Towner County, ND, Hansboro, News published January 1, 1914 - May 31, 1914 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ (c) 2000 Mary Lindbo The following news items and articles are all transcribed from the Hansboro News newspaper. The items included in this file were published between January 1, 1914 and May 31, 1914. Note: when searching for names in this text, I recommend using various spellings of a surname. I noticed during the transcription that some names were not spelled the same throughout. Since many of the names were not familiar to me, I typed them exactly as they were published. North Dakota State Historical Society microfilm numbers 09491 Transcribed August, 2000 by: Mary Lindbo, mjlindbo@msn.com February 27, 1914 ARMOURDALE ASSERTIONS W. M. Berg transacted business at Perth last Monday. Gust Miller returned from a trip to Duluth last Saturday. Rev. M. N. Westerback will preach at the Finn hall on the first Sunday in March. Miss Ethel Juntunen, Einar Juntunen and Edward Martin visited at the L. Hendrickson home last Sunday. August Hendrickson, who has been at the hospital at Devils Lake for treatment has returned much improved in health. The young people are busy preparing for a play to be given in the hall sometime in March. We have not yet learned the name of the play. BISBEE BRIEFS (from the Gazette) Noah Narveson went to Fargo Tuesday. Mrs. Geo. Gerrard has been indisposed during the week. Miss Rose Behan went to Grand Forks Saturday for a visit with her sister. Mrs. Julia Elmquist and daughter went to Grand Forks Monday for a visit with relatives. Peter Stamsen and wife were here visiting at the homes of relatives. They left for their home in Butte, Montana last Monday. Mr. John Krokan and Miss Mina Malmedal were married Tuesday afternoon at Churchs Ferry, Rev. Helseth officiating. The young people returned here on the evening train, going to the home of the bride's parents where the immediate members of the family had gathered to tender the young people their best wishes. ROCK LAKE RIPPLES Claude Lindsey spent the first of the week with his parents. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Max Jahnke, a fine baby girl. Max is handing out the cigars. Miss Gladys Levine of Hansboro spent Friday with her friend, Miss Flossie Peterson. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elsberry of Elsberry spent Wednesday with relatives in this vicinity. Helen Latham and Eva Hoff visited with friends at Elsberry between trains last Saturday. Mr. Lindsay who has been seriously ill for the past few weeks is able to be up and around again. Harry Lichty who has been suffering with a severely sprained wrist is out and around again among his friends. Andrew Foley was pleasantly entertained at a dinner party at the home of Mrs. Frances Elsberry in honor of his birthday last Monday. Covers were laid for six. The masquerade ball last Saturday evening was a grand success. Prizes were awarded as follows: best ladies' costume, Miss Mary Stapleton of Hansboro; best gentlemen's costume, Minor Borgeson of Rock Lake; most comic costume, Leo Andeburg, Rock Lake. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS Farmer Nearly Frozen to Death Wildrose - Falling into a well while engaged in watering stock half a mile from his home. James Schievar, a Russian farmer, nearly perished near here. Schievar succeeded in getting out of the well only to face a biting north wind and twenty degrees below zero weather in the half-mile run to his home. When he reached there he was almost exhausted and badly frozen. Physicians say he will recover. Cogswell Almost Destroyed Bismarck - A destructive fire at Cogswell occurred. A large portion of the town was destroyed. Drake - The Commercial Club has over 100 members who are cooperating with the Soo Line in an effort to secure more settlers. CANDO COMETS (from the Herald) Uncle Tracy Noyes is quite sick with symptoms of pneumonia. P. H. Forrest was on the sick list a few days lately, but is now out and around again. Isabelle Atkins is now reported as being much better after her long siege of pneumonia. She is steadily improving. Will Rader is here visiting with his parents. He expects to return to his farm in Montana about March 1st. D. F. McLaughlin and wife left Monday for a trip to Florida and other points in the south and east. They will be gone about a month. Miss Gladys Hanson, niece of Mrs. C. J. Atkins, returned to her home at Churchs Ferry last Friday, after a two week visit here with her aunt. Their many friends of this city will be sorry to hear of the death of the little daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. N. Bakke in the hospital at Bottineau. She passed away early Wednesday morning of last week, after a long illness; the cause of death was supposed to have been pneumonia. On Tuesday afternoon at the home of the officiating clergyman in Cando, Thomas A. Ellingson and Miss Margaret Booth were united in marriage by Rev. Geo. B. Denison. Mr. Ellingson is on the McLeod farm about five miles east of Perth. The bride is a sister of Mrs. Neil Littlejohn, whose home is also near Perth. ROLLA RUMBLES (from the Star) D. C. Boyd who has been under the weather for several weeks is able to be around again. C. W. Albertson returned last Friday from a month's visit with friends and relatives in Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Flyn returned Friday evening from a month's visit with relatives and friends in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Hector Wright who has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McKay for several weeks, left for his home at Aberdeen, South Dakota Friday. Miss Clara Rohr, of Crary, came up on Thursday evening for a two weeks visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. M. Jacobson and family. Co. Com. Eugene Couture has been quarantined at his home at St. John on account of smallpox. The general condition in the town has greatly improved, only a few cases existing at the present time. Miss Ada E. Langley of Bismarck, arrived here last Friday evening for a week's visit with her sister, Mrs. A. R. Beardsley and family before going to Madison, Wisconsin to act as the superintendent of the Mendota hospital. Carl Wilkie of Oxford Township left yesterday morning for Fergus Falls, Minnesota to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law Paul Buth. His wife, a sister of Mr. Wilkie, died about a year ago. They leave a family of five children, the oldest being a daughter seventeen years of age. In the death of their only son, Charles, aged thirteen, Editor and Mrs. C. E. Goodsell of Dunseith have sustained a very heavy affliction. He passed away Saturday, February 14, after a brief illness of diphtheria. The disease developed so rapidly that when a physician was called medical assistance could not prevent a fatal termination. Lester Ticen, who has been visiting his parents at Rossville, Indiana for the past two months, returned Monday evening. He has not yet taken up his work in the Great Northern station at this place but expects to be reemployed at the beginning of March. Lester was one of the forty clerks in the Minot division of the Great Northern railway who were temporarily taken off duty on account of a lack of business. EGELAND EPISODES (from the Enterprise) Miss Bellingham who has been suffering for the past two weeks with an abscess is again able to attend to her duties as saleslady at the Chicago store again. The Enterprise is in receipt of an announcement from Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Fulkerson of Halliday, North Dakota that they are the happy parents of a fine baby boy born to them on February 6. On Sunday last death entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Froehler, who reside near Crocus and took their baby who was just one week old. The remains were buried in the cemetery at Tier on Tuesday. Ted Hughes, a nephew of Chas. Cole, who has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Cole since coming over from England about three years ago, left on Tuesday for southern Minnesota where he expects to work on a large dairy farm. LOCAL NEWS F. L. Gettys was a visitor at Devils Lake over Sunday. Burton Burley of St. John was a visitor in the city Wednesday. Geo. Sutherland of Burchwood was a visitor in the city Thursday. Dr. McNoughton, veterinary surgeon of Devils Lake, was in the city on business Monday. Gene Geyer returned Monday from Grand Forks where he took the civil service examination. Melvin Olson, who is attending school at Starkweather spent Sunday at the parental home in this city. Frank Derrig left Monday with a carload of horses for Montana. F. H. Murdick accompanied Mr. Derrig and will look over the country. School opened again last Monday morning after a two week vacation made necessary by a break down of the school heating plant. At the masquerade dance at Rock Lake last Friday evening, Miss Mary Stapleton near this city won the price for the best costumed lady. Master Richard Lymburn had the misfortune to slip and fall on some glass last Sunday from which accident he received a severe cut on his knee. John Reese, our efficient commissioner from this district has decided to become a candidate for reelection. Mr. Reese has served as commissioner to the satisfaction of all and will, without doubt, receive the unanimous support of his party at the primaries. Commencing February 18, and lasting three months, postmasters in this postal district are required to weigh all incoming and outgoing mail, and on these figures so obtained is based the compensation the railroads will receive during the next five years for hauling the mail. Loyd Burley, who has spent some time at Blagonie, Canada, arrived Wednesday for an extended visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Burley. At the ice rink Wednesday evening Loyd took some of our fast skaters but outdistanced them all and thereby won the admiration of those present. C. E. Blackorby left Tuesday on a business trip to Grand Forks. Pete Blackorby was shaking hands with old friends here the first of the week. Mesdames Ross Randall and Howard Adams of Devils Lake spent Sunday at the F. L. Getty home. The M. W. A. lodge will use every effort to make the masquerade on March 17 a success. Both Mrs. M. E. Van Order and daughter Helen are under the doctor's care but are reported as improving slowly. Chas. McMaster and sister, Miss Eva and Miss Grace Johnson of Rolla were out-of-town skaters at the ice rink Wednesday evening. Mesdames John Wilson, Mike Lawler and Ernest Dillon entertained the ladies' aid society at the home of the former on Wednesday afternoon. Claire Wilson returned last Tuesday from a visit at Starkweather. He was accompanied home by Howard Geary who will visit here for a time. The largest crowd of the season was in attendance at the ice rink last Wednesday evening. Many beginners are in attendance each night and many will regret the end of the season which will close this popular resort. Word received from Andrew Fyall, who is spending the winter in Scotland, is to the effect that Andrew expects to return the first part of March and open the Hansboro garage. Andrew hinted in his letter to our informant that he expected to return with a bride, his wedding to a Highland lassie being arranged to take place before the date of sailing. G. A. Olson returned Wednesday from his trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas. We have certainly enjoyed the real spring weather of the past week. Mrs. W. J. Wills entertained the ladies of the Embroidery Club yesterday afternoon. W. H. Wood of the Imperial was a passenger for Devils Lake yesterday afternoon. Mrs. M. Weeden who spent the winter at Neche, arrived yesterday for a visit with relatives and friends here. P. P. Olson of Devils Lake, representing the National Casualty Co. , was a business visitor in the city Thursday. Mesdames G. W. Cooper and C. A. Paetow will serve refreshment and entertain the ladies' aid at the parsonage next Wednesday afternoon. "Dad" Wilson suffered an attack of heart trouble while on the street yesterday afternoon and was helpless for the moment. He was assisted to the Blackburn drug store and was later able to go to his home. Dad has been seized with these spells from time to time of late but his tenacity has always stood him in good stead and we'll wager he will be back at his old job in a day or two. Mrs. Wm. Stephens was hostess at a very pretty Washington birthday party Saturday afternoon. The house was artistically decorated with the national colors. Contests and games such as "Washington Crossing the Delaware", furnished much amusement. Prizes were won by Mrs. Geo. Walker, Miss Johnson and Mrs. Jim Blackorby. Those present were: Mesdames Laing, W. Wilson, Lymburn, Smith, Paetow, Diggins, Hamilton, Knight, Blackburn, G. Wilson, J. Blackorby, Walker and Misses Jennie Johnson, Lillie Walker and Dora Blackorby. Dainty refreshments were served, after which all departed declaring Mrs. Stephens a delightful entertainer. Hans Mickelson of Devils Lake was in the city yesterday. Hugh Lymburn and Lee Gibbens were Cartwright visitors yesterday. The influx of traveling men is a pretty good indication that spring is near. R. T. Elsberry, democratic candidate for sheriff of Towner County was in the city today. Thom Oakland of Bisbee, republican candidate for sheriff of Towner County is in the city today. Andy Dunphy who is holding down a claim in Canada is reported seriously ill with rheumatism. Advertisement: Prizes for the Best Acre of Corn Grown by Girls and Boys Tributary to Hansboro To the boys and girls in this territory who raise the greatest number of bushels of corn from a measured acre during 1914 we offer the following prizes: 1st prize, $20; 2nd prize, $10; 3rd prize, $5. Contestant must be under 18 years of age and must charge labor spent on field at ten cents an hour. Must plant either North Dakota White Flint or Northwestern Dent. In the event no ripe corn is grown, the prizes will be divided among the best fodder fields. Before entering the contest see B. L. Thomas at the Bank of Hansboro. May 8, 1914 Geo. Sutherland of Birchwood was in the city Wednesday. The Cando creamery is to be reopened for business soon. The ladies' aid met with Mrs. Ab. Blackorby Wednesday afternoon. The aid society will meet with Mrs. Mike Lawler next Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Marie Phillips left Tuesday morning for a visit with her daughter at Lakota. J. M. Kelly, president of the Farmers Line was in the city the first of the week. On April 25 occurred the death of Lydia Jane Henkel at Cando. She had been an invalid for thirty years. Mrs. W. H. Cauthers and children returned from Grandin last Tuesday at which place they spent the winter. A large number of traveling men came up on the first train on the Farmers Line under the new schedule last Monday and remained over night in the city. Capt. John Ford of the Farmers Line will run a gasoline launch on Devils Lake again this summer and made his last run as engineer of the train last Saturday and will get the launch ready for the season's run. F. H. Blose was unable to give a moving picture show here on Thursday evening as announced but will show at Grimes' hall next Saturday evening. Mr. Blose informs us that he has some exceptionally good films for Saturday night's show. Miss Anna Ryan who is teaching near Rock Lake came up Tuesday and left Wednesday in company with Misses Alice Ryan and Selma Reimestad of the Picton school, for Cando where they are in attendance at the 6th annual meeting of the Towner County Teachers' Association. If you are a boy or girl under 18 years of age and live in Hansboro or vicinity, write us a story of not more than 100 words telling why you like to live in North Dakota and especially the Hansboro country. For the best story we will give a prize of $5 in gold. This contest closes the 30th of next month so write your story and send or bring it in early. It costs you nothing to try for this prize. The capital stock of the Hansboro State Bank has been increased from $10,000 to $25,000. This increase means added financial strength and in the making of a successful bank its financial strength is second only to the character and ability of the men in charge. The growth and prosperity of a bank is an index to the grown and prosperity of the country and in adding financial strength, which means added service to patrons, the stockholders of this institution have proved their faith in this country and its people, and justifies the bank in its slogan "we are growing, grow with us." Mrs. M. E. VanOrder has been quite ill the past week. W. P. Masseure of Newville was in the city on business Tuesday. The Royal Neighbors met with Mrs. D. A. Blackburn Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Ernest Dillon and Miss Edna Wilson were Devils Lake visitors Wednesday. Henry Tipps and Oliver Charbouneau of St. John were visitors in the city last Sunday. Miss Lowery of Starkweather was in the city Tuesday evening soliciting subscriptions for a Devils Lake newspaper in an effort to secure a prize offered by that newspaper. The following from the Devils Lake Journal will be of interest to Mrs. McClement's Hansboro friends. D. B. McClement who went out to Calgary a few weeks ago to look over the country, has decided to locate there and Mrs. McClement expects to go up in a few weeks. Prof. A. Roger Kratz and the Misses Lucy Chisholm, Gladys Levine and Jennie Johnson of the Hansboro schools left this morning to attend the sixth annual meeting of the Towner County Teachers' Association at Cando. The Hansboro schools are closed today as a consequence. You often want to know what constitutes a carload. Well, paste this in your hat and you will have an answer handy. Nominally, a carload is 20,000 pounds. It is also seventy-nine barrels of salt, ninety-nine of flour, sixty of whiskey, 200 sacks of flour, ten cords of wood, eighteen to twenty head of cattle, fifty to sixty hogs, ninety to one hundred head of sheep, 6,000 feet of boards, 17,000 feet of siding, 13,000 feet of flooring, 45,000 feet of shingles, one-half less of hard lumber, one-tenth less of joist, scantling and other timbers, 340 bushels of corn, 500 bushels of wheat, 580 of oats, 156 of flax seed, 260 of apples, 340 Irish potatoes and 1,000 of bran. Finley King of St. John is plastering the Geary house. Mesdames F. H. Murdick and E. E. McDougall are spending the day in Devils Lake. W. F. Rusk, lineman for the Farmers Telephone Company, was in the city from Cando last Saturday. "Dad" Wilson returned Wednesday from a visit at Cando, St. John and Rolla. He visited at Egeland between trains yesterday. Mrs. Hattie Anderson, formerly or Hansboro but now of Marmon, this state, writes to have the News sent to Marmon instead of Seattle, Washington, at which place she spent the winter. The new time card on the Farmers Line went into effect Monday and the train crew remains in Hansboro overnight. Robert Lloyd has moved into the Farrell house recently vacated by L. P. McAneney, the night watchman has moved into the house recently vacated by Mrs. A. J. Dunphy, Carl Whiting will occupy the Geary house which is being repaired and Roy White will stay at the White farm near town. Mrs. Howard McKee will spend the summer with relatives at Egeland and Mr. McKee and Fireman Nichalai have fitted up a tent for sleeping quarters on the railroad right of way. May 15, 1914 DIES FROM HEART FAILURE Mrs. J. O. Carter died very suddenly last Monday from heart failure at her home east of Hansboro, aged 41 years. She leaves a husband and three sons and a father, G. B. Lawrence and two brothers, Claude and Frank Lawrence. Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church in this city, Dr. J. S. Hamilton delivering the sermon and interment was made in the Hansboro cemetery. The sympathy of all goes out to the bereaved relatives. ARMOURDALE ASSERTIONS (Too Late for Last Week) Einar Kinunen is quite ill with pneumonia. Henry Halone lost a fine two-year-old colt last week. Miss Emma Kinunen, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Matt Kinunen who has been quite ill is recovering slowly. A wrestling match between the Rolla champion Wm. McMaster and J. Hedman a Duluth Finn wrestler, resulted in favor of Hedman. A very sad death occurred in the Finn settlement last Friday night when Mrs. Erick Skrotarus passed away. Besides a husband she leaves three small children, the youngest of which is a two-week-old baby girl. Deceased was 42 years old at the time of death. The community extends sympathy to the sorrowing husband. LOCAL NEWS Mrs. John Ed Knight is reported ill. Carl Whiting has moved into the Geary house. C. A. Weeden was a Devils Lake visitor Tuesday. Delbert Weeden returned Monday from a trip to Webster. The Royal Neighbors will meet at Grimes' hall next Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Marie Phillips returned last Wednesday evening from a visit with her daughter at Lakota. Miss Anna Holden of Holmfield, Canada, arrived Saturday for a visit at the Geo. Walker home. Mrs. D. B. McClement came up from Devils Lake Wednesday evening for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Robt. Lloyd. Devils Lake Journal: Mrs. Deal of Egeland, mother of Mrs. Howard McKee of this city, underwent an operation at the General Hospital on Saturday. Conductor Jones of the Farmers line shipped his Buick automobile up from Devils Lake last Tuesday and will use it at this end of the line during the summer. Misses Edna and Edith Wilson went to Devils Lake yesterday. Miss Edna returned the same evening and Miss Edith went to Cando where she is taking teachers' examination. Bisbee has been offered a date for a street carnival. After a visit from an attraction of this kind the citizens of a town generally experience shrinking pocketbooks and a bad taste in the mouth. The members of the Hansboro school faculty returned last Saturday from Cando where they attended the sixth annual meeting of the Towner County teachers' association. The association voted its thanks to the county superintendent of schools, the Cando school faculty and the people of Cando for their efforts in making the meeting a success. Nicholas Ulrich of Peoria, Illinois, stopped off in Hansboro a few days the first of the week enroute home from a trip through Montana. Mr. Ulrich was looking after his farming interests and investments in the north end of Towner County. He left Thursday morning for Peoria, at which place he will be joined by his family and together they will make an extended tour through Norway and Germany. L. P. McAneney spent Tuesday at Egeland. Mrs. Howard McKee spent Tuesday evening in the city. Christ. Paetow is dwelling a well on his lot on the north side. Geo. H. Walker arrived Saturday from Medicine Hat, Canada. Steve Williams shipped a car of fat stock to So. St. Paul market this morning. Mrs. M. E. VanOrder, who has been quite ill, is slightly improved this morning. Mrs. T. J. Clifford and son Harold, Miss Nora Martel and Glen Eaton of St. John were visitors in the city Sunday. Misses Wilkins, Brown and Messrs. Harry Lichty and Andrew Foley of Rock Lake were visitors in the city last Sunday. A packed house saw the moving pictures at Grime's hall last Saturday evening. F. H. Blose will give another show next Saturday evening and will continue to show here every Saturday evening until further notice. Wm. McMaster of Rolla will be pitted against A. Kallis the North Dakota Finn champion in a wrestling match at Grimes' hall next Saturday evening. The wrestling match will be pulled off immediately after the moving picture show. The Hansboro State Bank has put down a sidewalk on the east side of the bank and the News promptly followed suite with one in front of this office. These new walks are needed improvements and we hope the fever will prove contagious. Rolla Star: The wrestling match last Saturday evening between Hjalmar Hedman, the champion middle weight Finnish wrestler and Wm. McMaster of Rolla, resulted in a draw after an hour's fierce struggle, neither man being able to throw his antagonist. McMaster appeared to have the advantage most of the time succeeded in throwing Hedman over his head twice, but could not secure a technical fall. There was a good attendance and all present say that the match from beginning to end was on the square. Wm. and Joe Woodward left Tuesday for Montana. The Hansboro Hotel is being treated to a new coat of paint. Mrs. Lillian Diggens visited at Crocus between trains Saturday. C. E. Blackorby and E. M. Fessenden autoed to Cartwright yesterday. Mesdames F. H. Murdick and E. E. McDougall visited at Devils Lake yesterday. Mrs. W. J. Wills left Thursday morning for a visit with relatives at Larimore. J. H. Lowe, U. S. veterinary inspector, was in the city from Pembina Thursday. Miss Jennie Geary came up from Starkweather last Monday for a visit with relatives. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Cooper attended a meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society at Rock Lake Thursday. The farmers in this vicinity have finished seeding wheat despite the bad weather of a week ago and the past week being ideal wheat growing weather the grain that is up is excellent. Frank Barnes, formerly of Rock Lake and quite well known here, writes to have his paper changed from Eugene, Oregon, to Spicer, Minnesota to which place he has moved his family. Among those from out-of-town who attended the funeral of the late Mrs. J. O. Carter here Wednesday afternoon were John Eckerdt and Custom Officer Elbes of Sarles and E. D. Berry of Cando. Barber Bradley of Cartwright was in the city yesterday. Joe Walgamont and F. H. Blose were Crocus visitors Sunday. C. A. Weeden and Wm. Cauthers were Cartwright visitors yesterday. G. A. Olson and Wm. Wilson autoed to Rolla Tuesday afternoon. The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips of Elsberry is quite ill. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Madeford who reside east of town last Friday. One hundred federal prisoners are expected at the North Dakota penitentiary at Bismarck, the government to pay 45 cents per day each. The men will be employed in the twine plant, which has to be idle for the lack of men part of the time. NORWAY PLANS GREAT JUBILEE What May 17 Really Means Marking the one hundredth anniversary of the rise of modern Norway among the nations as an independent, self-governing kingdom, the seventeenth of May this year is of peculiar interest to about two and a quarter million people living in Norway and about two-thirds as many of their kinsmen in foreign countries, for the most part in the United States and Canada. The true meaning of this day can be understood only in the light of the political history of the countries of the far North, that is, of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. An account of the events will be given in order that the reader may realize that they naturally contribute much to the enthusiasm with which the Norwegians, in all parts of the world, are preparing for the next seventeenth of May. For years the patriotic men and women of Norway have been planning and constructing buildings for the jubilee exposition which shortly will be opened to the public in the capital of Norway. At the same time the great Baltic exposition will be opened in Malmo, in the southern part of Sweden. This competition compels Norway to put forth extraordinary efforts in order to make a creditable showing. The cathedral of Trondheim, the most magnificent building in all Scandinavia, will be the scene of elaborate ceremonies. Eidsvold, the birthplace of the constitution, will be the great mecca of those who visit southern Norway. Expect 25,000 Norwegian Visitors "Det Udflyttede Norge", the Emigrated Norway, is a quaint, almost homely building erected at the exposition for the special benefit of Norwegian visitors from foreign countries. This building will contain exhibits from several northwestern states, notably North Dakota and Minnesota. The presidents of the different Norwegian-American church associations have received special invitations from the Norwegian government to attend the jubilee and they are preparing very interesting exhibits. The people of the old country have found that Norwegians returning from America or other foreign countries to settle for good on the ancestral sod are far more enterprising in building up the country than those who never ventured abroad. During the exposition systematic efforts will be made to capture as many as possible of the 25,000 or more Norwegian visitors expected from abroad. The country has large areas of tillable soil that have never been put under the plow. The greatest drawing card to be aimed at the prospective settlers will be a list of farm and garden land for sale in all parts of Norway. The government has printed 20,000 copies of this list as a starter. The rush of Norwegians from the northwest at the present time is marked enough to remind one of the great tribal migrations which Europe witnessed during the early middle ages. Still this is but a small proportion of the Norwegian population of that part of our country. Most of the grown people of sound minds and loyal hearts who feel Norse blood coursing through their veins, went to enjoy the jubilee in some form. Therefore the next "Syttende Mai" will find a large number of gatherings of Norwegians listening to patriotic speeches, eating Lutefisk (codfish soaked in lye and boiled), rømmergrøt (a sort of cream pudding without spices) and lefse (unleavened dough rolled out very thin and baked on a hot surface), and, above all, singing Bjornstjerne Bjornson's immortal national hymn, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" (Yes, we love this country). Large Gathering In Minnesota The largest gathering outside Norway will be at the Minnesota Fair grounds at Minneapolis. The plan of this celebration is very unique. A number of years ago the Norwegians in this country began to organize themselves into what is called bygdelag, or unions, whose members hail from the same settlement or section of Norway. Everyone of them is named after the locality from which its members originally came. Those who came from Valdres belong to the Valdreslag, those who came from the vicinity of Trondheim are members of the Tronderlag. And so we have such weird names as Sognalag, Solunglad and Gudbrandsdalag. There are about thirty such unions. At the exposition grounds each lag will have its headquarters where each member will have the chance of his or her life to talk with old neighbors and revive old memories. Many of those who come from a distance are expected to spend three days in the Twin Cities. Several able men have spent months making preparations for this gathering and they confidently expect to see tens of thousands of people gathered on the afternoon of May 17. A number of special trains have already been chartered from different localities in the northwest. Prof. A. A. Veblen is chairman of the committee on arrangements. There will be large gatherings at Grand Forks, North Dakota, Madison, Wisconsin and many other cities. There will be village and neighborhood meetings by the hundreds. Gifts for the Old Country The bygdelag have been raising money which will be sent as gifts to the localities whence their members came. The aggregate of these gifts is not known yet, but probably it will be in the neighborhood of $100,000. Senator L. O. Thorpe of Willmar, Minnesota, is chairman of a committee which is raising funds for a national gift to Norway, the so-called mindegave (memorial gift), which is to be managed through the storthing of Norway. The amount raised shall never be used, but the storthing shall have authority to use the interest for relieving unexpected suffering due to some calamity or for charitable work of a more general nature. The amount already secured for this purpose is about $40,000. May 22, 1914 HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM Canny Scot In Minnesota Has Solved Problem of Keeping Boys On The Farm The age-old problem of how to keep the boy on the farm has been solved by a Minnesota farmer. John McCallum, a canny Scot farmer of Big Stone County, organized his nine sons and daughters into a corporation and divided the stock of his 1,800-acre farm among them, as though it were a regular city business, a factory, store or mill. Mr. McCallum himself was elected president of the farm corporation, by the vote of all the stockholders, while his oldest son, Gilbert, was elected general manager and a younger son, Leslie was chosen secretary and treasurer. One son was made superintendent of the hog department, a full-blooded stock. Another boy was chosen to care for the horses. Between two other sons, the cattle and sheep were divided. The girls were placed in charge of the home. Each child was made superintendent of some division of the farm work and given supreme authority in his or her department. The children were enthusiastic over the idea. It gave them an interest in the work on the 1,800 acres that they had never had before and before the first week was over each one of the board of directors was doing his best to stop the leaks that beset any large corporation. GUN CLUB ORGANIZED A meeting was held Wednesday evening and the Hansboro Gun Club was formally organized. L. P. McAneney was elected president and D. A. Blackburn was elected secretary and treasurer. About a dozen members were taken into the club Wednesday evening and more will join later. A membership fee of $2 ill be charged. The secretary was instructed to order a trap and clay pigeons and the club will use the ball park for practice. The Hansboro Gun Club has several crack shots among its members who expect to wrest some of the laurels from like organizations in this section. LOCAL NEWS F. L. Gettys spent Wednesday at Devils Lake. Harry Derrig of Egeland spent Sunday in the city. Miss Irene Olson of Cando is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. L. Thomas. The ladies aid society met with Mrs. M. Lawler Wednesday afternoon. Geo. Wilson, Geo. Olson and Hector Guilbert were Cartwright visitors Wednesday. Mrs. M. Weeden returned to Neche last Wednesday after a several months visit here. Mrs. D. McClement returned to Devils Lake last Monday morning after a few days visit here. Tom Montgomery, the insurance man of Devils Lake spent the greater part of the past week in the city. General Manager P. S. Dunn and Roadmaster Skurdahl, of the Farmers Line, were in the city Wednesday. T. H. Blose and Frank Grimes went to Armourdale last Sunday and gave a moving picture show in the Finn hall at that place. The train on the Farmers line was late in leaving here Wednesday morning on account of a part of the train leaving the track in the yards here. Friends of the young lady in this city will be interested to learn of the recent marriage of Miss Winnifred Pearl Jolliffe of Rolla and C. J. Cole of Petersburg. John Askew of Cartwright was in the city Sunday. Mrs. D. A. Blackburn visited at Cartwright last Friday. C. E. Blackorby has purchased T. J. Clifford's Case automobile. The Royal Neighbors met at Grimes hall yesterday afternoon. F. H. Murdick returned from Glentana, Montana, Tuesday evening. The ladies aid society will meet in the church next Wednesday afternoon. The Royal Neighbor lodge will serve supper for the dance to be given May 29. Mrs. B. L. Thomas is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. C. H. Olson of Cando. Mrs. Howard McKee came up from Devils Lake Saturday and spent Sunday with Mr. McKee. D. A. Blackburn, G. A. Olson, L. P. McAneney and Geo. Wilson were at Cartwright Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tackle entertained a number of their Hansboro friends at their home last Sunday. Geo. Williams returned Tuesday evening from St. Paul to which place he accompanied a car of fat stock. Miss Selma Reimestad of the Picton school faculty had the misfortune to break the index finger on her right hand last Friday. Mrs. G. A. Olson and little daughter, Ruth, went to Starkweather Tuesday morning for a visit, returning Thursday evening. Wm. Duncan of Crystal City was in the city Saturday on his way to Rolla, near which place his uncle, Harry Duncan, died the day before from injuries received by being dragged by a colt he was attempting to catch. The last issue of the Devils Lake Journal pays a fitting tribute to Towner County roads. It says in part: "At the present time there isn't a county in North Dakota which has made such permanent improvement in road building as Towner County." St. John Leader: Frank Lebarge has returned from an extended trip through British Columbia, where he went for the purpose of looking up a location in that much advertised country. He reports conditions there very unsatisfactory and boomed out of all proportion to the resources to be found and settlers who went there with the expectation of making it their home are leaving by every train and coming back to the states. Similar conditions exist in all parts of the Canadian West. Why leave a sure thing to chase a will-o-the wisp? Gold Old North Dakota is good enough for us. Frank Grimes was a Cartwright visitor Tuesday. Ranney Manning returned from Montana last Saturday. Mrs. M. E. VanOrder who has been quite ill for several weeks, is still quite ill. J. C. Siple of Bisbee, candidate for representative on the republican ticket was in the city Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fyall and Mrs. Ernest Dillon and two children were Rock Lake visitors Tuesday afternoon. F. H. Murdick will leave tomorrow morning for Rolette, at which place he will buy a car of horses and ship them to Glentana, Montana. A nice shower visited this section Tuesday evening and crops are in excellent shape. Tuesday's rain was heavier north of town while south of here very little rain fell. During the past week a good many of the towns people have improved the appearance of their premises greatly by the very timely application of the rake and hoe and a number of trees and shrubs have been planted. If anything adds to the beauty of a town it is an abundance of well kept trees. The drayman, Jack Carey, has been busy plowing gardens and many of our people have their plots planted. May 29, 1914 A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Kellogg Wednesday. The Royal Neighbors will meet with Mrs. J. B. Smith next Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. McAneney and son Blaine of Egeland spent Sunday in the city. John Wilson left Tuesday for an extended visit in Illinois, Michigan and Eastern Canada. C. E. Blackorby and Hugh Lymburn autoed to Devils Lake Saturday afternoon returning Monday. A crew of men are putting in the concrete piers for the Standard Oil tanks on the railroad right-of-way. Mrs. M. E. VanOrder who has been quite ill for several weeks, is much improved, we are glad to state. E. E. Owen, candidate for sheriff on the republican ticket, was a visitor in the city from Cando yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Thomas, Miss Irene Olson and Ed Jones autoed to Brandon, Manitoba, last Sunday, returning Tuesday evening. Geo. Wilson took F. H. Murdick to Rolette last Sunday, where Mr. Murdick expects to buy up a carload of horses and ship them to Glentana, Montana. Mrs. W. J. Wills returned from a visit at Larimore last Saturday. Mesdames E. E. McDougall and L. P. McAneney were Devils Lake visitors Wednesday. Miss Jennie Geary came up from Starkweather Wednesday evening for a visit with relatives. Frank Derrig who is now located at Glentana, Montana, was in the city Tuesday, returning Wednesday. John McPike of Cando, democratic candidate for register of deeds, spent a part of the past week in the city. Miss Myrtle Weeden closed a successful term of school at Finley last week and returned to her home in this city Saturday. Geo. Wilson, D. A. Blackburn, Wm. Wilson and the writer attended the ball game between Pilot Mount and Crystal City at the latter town, last Friday. After the game the Cartwright-Hansboro baseball team was admitted to the league. Mike Mungan of Rolla was in the city this morning. Rev. G. W. Cooper and C. A. Weeden drove to Rolla on Tuesday. The ladies aid society met at the Methodist Church last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wm. Disher and daughter Miss Ruth are visiting at Devils Lake today. Geo. McDonald, republican candidate for sheriff was in the city from Perth on Friday of last week. The ladies aid society will meet with Mrs. Hugh Lymburn next Wednesday afternoon. Lunch will be served. James Blezard of Perth, candidate for register of deeds on the republican ticket, was in the city yesterday. The single and married ladies' basket ball teams will meet with Mrs. E. E. McDougall tomorrow, Saturday, evening at 7:30 for the purpose of organizing their teams for the present season. Cando Record: T. J. Clifford of St. John received a cable last week, that his father had died at his home in Ireland. The many friends of Mr. Clifford in Towner and Rolette Counties sympathize with him in his bereavement. The Hansboro schools will close for the summer vacation on Friday, June 12. Mrs. Clinton Holman of Argile, Michigan arrived Monday for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Robt. Lloyd. Mrs. Holman is better known her by her maiden name, Erma Johnson. HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY This section was blessed with one of those million dollar rains Thursday afternoon and from reports rain visited almost every section of the state. Weather observer C. E. Blackorby reports that the moisture gauge here registered a rainfall of 1. 3 inches. Last Wednesday was the warmest day so far this year, the thermometer registering 85, with Monday and Thursday close seconds with 83 degrees. The prospects for a bumper crop were never better and farmers and businessmen are wearing a smile that won't come off. BALL TEAM NOW ASSURED The Hansboro-Cartwright ball team is now a reality. G. W. Carroll, pitcher and E. R. Bohan, catcher, arrived last Monday and the remainder of the team will be composed of Hansboro and Cartwright players. Pitcher Carroll has been with the Milwaukee and Fargo-Moorhead ball teams this season and his record on the rubber last season is proof that the H-C's are fortunate in signing him up, while they are none the less fortunate in securing Backstop Bohan, who was formerly the mainstay of the "Snyders" of Minneapolis. Egeland was to have crossed bats with the H-C's here yesterday but rain made the game impossible. If the condition of the diamond will permit the H-C's will meet Pilot Mound at Cartwright this afternoon. The H-C's are ready to take the conceit out of the ball teams in Canada or the U. S. A. 50,000 MEN WORK ON 'TRAIL' Hettinger, North Dakota, May 23 - Friday was "Trail Day" in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana. An army of from 50,000 to 60,000 men worked upon the highway running from the Fall of St. Anthony in the Mississippi to the Yellowstone National Park. Women also had a part in the work and celebration. They provided luncheons for the toilers, who were recruited from the ranks of business life as well as from the farms. The work done along the trail all the way from Minneapolis to the Yellowstone National Park was, in order of importance: The marking of the trail so that the traveler may at all times see the colors of the association. Repairing culverts, bridges or grades and placing proper warnings at turns and railway crossings. Draining or grading of sloughs. Removing all stones and all glass and rubbish from the area dedicated to the public for highway. Dragging every mile of the trail with a split log or other drag. Grading and graveling of as much of the trail as possible. The trail through North Dakota was literally alive with good road volunteers. The weather was ideal. Marmath graveled two miles of roads, 150 men and two dozen teams working. Rhame covered several miles of road, one hundred men and a tractor and twenty teams being busy. Bowman worked ten miles of road with 300 men, two tractors and twenty-five teams out. Scranton had fifty men and a dozen teams at work. Reeder worked on a large hill with one hundred and twenty teams and a motor truck. Hettinger had 250 men, three tractors and forty teams out; Haynes had fifty men and ten teams. All business houses in the towns closed and the women along the trail served a picnic dinner to the trail workers. Short Speeches were made during the dinner hour. Practically every town had an entertainment in the evening. TRAMP PROVES TO BE HERO Sioux Falls, South Dakota, May 26 - John Heft, a tramp, by the rescue of two Tripp men who were in danger of drowning, proved himself a hero and qualified himself for a Carnegie hero medal. Philip Enresman, a city employee, went into a reservoir connected with the water works system for the purpose of clearing it. The fumes from the antiseptic materials in use proved too much for him. He was completely overcome and fell back into the water, unable to help himself, Edward Johnson went to his rescue. Enresman was so far gone that he secured a death grip on his would-be rescuer and in a short time Johnson also was overcome by the antiseptic fumes. During the struggle quite a number of men had gathered about, among them being the tramp. Heft lost no time in plunging to the rescue of the two men. He had the foresight to provide himself with a rope, and by hard work he succeeded in keeping the heads of the two men above the surface of the water until he could attach the rope to them. Throwing the other end of the rope to those on the edge of the reservoir, they dragged the two men to safety. The rope then was thrown to the tramp hero, who himself was drawn from the reservoir just in time to save his life, as he was partially overcome by the fumes when drawn to safety. Residents who were eye-witnesses of his heroic action in saving the lives of the two men will have the case called to the attention of those in charge of awarding of Carnegie medals. ARRESTS AFTER 14 YEARS Thief River Falls, May 26 - Joe and Fred Lacount of this city and a man named Proveau, living near Crookston were placed under arrest by Sheriff Kelly of Crookston to answer to a charge of murder in connection with the slaying of J. Land in Polk County 11 years ago. Land, who was mysteriously slain in 1900 is said to have had the receipts of the sale of a farm on his person at the time, and robbery is alleged to have been the motive of the crime. The Lacounts are accused of having done the actual killing while the man Proveau is accused of having been a witness to the crime and to have shared in an equal division of the spoils for keeping the matter secret. He is alleged to have told the whole thing, while intoxicated, to a relative of the deceased. Fred Lacount was arrested at his home and taken to Crookston where he is said to have refused to discuss the case. Joe Lacount was served with a warrant while at work in this city. He turned pale when arrested and declined to say anything.