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The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Good luck.

Columbus, Miss, Dec. /, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please remember my little brother
and sisters in the orphanage at Jack
son, Mississippi. l will appreciate
anything. Our dear mother died the
30th of last October That seems a
long time to be left without a mother.
Your little friends,
DORRIS WELLS.
Address to b. F. Lewis, Supt.
jackson NJ. E. Home,
Miss. Orphans Home
Columbus, Miss, Nov. %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am a little orphan girl of age IL,
Ny mother died when | was but
3 years Of age. My crippled aunt took
me and has raised us. VIII appre-
ciate anything you will send US.
Your friend,
FANNIE MAE COLE,
1924 Bell avenue.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Columbus, Miss.
1923 Third Ave. North.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little girl five years old. !
mind my mother and | don't think
that ! am selfish. ! go to Sunday
School most every Sunday and go to
school every day, when | am not sick
or it is not bad day. Please send
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RABBY,

Steens, Miss, Nov. 26 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
! saw your letter in the paper and
don't care what | have much but
want bicycle, but il you haven't
enough for the poor children, save
some, for them. Your friend.
THOMAS HARRIS.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
Mamma says have been a good
little boy all the summer and will con-
tinue to be good and learn fast at
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to go with them. / want some or
anges and some nuts and some candy
and some apples.
| saw your letter in the paper the
other day. | want some other children
to get some things, too. | don't want
some children to be without some
play things, too. / don't want to be
selfish at all.
From your friend,
Mable Taylor.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS

Dear Santa Claus:
read your letter in the paper. Its
just a few things that ! want. They
are nuts, candy and apples, oranges
a tricycle.. will not ask for more
because ] krov that E2u haze lpts. 4
other little children to go to see.
am going to school and am in the
fourth grade. / have been good and
helped my sister. have been good to
my brother and helped him. / go to
Sunday School every Sunday. Now
must close. Your little friend,
EVELYN HEARD,
Also Fireworks.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Ethelville, Ala, Dec. 5, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
] am little girl years old, and
| want you to please bring me a neck
lace, big rag doll, and some candy,
some nuts, and some oranges and APP
pies. From your little friend,
MILDRED HUDSON.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

school. Please bring me a bicycle,
some candy, fruit and nuts and fire
works. have something to put in
my stocking for you. Your friend,
FELIX HUNDON.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Caledonia Miss.

Caledonia, Miss.
November IS, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little girl four years old
and can't write myself so / will
let sister write for me. | have been
a very good little girl this year and
want you to please bring me some
fruits, candy, doll, and doll buggy.
| won't ask for anything more be-
cause | don't want to be greedy.
l am your little girl,
Juanita Dodson.
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Columbus, Miss.
November %, 1919.


Columbus, Miss.
November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
! am little girl seven years old
/ like to go to school and Sunday
School, and | am in the End grade
| like to play with toys. | want q
dollie with long curley hair. that will
go to sleep, toy car, fruit Of all
kinds and nuts.
Now if you can think of anything
else that is nice for little girl just
bring it along,
Your little friend,
Eloise Calvin.
923 Third Avenue South.
Columbus, Miss.
November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
/ am little girl eight years old.
| try to be a good little girl. go
to school all | can. If you haven't
too many little girls and boys to 60
to see this Christmas and have them
to spare, would like for you to
bring me a big doll and a doll cart,
some fruit and candy.
Your little friend,
Lorrean Wright.
1909 Bell Avenue South.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss. Nov. 20, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little boy six years old. /
want you TO bring a wagon for Bran
don and me, and doll for sister, and
fruit and candy for us all.
Your little friend,
WILSON MILLER.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
RUTH SPENCER.
Dear Santa;

Dear Santa:
Hope you won't be sick Christmas
or any other time. saw your I2ttcr
which l think is very good. AS you
ask us what we want, ] will begin to
tell you which / hope you won't have
much of a hard time getting. 1t is
bicycle and let the bar going from
the saddle to the handle-bar be about
"a inches from the ground. | also
want large erector set with a mo-
tor and batteries.
Your loving friend,
MANLY DENNIS.
Good luck.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Dear Santa Claus:
VIII you please bring me a pair
skates and a BIB gun and some BIS,
a train too, for been a pretty good
boy. | don't cry much and bring in
wood for my Mamma.
ED MURRY SPENCER.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov. 26, 1919.
Dear Santa:
am little boy six years old, and
| am longing for the time for you
to come. If you please, bring me a
train, a paint book and crayons, a
pair of bedroom slippers, and please
Santa, bring my baby brother a train
too. | ask cause he is too little to
write to you himself. Mamma is hold
ing my hand to write this to you.
With love to you, am,
LLEWELLYN RABBY.
Route ,, box 104.
p. S.-Don't forget the little poor
children, please
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.
PIT Nineteenth st.

Dear Santa Claus:
AS you have visited me eight times
/ hope you don't forget me this year.
l want sewing machine as my dol
lies need new dresses and | haven't
time to make them with my needle.
I'd like doll bed also and doll bug
gle. l am not going to ask you for
a new doll. You can take it to an
other little girl that has no papa and
mamma. Please don't forget the lit
tie orphant children. Please don't
forget me, dear Santa.
RUTH SPENCER.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Caledonia. Miss.

Caledonia, Miss.
November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus;
] think I have been a very good
boy, SO ! will ask you to bring me
a little wagon, little rifle, some
fruit and nuts and a story book.
Please bring my little brothera hoe,
rake, and shovel, q picture book and
some fruit and candy, and my little
baby sister a doll, ring and some
fruit. ! win not ask for too much
for ] want you to bring all little
children that have no papa and
mamma something,
Your little friend,
Hunter Graves.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbns. ME-
November %, 1919.

November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
ana little boy that is ten years
old Santa CLAUS, want a shot gun
and 4 box of shells and cleaner to
clean my shot gun out with. Santa.
mother said ] was not selfish. / 90
to Sunday School most every Sunday.
! 80 70 school most every day, / for
got to tell you that l wanted some
fruit. Well ] think | will close be-
cause ] am afraid that | am asking
for too much.
From Merrill Baker.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Dear Santa Claus:
! want doll with long curly black
hair and white complexion and blue
eyes, dressed with a hat on her head
and pretty white satin dress, with
a pretty white sash with a cute little
bow behind. Come down the chimney.
You viii find my stockings.
Yours truly,
MARGARET.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Dear Santa Claus:
am little boy six years old, and
| want you to bring me train and
bal and some candy, apples and other
fruits.
From your little boy,
Jake Wright.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov. 90, 1919.
Dear Santa:
] guess you think | am kinder like
that little boy in the paper, but this is
the only way know of getting all
the things | want, so | viii beg you.
| want bicycle, a ball, buggy, a
horse, an erector set, an auto, a
flying machne, balloon. That want
best. Your loving friend.
ERNEST ROBY.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
November o. 1919.

NOFeWDer 2, IJIJ.
Dear Santa Claus.
Please ring me a checker board,
toy pistol, horn, story book, cards,
and some candy, raisins, apples,
oranges and nuts.
Your little friend,
John Winfred Grey.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Mss, Nov. q. 1919.
Dear Santa:
As ] am only four years old Mama
is writing for me. Please bring me
a nice go-caret and a sleepy doll and
some fruit and candy.
Your little friend,
HAZEL MOSLEY,
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Letters to Santa Claus

Columbus, Miss.
1923 North Third Ave.
Dear Santa Claus:
am a little girl eight years old
Please send me a sleepy doll and
some fruit and nuts. ! am not sell
fish. l had good report, the lowest
thing / made was SO. Please send
Mother box of handkerchiefs and
Father some gloves and my brother
some handkerchiefs. His name is
Blanch. ] want box of candy for
the whole family. l go to school
every day. l have the sweetest
teacher, and Santa, please don't for
get her. Her name is Mrs. Laura
Beard.
Your little friend,
Oleta Baker.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus. Miss.

Columbus, Miss.
Ny Dear Santa Caus:
! want a doll trunk filled with
clothes for my doll that | got the last
Christmas. want a kimona and
some bed room slippers and a cap
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov. q, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please send me a nice air rifle and
some fruit, and if you don't mind you
can send me some nuts. Well | must
close. Your little friend,
ALBERT MOSLEY,
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, MISS.
November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
! am going to be good boy and
study hard, and will not be selfish
boy either. / am writing to ask you
to please bring me a foot ball, some
fruit, candy and nuts, also some fire
works.
Your little friend,
Joe Frank Herndon,
Star Route.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov. %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am a little boy seven years old.
Please bring me a wagon and soae
candy and nuts. Your little friend,
J. c. MOSLEY,
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Columbus, Miss.
November %, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus;
| am writing you a letter. | want
you to bring me tricycle. and a
little grocery wagon that has horses.
And | want some firecrackers, too.
Apples and oranges and nuts Of all
kinds.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.
November q, 1919.

November n, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
am writing you letter to let you
know what | want. l want you to
bring me a doll, | want it to be a
sleepy doll and have a curly head.
And bring me a dining table and set
of dishes. And / also want some
fruit and apples and nuts Of all
kinds.
Your little friend,
Hazel Maughan.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14
Columbus, Miss.

Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me some fire crackers,
horn, some fruit, some candy, and
some nuts. And take the little child
ron in the war zone lots Of things
to make them happy.
Your little friend,
DONALD THURsTON HULL.
Age, six years.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss, Nov, q, 1919.
Dear Santa:
| am writing to tell you what /
want you to bring me. Please bring
a nice go-cart and a sleepy doll and
Well | will close. Your little friend,
HORTENSE MOSLEY,
1924 18th St, 5th Ave, S.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Your little friend,
Sam Henry Maughan.
Third Avenue South, House 1909.
The Columbus dispatch., 1919-12-14

Columbus, Miss.
November p, 1919.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am writing you a letter. I want
you to bring me bicycle, and a suit
of clothes too. want you to bring
me some fire works, and l want some
apples and oranges and nuts for
Christmas.
Your little friend.
Eugene Maughan.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
400 Profit On Meat Is
Recommended At Fargo

Fargo. N. D., Aug. 2s.-Forty per
cent profit for meat dealers is held
fair in the second price. list issued yes
terday by the fair price fixing com
mittee. The committee also recon-
mends the adoption of the cash and
carry system for the consumer.
prices on fresh beef are based on
a wholesale cost Of IS ent beef by
the carcass" says the report. From
information in the hands of the COM
mittee it vas determined that IS cents
is the average price that is being paid
at the present time by the retailer.
II a few instances we found that
a little better grade was being handled.
but on the other hand. it. was also
found that in a great many instances
less was being paid.
Taken as a whole. your committee
believes hat 10 cents is a very fair
average and that of the bulk Of fresh
beef being sold at the present time in
Fargo is of this grade"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
Jewelry Store At
Devils Lake Robbed

Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 2s:-The
Herman Huesgen jewelry store on
Fourth street was entered Tuesday
night by unknown robbers who
escaped with watches and diamonds
valued at $3.50.
: Mr.. Huesgen left the store at II
o'clock Monday evening and declares
that all was we'll when he left. care
fully locking up the place. The
thieves entered through the back door
transom. p%lastering the glass over
with ny paper to prevent noise Of
falling glass. and it is thought that
one man entered through the transom
and unlocked the. door on the inside.
A woman living in a nearby apart
ment says that she saw three men on
the steps Of the burglarized store at 8
o'clock in the morning but her hus-
band convinced her that she must be
mistaken and had been dreaming.
No clues have as yet been found by
the police department but 1t is thought
that a gang of robbers are operating
in the vicinity as stores have been
burglarized from time to time in
nearby towns during the past few
months.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
Farmer Near Detroit
Murders His Aged Wife
And Commits Suicide

r. Detroit. Mimi. Aug. 2s.-when
William Longfers of Shell township
saw a dense smoke rising from the
home of his neighbor. Ole vik. he
rushed to the scene to find Vik stand
ing over the body of his murdered
wife with drawn dagger in hand and
the house burning around them.
When Vik saw that he was dis
covered he Immediately plunged the
knife into his own throat and fell
across the body Of his wife. Evidently
the man had set the home on fire
and then stabbed the woman as she
attempted to saw some of the
wretched belongings.
Vik had been an inmate of the
county infirmary for several a
but last winter he met Irene Erick-
son, who had homesteaded forty acres
in Shell township. and the two, were
married. 1t has beer discovered that
the woman had made a will leaving
her property to him, and this is at
tributed as one of the causes Of the
murder.
Vik was IS and his wife 20. The
latter was a cripple and had walked
with a crutch all her life.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
3 Cass Lake Men Are
Caught Stripping Car

Bemidji. Mimi. Aug. 27.-The
three Cass Lake young men. who
were detected stripping a a owned
by F. M. Malzahn, just outside the
rear Of his garage, next to the city
building, at midnight, Sunday, are
still in the county Jail under q fine.
Two are held for non-payment Of fines
for 800 each, while the third Is un-
able to pay $25 nne. all Of which was
assessed by Judge Fisk, in municipal
It was nearly midnight when In
dian, Agent johnson, who resides
near the garage, heard the young
thieves talking and he Investigated.
He discovered they stripping
the car and promptly arrested them
and turned his captives over to the
police. one Of the trio attempted to
escape in flight, but a revolver shot
fired In the air by the oficer caused
him to halt and return. to custody.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
|. Y. A. SOON
TO COMMENCE
ACTIVE WORK
ownley Forces In All
Countries To Be Organ
lied Before Snow Flies

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 28.-Plans are
now being rapidly completed for an
extensive organizing campaign to
further extend the, Independent Vot-
ers' association. The plans contemplate
thai local people will take q hand in
the work In thei respective commun-
tiles. They will be aided by Mr.. e. w.
Everson, president of the association
and a number Of other men who will
make that their special business this
fall. Arrangements are being made
with q number Of such men now sall
OF whom are citizens of North Dakota.
Perfected by December.
The campaign will not begin until
most OF the threshing is out Of the
way, so that farmers and business men
may not be annoyed while they are
rushed n campaign Of organization
will be pushed before cold weather
ties IN every county hat are willing
10 DO their bit to eradicate .Townley-
ism in the state, will be bound togeth-
er IN a compact organization by De-
!cember.
State Meet in January.
County meetings will be held. dur
ing n months Of December and jan
nary. The annual state meeting will
pc held in January. At this meeting
fve state executive committeeman are
to be elected to TAXI the places of five
whose term Of Office expire at that
time: Other matters that will have a
bearing on the future welfare Of
North Dakota will also be taken up
at that meeting.
! Will Consider Initiative.
. A general conference Of county COM
mitteemen will be held in November
to consider the question of. whether
or not to initiate any legislation. to be
voted on at the March elections.
This decision to push organization
work is the result of a scouting tour
among the farmers of seven counties,
which the president of the associa-
ton, E. w. Everson of Walum, COM
pieted last week. He reported that
many who voted for the Townley laws
last spring had nov expressed that
they would vote the other way If they
had another chance.
Mr.. Everson started out again in his
old Ford Monday morning to make a
tour Of another section of the state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
Bankers Close Meet
With Annual Election

Moorhead. Mimi. Aug. Csc. I.
Brandt of the Farmers and Mer-
chants State bank of Greenbush was
elected president; j. H. Shea of Per-
ham,, vice president; James M. Han
son of Crookston, secretary-treasurer;
II. E. Roberts Of Moorhead and o. I.
Brandvold of Fergus Falls, and Of
ficers and members of the executive
committee of the Ninth district group
of the Minnesota Bankers association
at the annual election held at the
conclusion of the sixteenth annual
convention yesterday in Phenix hall,
Moorhead.
Fifty Minnesota bankers were in
attendance at the meetings. Retiring
officers we're S. A. Erickson, Cooks
ton. president; R. e. Thomas, Warren,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES; A. G.. Anderson,
Fergus Falls and C. L. Hansen, Thief
River Falls. executive committee
members. Mr.. Brandt had served as
vice president.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
TAX REDUCTION
"0NPAPER" IS
LEAGUES PLAN
Increase the Valuation and
the Levy Goes Down,
That's Wallace's Idea.

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 2S.-As a
of increasing che assessed valu-
alton of North Dakota's taxable prop
erty to q point where it will be posi-
BILE to reduce. the mill levy, and to
thus effect a paper saving to which
the administration may point with
pride, Tax Commissioner George E.
Wallace yesterday served m tax su-
pervisors and county auditors in con-
ference here notice that he would ask
the state board eof equalization to
boost the county boards figures on
farm lands all the way from 10 to rs
per cen Cass, Grand Forks. Penn
bina. Trail and Walsh will be the on
'ly counties to escape a horizontal in
crease in the assessment of farm
lands, If Mr.. wallace has his way.
Auditors Object.
Auditors and supervisors in the
counties where Wallace proposes a
strong boost in the assessed valuation
of farm lands are making strenuous
protests. They contend that in the
first place the tax supervisors. county
auditors and county boards of equali-
cation did their work conscientiously
and that they are in a better position
tual and, true value of farm lands In
their respective communities. They
seem inclined to consider MI. Wal
lace's arbitrary proposal an insult.
Furthermore they point to the fact
that the assessed valuation Of rail-
ways islalready fixed, at about 800 per
cent of last years values, and that the
assessment of farm lands as returned
by the county boards of equalization
already is relatively higher than that
of the railways and other property in
the state. A further increase in farm
land valuations and a decrease in the
mill levy will result in imposing a
huge additional burden upon the
farmers. they contend. while the rail.
ways will be relieved to just this ex-
tent Of their share Of the tax burden
Farmer is Penalized.
II cannot understand said on,
Slope county auditor today, why Mr.
Wallace. appointed by Governor
Frazier and presumably a member o!
a farmer administration, should seel
to 'penalize the farmer by increasing
his tax burden. or by reducing the
railways taxation at the expense OF
the farmer"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
W NEWS|
be determined. In a majority of In

be determined. In q majority Of In
stances the Slope bankers have shot
Mr., Keys notes back to him by return
mail, informing him that the farmers
Of their respective community need
all the ready cash they have available,
and that they are not in the market
for unsecured league paper.
Harmony Seems Apparent.
While therefis no actual indication
that the Bank Of North Dakota is CO.
operating with Treasurer Keys of the
fort to negotiate a loan from bankers
favored with deposits Of state funds,
the c~oincidental receipt of Mr.. Keys
letter, with note enclosed, and of the
Bank OF North Dakota's rede-t of
public funds is sc common DIS to, be
the III of general comment on the
Slope.
In n instance the same mail
brought to a small Slope bank Mr..
Keys letter, with an invitation to re-
NIT $1,000 by draft to the .Scandinav-
ian-American bank, to be deposited to
the credit Of the National Nonpartisan
league, and a certificate of deposit in
the sum Of $4,000 from the Bank of
North Dakota, with instructions that
this amount be deposited to the credit
of the Bank of North Dakota. This
much as $4,000 Of the public funds
Of its local community.
Awaiting Developments.
Slope banks which have rejected
what they regarded as Mr.. Keys bait
and who have returned to him his
$1,000 checks. are now awaiting de-
velopments. They still have on de-
post the public funds redeposited
with them by the Bank of North Da-
kota, usually on the same day upon
which MI. Keys letter was received.
If, within the next few days, the
sank Of North Dakota should find
reason to withdraw these deposits,
which will. for the whole Slope,
amount to hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. the bankers will feel that
their suspicious were justified.
Banks Offer Fine Field.
There are more than 700 state
banks in North Dakota, and their re.
sources aggregate $3.50. 900, 600. A
majority of these banks have already
been invited by the Bank of North
Dakota to invest in it's bonds, at a
premium of 2h per cent, and many
of them, fearing they would not be
made member banks or repositories
nave ead Dou"ht a thousand OF
two thousand dollars worth of these
securities.
The Bank of North Dakota's, cal,
for the public funds of the state
which aggregate about $4,000, 900
was made on a zone plan, the boun.
daries Of the old judicial districts be.
ing adopted. The funds west Of the
river are just now being redeposited
with local member banks. Whether
other n have already gone
through the anne process. and how
many thousand-dollar notes have
been placed by Mr.. Keys, cannot be
determined.
TN,y..., -.-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-28
MINOT NORMAL WILL
: OPEN SEPTEMBER 80

Minot. N. D., Aug. 2S.-The state
Normal school here will open for the
ensuing yea on September 80. and on
account of the fair crops harvested IN
various parts of the northwestern
counties and the close of the ward, a
record enrolment is expected.
Word has been received that Presi-
dent Arthur C. Crane. who was grant
ed leave of absence for two years to
study at Columbia university and who
later took up government educational
work at Washington. will return be-
fore the school opens and resume his
duties. William F. Clark has been act
ing president during President Cranes
absence. -u