Alaska wheat deception warned by Professor Sheppard
Prof. Sheppard warns against buying "Alaska" wheat offered by an Idaho firm at 20 dollars a bushel. He says the durum type is a poor, branching Egyptian wheat, a sport with no value. Local trial and Idaho Experiment Station condemn it as worthless, warning farmers not to be taken by lavish yield claims.
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Alaska
Sheppard
Idaho
Ugha
Idaho Experiment Station
Cass County
Send In Your Protest Tariff Debate Letter Apr 1909
Bowbells editor receives a citizen letter urging publication of Sec 29 of the Payne tariff bill and its proposed extension of drawback privileges. The writer urges readers to contact Congress and gauge support, noting wheat growers’ stake and urging action before three year limits on export credits. The message quotes the section defining drawback tied to duties paid and domestic versus imported materials.
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Bowbells
Bowbells Tribune
Congress
U.S
House of Congress
United States
Secretary of Treasury
Residence Rules Tighten on Public Land Entries in North Dakota
A Washington letter from Col. Lounsberry to the Fargo Forum details strict residency enforcement for home stead entries. It notes restoration of nearly two million acres withdrawn for coal, and lists specific town and range cases. The piece criticizes former lax reporting by agents and confirms longer personal presence required, with a shift away from clerical post office work as qualifying residence.
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Washington
Col
Lounsberry
Fargo
Department of
North Dakota
Williston
Dickinson
Bismarck
Minnesota
Duluth
Harvey
Samuel
Coal State Lands Reassessed by Coal Value
Lands in the coal states are no longer sold at fixed prices per acre. They are examined, classified, and appraised according to the value of their coal deposits. This marks a shift from uniform per acre pricing to value-based assessments guided by coal potential.
D W Kelly Slugged In City Night Incident
Ambrose Newsman notes D W Kelly was found in a vacant lot between the Newsman building and the National hotel late Friday night unconscious. He recovered and said an unknown person slugged him. A lump appeared on his head the next day, and Kelly expressed confusion over the motive.
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Ambrose Newsman
D. W. Kelly
Newsman
National Hotel
D. W
Columbia Abroad Moving Picture Night At Pioneer Hall
On Saturday evening Peter Rasmussen presented a moving picture and phonographic show in Pioneer hall. It drew a good crowd despite being announced last minute and impressed with high quality films. The hosts plan to return tonight and seek a full house. The News endorses the Bowbells run and notes Tom Marshall may be a viable governor candidate according to The Forum.
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Pioneer Hall
Peter Rasmussen
Columbia Theatre
Bowbells
Stockwell on the Grill Special From Bismarck
A Bismarck dispatch says the attorney general will likely sue to recover over $6,000 in fees the investigating committee says Superintendent Stockwell kept short. Stockwell urged a legislative investigation and now may be required to restore the money to the state treasury beyond his regular salary. The article suggests the bluff of having funds on hand to repay the state was aimed at delaying court action.
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Bismarck
Stockwell
Moeller Gets Ten Years for Fatal Operation
Judge Goss denied a motion for a new trial and sentenced Dr. Moeller to ten years in the state penitentiary for causing the death of a young woman in the Leland hotel at Minot during a criminal operation. Stay of execution granted pending appeal to the supreme court. Bond remains $10,000. Pete Bertelaon of Kenmare refused a fire department subscription, saying he would rather burn out twice a year than contribute a dollar. Jim Felch and family moved from the farm to the L. D. Evans house on Madison Street.
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Goss
Moeller
Leland Hotel
Minot
State
Supreme Court
Pete Bertelaon
Kenmare
Pete
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HW. Sheppard
N. B. Experiment Station
General Land Office
Secretary of the Treasury
Lnst
New York Exchange
First National Bank
Columbia” Abroad
Tom Marshall
Jim Felch
L. D. Evans
Madison Street
A. C. Wiper
N. D
Theo. Albrecth
Wahpeton
B. M. Wohlwend
T. O. Hunter
J.N. Fox
Donald Wright
B. L. Bogart
Eugene
Oregon
P. J. McCumber
John R. Jones
Hankinson
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