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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
LETTER FROM mELvlN EARLY

A letter from Melvin Early, IL
member of Co. to his sister.
Mercedes, Texas, Aug. 10, 1915
Dear Sister:
received your letters both on
1.-The same day, there must be
something wrong with the mail
sesvicc. Did you get the letters
that. wrote you? One Of the
boys. was writing a letter every
other day to his mother. She
did not get them, and sent Il
Telegram to find out the trouble
II want TO know if YOU receive my
letters.
We are having some good
rains down here, it rains nearly
!cvcry day, but it is getting bet
ter now. l gu.ss we will be
here for some time. We thought
that We might lie sent to San
| Diego, Cal, but it don't look like
| il now.
1t was feared that the river
might raise as the place we arc
| i'm was once under water.
suppose thai you are hearing
a lot of things up there but you
need not believe any of it be
cause it is not so. We have
a pretty nice place here, have. d
Y. M. C. a. and our camp is right
iu town and IN" feed we get is
! fine For dinner today We had
potatoes. meat, bread. syrup,
gravy aud pic. We are fed be-;
ter than most of them on account
Of the company's fund. ! gained
i 10 pounds since we came here,
,and wr take Il hike of two miles
every morning, and from $50 10
! 1890 we drill and then we arc
off until go when we drill
again until $3.50 and that is all
we do except on Friday we TAX"
ia 10 mile hike.
, One lady owns most of tn"
Hand between here and Browns
willie about so miles distance and
the land is worth from $50 to
$500 per acre. Tho government
paid $500 per acre for the land
We have not ..en the border
vrf. but guess we will go down
;t'rro soon. We v."r' up 10 church
last Sunday. The church is on
liz other side Of the town. We
had achanco to see the houses
people live in here. Tho houses
Hook like our barns up there.
They ara without paint. and Il
chance for q lot Of fresh air to
go through.
From your brother.
Melvin
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24

! er and sewer connections have
not been made, and premises
where such connections are
improperly made, have not been
notified to make and install such
connections or to relay and re
connect there premises, as the
case may be, And,
| WHEREAS, the City Council
deems. it necessary and proper
that said premises should all be
properly connected with both
the water main and sewer, prior
ito the laying of a permanent
foundation for paving over and
above said water main and sewer
system;
| THEREFORE,, be ii REsOLNE:::
that the city auditor be, and he
hereby is, authorized and direct
ed to cause to be published in
the official newspaper Of the city
for two consecutive weeks no.
/ tice to the owner and occupants
of the premises who have not
been notified heretofore that they
forthwith and winthin thirty days
after the first publication of such
notice, at their own cost and cx
pensc. cause TO be made. install
ed and completed water and scwp!
connections. Or cause to be re
laid and reconnactcd water and
sewer service pipes. as the re-
socctINe premises may require.
all to be done in proper man
nrr' i'm accordance with the ordi.-
nanccS of said city applica!i!"
thereto and in accordance With
the plans and specifications pre-
pared by the city engineer and on
file in the office Of the city au l.
itOr.
Motion for the adoption of said
ordinance was seconded by Aide!
man Streeter.
The vote on said motion was
taken by roll call and was as fol-
lows: Fricke, yes: Hodel. yes
Simo2sen, yes; NJ. J. Braun, yes
Stf"etef. yes; Connolly. yes
Alderman Carl J. Braun and G. l..
Harris We're absent and did no.
vote.
It was moved by Alderma !
Sinonson and, seconded by Aid
erman Streeter that the fira siren
be reshipped to the Handric s;
Bolthoff Mfg & Supply Co, as
the same. after a thorough tria!
did not prove sati:&actory.
\ roll call vote was taken up
on said motion and all members
present voted yes
Motion made. seconded and
carried that we adjourn.
s. H. MURRAY.
City Auditor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
Mr.. FURY MOVES TO MORRIS

At the end Of This weeks buSi-
ness J. E. Fury moves his con-
fectioncry stock TO Morris. whcr"
he will conduct an up-to-datr
store. handling confectionery Of
all kinds. cigars and magazines.
During Mr.. !'ur;'s short resi-
drnce in Wah"cton he las shown
himself to be an llp-fo-datc anil
hustiing young business man. W..
regret to lose paopI" like he and
his wife have shown themselves
=" he to hc. but the~ have the best
wishes Of q largo circle of friends
FOR success and prosperity III
their new home.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
IL foot deep at curb at ST.
f3 - ner linnal foot.


63 i-2 per lincal foot.
1t is to be understood that
wherever old sewers are tobelow
cred ten cents per lineal foot
must be added to the above prices
hut we will allow the respective
property owners credit for the
value of whatever old sewer tile
We can replace. The City to
make connections at the wate;
mai1.-
! We agree to- do all of said work
sn a first-class manner, under
the supervision of the City's au-
thorized superintendent, and to
have the same completed not lat
er than November ist.
We enclose certified check for
$4,000. Also bond pursuant to
statue.
Respectfully submitted,
H. L. Connolly.
Chas. E. Quinn
1t was moved by Alderman
Si,nonsen and seconded by Alder
man Harris that We adjourn to
Monday, August l4th, 1916, a,
1870 O'Clock, for the purpose of
further considering he bids for
water and sewer connections
\ roll call vote was taken and
all members present voted yes. =
S. H. MURRAY.
City Auditor.
Adjourned Meeting of. Wahpe-
tol City Cbuncil,> held Monday
August tith. 1916, at 7:3O p. NJ.
Mayor Fligelman presiding.
Council met pusuant to adjoll
rament, and was called to order
by Mayor Fligelman.
Alderman present: Frickc.
Hodel. Simonsen, NJ. J. Braun.
Streeter, Connolly, Absent: Har-
ris and Carl Braun.
Moved by Alderman Frickc,
That we take up the bids for
Water Main and Sewer Connec-
lions in Paving District No. 1.
as submitted at the last meeting,
for further considerations:
Motion seconded by Alderman 4
Simonsen: a roll call vote was
taken and all members present
voted yes
Moved hy Alderman Frickr,
That the bid Of H. r. Connolly
and Chas. E. Quinn, for the ia
stallation Of water main and sew
cr connections ia Paving District
| No. I. being the lowest. the same
be accepted.
Motion seconded by Alderman
Hodel: Roll call was taken on
said motion and the vote was as
follows: Frickc, yes; Hodel,
yes; Simonsen, yes: NJ. ]. Braun,
yes; Strecter, yes: Connolly, yes;
Alderman Carl J. Braun and G..
l.. Harris, were absent and di,!
not vote.
Motion made and seconded.
That the certified check and bid. /.
der's bond Of the Aiken Constr
uclion Co.. be returned.
\ roll call vote was taken on
said. motion and all members
present voted ''es.''
The following resolution was
introduced by Alderman Hodel,
who moved its adoption:
WHEREAS. the owners and oc-
cupa2ts of certain premises sit
uate on Dakota Avenue between
the Bois de Sioux River and tn"
Vest line Of Eighth Street, in
l Paving District No. 1. where wat
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24

We cannn; b., too urgent III
r";n!ing on. !b" necessity of al!
stock grow+rs "no possess any
thing OF merit, to s''oM ne same
Il! ;hc Rirhlard County Fair tms
fail. This will be live stock
year, and the demand for blood
ed and good types Of graded
cattle. by reason Of your exhibit
will place you in touch with tn.
thousans who will visit our fair
this fall. The liberal premiums
Offered. and the benefits derived
will be one Of inestimabln valu"
to all those who avail themselves
Of This opportunity. Plan early
and write to the Secretary for
reservations.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
BISMARCK PEOPLE
EIGHT NEW PAVING

The opposition to new paving
is preparing to restrain the city
council.
"a large paving district was
mapped out and many Of those
residing therein are opposed to
paving certain streets on account
J.: .ac alracdy heavy taxes.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
PAPERS ARD MAGAZINES

We have taken over all Of the
papers periodicals and lnagazin
cs from HE Opera confcctIoal
Store as Mr.. Fury, the proprietor
is leaving Gown and from now on
we will be abe to supply you in
any thing il that line.
Your sunday papers will b"
found here.
Hawcs Bakery
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Leo. Taylor, Pastor

Regular services will be held
next Sunday. August 27th. Sub
,;ect for the morning-''Rcsur-
rcc!ion of Dead Souls.
The subject 70" the evening
will hc--''rhc Worlds Sin
bearer"
You are cordially invited to
come and bring your friends.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-24

Mrs. II. G. Klen?or was an ov"r
Sunday guest Of friends in IN"
city. she came by auto with
some relatives of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. u. Cach.o. WHO v-eze making
a sho-. visit in the city.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12

ently sink, spreading agony and death among those who cannot escape
 No rifle or machine gun fire has has been ordered this time, and from either line scarcely sound is heard except the deadly hiss of the escaping fumes. The minutes pass in tense, ominous quiet. Nature herself seems to pause aghast to watch this latest deviltry practised by her child ren upon one another.
 Behind their masks the gasmen be- gin to breathe more freely, and then suddenly on the left. 'Crash!' And crash again, and yet again. This time on the right somewhere close at hand. The men crouch lower over their cylinders; the explosions follow one another almost too rapidly to be counted. and in any case their minds are no longer fitted to count - or care. Only the valves must be turned and the pipes must be watched, and the sudden spurt of vapor which marks a leak must be checked by the application of handful of mud, which the gas itself immediately freezes into an iron.hard and impenetrable mass.
 "In one of the bays. the parapet rocks suddenly and falls forward, burying the men and their cylinders. Almost immediately the men scramble out unhurt; but the pipes are broken, and the gas is filling the trench. With spanner and mud the thing is stopped, new connections are rigged up, and the death vapor is again directed out side what is left of the trench. But one of the men has had the mouth piece of his respirator broken, and al ready he is coughing and choking painfully. I've got it!' he gasps hoarsely, and goes behind the traverse to suck an ammonia ampule and die slowly.
 "'Ciosing up time!' Rapidly the valves are shut down. the jet pipes withdrawn and plugged and stacked av3ay. Feverishly the men work at 'bagging up their cylinders again. Inn perturbably sergeant stalks down the ruined and battered trench, shep: herding his flock towards their dug out. He is an old-timer = transfer from the infantry and he scarcely
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12
REMOVE PARIS MARKETS
 WITHIN COMPLICATIONS

PARIS, Aug. 12 - The municipal council of Paris is considering a pro position for the removal of the "Halles" Central Markets from the center of the city to the outskirts, along the line of the present fortifica- tions.
 The great wall of Paris. with its meats and easements, was doomed to destruction after it's usefulness was demonstrated in 1S7O-71 Its disap- pearance will leave broad space avil- able for all kinds of public improve ments, including parks. play grounds, sporting arenas and boulevards. A new hospital to replace the Beaujon hospital will be erected near the Neu- lilly section and farther north and east in close proximity to the Saint Martins canal, 1t is suggested, To- cation can be provided for the mar kets where they can be reached di- rectly by water and rail reducing by more than half the cost of rehandling the provisions of Paris.
 The future Fair of Paris,' to be organized somewhat on the lines of the recent Lyons Fair" may also ha Incatad on the site of the fOrtifica- tions. It is proposed to build an ex. position palace, reserved more espec- ially for industry and commerce than art, which finds its place in the Grand Palais, and the favorite sites are the emplacement of the Notifications near the Porte Maillot or the Porte d'Au- teuil.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12
GAS ATTACKS BY THE BRITISH
 TROOPS

LONDON, Aug. 12. Before the "big squeeze" began discussion of British gas attacks was strictly pro hibitsd, but now the taboo has been lifted, and a British "gasman" has been allowed to write a graphic ac- count of the work of his own special corps whose business 1t Is, he says, Ito doctor the Germans with their own medicine"
 Behind our lines," he writes, the sun set in blaze of glory. A glance over the parapet shows the green and scarlet of the poppied No-man's Land already merging into the gray mists of twilight, but 150 yards away, like brown earth shadow among the grays. hangs the rusty barbed wire of the enemy and just beyond white, chalky upthrow marks his front line trench. The gas men starts across the silent shadows at that white line and for a moment they think of the ehoky. gurgling cough of the men who die by gas. It is not pleasant to die by gas.
 Connect up!' The order comes down the line from one bay of the trench to another, and the gasmen i'm mediately get busy. The front rows of neatly piled sandbags of which each fire-step is apparently solidly built, are pulled out and disclose cavity in which show. black and ominous, the cowled heads of a row of iron cylin, ders. They are sunk in pits well 'bagged up to protect them from pos sible crack or puncture by flying frag ments or richochetting bullet. Each cylinder weighs about 13O pounds. and contains sufficient compressed gas, il it could be used without waste, to put an entire company out of action. "on top of the cylinders lies a tan
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12
NORWAY T0 CU I 0UT USE OF
 LIQUOR

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Aug. 12.- A bill prohibiting all workers on pub lie conveyances as we'll as soldiers and sailors of both the fighting and merchant fleets from consuming in. toxicating liquors during their working hours, and also six hours before they take up their duties. has been intro duced into the Norwegian parliament. It is believed that as the majority of the legislators are in favor of prohi- bition, the bill will become law in a very short time, and may possibly lead to prohibition throughout the country.
 The measure provides for criminal prosecution of offenders against It's articles, the first offence being pun. ishable by fine, and a repetition by Imprisonment for a maximum term of three months and liability to dis. missal without possibility of return to public service.
 Employees on street cars, omnibus. ses, taxicabs, railroads and passenger boats are to be subject to the proyis. ions of the bill, as we'll as soldiers and sailors, but the king has the power to grant dispensation to the officers and crews of warships visiting foreign ports where they may be entertained by the hosts or have to give enter tainment in return.
 Most of the Norwegian steamship lines already make it a condition of their contracts with the officers and crews that they shall totally abstain from intoxicating liquors during their service.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12

by Behind their masks the gasmen grunt disgustedly. But suddenly - crack! crack! rat-a-tat! rat-a-tat-tat! The orders to the infantry have not been countermanded, and the quiet of the night is roughly shattered by a long line of viciously cracking rifles and Lewis guns, to which the Germans reply.
 "The gasmen move about uneasily It is not for themselves they fear, but for those pipes and cylinder heads bare and exposed to the hail of flying fragments. We'll they know the dan. ger of bursts. and of trenches filled with gas and no wind to move it. But they cannot bag up without orders. and so they detail one of their number in each bay to watch the cylinders while the rest gather behind the tra, verse, as being a slightly safer spot.
 When day breaks a fair wind is blowing, straight towards the German trenches But, of course, it is now broad daylight, and the gas will be visible as soon as it leaves the pipes. The gasmen know what to expect. They know that as soon as the green ish gray clouds appear outside their parapet there will be running messen- gers and hurried telephoning in the German lines. They know that with in a few minutes the word will have reached the German big guns at the back, and that every piece capable of flattening out parapet and bury ing them, mangled and broken, among their own cylinders will be concentrat. ed upon the front line trench in which they stand.
 "'Time!' Over the top the jet pipes are flung, and then, simultaneously along almost two miles of trench there arises a sibilant hiss, as of some mon strous and venomous snake sudden ly aroused from slumber. Now the gasmen are working frantically with wheel and spanner and key, and tht hiss increases in shrillness and vol ume. Outside the parapet the greer poison fog is already spreading like foul blanket over No-man's Lard Carried ceaselessly forward its outer edge is rapidly approaching the Ger man trenches, into which 1t will pres
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12

gle of flexible connecting pipes, three and four-way joints, spigots and screw jet. and upon these. with spanner and key the gasmen start work. The cyl finders are all connected up in series, and nothing remains but to throw the jets over the top of the parapet and open the valves in order to release the deadly fumes.
 But something is required to carry the gas over to the German lines - a favoring breeze and never did sail or scan the sky more intently than the gasmen watch their little, incon- spi1uous wind guages, fixed to the edge of q trench. They must have a wiTd of a certain direction, and they prefer it of a certain strength. On this occasion the direction is satisfac- tory enough, but the breeze shows signs Of weakness, and occasionally falls to a mere. almost imperceptible zephyr.
 When not watching the wind the gasmen are watching their pipes; re peatedly feeling and testing every inch of tube and joint, for none know better than they the danger of leak age and of the escape of gas into their own trenches. Persistently an officer passed down the line, casting rapid though keen glances as he goes at each set of cylinders, and their con meeting pipes. And in every bay he pauses and whispers two words to the corporal in charge: Eleven o'clock But the wind, without which the gas will not reach the enemy's trench, and do its deadly work among it's occupants. begins to peter out.
 At ten-fifty the gasmen don their special respirators, which in the dim light give the wearers a strange, al most inhuman appearance. Masked and goggled. with weird, trunk-like pieces of hose running from the mouthpiece to the box of air-purifyine chemicals strapped to their chests they look like some of the unearthly beings who people the books of MT H c. Wells.
 But not breath disturbs the stil air. The feeble breeze has died com pletely. Hurriediy the order runs down the line: Cancel, and stane
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12
r AXE CHARITIES
 IN LONDON
 EXPOSED

LONDON, Aug. 12. - London so- ciety has been stirred by the revela- ton that some of it's titled and most prominent members have unwittingly been lending their names to fraudu- lent war charity organizations. The names of the frauds and of the lead CTS of England's aristocracy who served on committees were not given out by the government committee which made the disclosures.
 Following close on the heels of the report the founder of war fund was arrested, speedily convicted and sen fenced to six months Imprisonment at hard labor for converting it's money to his own use. In passing sentence the court condemned widely known persons who had allowed their names to be used on dummy committees"
 Rumors that all was not right in the affairs of many of the charity" organizations which have sprung up since the outbreak of the war were heard early this year. and resulted in the appointment of a committee. Its report bristles with stories of fake charities, astounding proof of the gull libility of mankind, and the ease with which distinguished persons may be trapped into lending their names to what is described as "organized roguery."
 The report, for instance, refers to one charity that published no accounts and to another with a merely nomi- nal committee; to a third whose bal ance sheet fails to account for quar-, ter of a million dollars, to a fourth started by an undischarged bankrupt, to a fifth that was the invention of a foreign swindler To all these the public gave freely.
 "The favorite dodge" the report says, 'is really to expend the major part of the sum collected on the nomi- nal object of the charity, and only steal twenty or thirty thousand pounds"
 After calling attention to the reck- lessness of titled and prominent peo- pie in lending their names to these fake charities. the committee recom- mends state supervision throughout " registration of charity funds.
 But" says the Daily Mail, that Is not enough First let us have the title of the bogus charities or the names of their 'treasurers.' Titled and pro- minent people who lend their names in this way place a vicious and contemp- tible blot on our social system, and II would do a world of good if the names of these dummy patrons were pub lished along with the frauds they have helped to foster"
 Many promoters have found the war charity a gilt-edged investment, the Daily Sketch deduces, and adds: There are certain men and women in society who think that they have full filled most of their obligations to char ity by allowing their names to go on every committee which writes to them"
The Cordova daily times., 1916-08-12
ALAMEDA BRINGS M AN '
 PASSENGERS

The steamer Alameda arrived about g o'clock last night, but on on account of the large quantity of freight for here did not sail for the westward until noon today. The following pas sengers were for Cordova: J. P. Rock afellow and wife, Ed. Pfeister, C.. S. Catudal, G. w. Brown, J. St. Peter, H. s. Paul and wife, G. T. McConaghy, Mrs. w. A. Gilmore, F. Huger, J. Graves and wife, Mrs. H. w. Schmidt, Mrs. G. Stone, A. Lee. l.. Larsen, J. E. McCracken and wife, and five steer age.
 The round trip passengers were: Dr. La Sexton and wife, c. Fantle and wife, F. Freeman and wife. Miss E. McClain, w. T. Montgomery, R. s. Warren, Miss NJ. Andrews, Miss A. Curtin, Miss Carolyn Hork. Dr. E. Pal, mer, w. E. Reynolds. F. T. Merritt and wife, Miss R. Merritt. Miss F. Hutchins, Miss A. Taylor, Miss H. Ely Mrs. M. Ely, R. Foster Stone, w. H Warnick and wife, Miss E. Bunk, Miss M. E. Bunk, Miss J. Gay Dodge, Miss Rose E. Casserly, Miss Edna Chapin c. E. Lind and wife, R. c. Hill. Miss M. Merritt, E. c. Wilson and wife Miss NJ. Taylor, N. E. Weeks and wife