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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-14
Grain Is Sprouting
In Shock. Say, Morris

About s osper cent Of wheat Y
Grand Forks county remains to
;t~hreshed, according to3 estimates
made by|D b. b. Morris, county agent.
Tho recent rains have lowered tho
quality Of this s~unthreshed grain
through, spro,uting. It was said. The
north. side Of shocks where the sun
has not been able to reach is sprout-
ing badly,Nbu it. was not possible t"
say lust how much the damage
would be.Gs =
Ralph Graves is working with Mar
guerite De La Motto The Jllt,, a
feature now In course OF
at the Universal studios.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-14

Medical Society Meets-The regular
monthly meeting of the Grand Forks
Medical society was held Wednesday
night in the Commercial club rooms.
The program consisted on a paper by
DR.. H. B.. Beeson on "Technique and
Indication of Tonsilectomy." Case re-
ports were given by DR.. James Gras-
sick and Dr.. J. H. Moore.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-14
.MRACHE[K CASE
AGAlNPUT OFF
Hearing Of Guard. Charged
With tntentst to Murder Set
For Next Monday.

The preliminary examination Tor
Mrachek. scheduled 20 have
been held before JUSTICE Of the Peace
?. Mclaughlin at 2 O'Clock this after
noon, was adjourned until next.Mon-
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

not tell! He too thought I had or
dered the doing Of that thing!
From the Miwaka, Ramsdell yelled
curses at me, threatening me for what
he thought that l had done! l looked
at Spearman as he got up from the
deck, and read the thought that had
been In him; he had believed that he
could cut the hawser In the dark, none
seeing and that our word that 1t had
been broken would have as much
strength as any accusation Stafford
could make. He had known that to
share secret such as that with me
would make" him on the lakes !. for
the loss Of the Miwaka would cripple
Stafford and Ramsdell and strengthen
me; and he could make me share with
him whatever l made. But Stafford
had surprised him at the hawser and
had seen.
"I moved to denounce him. Father.
as I realized this; moved-but
stopped. He had made himself safe
against accusation by me! None
none ever would believe that he had
done this except by my order. II he
should claim that; and he made plain
that he was going to claim that. He
called me fool and defied me. Luke
even my own man, the only one left
on the tug with us-believed I'll And
there was murder in 1t now, with Stat
ford dying there upon the deck and
with the certainty that all those on
the Miwaka could not be saved. 1
felt the moose as II it had been al
ready tied about my neck And /
had done no wrong. Father! / had
only thought wrong!
$50 long as one lived among those
on the Miwaka who had seen what
was done. I knew 1 would be hanged
yet would have saved them II could.
But. In my comprehension of what
this meant. I only stared at Stafford
where he lay and then at Spearman.
and let him get control Of the tug.
The tug. whose wheel had lashed.
heading her into the waves. had been
moving slowly. Spearman pushed me
aside and went to the wheelhouse; he
sent Luke to the engines, and from
that moment Luke was his. He turned
the tug about to where we still saw
the lights Of the Miwaka. The steam
er had struck upon the reef; she hung
there for time; and Spearman-he
had the wheel and Luke, at his or
ders, was at the engine-held the tug
of and we beat slowly to and fro un-
til the Miwaka slipped of and sank.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

Some had gone down with her, no
doubt; but two boats had got of, car
rying lights. They saw the tug ap-
preaching and cried out and stretched
their hands to us; but Spearman
stopped the tug. They rowed toward
us then. but when they got near, Spear
man moved the tug away from them,
and then again stopped. They cried
out again and rowed toward us; again
he moved the tug away, and then they
understood and stopped rowing and
cried curses at us. One boat soon
drifted far away; we knew Of its cap
sizing by the extinguishing Of its light.
The other capsized near to where we
were. Those In 1t who had no life-
belts and could not swim. sank first.
Some could swim and, for while they
fought the waves"
Alan, as he listened, ceased con-
sciously to separate the priests voice
from the sensations running through
him. His father was Stafford, dying
at Corvet's feet while Corvet watched
the death of the.crew Of the Miwaka
Alan himself, a child, was floating with
lifebelt among those struggling in
the water whom Spearman and Corvet
were watching die. Memory; was 1t
that which now had come to him7 No;
rather 1t was realization of all the
truths which the priests words were
bringing together and arranging right
ly for him.
Alan's father died in the morning.
All day they stayed out In the storm,
avoiding vessels. They dared not
throw stafrord's body overheard or
that of the engineer, because, II found,
the bullet holes would have aroused
inquiry. When night came again, they
had taken the two ashore at some wild
spot and buried them; to make identi-
fication harder, they had taken the
things that they had with them and
buried them somewhere else. The
child-Alan-Corvet had smuggled
ashore and sent away; he had told
Spearman later that the child had
died.
"Peace-rest! Father Perron said
In deep voice. peace to the deadl"
But for the living there had been
no peace. Spearman had forced Cor.
vet to make him his partner; Corvet
had tried to take up his life again,
but had not been able. His wife,
aware that something was wrong with
him, had learned enough so that she
had left him. Luke had come and
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24
Women Succeed a, AVIATOR,

The United States has had many
women aviators. Katherine Stinson
was the first Of her sex to fly In this
country. being contemporary of Lin
coin Beachey and many other of the
early aviators who learned at the
Wright field. near Dayton. Now Chi
cago has produced our first negro girl
aviator In Bessie Coleman. who Is
abroad at present receiving additional
training in France, Holland and Eng
land, where she has given many dem
onstrations of skill.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24
Naturs,s chanaea.

The eastern slope Of the Rockies
was more humid In the Cretace0us and
Tertiary than now, as one may judge
by the pet1fled forests scattered from
the Yellowstone park to Arizona. and
the, remains Of holly, oaks. Gins. chest
nuts, sequoias, and other trees, in the
florissant shales of Colorado. In the
Tertiary age the East and West were
again united by land. But this was Q
period Of successive uplifts and de-
pressions. Areas became submerged
and their forests destroyed. Other
areas were subjected to severe changes
locally Erosion and other disturbances
must have greatly modified the char
acter, proportion and distribution Of
the species. Then came the Ice age.
and forces re-established themselves.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

uO iOuScT any LOW hOiuiHk IL UuCh, lOT
the hawser had parted; and knew,
Father, the reason was that Spearman
had cut 1t!
"T rang for the engine to be slowed,
and left the wheel and went aft ;
some struggle was going on at the
stern Of the tug; flash came from
there and the cracking of shot. Sud-
denly all was light about me as, aware
Of the breaking of the hawser and
alarmed by the shot. the searchlight Of
the Mlwaka turned upon the tug. The
cut end of the hawser was still upon
the tug, and Spearman had been trying
to clear this when Stafford attacked
him; they fought, and Stafford struck
Spearman down. He turned and cried
out against me-accusing me Of hav-
ing ordered Spearman to cut the line.
He held up the cut end toward Rams
dell on the Miwaka and cried out to
him and showed by pointing that 1t
had been cut. Blood was running
from the hand with which he pointed,
for he had been shot by Spearman |;
and now again and second and a
third time, from where he lay upon the
deck, Spearman fired. The second Of
those shots killed the engineer, who
had rushed out where was on the
deck: the third shot went through
Stafford's head. The Miwaka was drift
ing down upon the reef; her whistle
sounded again and again the four long
blasts. The fireman, who had followed
the engineer up from below. fawned
on me! / was safe for all him, he
said; I could trust Luke-Luke would
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24
Chevrolet Motor Company
1888 Wa.ee Street. Denver. Colorado
Moment Of Suspense.

Moment Of Suspense.
Young Walton had been wooing Miss
Truelove for a long time-years and
years 1t seemed to her father.
At last the couple stood before the
altar, and the clergyman put the fatal
question:
"Will you. Henry Walton, take this
woman to be your lawfully welded
wifeY
'This was too much for Miss True
loves little brother Jimmy, who had
watched the progress of the long court
ship from various points Of vantage
during the years.
"Gosh, pa I" he gasped out, excitedly.
Suppose he won'tr
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

Didn't Know Her Place.
Mistress-"Why did you leave your
last placer Applicant-"The missua
was too independent"
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24
Ar crushed to Earth.

Art Crushed to Earth.
Stanislaw Szukalski, New York
sculptor, marries a Chicago girl and
makes her live on pig farm.
"Sculpturing isn't very profitable,
he says, "but those who raise pigs
make lot of money"
Thus, once more, is art crushed to
earth.-Washington Times.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

: The bill Of the albatross is a pale
pink color, shading to yellow at the
tip.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

Labor's worst enemy is the working
man who won't work.
The Holly chieftain., 1922-08-24

Compensation is the law Of exist
ence the world over.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
THE FAMILY ALBUM

Uncle made quick gesture with his corncob and said
Even the sraghtest trees have crooked the
don't fit don't blame the whife and never
throw away dirty water until you got clean water
Pop took those words away to measure them on a die
tonay and to find out whether they would with his
education Long aferward he discovered that Uncle
meant he would money back when cream
exploded in an innocent childs little chubby hands, But
how pop to know it thenf
Nom got tired of Uncle Alexis errratc remarks and she
stopped him at dinner when the were meeting
the wheat cakes and said Uncle why don't you tell the
TRUTH" ~
Uncle punctuated his remarks with some biscuits and
said: There jewery store down Main Street with
thousand clocks in it,"
Nom said WHATS that got to do with it,'
Uncle said No two Of them clocks have got tho same
Nom said, "Weni"
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
By "BUGS" BAER

Uncle had trade He expert at painting
black eyes, but local option put awful damper his
business But he is still handy have meetings of our
Rotary Club when the get together boost friendship
and comradely spirit.
Pop could understand why Uncle always voted for
the candidates the Labor ticket when he lazy that
he wouldn't shake salt his and thought that
were made to hang distress signals
When Pop asked why he didn't do something useful Uncle
took knitting. On wet Mondays when Nom hung the
wash the kitchen Uncle would spend holiday down at
the barbershop advising the them
selves and would crcse the lather strangers faces
He left home two years after argument about the
strength of the Brooklyn Bridge with Pop We amt seen
him since but Nom has inserted Lost Found ad in
furniture catalogue Because if find Uncle it will be
either in Morris chair n a soft sofa.
WE'LL goodby, and don't forget to write Pop says that
the umbrella you borrowed two years ago still ours Call
again when it's raining.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

TTELLO, didn't think you would be here quick
after you left slow. But, then, pop says your
A of those generous neighbors who borrow ice
the summer and pay it back in winter
We've got lot of loose time hands, we might
well spran the afternoon by looking the funny pic
lures family joke book That's Uncle Aeck who had
Of the oldest established wrinkles family When
Uncle got into argument he would put on his ear
muffs 50 he couldn't hear the answers.
He was one of the queerest you'd hope to be
introduced to- asked him about something he would
make the oldest kind of reply you absorbed But
after it all and it late even bad advice
you'd discover that Uncle had been right up to the
first mistake
For instance Pop asked Uncle about the dollars that
Uncle had owed him for fifteen graduaons of our town
high school Uncle looked pop through two pairs of spec
taces and said You heard Of cream cone ex
ploding, did youi''
Pop scratched the nearest part Of his head and said No
but what's that got to do with the six blsi"
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
BY O. O. M'INTYRE

takes to drink. and then he has
been in several cutting scrapes.
He has served two terms in prison.
The only man who can do anything
with him when he is drinking is
the Rev. Alva Gee. He once took
the pledge under a travelling evan.
gelist, but didn't keep 1t very
long. "Chut" has the biggest dia-
mond ring in town.
''Sug" Hutcherson. He is attend.
ant at the poolroom over Link
Neel's drug store. There are only
two tables in the room and in one
corner a little glass case for chew
Ing tobacco and cigars. Grandpa
LeClerg has a chair that he occu-
pies each afternoon to watch the
pool players. On the wall is a
poster Of Al Fields minstrel troupe.
"Sug" is well liked by the men
from Lawyers Row, who come
over in the late afternoon to play
bottle pool. They once got him a
job as superintendent of the poor
farm. 1t paid $500 year and keep.
But "Sug" only kept II five
months. He said he would rather
be back In town with the boys.
Dune Devac. He is the town
drunkard. Since prohibition he has
been drinking the moonshine stuff
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

bard and came from back Of Bula.
vile. "Peeny" has framed In his
window the silver dollar that Gov.
ernor Foraker gave him for cut
ting his hair.
Pedro Joe. A lot Of people back
home call him Whitewash Joe.
He does all the odd kalsomining
jobs. Some say he Is a Spaniard,
but 1t is generally believed he
came from Hungary. He lives
in stable back Of Schrecks meat
shop. Pedro Joe is always up al
4 o'clock in the morning. There
are stories about town that he
once killed a man. but he always
seemed harmless. He has suf-
fered from asthma for forty-five
years and each winter old ladies'
predict that It will be Pedro Joe's
last. In the spring he gathers
herbs on Reservoir Hill and makes
a medicine which he calls a blood
restorer."
"Chut" Bashaw. He is the town
gambler He is the son Of Madam
Sarah Bashaw, who lives in the
green-shuttered house near the
depot. Madam Bashaw never
comes TO town except in q closed
cab. ''Chut" wears a white vest
and a wide stetson hat. He Is
mild d-mannered. except when he
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
"MY OLD-FASHIONED
MOTHER"

In an old fashie9ed village.
just ss quaint ~ could be.
Stood an old fashioned cottage
Thst was once dear % me,
And my thoughts to IL wander,
In my dreams ! still SEQ
Just an old fashisned mother
In that Cd fa:h,oSsd ,Ss me; Homestead.
= Happy. days ] have spent.
In an old fashioned manner
was carefree, content.
Oft I've Ionged for that cottage
And the old fashioned chair,
And my old fashioned mother
But time hath wrought changes
And new fashions appear,
The old homo 10 now chsnged,
And gone the old chair.
Though the old fashioned mother
Has long since. been gone.
Are today living on.
And the teachinOe Of mother.
In her old fsshioned way,
Are ~ dear to my heart
=. A. they were IN that day.
Mcthinks l now hear her
A. aSr ass rT everriST prayers say.
IN her old fasSisned way,
And the mottocs she'd uote.
As she tucked me in bed,
I'm 30 glad remember
Every word that she said,
MAY God bless our home.
Son. be loyal. be true.
Always do unto others
As you'd have them do unto you.
Be upright. brave. honest.
Always love one another
Were the lessons taught me.
BY my old fashioned mother.
"PANsY BUSH"
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
EVERYBODY'S COLUMN.

Readers Of these col. INNS In
the splendid Sunday Times.
Herald quite often write to the
editor OF old Heard and Seen
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and other items.
These inquiries, too, In spite
Of the fact that the heading OF
Heard and Seen proclaiIns II
"everybOdy's column" con-
fributed from all directions.
Thousands OF Washington
people who have followed
Heard and Seen with deepest
interest for many years know
that II is contributed-that II,
sent by ardent fans free Of
charge, largely because they
love the spirit OF this great old
institution and write for IL out
Of pure love and Joy.
For the benefit OF those
living away from Washington
the editor wishes to repeat
that the columns are open 70
all who have something good
they wish TO print; that there
Is no charge; neither Is any
matter paid for.
We prefer and insist upon
original matter as far as DOS
sible, because we want Heard
and Seen to hold It's place In
the newspaper world as one
Of the brightest and most IN.
teresting features TO be found
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Remember that you have q
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BILL PRICE.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

a silent man. He has q wry neck
and chews finecut. At funerals
he sits UP on the hearse seat with
black Charlie Robinson, the driver,
and mods all the way to Cemetery
Hill. Mrs. Boggs is a great hand
to call on the sick. She was a
Lewis. and came from Purdy.
They have one son, Archie Boggs,
who II the town dude. He parts
his hair in the middle and often
goes to Cincinnati just to see a
show.
Ormsby McTavish. He came
from Scotland and runs the Sample
Store on Court street. He has
light, sandy side whiskers. His
son, Treat, waits on trade while
old Mr.. McTavish spends all his
time keeping books under a coal
oil lamp in the back of the store.
Sometimes the lamp 10 burning as
late as 10 o'clock. Mr.. McTavish
sends out his bills weekly and those
who come and pay up promptly
get a scent poke of candy. He
and Conrad schreck. the butcher,
are the greatest patrons of the
public library. At night they sit
out In front Of the big scales at
the lower end Of town and discuss
Kip Nicholas. lie lives In Kans,s
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
THREE FAMOUS PUZZLES.

Dear Bill: Our contribs seem to
xnow everything, and possibly
some Of them will be able TO send
you the answer to this:
About the year 1875 three puz-
zles. said to be the very last
word" in such things, were pub
lished in one of the current maya
zines. Answers were found to two
Of them, and they have since be-
come classics Of their kind. But
for the third puzzle no answer was
found. I would like to know
whether the puzzle was a fake"
aud had no answer, or II there re-
ally was an answer to 1t, and, II so,
what is the answer.
The first puzzle was one that i
am sure is we'll known to all the
readers Of the G. o. c.:
"Three-f0urths Of a cross, then q
circle complete,
Then an upright where two semi
circles do meet,
Then a triangle standing upon
two feet,
Then two sem-circles and a cir
Gle complete"
Answer-TOBACCO
The second puzzle is also a clas-
sic. but IL is not so well known as
the first:
'There Is a word OF plural mum.
ber,
A foe to peace and quiet slumber.
Now almost any word you take
BY adding rs" will plural make.
But IL you add an IS" to this,
Strange what q metamOrphOsis;
Plural plural II no more.
And sweet what bitter was be-
FORE"
Answer-CARES-
The third puzzle. for which no
answer was ever found, was:
"When from the Ark's capacious
round
The beasts came forth In pairs.
Who was the first to hear the
sound
or boots upon the stairs?"
Let's have the answer.
II. b. ROSSELL.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

alley, across the railroad tracks,
and lost a leg when he was q boy
Tipping freight trains. He was
one Of the best swimmers In town
when he was u BOY and could with
his crutches outjump any Of the
other boys. He and his father
catch fish for a living and peddie
them from two.wheeled cart.
They are both hard drinkers and
rarely milgle with other folks.
Cass Cooper. He is the son of
Prof. Irving Cooper, who used to
be superintendent of schools.
When his folks moved away, Cass
remained there. He has spells.
Sometimes. when the weather IN
good. he lives in an old shack
across the river in Alum Rock. In
the winter he sleeps on the Bas
Cliff coal float. He rarely works.
except now and then to drive cows
In from the pasture or to do a
little hoeing in gardens. Strangely
enough. he attends church regular.
ly. but always sleeps through the
service.
"Peeny" White. He runs the
barber shop on State street. In
front he has a jewelry shop. which
his wife attends. He won q shet.
land pony for being the champion
horseshoe thfower Of the county IN
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
. BY BILL PRICE
SNAIL CULTURE.

Dear Bill: The boys who went 10
France and learned to eat snails
over there. or watched others eat
these delicacies, will be glad to
learn that there is a big opening
for snail culture in the United
States. ] have read where a scien.
tific agriculturist says: There is
nothing in the soil, climate or
other conditions that prevent our
raising in this country all the
snails that the people demand for
food"
AS a public spirited citizen, Bill.
I feel that 1t is your duty to en-.
courage the snail industry. Oys.
ters are getting scarce. prices Of
everything are high. and snails
may be worth sonnet hing.
EUGENE J.
Well print your dope. Eugene.
That's the columns mission.
But we're not going to eat snails.
At least that's our suspicion.
The Washington times., 1922-12-03

IN HIS is the season of the year
when many of us have
- slammed down the office
desk, packed the kit bag and
caught the train for back home.
How the old town has changed!
The Methodist Church seems 80
small. Second street-once the
Broadway Of your boyhood-ap.
pears deserted. The old hitching
rack at the feed mill has given way
to an asphalt parking station.
The Central House, where you
watched soda drummers register
from New York is slowly decaying.
The Daily Advocate once referred
to It as the hometown Palmer
House."
But the folks are all there-the
lovable home.towners, who have
stuck to their town through the
SHOWS Of many winters. They are
genuinely glad to see you. You
know It by the warmth of their
hand-clasp. They still believe in
the town.
Have you seen the new fence
around the public square? Two
or three Of the blsger.burg move.
ments have sprung into life.
And here are few Of the people
you meet:
Undertaken Enoch Boggs. He In
The Washington times., 1922-12-03
REFINED GOAT MEAT.

(As the price Of lamb goes
upward, Texas goat growers are
trying to popularize goat meat
in this country, and the De-
partment Of Agriculture has Of
ficially named goat meat "che-
von." The column bard of the
Chicago News treats it thusly) !:
Now isn't this . pretty notes
Are diners-Out 80 silly
That one must thus refine fine goat
And try TO Gid the billy?
Will epicures. to custom tied,
Sto0p TO such lure as this.
And welcome. duly Frenchified.
The fare that now they hiss?
An yes! for. living by the book.
We read and feed by rote,
And rs "chevon" the bait will hook
Commands who gag at goat.