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The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
BLuEJAcKET As BILLPosTER
Ono Of Uncle Same Sailors, Althouah
New to Job, Shows Versatility In
Handling Paste Brush.

Uncle Sans sailors are known for
their versatility, and many tar can
cook dinner, repair pipe, paint q
funnel or handle a ledger as well as
he can wigwag q message, point a
gun or shiver his timbers, but crowds
In lower Manhattan the other day
saw bluejacket with an odd job even
for sailor. He was a billposter,
says the New York Sun.
Equipped with a pile Of blue navy
posters calling on patriotic citizens to
enlist, he started In at the Battery ap-
parently with the intention of billing
the entire island. He was obviously
new to the job, but strove manfully
with perspiration trickling down his
forehead to get the hang of the paste.
brush and pot.
When first seen he was engaged in
sticking one Of the big sheets to q
fence surrounding the subway dig
ging operations in Battery park. In
the persistent breeze he found an
enemy, for the bill refused to cling to
the boardings, obstinately preferring
to wrap itself about his chest. He
made frantic swipe with the big
pastebrush, but only succeeded in
gluing the poster to his uniform.
Abandoning the brush, he carefully
peeled of the now sodden paper and
this time with his hands alone he sue
ceeded in sticking part of it on the
fence. Ignoring the wet paste trick
ling down his chest, he dabbed at the
unruly paper with the brush and final.
ly stepped back several feet to view
the poster with an air of triumph. It
was torn in several places, one corner
had been waited away by the breeze
and it was wrinkled all over, but
never did artist gaze at his own mas
terpiece with more satisfaction and
admiration.
:" After his moment Of triumph the
sailor moved on whistling tune, and
with the aid Of both hands. the brush
and one knee succeeded In plastering
another poster and part Of his shirt
on the fence. As he continued paper
ing the fence he rapidly incased HIM
self In fllm Of white paste, but this
apparently worried him not.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Notice 10 Bidders

:, Notice is hereby given that the Board Of.
VIII. until the 10th day Of July, 1917, al
o'clock p NJ, receive bids for laying and
finishing OF three new floors in three of
the rooms Of the Grade School Building in
WanpetOn, N. D., and for the sheeting and
ceiling with steel ceiling, the base
ton OF the said school building.
The floors shall consist of hard mapis
wood OF the best grade and the ceiling
must be OF the best grade OF steel ceiling.
ana the work must be performed and
completed In good and iirst-class work.
manltke manner.
Bids must be in writing, sealed, marked
Bids on Steel Ceiling and Floors" and
must be received by the Undersigned on
or before the time above mentioned. Each
bid his certified check in an amount equal
to ten per cent OF his bid with the under-
standing that said check will be the prop
erty. OF the said Board of Education and
snail snail be cashed by It in case the bidder
snal! refuse to enter into the proper con-
Iact or to furnish the bond reqiIired bv
law, or by said Board
The Board reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Dated June 25, 1917.
By Order OF the Board OF Education,
NJ. PESCHEL,
a. Clerk.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28

ceeded under escort of the Nashua
guards commanded by Capt. Daniel NJ.
Fisk, to the Oval. where the standard
was presented by Miss Ann G. Smith,
assisted by Misses Belinda Gibson and
Sarah Knowlton, her aids. It was ac-
cepted by Ensign Sheldon.
Procession then moved to Rev. Mr.,
Motifs church. Order Of exercises:
l. Select music. by the choir; 2
prayer by Rev. Mr.. Pratt; 8, hymn,
MY Country, "Tis Of Thee" ETC., read
by Rev. Mr.. Emmons; 4, Declaration Of
Independence. by B. f. French, Esq. {;
5. grafton, by Jonathan Lewis Clark
9. prayer, by Rev. Mr.. MCGEE; Z, music,
BY the choir; 8. benediction, by Rev,
Mr.. Mott.
The procession was again formed
and proceeded to the Washington
house. where splendid dinner was
provided.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Notice Of Mortgage Foreclosur. Sale

that certain Mortgage (Which contains .
power. power Of salel; executed by Glenn II.
Fergus Fails National Bank q corporationS,
aortgagee, dated January 25. 1916, and nled
Tor od record tI in In the Office Of the Register or
Dakota, o at ti:0 O'Clock A. NJ, on May is.
i9i6; i9in6; and thereafter duly recorded in Book
ssid OF Morgases. on e,g page 81, IN that the
refused to pay an installment Of $4,000 due
under the terms thereof on February 1.
s9i7; s and IN that the said mortgagor has
iGstallment Of interest due under the
terms Of q prior mortgage on February i.
19d7 in the sum of ssi 50 and in that said
fused 10 pay the taxes levied and ass assessed
against the premises in such mortgage and
hereinafter tSa described for the year 1916 and
protect the lien hereby foreclosed, and
pursuant TO the terms thereof, having paid
neon tne instailment Of interest due under such
Aforesaid taxes. in the sum of s23.7O, said
Hortgagee has elected to. and hereby does.
an;a declare ae It the vnh whole sum secured by the
the installment OF interest paid by it on
said prior mortgage and the taxes paid by
as aforesaid, TO be due and owing.
described mortgage will be foreclosed BY a
sale OF the premises therein and hereinar-
Ga,Ii yer Described. % at the front door. Of the
County Of Richiand and State of North Da:
kota at the hour OF ten o'clock in
,ns fGreno9n ss,., on the ah day or August
mortgage, including the interest due on
said prior mortgage and paid by the UNDER
ne signed oI!;o m;ortgagee. and including also the
taxes levied and assessed against said pre-.
mtses' nas al and paid BY the undersigned mort.
There will be due on said mortgage debt.
including the interest paid on said prior
mortgage nn tSa and the taxes paid as aforesaid.
dred sixty-nine and 2itOo dollars (s2e9.2il.
together with the costs and expenses or
sale; including IlusIg legal attorneys fees.
the premises described In such mort.
gage. and which sl, will be sold to satisfy the
County Of Rich!and and State Of North pa
The Southeast Quarter lsE - Of Section
thirtS;!3ye Gss! North; ef ksnee my two
IT The ea,!ae Undersigned mortgage has executed
ttornsey tor at law residing and practicing at
| Wahpeton1 North Dakota. a Power OF At
torney for the foreclosure OF said Mort
gage. which has been duly fled in the
Office or the Register Of Deeds Aforesaid.
Dated June 27th. 1917.
! Fergus Falls National Bank.
| c. ]. Kachelhoffer,
| Attorney for MortgSgee,
Wahpet0n. North Dakota. 6-29 6t
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Sensitive Steel Hands.

Some wonders Of physical recon.
struction are being achieved in the
treatment Of disabled soldiers In
France. Particularly successful is the
work of Prof. Jules Amar, to whom, az
he goes down the street near his hos.
pital In Paris, the women smile and
say. THAT'S the man that gave my
husband his arm back"
One man, who had lost his arm
while waiting for an interview one
day. amused himself by turning on q
lathe little brass shells, as souvenirs
as we'll as any turner could have
done.
A second man, whose arm was am.
putated above the elbow, picked up q
needle from the table with a small
pair Of dissecting forceps. Afterwards
the men gave an exhibition Of turning
and filing metal. and wood-drillinl
with sentative bit.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
&RmENIAns AN ANCIENT RACE
They Lived In Many Places Before %.
eupyine Regions Which They Have
Held for Many Centuries.

The history of Armenia dates from
very remote times, j. de Morgan writes
In the New Armenia. Hailing, no one
knows whence, at the same time as
the races who have populated Europe,
the Armenians formerly inhabited the
steppes of Russia and the plains Of
the lower Danube, and for a long time
Thrace, where they lived side by side
with the Hellenes, their c0ngeners.
Afterward, at about the time of the
Trojan war, We see them cross the
Hellespont and settle in Phrygia, with
the Phrygians Of whom they were then
but a great tribe. At this epoch the
empire of Hittites was extinguished,
1t is from Phrygia that, contrary to the
general law of migrations, the Armeni-
ans advanced toward the Orient, along
the high valley Of the Euphrates, and
came to occupy the regions Of Van.
Urmia, Erzerum and Ararat. The
kingdom Of Uratu disappeared; the
Armenians installed themselves upon
its ruins.
1t was then that appeared the grand
figure Of Haik, a fabulous parsonage
In the traditions, but assuredly real,
whom Moses Of Khorene described to
us, contending, in his heroic form,
against Bel, that is, against the kings
Of Assyria. The Armenia Major Of
our days was then occupied by peoples
related to the present Caucasians, to
the Lazes, Mingrelians and Georgians,
whom the kings Of Asshur, after the
fall Of the powerful state Of the Dor.
ders Of Lake Van, hoped to subjugate.
But Nineveh was soon to fall, and
through this revolution the Armenians
gained the time to establish their pow.
er firmly in the regions they con.
quered under the leadership Of Haik.
The first kingdom of the Armenians,
Hal, was founded 600 or 700 years be.
fore our era, and the spirit Of Haik
has lived until our own day, welding
the Armenian element that was sep
arated from the Phrygian nation.
Some centuries after the collapse Of
Nineveh the Medes were dispossessed
of power. The scepter passed to the
hands Of the Persians, whose onrush
forced the ancient rulers of Iran to
retire to the mountains. Then these
tribes came in contact with the Ar.
menfans, who, repulsed from the east,
transmitted this pressure to the peo.
pies Of Ararat.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Singing Men Arc Fighting Men,

singing Men Aro Fighting Men.
The power Of music has long been
extolled by people who have made
that field Of art their chosen work.
What is Of unusual interest, however,
is the fact that an appreciation Of its
value as q builder Of strength and
courage was voiced by an officer in
the army. At the opening day Of the
omcers' training camp at Plattsburg,
N. Y, General Bell. one Of the officers
at the head Of the training corps. made
an address before the men gathered
there, emphasizing the seriousness of
the work undertaken by them. During
the course Of the talk he made the fol.
lowing statements:
"A soldier must think only Of his
duty and do It in a way that all who
survive him will be proud Of the way
he gave up his life. You know whom
we are going to fight. German soldiers
sing while they march. want you
to see that our army beats them at
their own game, for singing men are
fighting men,"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Citizenship Imposes Duty.

Citizens Of free nation owe duty,
not only to their country and them.
selves, but to the whole world-to hu.
manlty. There is hardly moment in
the life Of any man when some sacri.
fee for liberty and free government is
not called for. This is as true in peace
as In war. The lesson is being i'm.
pressed on the national conscience to
day as 1t has not been before for many
yearA
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
NOT MAKING FAIR BARGAIN
She Expected Hubby to Have All Pee.
sibIe Virtues, But Forgot 70
Take Stock Of Her Own.

"What kind of man are you goins
to marry?" asked earnest, dark-haired
Margaret Ellis.
Her friend Vivian raised her golden
head. II want the man marry to be
entertaining, to be high in his profes.
sion, to have money, or the hope of
getting 1.-THE kind of man that every.
one is anxious to know. That kind
could make me happy. Just any man
wouldn't do. I couldn't marry Just
any man."
Grandmother Ellis looked up from
her crochet. A quizzical look crept
into her gray eyes as they rested on
vivian's attractive face. Then she
folded her capable hands in her lap
and said:
"Can you cook, vivianf'
"Wfiy. yes, a little. I can make
mayonpaise, cake and-and fudge" !"
she answered, looking puzzled over
the seeming irrelevancy Of the ques.
tion.
"Can you sewr'
"No; but I can embroide1."
II see. OF course you can keep
house?"
mo. Mrs. Ellis. I cannot. The maid
does that at our house."
II see, I see," mused grandmother.
She gazed out Of the window for a
minute, and when she looked back
her eyes were very kind.
Eyes, my dear, you expect to marry
someone who has used his time we'll
in making successful man of him
self. He must be so we'll trained that
he will make no mistakes that might
cause you discomfort or unhappiness.
He must stand the strain of the long
days, and the responsibility not only
Of his work but of his own family
and then be entertaining.
II wonder often whether women
realize just what that means. You,
on the contrary, know nothing of your
business Of being a wife. You enter
on the biggest job in life without
training. You will learn in time, per-
haps, but at the expense Of his COM
fort and your own. The petted doll
way Of homemaking is marked with
tears and regret. Do you think it is
quite fair to ask so much and give so
little?"
AS Grandmother Ellis talked q flush
had risen to Vivian's face, but plenty
Of sense lay behind her beauty. She
drew long breath.
'.Thank you. Mrs. Ellis" she said,
sincerely. II have never thought the
thing out before. You have given me
something that shall profit BY
Youths Companion.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28

orr patf' or"tongs. the enus or the
two arms Of the tongs are sharpened
to a point. When a fish has been
caught which has swallowed the hook,
the arms Of the tongs are compressed
and their ends are inserted in the
fish's mouth. The arms will then
spring apart and hold the Jaws open.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
The Modern Baby.

Now an oculist has discovered that
baby's white raiment Injuries his Vi
sion. They've taken away his cradle
and his old.time remedies and his
fairy stories, and now they want to
pinch his snowy pinafore.-Clevelan6
Plain Dealer.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Distlnnuished visltora

"Have you ever had any distin-
guished visitors In this town."
II should say SO, stranger. Only the
other day the sheriff of the neighbor-
ing county stopped off here on his way
to the state prison with one Of the
most notorious safe-blowers in the
country"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Oil Of aox Bean.

OIL of the soy bean is palatable
food widely eaten by the Chinese. This
vegetable oil also Is used In making
paints, varnishes, soaps. rubber substi-
tutes. linoleum. waterproof goods, lu-
bricants and printing ink.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
renae for the Greedy El,h.

The fish that swallows bait and hook
is not Joy to the angler. Getting
the hook out is no easy task. But the
task is simplified by using q handy
device just invented and described in
the Popular Science Monthly.
The device Is made from one piece
Of elastic steel wire bent in the shape
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Decidedly Different

00Vu0Vty 0b1JSJSUSs
Reformer@Things will be different
when we have taken graft out of pol-
ltics.
Machine politician-They certainly
win. Then tho Office will have to seek
ne man.-Jndxe.
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Advice.

TITS always safest aud best"
"What isl"
ITO think that your rival knows q
little more than he seems to, and that
you know little less than you think
you do"
The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28
Caesar Rodney's Ride
By Richard ]. Beamish


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oece OF anyone in the federation would division
and physician who warned hin, that ride might his
the Delaware
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The Wahpeton times., 1917-06-28

Ct. 6-8
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
HENRY OSBORNE LOSES POOL GAME
 TO E.F. RAYNOLDS

New York, March S-Edward F. Reynolds, Gustave Gardner, and J. M. Munoz won their first games in the national pocket billiard tournament at the New York Athletic Club yester- day. In the afternoon matches Ray holds was in good form and beat H. S. Osborne of Bridgeport by score of 125 to 83, and J. M. Munoz won from Edward F. Gray by a score of 125 to 93.
 In the night game Gustave Gardner beat J. J. Maloney in a slow game by a score of 125 to 78, leaving Maloney the. only player in the tournament who has not won a game.
 Reynolds, who has three times has been runner up for the title, showed a great improvement yester- day, and got great start, collecting one cluster of 20 balls Munoz also showed improvement in his game when he defeated Gray.
 The score by frames:
 Raynolds-14 II II 14 0 s II 2 Ia 3 3 13 4-130 balls. Scratches 5. Net-125 balls
 High runs- 20 19, 15.
 Osborne 0 3 3 0 If 379 6 II II 9 O-84 balls. Scratch 1. Net-S3 balls.
 High runs-14, g, g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
YALE'S ATHLETES
 BUSY THIS WEEK

New Haven, March 8-Just at this time before the starting of the base ball season at Yale, there seems to be big boom in the minor sports activities at the university, nearly all of the winter events being scheduled to be run off tomorrow and Saturday. Tomorrow there will be a handball match between Yale and Columbia in New York; a gymnastic meet with Penn at Philadelphia, and a swim ming meet and water polo game with Princeton, a meet which by the way, the Yale swimmers would rather win than any other on their schedule, as the Yale swimmers have not forgotten that Princeton has been at the bot tom of nearly all the eligibility trou- bles the duck feet men at Yale have had.
 On Saturday, Yale's basketball team will meet Dartmouth in Hanover, and every effort will be made to take that game, because of the close race Princeton has given the Ellis for the headship of the league.
 The bowling team will work in the university alleys, playing a telegraph match with Princeton. The wrestling team will also be engaged with Prince ton and the gymnastic team will be at Pottstown. working against the Hill boys. Besides all this the uni- versity hockey team will meet liar ward for tho series in the Arena here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
Prejudice Player Big
 Part In Influencing
 Betting on Ring Bouts

Prejudice plays a big part in the bet ting on pugilistic events, and dozens of instances might be cited in which men have wagered large sums on an inferior fighter simply because they hated his opponents. One of the most remarkable instances of this kind was afforded by the bout between Bob Fitz- simmons and Jim Hall, pulled off in New Orleans twenty-four years ago to- night.
 From the time the match was made up to the moment the men entered the ring of the Crescent A. C., to battle or the middleweight title, Hall was the favorite. He hadn't fought a real bout in America and his Australian record, save for his phony knockout of Bob Fitz. was nothing remarkable.
 For months preceding the contest Hall had toured America, and had gained. large personal following.
 Ruby Robert was very unpopular among the Irish sports, because he had licked their idol, "Nonpareil'' Jack Dempsey. The prejudice against Bob on that account was widespread, espe- ciaily among the Hibernians. When it came to actual fighting, however, prejudice played no part. Fitz was Halls master except for a part of the second round. and he knocked Jem out in the fourth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
Griffith Game Near Cheering Stallings In
 Boston Before Fans

/ One of the flaming bees incidental to the recent big league meetings in New York developed a story about how Manager, Griffith nearly ended George Stallfngs baseball career in Boston. According to the New York fGlobe, the pilot of the Braves tells it this way;
 'sThat fellow Clark Griffith came within an ace of costing me my job in tBoSton. It was on the day that de dedicated the new Braves Field. two years ago. Griffith was asked to come over and attend the opening ceremonies.
 ''There were 45,0oo or more people in the park. Some one conceived the brilliant idea of having Griffith pitch the first ball across the plate, while IT stood in the catcher's position to receive it.
 T fell for the idea. went out in my street clothes, with catcher's j1nAtt on. Griffith strolled to the box lin uniform. I expected him to lob lone over. To my astonfshnent and }consternation he cut loose with a fast !; curve!
 ! T hadn't caught ball in a dozey years. If he saad kept 1t a bit lower 1 q never would have caught this one. I I just did reach it, and clung to it for
 dear life. If I'd missed it. with 45,- ! 900 fans looking on. I would have i been kidded out of Boston. k Tt seems the whole thing was a
 plant. My players got Griffith to warm up for five minutes under the
 grandstand. just to throw that one ball and make a sucker out of me-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
Home Run Looked
 Better Every Time
 Bodie Thought of It

Ping Bodie played a game of ball on the coast somewhere not so long ago, and during it's progress dropped a home run over the fence,
 That was a lucky one" 'modestly declared Ping, as he came back to the bench 'It didn't get over that fence more'n a foot"
 It 80 happened that the homer won the game and thereby loomed up as the one important wal1op of the day. On the train on the return trip an- other bunch of ball players climbed aboard, and, of course, inquired about the game.
 "Won it on my homer!" said Ping. "I slapped the ball over that fence a mile!"
 An hour and a half later Ping was on the ferry. By this time the homef had reached huge proportions.
 Say" said Ping to a friend he met on the boat, "you should have seen that blow! They sent the two fast est horses in the country after it in relays, and they haven't caught up with it yet!'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
BROWN NE DENIES
 GARDEN HACKERS
 LACK READY COIN

New York, March S-Grant Hugh Browne flatly denied yesterday that the recent sale of Madison Square Garden was mere talk or just a scrap of paper He said he was moved to laughter that any financial difficul- ties of the new owner had led to a willingness to toss away the first pay ment of $100,000. He added:
 These stories are really too silly to deny. Men are not investing a just what they are doing and the public can rest assured that the prop erty was acquired by responsible men"
 Fred Wenck, chairman of the State Athletic Commission, when asked last night as to the status of the license issued to the Garden Tower Corpora tion to conduct bouts in Madison Square Garden said:
 - Before the Boxing Commission is- sued a license to the Garden Tower Corporation, Grant Hugh Browne brought in paper from Edward l.. Dev1in, Superintendent of of the Bond and Mortgage Department of the New York Life Insurance Co.,, giving them the right of occupancy pending the taking of title. It was then that we issued the license. If the Garden Tower Corporation has not or does not take the title, the icerse that we is- sued will be null and void.'
 It is said that the difficulty, if any exists between Paris Singer and the New York Life Insurance, has been over question of liens on the Gar den fixtures. There has been a judg- ment suit brought against the New York Life to recover this property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-08
OLLIE O'MaRA OF
 BROOKLYN TEAM
 IS ST. LOUIS BOY

Oliver O-Mara, the shortstop of the Dodgers, is twenty-five years old to- day. Ollie has never been a shining 1ieht at short. but he has many friends who believe that he will yet develop into q star, possibly as sec ond baseman- At times he played d niftr game for the Robins last year, but on. other occasions his miscues rvera ccstly, and the Brooklyn fans made his play worse by jeering and hootinE him
 AOyMara is a fiery hut sensitive and thin-s1Kinned player. and doubtless the banning he got worked on his nerves. Hts stick work also fell off last sea- son He battsd .2S3 in 1914, his first year with the Dodgers, and -244 in 1915. when he was the regular short stop of the club, while last season his figure was .2O2-s The little Irishman 1s ambitious and a hard worker, and those qualities may yet make a great player of him.
 OIie is St Louis product and 4yae born in the Mound City on March s. 1892. As kid he was a star in the Sk Lonis Trolley League, and at rine- teen he won leagne berth with Han ntba1, in the Central Association. In the latter part of the 1912 season he w&s sold by Hannibal to the Detroit Tigers, but Jennings released hi1u to Isrcvidence before the opening of the 1918 season The Saints used him in a few games and then released him to Evansville, in the Central League, and he finished the 1 913 season with Fort Wayne, and was then sold to RrOok1yn. |: