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The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE AND CITATION, HEARING OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBU-
TION OF ESTATE

NOTICE AND CITATION, HEARING OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBU-
TON OF ESTATE
State of North Dakota, County Of Stark.
In County Court. Before Hon. Fred
In the Matter OF the Estate of Jeannic
E. Curtiss, Deceased.
Walter L.. Curtiss,.
cernel!a w. Deming. Fin
w. Pelton, Austin H.. Pei
senSus A.. Pelton, Robert
B. Pelton, Jessie l.. Rice
and Howard Rice,
Respondents.
Notice and Citation, Hearing Of
Fina! Account and Distribution OF
Estate.
The State of North Dakota to the
Finn NJ W. p FELTON, on. Austin H. Pelton, Walter
c. Pelton, Bessie W. G%ruschus, Samuel
4; Pe Ito t H R0nerf R 8. Pe are jber cgSSiG noti-
fled that the final account of the Execu-
tor of the Estate of JEANNE E. CurtiSs,
late Of the { City X, Of San M pi sfs}e on n CANS ahe
this Court, therein showing that the
estate Of said deceased is ready Tor ma
settlement d1O u1SLI AUuIAOAAS oAN
ing that his account be lloWed, tne
residue of said estate be distributed 70
the persons thereunto entitled. his az.
ministration closed n he be dlschargeo
that Monday, the 2Sth day Of January rn u
A. D. 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
Of tina day, at the Court Rooms 3a,' TINS
Of Stark and State Of North Dakota has fas
been duly appointed by this court LOT
the settlement thereof. at Whlcn ti NJ
and place any person interested IN saiu
estate may appear and file his e3ceptions
and contest the same.
and a Of you, are hereby cited and re-
before this Court, and show cause. II \
not be allowed, the residue Of said estate
estate closed and said Walter l.. Curtlss
Dated the 9Th day of December, A. u.
By the Court:
~0 Judge of the County, Court:
made BY publishing same iR the Dickin-
son Press once each week Tor 1our sue
cessive weeks. crp
\oeeoD Judge.
Murtha &, Sturgeon,
Attorneys for Administrator,
pub. Dec. 15-22-29; Jan. So
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IForerunner Of Christmas.

The spirit Of merrymaking that
marks our Christmas holidays had it's
origin with the Roman feast called
the Saturpalia. This was a festival in
honor Of Saturn, father Of the gods.
It lasted for a week or two, beginning
about the 10th Of December, and was
the occasion for great revelry among
all classes. No business was transact
ed during this period, war was JUS
pended, private feuds were forgotten
or forgiven, and general good fellow
ship reigned supreme. Friends eC-
changed presents with one another,
and the slaves were waited upon by
their masters and mistresses.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Matter of the Estate of James
H. Caldwell, Deceased:
Notice is hereby given by the under,
signed R. H. johnson. w. F. Burnett ana
viii of james H. Caldwell, late Of the
Town of Taylor, in the County of Stark
and State of North Dakota, deceased. 10
the creditors of, and all persons having e
them with the necessary vouchers, with
in six months, after the first publicatlon
Of this notice. to said Executors at In tae 8
National Bank Bldg, in the City OF
Dickinson, in said Stark County
Dated November 8. a. p; 1917.
r. H. JOHNSON,
w. F.. BURNETT.
F.. H. REGISTER,
Executors.
First publication on the 10th day OF
November. A. D. 1917.
s(Nov. 1O-l7-24; Dec. 1-S-15-22; Jan. D.
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Workeons the new sewer system at
Marmarth has been discontinued until
after the holidays, due to the cold
weather and lack Of men.
Lewis johnson Of Alexander was
badly injured recently when the car
which he was driving turned over as
they rounded a corner and Mr.. John
son was pinned underneath and rend-
cred unconscious. M. A. Halquist,
who was in the car at the time, was
uninjured.
Werner has a Home Guard mem
ssership of 65:
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
What the
Christmas
Waits Sing,

CANTA CLAUS being about to de.
- sert the city streets for his annual
reindeer ride over the roofs, the
waits" prepare to sing their centuries
old carols.
In several American cities has been
revived the beautiful old custom Of the
waits going about from house to
house singing the familiar old songs.
Light the Christmas candles in your
window If you want them to stop be-
fore your home!
God rest you merry, gentlemen; lei
nothing you dismay-
they will surely sing that, perhaps the
best known of all old English carols.
And this too:
Hark! The herald angels sing,
Glory to the ne1oborn king.
And, of course, 20 Little Town of
Bethlehem"
Perhaps, too, they will sing what is
said to be the earliest known Christ
mas carol, dating from the Anglo-Nor-
man days Of the thirteenth century,
which begins:
Lordltn0s, listen to our 10y
We haze come from far G1DGy
To seek Christmas.
In this mansion zoe r told
He his. yearly feGsts doth hold:
Ills today!
May Jog come from God above
To all those Who Christmas 1ove.
This carol ends with the toast of
those days:
"Here, then, I bid you all wassail,
cursed be he who will not say drink
hail." Wassail" meaning your health
and "drinkhail" being the usual and
courteous acknowledgment.
One of the best known Of all the old
carols, although not one Of the Oldest,
was written by Nahum Tate in 1903
and is called the "Song of the Angels"
It begins:
While shepherds watched their focks
by night,
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came dovn
And glory shone around.
Many are the carols in which Brit
aims ancient holly figures. "Then
drink to the holly berry," pledges one
writer Of songs, while another in "Un-
der the Holy Bough" summons "All ye
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15

who have scorned each other or injur.
ed friend or brother, come gather here"
And then there's that grand old hymn
"Adeste FIdeles," sung in every church
in this land and in others, at this
Christmas season: = /"
Oh, come, all ye faithful, 49,.
joyful and triumphant
Come ne, oh, come ye to Bethlehem!
Christmas would not be Christmas,
Of course, if the waits were to neg
lect one other Of the most beautiful Of
old carols:
Holy night, peaceful night
Through the darkness beams a light.
Hozy night, peaceful night
Through the darkness beams a H0hti
tY0nder, aDhere they speet vigizs keen
Der the babe Dh0, in silent sleep,
Rests in heavenly peace,
Rests in heavenly peace.
If there are any Of you who have
In mind an after Christmas dinner even
ing Of song to the accompaniment Of q
harpsichord, a spinet, a lutte or a piano
or even the modern and much adver,
tsed disk machine, it might be we'll to
try this on the company:
> "Hark the Herald Angels Slng.n
Hdrk! The herald angels sing,
GLORY to the neDborn king;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
E1-f ~ = > -. = ~ Sr-Y IhsE E W
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
MISSOURI SLOPE NEWS
> o o o o o o o o o o o o 6
Mott now has a Home Guard.

Members of the Equity Union in
the vicinity of Lennon, who held
stock in the Equity elevator which was
recently destroyed by fire in that
town, met last week and have ar
ranged to rebuild in the spring. A
$4,000 structure will be erected,
about twice as large as the one de-
stroyed.
Emil Strand of Fryburg has pur-
chased the William Sharman place
southwest Of that city.
Ernest Severson of northeast of
Hettinger is i'll at his home of scarlet
fever.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
IN BANKRUPTCY
In the District. Court Of the United State:
For the District Of North Dakota

in the District Court Of the United States
For the District Of North Dakota
In the Matter of John Klemm, Bank
tpupt. In Bankruptcy
TO the creditors Of John Kemm OF
Gladstone, County of Stark and District
aforesaid, a bankrupt: noaam
Notice is hereby given that on Decem-
Der 9Th, 1917, the said John klemm was
duly adiudicated bankrupt and that the
first meeting Of his creditors will pa he'd
ist National Bank Bldg. in Bismarck,
n. D.. On Friday, December 2sth. 1917, at
3 O'Clock eP. M, at which time the
creditors may attend, prove their CLAIMS.
and transact such other business as may
properly come before such meeting.
Dated: Bismarck, N. D.. December
- H. F. O'HARE,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Cub. Dec. IL, 1919
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The Sweetest Of All.

Christmas is a jolly day, but let us
not forget that it is Christ's birthday
and that to make someone else happy
Is the sweetest thing Of all.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
TELEPHONE BIDS WANTED.

The Ding Telephone Co, a corpora
bids for the salefor cash of its prop
erty, consisting of approximately Ga
,nile5#of Telephone line. Metallic System,
N Stalla.sand Hettinger counties, to-
gether with supplies such as wire, poles,
boxes, n exchange, tools and a shed,
IN hand. Bids4AWills he opened by the
eflbe &c, at I.efor, N. Oak. The COM
ft5 s@9 vS Rigs1tStl SaiecLa one and
I'll bids. For further information adj
9cs J5ai eNletHailger. Lefor. N. Oak,
Pub bee. 1922. 1917
la 5 County Record will 60
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
A Wish.

a Wish.
I'd fain have a centipede's stockings
To hang by the fireplace tonight
And then have an octupus Sanity
With eight arms to fill them up tight.
New York Sun.
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"Bnn't @pr,, Hntu
QMmtm1aa1'

+ Emit Open Atttl &
e Qlrtatruaar' y
My Love hath sent q oft to 81
H But though that Gift I long to u
II see, H. II
The packets label says me 81
H "Don't open until Chrtstmas Il
day." II
~ TNH Christmas day-how long y
~ to Wdtt ~
II And pine, yet hold invtolate r
81 The ban, too strict for Adams 81
clay, y
" Don't open until Christmas u
day." n
y On Christmas day shall I be q
~ here IL
Gf TO joy In that .ohich now Z
Were dear? s.
And must I heed these 7nnes .
~ that say, ~
II Don't open until Christmas X
day'" s.
y Should Time, the churl, haze ~
p0Wer to hold III
f In check each N0rd, each N
81 deed of old! 81
y Through this decree of drear ~
" delay, -
Nf "Don't open until Christmas X
81 day." s.
" For there be hcarts-and ~
purses, too X
&f Locked fast to L0ve the long s.
gear through AZ
~ By that same a1ord, phich 81
fools obey, N
II "Don't open until Christmas Il
day." ~
All, Lone, the sages all a1loW ~
liz The time for any joy Is nowi I'D
RI Then charge me never more, 81
" I pray, ~
"Don't open until Christmas u
N6 day" I'd
III arthur Gntterman. IN Life. RI
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sSS0 70 WV wv
SON OF the
SOUL,
Fro M golden.
morn to star
ry night.
Naught care zoe
for the pierre
ing cold,
The e d
snoW or rag
ina blast.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15

NoW jozHty commands the floor,
And Jog comes uNth the mistzetoe.
Bring IN the YuZe logs ancient fame,
The soused 6oar's head, a rich re,
past.
Let sorroW 90 the Way it came;
Let care be to Oblivion cast.
The sweet clear votces sound a0ithout
SGckbuts and shaun make Who1e.
some glee.
Turned is the b0dr's head round about
With garzdnds rich and r0SemGry. =
And moW the toGming WassaH 6oUz
Shall bring US comfort and delight:
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15

Good soilI and joy 90 everysohere
Upon the golden Ohristmdstide.
joel Benton.
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15
Che Golden
CbrlStmaStidc

7 UNDER the far blue Syrian sky
u Was born the ConQueror OF
Death,
Who bore credentials from on high
In Bethlehem and Nazareth.
Then came the neaD and better tinesI
One lone star stgnazed far and wtde;
And moW We ring me1odious chimes
To marie the holy ChristmGstide.
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Ma 5 County Record will 60
e a year on January /:
The Dickinson press., 1917-12-15

For Christmas never shall grow old
From cons nep or centuries past.
Quaint mNnumerss nin0le IN the scene
Where pudding mates saotth~ 0hrist.
mas. pie. #.I -.
Ihe rooms are thick aoith evergreen,
And happiness lights every eye.
Let Fortunatus turntthts horn
%SOf basket loads to 55amtshed need,
Fo7-on this day. the One 1Uas born
Who kneto no nuork Of class or creed.
Then aDelcome,. merry Ch1Jstmasttde
Another hour before zoe 90.
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Come young and old from every side
Come rosy maid and gentle sWdin,

1t Is the hola
20 hri8tm q 8
) tide
Tn at joyousza
: $50 e M e e 1
again.
The holly hangs
u q o n tn q
door.
It Is no time for
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me rosy 04fj
7 close at our
side
Wen kiss BE-
meath the mts.
tlet0e.
Deep, M ezlo 70
b ellis salute
the air
With ~benisons
sent far and
.~
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Don't be = Drifter.

Do not allow yourself TO just drift
along through life. Set before you an
aim, some real purpose Cultivate
hope and ambition to accomplish
something. Do not be contented TO let
things happen, make things happen.
Whatever your business Or occu-
patton, aim to excel IN it. Financial
gain is not all one gets from labor
well performed. Your character is
elevated and your mind is enlarged
and the satisfaction IN having done
well is the most real joy Don't be
afraid TO set your aim high. Build IT
with your highest ideals. Let the hope
of its attainment nerve your every
act Turn incidents and circumstances
toward the attainment of your aim.
If you have no aim you reach now
where. A life without a purpose Is a
dreary thing, without real joy Sup
pose you fail to reach the heights you
have set as your standard; you viii
have gone higher than If you had not
striven. You viii be more useful, OF
more worth, than If you had not tried
Milwaukee Journal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
REvEL IN FICTITIOUS HORROR
Books Turned Out by Pessimistie
Writers Are Becoming Tiresome-
Antidote Is Recommended.

NoYelists of that dreary, sordid
school that initiates that OF Russia,
save in the matter of talent, delight in
pOrtraying the unhappy lot Of the poor
er classes in this country. These I'M
fOrtunateS are compelled to work at a
starvation wage for brutal manufac-
turerS, who ''IOll on Silken cushions
while the wives and children of the
wOrkingmen perish from cold and hun
ger" All sorts OF persons find it to
their interest to keep this myth alive in
the minds of the credulous and benevO-
lent. That the militia and federal army
are frequently called out to shoot down
miners simply because they insist upon
going to their days work every morn
ing is firmly believed by many indi-
viduals who ought to know better.
An enormous mass of this pesSimis-
tic literature, both in bound volumes
and in the pages of periodicals, weighs
down the book counters and news
stands. Its perusal is apt to cause pro-
found melancholy at thought of the
widespread restitution that surrounds
US while we '1oll on silken cushions"
The frequent hints or threats of an I'M
pending French revolution are appall-
| ing to the average mind.
There is only one way to dispel the
gloomy forebodings that arise as we
read OF these horrors, and that is to go
out and try to induce someone to cut
| the graSs.-New York Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
ABLE TO KEEP BLOOD ALIVE
Method of Preserving Life-GiVing
Fluid, Recently Discovered, May
Save Many Lives.

To secure an ineXhauSHble store OF
good blood is one of the great aims
of advanced physicians today, for they
recognize the fact that healthy blood
serum, even though not conveying any
special immunity, aids greatly in
strengthening the organism and re-en-
forcing it 10 the point where it can
throw off toxins.
Doctors Rouse and Turner, expert
menting in one OF Great Britain's hos
pitfalls, have succeeded in keeping the
blood of rabbits alive for two weeks
after it was drawn from the body of
the animal. The red blood corpuscIes
lived for a fortnight in mixtures of
blood, sodium citrate, saccharose and
water, and TRANSMISSION experiments
showed that the re-intrOduced corpus
cIes remained in circulation and func-
ton.
1t is hoped that they will be able to
do the same with human blood, says a
writer in the New York Sun. Should
they succeed, every hospital would be
able always to have on hand a supply
of healthy human blood ready for any
TRANSMISSION operation. The truth of
the ancient Biblical phrase, 1.-The blood
is the life,' is being demonstrated
more and more day by day, and with
the perfecting of the processes of
keeping the blood and utilizing it for
those who require the Iife-giying fluid
great advances are promised for the
wOrksOf those physicians who recOg-
niZe the value of introducing good, rich
blood into the veins of the anaemiC
or those who for any reason lack the
proper quantity of rich, red blood cor
puScleS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Cost of Household Fuel.

Over a wide area of the United
States, especially in that section of
the country lying east of the Mis-
souri, and north of Mason and Dixon s
line, anthracite coal is used almost
exclusively for domestic heating Be
cause of its comparative cleanliness,
it is preferred by the housekeeper
for kitchen purposes, even where BIZ
luminous coal is more plentiful and
cheaper The fixing of price for an
thracite by President, under the pro-
visions of the Food Control Act,
comes home, therefore to million of
people who have little or no interest
in the selling price of soft coal. In his
statement accompanying the an
nouncement of prices of bituminous
coal at the mine, the President says
that the rates presented "are deemed
to be not only fair and
Just, but liberal" He might have said
this with equal truth in regard to the
mine rate for anthacrite.
The prices allowed the anthacrite
coal mine operators are, 1t is under
stood, virtually the same as are now
charged at the mines under volun-
tary ARRANGEMENT made by the pro-
ducers with the Federal Trade Com
mission. These prices, varying with
/
coal, from 81 to $3.50 are now prac-
ticaIly fixed. The Interstate Com
merce regulates the charge for haul
| ing. The allowances made to the job
bers or wholesalers, and to the re-
tailers, for handling and attendant
expenses, and as reasonable profits
added to the price at the mine and the
cost of carriage will, therefore de-
termine the cost to the user. Wheth-
er this cost viii fall below the cur
rent quotations, in the different
points redistribution for those grades
and sizes of heating and cooking Goa
most commonly used, is question
Everything will apparently depend or
the prices charged by the middle
men. Taking the coal ordinarlilly US
l ed in North Atlantic Coast cities as
an illustration, the cost per ton II
the consumers bin, after allowing {
fair profit for the retailer, should evi
IDENTIFY be In the neighborhood of SO
An excessive demand, interruption OF
transportation and changes IN condi
tions, coal or otherwise, Will tend to
upset any computation that may be
made on the basis of the cost at the
mine
The greatest benefit to result from
the fixing of prices, apparently, 81
far as the consumer IS concerned
will come, not so much from con
siderable reduction at the present
time, as from the prevention of ex
carbonate charges IN the future
Price fixing viii no longer be left tt
the will Of the retailer, or to combl
tnation of retailers Prices viii not bC
run up, as formerly, just because PEG
pie who must have fuel In nidwintel
feel obliged to pay any price asked
The system that permitted coal deal
! ers to put on any price they coule
II get, because the consumer was un
, able to protect himself, is seemlngl!
at an end. And this is a great gan
. for the public, whether the retail
iprice for anthacrite shall be SO or $1(
this Science Monitor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
Freieht br AeropIane

When Congress had the aircraft
appropriation bill before it, q prOvi-
sion was offered which called for the
creation by the government of an
aerial freight and mail transportation
line, not for the purpose of war, but
for the peace that is to come Yet so
much has been done in western Eur
ope in the development of flying ma
chimes that the carriage OF light
freight and letter mail is well within
the realm of possibilities. Far sight
ed industrial captains have foreseen
that when this war IS over there viii
be thousands of birdmen who viii
never be content with the slower,
more prosaic surface transportation.
There VIII be thousands of aeroplanes
which viii be an incumberance to
military establishments And there
will be an art of flying, the high de
velopment of the war All these will
tend to cOmpel-the application of the
aerOplane to the requirements OF
peace. The industrial masters are pre-
pairing for the time when, the war be-
ing over, aerial navigation become:
! a commonplace of peace The useful
ness of a practical, punctual mail and
freight carrying line IS not to be dis
puted. It's success would probably be
instantaneous. Were the Government
reluctant to take the initiative, pr
vate enterprise, assured of the air
worthiness of the flying machine
would enter the field energetically.-
| Toleda Blade.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-01
WARRIOR of.the Bronze Ace.

The museum of the British Royal
College of Surgeons has been enriched
by the remains of a British warrior
of the Bronze Age, unearthed while
some trenches were being dug. The
skull of the fighting man has a hole
in it over the left eyebrow, thus show
ing that some 5000 years ago he fell
to the battleax of foe. An authority
says that in severity this wound would
rival those suffered by the soldiers in
the present war, though the injury
was not Immediately fatal as there
are signs of repair all round it, and the
warrior likely lived on for months aft
erward. Another authority describes
him as 4 slim, short man, who died
young. In the grave was found a
portion Of the skull OF an OK and it
is supposed that the two were buried
together in order to conform with
some religious rite prevailing in those
days.