explosives We got down
all right yesterday. however. and slept
In Z wood IN 3 Captured German dug
OUT
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
A FEW SMILES
Explained.

"How do you conquer your elephants
when they get on a ranpage?" lueried
the new reporter.
son. replied the manager of the
menageries, 1--WE have an ex-baggage
master to look after them.'
AN eN-basgage master?" exclaimed
the astonished pencil pusher.
"Yes," explained the other with a
look that indicated his sorrow for the
others stupidity. at requires man
who has had experience as a trunk
smasher. Sec?' -.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Equal RIGHTS.

Viewed "a week after marriage)-By
the way, dear, don't sit up for me to.
night, as l may be detained downtown
until after midnight.
Mrs. Newed-Oh, very we'll. And in
case you should get home before | do
kindly leave the gas burning in the
hall. will you?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Rembrandt Picture Is Found.

A picture at Zurich, which has hitll.
ertO been labeled "A Dutch Master
1850" has just been identified as
Rembrandt. 1t is Il portrait Of an old
man.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
A Queer Fact.

Queer, isn't it?" said the man who
begins his remarks in the middle.
"What's queer?" asked the innocent
bystander.
THAT If man has dollar, a nickel
and hole in his pocket he invariably
loses the dollar and retains the nickel
and the hole" answered the party Of
the prelude.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Feared End of World.

During the dark ages it was the
common belief that the world was com.
naturally, had u terroriZing effect CD
the people.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
SpitefuI.

II have fully
made up my mind
never to marry"
said the first dear
girl.
"W ha is the
matter?" queried
dear girl the sec
ond. HAS your
father lost all his
money!"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Wife's Relatives L-Sve.

After a man has slept on lounge
for two months it seems like going
to heaven when he finally crawls into
u real bcd.-New Bedford Times.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
Hot and Cold.

Omar-I made
a cool hundred ut
the race track
last week.
Heiny That's
good. What did
you do with it?
Omar Oh, il
soon burned q
h Of lie in m y
pocket.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Some 10000 proposed laws are en-
bodied in the bills introduced at every
session OF the United States congress,
says Houston Post. Not quite per
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
JUST THOUGHTS

Ridicule is often more blighting than
Knocks Of the hammer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

There's many Il sly. between the en-
gagement ring al.I he wedding ring.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Many a man would be smarter If he
anew one-half as much as he thinks
he does.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

"The Lord will provide;" and that:
abbut as far as the lazy mans religion
ever gets.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Success sometimes comes from the
ability to read keep off the grass"
signs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Too many of as seem to think that
the time to say no is the next time.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07
SAYINGS g.: Z e-.7,,,M,G.sTER

The microlc of .nva would soor
starve in an old b;.ci,clnr's heart.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Elocu'i"n may b" good tli;n... hn'
1t doesn't 20 Ear ci.":::.:-h. l, mcrel.
teaches us how To- ,.i,;.:, net when.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

The under dog sometimes prnees
:hat lots of us never Go our best fight
ing until we are down.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

After meeting famous man one Il
apt to discover that his reputation IL
about tour sizes larger than his ehar
aetsc.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-12-07

Oregon will open 100000 acres Of
agricultural land to settlement this
fall.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26

ference in conditions by example.
And any day he may come up to the
mercy seat Well. Mr.. Saunders, Red
4 Larrigan is far different man from
what he was, and. mark you. the day
. will come when you'll finish what Mr..
Harrison began"
She spoke with great earnestness,
but the young clergyman was not con-
vinoed. He, too, had noticed diff
ference in Larrigan. even during that
mouth. His heart was burning to pull
this piece of human wreckage out of
. the mire. Then there was Blister"
Mike. Mike was regular hobo who
put into the mission during the winter
and found subsistence in return for
some very meager work at the wood
pile.
On the next evening both these
characters being in attendance. Mr..
Saunders took the opportunity for a
little private talk with each.
The results were disconcerting.
Red" relapsed. He uttered an oath.
Five years I've been coming here,
Mr.. Saunders. and nobody never said
a word about religion to me-" he COM
planned, greatly aggrieved. Il dunno
what to make of 1t. Seems to me 1t
amt fair on guy" And he ended
with threat, which he had no inten-
ton of carrying out, OF transferring
his patronage elsewhere.
Blister" listened with the same
sense of grievance, but Mr.. Saun-
ders got only vague promises out of
him.
He did not notice how the two down
and-outs put their heads together aft
er the meeting, while they supped
their coffee and munched the slabs of
bread and butter with which the mis-
sion provided them.
1t was some days later that Mr..
Saunders was amazed. after the serv-
ice, to receive voluntary visit from
Blister"
les, my dear fellow. what can
do for your" he inquired. laying his
hand upon the hobo's shoulder.
Il want to tell you. mister. your
words went straight to my heart.
said Blister And it made me feel
what you said-we got to square our
selves. I'm wanted in Chicago"
Wanted. Blister--I mean Mixer"
"Bigamy." said Blister" laconically.
You have committed bigamy?"
And arson. That's what they
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
Better Off On
the Farm
An interview with Secretary Of Agriculture
David F Houston by Edward b. CLARK

the "say farm Tie belief of all the stu
industry made increasingly profitable that conditions
be beered the Back the will
other Words the will be
dwelers in the cities who ambitious better their condition
those who engaged comprehensive plan boys
communities that advisable stay of leaving
feelngl the subject He being
a signal success of agricultural occupations
improving agricultural as to
BY staying they BY going elsewhere
m s Great problem confronting the nation how to make grcu
of successfully attack that problem shall be relieved the
ndran colleges and of this department
are directed this end The agencies becoming consolidated the
coming from the states and the nation which combined spending
year through the andran colleges and the state
and federal OF agriculture for the Improvement of agru
diseases which are costing hundreds Of millions YEAR to study
problems agriculture improves especially ad
develop community cooperation and teamwork with view the better
iets and market Conditions and he Of or
In the interest of the young people organizing large number
of agricultural clubs canning clubs poultry clubs Clubs hog clubs
machinery under the joint Immigrant colleges and
In many throughout country county agents
whose duty with the
the together
expanding 900 yearly for this gu
1T reasonably clear with the natural opportunities have and
the by farmers experimenting
that the opportunities for make farming will
gradually that the actual
farming there loud call for leaders of all these rural
districts.
81 why aspiring country boy should direct his
attention to the opportunities presented this field of effort rather
than to those of the other industrial offerings presented by city life
Secretary Houston spoke strongly three factors of the problem of
how to keep the farm They good rural schools first
class and attractive social life Schools
the social life wholly and problems
matter of the improvement of roads the federal has
and power.
school n secretary has s aip % ; sn a the s
girl the country should have the opportunities for education that
given and girl of the city, The lack proper educational
facilities Districts he believes has sent ambitious
away the the cities order their children the
tages which the schools of the large centers afford.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
START SEEDS IN H0TBED
BY L. M. BENNINGTON.

Flower seeds which will have to be
started either in the house or in hot
beds are as follows:
One package mixed verbenas.
One package saliva splendens.
One-eighth ounce mixed pansies.
One package mixed double petuntas.
One package heliotrope.
One package mixed geraniums.
One package hardy garden pinks.
mixed.
One package coleus.
One package cobea scandens
(climber), mixed.
One package mixed carnations that
bloom the first summer.
One package begonia Vernon.
One package mixed Gamma seed.
These should be cut at one end one
sixteenth of an inch and soaked in
warm water "a hours and sowed in
February in the house. You will not
fail to be extremely pleased with the
result.
This list. OF course, may be short
ened OF increased according to the
size of flower bed or garden, but these
flowers l consider the best varieties
for a really useful and handsome show
ing.
They can all be picked and used for
decoration, and the more you pick the
more you may, for picking the flowers
does the plants good, and you and
your friends will be benefited.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
Say "Women," Not Ladies'"

Don't say ladies'" please; don't
draw that distinction. Ladies belong
to the past; the Victorian period saw
the last of them, writes Jane Cowl in
the Washington Times.
Modern womanhood is something
nohler, and it has for it's ideal. isis
terhood," the equality of women with
cut class distinction; that is the new
note in our life. Women, the world
over, have come to recognize their du-
ties toward each other. The fine lady
is no longer respected for merely be-
ing fine lady; she is more honored
fer what she does for the poor, unfor-
tunate members of her sex. The finest
women in our great. glorious land
have reached out and given helping
hand to unhappy girls like Ellen Neal
in Common Clay" A new spirit of
sisterly love prevails among all wom-
en-, which is to do great things for
civilization in the future.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
SOME EASILY-MADE BEDS
BY EBEN e. RExFoRD.

Personally. l am not much of an
admirer of carpet or ribbon bedding
or the designs" which the enthusiast
tic amateur gardener attempts, but is
pretty sure to abandon later in the
season, because he discovers that de-
signs work out unsatisfactory in
ANIMALS.
The fact is. carpet bedding plans
are not only effective when such To-
liage plants, as the coelus, archyran-
thes. centurea, pyrethrum and alter
nanthera are used, because they can
be kept within their proper limits by
shearing and pruning. while the an
nuals have too much sprawl to be tract
able, and very few kinds give a suffi-
cient mass of blooms to produce the
desired color effect
We are likely to think that because
a plant has yellow, red or blue flow
ers, that 1t will prove effective wher.
ever these colors are desired, but we
lose sight of the fact that the flowers
will be SO few in number and SO far
apart that there is seldom any solid
color effect such as is necessary in
properly working out patterns.
This being the case, only the SIM
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26

pier designs should be attempted with
ANNALS, and only such effects aimed
at, as can be produced by contrast in
which harmony plays an important
part.
Ribbon beds are easiest OF all to
make. Very pleasing ones can be
made with pink, pale-yellow and white
Phlox Drummondi, planted in rows.
If darker colors are preferred, the
scarlet and crimson can be used, al
ways combining them with white to
give the necessary contrast and re-
lief.
Do not use the soft, delicate colors
with the stronger tones, as there Is
a lack of harmony between them.
Asters can be planted in rows of
white and lavender, with very pleas
ing results, provided the same kind ia
used in each row.
If we were to use the tall, branch
ing variety in one row and dwarfs in
another. the effect would be unsatis
factory, though the tall-growing sorts
could be used in three rows, one each
of the colors named, with the dwarfs
as an edging or border. with very
good results.
Ribbon beds would become monot-
onously tiresome if we were to con-
fine ourselves to them, therefore it is
advisable to have something else for
a change.
Next to them the circular bed is
easiest to make. l would not advise
too many colors.
Have the center of one color-say
lavender, if asters are used, then
row of pale pink with white in the
outside row.
This arrangement of colors can be
varied to suit individual taste. II
sweet alyssum or white candytuft is
used as an edging, the effect is height
ened, as these plants bring a mass of
foliage and bloom down to the ground,
and hide the tall stalks of the asters.
A very brilliant combination is made
by filling the center Of circular bed
with calliopsis, and the softer shade
of the same color in the phlox is
charming.
If another color seems advisable,
use pink phlox. This harmOniZes
beautifully with the stronger tones of
the calliopsis.
The center of a circular bed can be
filled with scarlet saliva, with mas
turtiums as border. The contrast
between the fiery scarlet and the rich
tones of yellow and orange and sui
phur found in the latter plant, is ex-
ceedingly lovely, while the pea-green
foliage of the nasturtium affords Just
the right amount of that color to bring
into strong relief the blossoms of both
plants.
Such a bed anyone can make with
very little trouble.
Look to 1t that the bitches and
drains are in good order.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
A Double
Confession
o.
By Frank E. Finch



Il never imagined human nature
could ever be like this" said Rev
John Saunders to Miss Mary, the ma
iron at the Shelter society's head
quarters.
Miss Mary smiled upon him with the
dignity of five and twenty years. four
of which had been spent in the So
cietys service.
Il guess it's the same everywhere,
Mr. Saunders she answered lightly,
mentally registering her pity that a
young man of her own age should
know so little of life. In fact. Mr.
Saunders. who had come straight to
ical seminary. a month before, was, in
comparison with herself. child.
Miss Mary had evinced a decided
Partially for Rev. Mr.. Saunders. He,
himself. was not Indifferent to her.
In the secrecy OF his heart he had
even dared to dream things relating
to little home somewhere, when he
got his coveted post in a small town,
far from the noise of the lowe- East
side. In this home, like presiding
genius, was enthroned Miss Mary
Pagshaw, with changed name. What
Miss Mary thought must not be re-
vealed. But she thought good deal
of him.
IF 1 could advise 1t. Mr.. Saunders"
said Miss Mary. Il wouldn't be quite
SO eager to save these mems souls
They're pretty hardened, some of
them. They want example more than
preaching. Now there's Red Larri-
gan. Five years ago, when he began
coming here, he was hardened drunk
ard. Now he-he works sometir, s.
And he's quit swearing. Well, Mr..
Harrison never spoke one word to him
about salvation. Never mind his soul
until its ready he used to say. Wen
feed his body and show him the diff
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26
Chicago Banker Gives Some
Sound Advice to Young
Men and Women.
SHOWS RURAL OPPORTUNITY
Farmer Has Greater Possibility Of
Comfort In Old Age, With More
Wholesome Pleasure and
Real Cultivation.

(By FREDERICK H. RAWSON, Presi-
dent Union Trust Co, Chicago)
" Unless the young man Is spe-
cially trained by education
and practice for some particu-
lar kind of work to be found
In the city. or has capital to be in
vested in some legitimate enterprise,
he will be better off in the country or
small town.
Cities are all overcrowded. Jobs in
all ordinary lines of industry are
scarce because there are generally
more job-hunters than jobs. With SO
much competition for work. labor is
cheap and wages are low.
1t costs much more to live in the
city than in the country. If a man
receives low wages he must find shell
ter in low-class lodgings-crowded,
dirty, garretlike places in poor neigh
borhoods where fresh air is at pre-
MUM and the constant noise madden
ing. He cannot buy good, nourishing
food but must get along on what he
can afford to buy. Consequently his
health suffers He cannot afford to
buy clothing of good quality, SO he
must wear shoddy. He can save moth
ing out of small earnings. so sickness
OF any other emergency need for funds
finds MIN in serious circumstances
And to live as he must live is a con
slant invitation to sickness.
City Pleasure False.
There seems to be an impression
IA.
Is one continual round Of entertain
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-26

ment and pleasure. All such so-called
comes quickly tiresome. There is the
saloon. the low-class moving picture
show and the dive, as forms of enter.
tainment not found in a majority OF
small towns. But in the city men who
cannot afford better things have a
tendency to drift to these places and
get acquainted with people and habits
that wreck character City entertain
ment is false, artificial.
have been up in the Dakotas quite
a bit. / have found that farmers and
small town people usually are better
read than the average city person
better informed about worthwhile
things than l am. They get good
newspapers and good magazines in the
rural communities. They can hear
the worlds finest music on the pho
nograph. They get as much dramatic
entertainment as the majority of city
people get, for in every village and
town there is at least one moving pic
ture show. They are always within a
few hours of the city's rush and bang,
for the express train and electric in
terurban limited penetrate every cor.
ner of the nation.
The Unwary Girl.
And the young woman who wants to
leave the old home town or the farm
for the city? 1t Is much harder for
her to get along than for the young
man. Wages for women in the indus
tries are very low and Jobs are
scarce. Decent living conditions are
beyond her reach unless she gets good
pay. Pitfalls for the unwary or unfor
tunate young woman are everywhere
Even if the girl must work as do
nestle back in the home town she gets
as much pay likely as she can get
without special training in the city.
Living conditions are healthful, phys
ical1y and morally, in the rural com
munity. Recently I watched large
crowd of girl workers enter a factory.
Nearly every one wore those high
French heeled shoes. l venture MT
one had bank savings account. Sup
pose one of those girls gets sick. or
the factory shuts down. What can
she do?
The whole nation will be vastly bet
| ter off when our young men and young
women of the small towns-I include
cities of ten thousand population in
most OF opportunity at home.