The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1923, Page 1

Y places appeareq to have been avert- WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday. M derate temperature. . ESTABLISHED 1878 ~ REPUBLICANS _ KEEP CONTROL - INTHE HOUSE Agreement was Reached with Insurgent Leaders to End The Tie-Up REPRESENTATION Insurgents to be Named on) Rules Committee, Under The Decision GET Washington, Dec. 15— An agree- ment which may end tie-up in house over committee assignments was reached today by Republican and insurgent leaders. At the same time negotiations to break the or- ganization. deadlock were renewed but the outcome remained doubtful. Under the agreement on the house side a Republican insurgent will be placed on the rules committee which directs the house legislative program and the Democrats will be denied ad- ditional representation. By this arrangement the threat of a Democratic insurgent committee combination to overthrow the Re- publican house committee ed and the leaders predicted that the house would perfect its organization speedily and get down to the serious work of the session. In the senate a renewal of the vot- ing on the Interstate Commerce Com- mittee chairmanship had been post- poned until Monday-but there were many conferences in an effort to put anend to the deadlock brought about by the insurgents refusul to support Chairman Cummins for reelection. The insurgent bloc appeared de- termined to continue to support eith- er one of it's number or Senator Smith of South Carolina, a Democrat, for the chairmans' RATE CASE TOBE HEARD Hughes Electric Case Opens At 10a. m. Monday Hearing In the Hughes Electric case, combining the questions of peti- tions for reduction of steam heat and and electric rates and other ques- tions, will begin Monday morning at 10 a. m. before the state railroad commission. C. L. Young, city at- torney, will represent the city; F. oO. Hellstrom will appear for petitioners > and experts of the railroad commis- sion will present testi The Hughes company, it is under- stood, will have Wm. J. Hagenah of Chicago, noted valiAtion engineer, who has been working on the case, ut the hearing. " WILL HONOR VET EDITORS Fargo, Dec. 15.—The annual meet- ing of the North’ Dakota Pfess ssso- ciation will be held in Fargo, Jan. 18 und 19, it was decided by the execu- tive committee at a, meeting ‘here * Aside from fixing the dates, the com- mittee outlined the program. On the opening day, the talks will be devoted entirely to shop efficiency, with circulation and advertising stressed. There also will be a talk on “the back shop.” ? ‘A discussion of diversified farming or the “40 acre plus” plan will be preceded by a talk on agriculture by a prominent speaker. The fiscussion will be participated in by number of publishers who has “cashed in” on the 40 are plus program. A feature of the meeting will be a reception for all editors who have been in the business €or 30 years or more. They will be received on the floor of the convention: by G. Stewart, of Wilton, past president. Walter F. Cushing of Beach, will re- /4 spond. . TO DISCUSS LIGNITE CASE —_— y Representatives of state depart- ments of South and North Dakota and Minnesota and attorneys for the lignite.operators of the state were to meet here this afternoon to formu- late the evidence to be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission and state railroad commission against the proposéd increase in lignite coal freight rates. / OVER 100,000 POUNDS OF i TURKEYS SOLD AT HOPE Hope, N. D., Dec. 15.—Over 100,- 000 pounds ‘of dressed turkeys were sold to out of town buyers at Hope’s annual turkey days, held Wednesday and Thursday. The first day, between 50,000 and 60,000 pounds of dressed birds were ‘sold. The largest. buyers were Kim- Rall Bros., of Storgis, Mich., who, bought over 45,000 pounds. The price paid was 22 cents, the lowest figure offered in year: Yesterday, the sales amounted to about the same as the first day Hope has been ‘ore of the biggest turkey buying points in the for years, and there are more urkeys here this year than ever. — THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923 IN WEIRD -WAR PRISONER -|LIVING DEAD MAN PLAYS LEAD ' MARTIAL TANGLE: DOROTHY ANDERSON By NEA Service « Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 15. J. Sailstad grave to add still further and brand | new complexities to the peecold “eternal triangle.” | No novelist ever unraveled a more weird plot than the one wherein} Sailstad, debonair young inventor} and: former, president of 9, phono-| graph manufacturing concern here, | is Played the “ead.” | “Hit Hyabity it aloviy’ has boon’ un-| folding itself since that night tiree} and a half years ago when a man’s’ charred bonea were found in the! ruins. of Sdilstad’s summer cottage ‘on Nebagamon Like. The climax was r arrests at Napa, Calif., of Sail ahd his confidante, pretty. Do Anderson, once his secretary, with whom he fled from the specters of| that night of ghoulish horror. Innocent Victims Other characters. in this strange drama are Sailstad’s former wife, who, believing him dead, has mar- ried again, and her present husband, | Ross R. Richardson, | They are the innocent victims. Sailstad’s unexpected “resurrection” we broken up their home, he law decrees them no longer) man and wife. So Mis. Richards, or Mrs, Sailstad, is looking to the courts for a divorce from Sailstad to enable her to resume her wedded bliss with Husband Np. 2. Shortly beféré dawn’ on the morn- ing of Aug. 26, 1920, neighbors dis- covered Sailstad’s cottage in flames. At first no doubt ‘existed but the man who had “perished” was Sailt stad, Balk Insurance Payments Yet little by little, contrary the- ories came to light. Insurance c panies held up payment of policies totaling $62,000 made out to Mrs. Sailstad. i A federal court jury returned a verdict in Mrs. Sailstad’s favor., The insurance folks, however, carried} ito a higher court. Only a partial! settlement has been reached. Nearly a year and a half after her husband's “death,” the “widow” mar- ried again. Detectives, digsatisfied with evi- dences of the “death,” contifiued their investigations. Recently they reported having definitely establish- | ed that the body discovered in the burned cottage was not Sailstad’s. Instead, it was that of hig friend, Allen McPhee, who.had died just a few months before, they said. Sailstad, ‘according to. confessi autherities both here and in Cal admits steal- ing the corpse from jts grave and) “planting” it in the blazing pyre, to} simulate evidence of his own death. Impendifg. financial ruin and_in-; fatuation for, Miss Anderson, who bi fore she became his ‘stenographer had been an, actress in, Chicago, prompted his-act, he ‘declares, Immediately After the fire, Sail- stad and the girl took flight, First, they went to Duluth. Then to St. Louis, Kansas City and Dallas, Tex. Like Roving Gypsies Since then they have roamed prac- tically ‘all over the country, with the ‘restlessness Of escaped crimi nals. “It wag hell,” says Sailstad. “I was afraid to read the papers— afraid I would go crazy. unless I tried to forget. “It_seemed like | everyone ~ was watching us. We thought every stranger carried_a warrant. . “There was that constant’ dread of. arrest ‘wanted to be on the go i—just anywhere,” ) In Business ‘ Their infatuation grew,/they lived beads 2 each other, The girl 0. -Edward ched with the! | ued on Page, 8) come back from the; | e ROSS R. EIGRARDEON . SOME FARMERS OPPOSE COULTER PLAN, HE SAYS Many farmers are opposed to the plan of Dr. John Lee Coulter, pzesi- dent of the North Dakota State Agri- cultural College, for a government appropriation of $50,000,000 for the purpose of making loans to, enable farmers to diversify their production, according to C. R. Kositzky, state land commissioner, who has returned from a week's tri He quoted one farmer, living near Sherwood, who worked into diversi- fication’ gradually and kept almost free from debt, to the effect that the government ‘would ‘hold the bag on much of the loan and that President Coolidge’s stiggestion that farmers must work out their difficulties was sound, + “Of coursé, not all are against it,” said Mr. Kositzky. “Many.are for the Coulter plan. Bat you would be durprised at the namber df farmers who are in fair — circumstances through diversification .who are against government loans or county seed liens. They say too much cred- it has injured,ingtead of helped the farmers.” i 7 5 WOUNDEDIN GUN BATTLE ~INMILL CITY Spectacular Fight Is Staged in Front of Minneapolis Postoffice CONVICT CAPTURED Four Bandits Thought to Have Escaped From Ca- nadian Pen Minneapolis, Dec. 15.—(By the ; A. P.)—Norman (Red) Ryan, alias shot and captured and four other persons were wounded in a gun fight between police and five alleged ban- dits in front of the Minneapolis post- office last night, bpascra aah Four of the bandits, three of whom are said to have broken out of the penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario, September 10 last with Ryan, escaped after exchanging shots with the offi- cers. One of them is believed t® have been wounded. Those shot were: Patrolman Nor- man L, Schaaf, seriously woundéd; Gustaf Erickson, Minneapolis, slight- ly wounded; Carl Erickson, son of justaf, slightly wounded. All four of the men are alleged to have escaped from the penitentiary at Kingston, Ontario, by setting fire to the prison barn and climbing over the walls Later they are alleged to have robbed banks at Detroit and Chicago. The fotfr were followed to Minne- apolis about a week ago and were seen to coMect mail regularly at the general delivery window. Last night when they called they were followed by eight patrolmen, detec- jtives and secret service operatives. | When they 'got to the sidewalk, ltwo of the detectives closed in on the quartet. Ryan drew a gun and shot at one of the detectives The bullet missed its mark and struck, Gustaf Erickson. !"rhen, a momient later, Ryan's companion whipped out their guns and started firing as they ran. Po- lice returned the fire and one of the bullets wourided Ryan in the should- er, The bandit ran into the front en- trance of a clothing store and started through it to the alley. Ryan stumbled over a box as he reached the rear entrance and was overpowered The ather three es- caped. KILL BANK BANDIT (By the Associated Press) Minneapolis, Dee, 15.—Arthur Brown, Canadian bank bandit, who escaped after a gun fight with local police late yesterday waa shot and instantly killed by William Meehan, city detective this: afternoon while calling on a girl friend here. Brown was on the porch about to ring the door bell when Meehan who was Ambushed Commanded: “Throw up your hands, Brown.” Brown tried to draw his gun, Meehan said, and the detective:fired once, Brown fall- ing dead. When Brown's pockets were searched his hand gripped gun, police said. |CAN KEEP MORE CATTLE EASILY, SAYS EXPERT Fargo, Dee. 15.—That North Da- kota has ffatural adantages for the keeping of livestock but that the farms of the state do not have as many cattle, sheep, swine, horses and poultry as they could take care of easily is the opinion of J. H. Shepperd, head of the animal hus- bandry department of the North Da- kota, Agricultural college. In an address given this week be- fore the North wakota Polytechnic {~ society at the college, Professor Shepperd brought forth figures to show how little livestock was raised on farms of this state in comparison to other states of the Union. Fig- ures, taken from the 1920 U. S. cen- sus, show that North Dakota has but two and one-fourth hogs per quar- ter section while o the same amount of land, South Dakota has nine hogs, Minnesote 13, Nebraska 13, Kansas six and a half, Oklahoma nearly sev- en, and Iowa 38, North Dakota has one and one-fourth sheep per quar- ter section, South Dakota has four, Minnésots less than three, Nebraska two, Kansas oné and one-fourth, Oklahoma but half a sheep and Iowa five Bix head of cattle are kept on each 160 acres in this~atate ‘while South Dakota has 11, Minnesota 16, Nebras- ka 12, Kansas 10, Oklahoma 10, Iowa 22. In number of horses kept per quarter section of land North/ and South Dakota, Kansas and Oklahoma tie-at four each, Minnesota has five, Nebraska Tess’ tha three, Iowa has seven. ; ZL «GOES TO OXFORD. ‘Dickinson, Dec. 15.—Signal honors same to Otis H. @ee( son of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Lee of this city and graduate from the Dickinson high school, this week in his appointment to the Rhodes scholarship from North Dakota for 1924. Slade, escaped Canadian convict Pe eee are claiming minor suc- cesses, 2 OBREGON TAKES' DIRECTION OF FEDERAL FORCE Mgxican President Is Direct- ing Operations West of Mexico City BOTH CLAIM SUCCESS Rebels Claim That Federals Are Evacuating Impert- ant Places ( By the Associated Press) Both sides’ in Mexico's latest in the desultory which has thus fi taken place. The decisive stru; for which they are marshalling their forces, however, had not yet occurred judging from the meager reports received. The area of operations is divid- ed roughly into two zones, the first between Mexico City and Vera Oruz wheré government forces are opposing an advance upon the cap- ital ‘by the insurgents under Gen- eral G. Sanchez. The other is to the west of Mexico City where the federals are ‘proceeding against the rebels under General Hstrada. President Obregon, for the time, is giving his personal direction in the western campaign. Adolpho De La Huerta, the presidential candidates headinz the revolt against Obregon, apparently is re- maining in Vera Cruz. where he is in touch with (both fronts by wire- less, The government forces are Te- ported to ‘have abandoned*the im- portant. railway junction of San Marcos, about 70 miles east of the capital. This report comes through the revolutionary ‘headquarters in Vera which also claims the ad- ion to their cause of General Maycotte and the Governor of Oaxaca, cleaning the way fo: their further advance from the east jo- ward Mexico City. Evacnate City The rebels also claim the Obre- gonists are evacuating Pueblo City in the fact of superior forces. To the west of the capital the revolutionists announced the cap- ture of Uruatam and Acamvaro, it few miles south of Ce latter success if substantiated would :p! rebel force to the rear of QObregon’s western army which is pushing toward Guadala- jara, an important city, and the a isco. Mexican fighting ves to the vance towar.] Estrada in the west, say that a government success was achieved in northern Jalisco where forces attempting to join Estrada were engaged and defeated. Ex- tensive deserations from the rebels mre also cla’med. ‘Reports reach-| ing San Antonio from Mexico City say .that the laboring element/ throughout Mexico {s almost as a unit rallying to the Obregon standard. According to the official advices the entire west coast with the ex- ception of the Port of Manzanillo is under government control. Trying For Control The embassy declares the rebel headquarters at Vera Cruz is send- ing out false reports to the United States in efforts to gain adherence ‘of the Mexican consular system in foreign countries. Advices received through (points on the American border which con- tinue to be the chief channels of information from the interior tell of a success for the Obregon forces under General Escobar at Sacha- tas, capital of the state of the same mame. Other government successes is reported, in the capture of Tepic, capital of Mayarit on the west coast. TROOPS CALLED ‘E) Paso, Tex., Dec, 15.—AN Ju- arez, troops an duty throughout the tity were recalled to the barracks at noon today. Special squads of men with bugles summoned tho troops. Colonel Roman Lopez, commandent of the garrison, re- fused to comment on the situation or on a rumor that troops were to’ declare for De La Hureta. o c ! . The Weather |! o— For twenty-four hours ending noon today. Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last night <. Precipitation Highest wind velocity ....... Weather Forecast For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday. Moderate tem- perature. in For North Dakota: Fair tonight | and Sunday. Moderate temperature. Weather ‘Conditions The pressure is high over practi- cally all sections \of the United | States this morning and generally fair weather pxevails in all districts. The temperatures are moderate in all sections. , + Orris W. Roberts, Meteorologist. ° errr at 27 42 43 . 16 . 27 0 4 “ALIAS SANTA CLAUS CLUB” IS FILLING Two-Thirds of Families For Which Call Was Issued Already Have Been Taken Care of Miss Cashel Reports— Good Christmas Dinner Guaranteed to Many The “Alias Santa Claus club” Bismarck is forming rapidly. The call went out ‘only two days ago, and the membership is two- thirds filled, There's plenty of time left to get in under-the wire, but the way responses have been coming in to the invitation to good fellows the lists may be closed soon. Two days ago the Social Registra- tion Bureau, through which charity cases are cleared, asked for 50 good fellows, each .to become a member of the “Alias Santa. Claus club” and provide a good Christmas dinner for a given family. Miss Mary Cashel, who investigates the cases, had cut the list down to 42 through inve gation, Already 30 good fellows have responded, but she had 10 or of FORECAST FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, Dec. 15. — Weather outlook for the week beginning Mon- day: Region of the Great Lakes—Much cloudiness; rains or snows over the eastern portion at begining and gen- eral rains or snows after middle of the week; temperature normal or slightly above first half and colder latter part. Upper Mississippi Valley—General- ly fair first part of week and unset- tled thereafter; probably rains or snows about Wednesday or Thurs- day; temperature normal or above first part and colder thereafter. WARN AGAINST AD PLANS OF TRANSIENTS: Bismarck and Mandan Men Aroused Over ‘Develop- ments in Solicitation .Schgme Merchants of the city are to» be asked by the AsSociation of Com- me to get an endorsement of that organization, and propably a vigi- lance committee of the Bismarck Ad- vertising club will be formed to in- vestigate’ and iss advertising propositions which conducted particalarly by people who are transients in the city. This action was prompted’ particularly at this time by the solicitation of advertising in Mandan and Bismarck. Under the proposition a merchant was to pay $40 spot cash and have his advertisement printed on the cover of a writing tablet to be made available at certain Bismarck and Mandan public institutions. According to reports from - the Mandan Commercial club the transi- ent conducting the scheme, obtainéd about $1,100 from Mandan merchants and spent about $150 with a Mandan printing establishment for tablets. Twelve merchants were said to have signed up in Bismarck at $40 each. The person who solicited the adver- tising, called into the Association of Commerce rooms yesterday, was con- fronted by some local business men. Some said that they misunderstood the proposition, believing the hospi- tal was to benefit, while the solicitor declared that there was ‘ho misrepre- sentation of any kind. ‘A comparison of the cost of the work and the charge made indicated there was huge projit in the scheme, according to some local people, After proposition had been gone over some of the merchants cancelled checks or their contract, it is understood. ISSUES WARNING New York, Dec. 15.—Taking ad- vantage of the spirit of Christmas, hundreds of fakers, using the guise of world war veterans are mulcting the public of thousands of dollars, John R, Quinn, national commander of the American Legion, declared to- day. Mr. Quinn issued a _nationwid@ warning against such alleged fraud- ulent schemes. The American for- mer service men, he said, ask the cooperation of all citizens in stamp- ing out such practic dorsements on ; are | UP RAPIDLY IN CITY 12 more families that ean be given Christmas cheer, There is no limit to what the good fellows may do, but the plan sug- gested particularly was to give a Christmas dinner so that the children in the homes would have,the very best things on Christmas day. The list includes families which may not be in dire need, but which would bo unable to provide a sumptious Christmas dinner, The good fellows responsing are all individuals with one exception, the Masonic lotige having previously requested that the name of a family be given it. The good fellows come from all cla The professional men and bachelors were particularly in evidence in the early joining of the “/ Santa Claus Club.” FIVE-SIXTHS OF JURY GIVE VERDICT HERE |New Law Used in Civil Case in District Court For The First Time NAME A NEW JUDGE The first five-sixths jury verdict rendered in district court here un- der the 1923 legislative enactment, which made possible the finding of a verdict in a civil case by 10 mem; bers of a jury, was recorded in dis- trict court today in the case of M. M. Ruder Ruder against Sam Meshe et jal, for recovery of furniture. It al- so was the first five-sixths gury ver- |. PRICE FIVE CENTS S RELEASED FREE ALL NOW IN PRISONS Action Taken Upon Recom- mendation of Special Prob- ing Committee Named WARRANTS SOON READY Department of Justice Begins Preparing Papers for Their Release Washington, Dec. 15 (By the A. P.). President Coolidge today ordered the release of all remaining impri- soned violators of war laws. About 30 persons will gain their liberty as a result of the order.They Were convicted in various cases at Chicago, Kansas City and Sacramen- to. The action was taken upon recom- © mendation of the special committee appointed to investigate the ques- tion of amesty ang upon. the advice of the department of justice. Immediately upon the receipt of the president's order, the justice de- partment began: preparation of the necessary warrants. The prisoners will be released as soon as the war- rants reach the federal penitentiaries in which they are incarcerated. Order Issued The order issued ‘by the Pres- ident ends a fight which ‘thas been in progress almost continuously since conclusion of the World War ‘o bring about the release of those convicted ‘for violation of laws enacted for war purposes. The cases were reviewed upon two separate occasions hy President Harding and each time clemency was granted to a limited number, The final action taken by Mr. Harding on the day he started on his ill-fated trip to the Pacific Coast and Alaska reduced the num- ver remaining in prison to about 30 and soon after Mr. Coolidge en- wre the White House those active in behalf of the prisoners renewed their appeal. In order to get the | dict that has been reported to Judge Coffey, Ps The jury took?the . case at 7.57 yesterday morning and at 6:17 p. m | reported to the judge that an agi | ment was impossible. law and the jury retired, reporting !at 10:06 p. m,, after being, out more than 12 hours. The jury found for the plaintiff, Judge Wolfe of Wahpeton has been designated to preside at the ‘trial of the case of Company A, ' First Regiment, North Dakota Na- itional Guard Training Company, {against Edmund A. Hughes, which probably will be heard before a jury early in January. An affidavit of | prejudice was filed against Judge Coffey by the defendant. | The case was before a jury once and a verdict of approximately {$6,000 given the plaintiff for conver- sion of personal property in the old |armory.® It was appealed to the su- preme court, which held there was | |conversion but that the expert tes- timony as to the value was not com- petent. Presumably, under the deci- sion the case will devolve upon the question of the value of the proper- ity. | Numerous small cases are being pushed through the court with ra- pidity. The plaintiff dismissed the case of Fred Nelson against Joe Mc- Clasky, the court dismissed the case of P. E. Hatch against the Farmers State Bank, the appeal in the case ; of Everett Nixon against Fred Bobb was dismissed and the case of W. C. erhke against Fred Bobb was tak- en under advisement. |MASH, LIQUOR DISCOVERED Fargo, Dec. 15.—Liquor, mash and parts of stills were discovered in a raid on two farm homes near Judson, N. D., on Tuesday, by federal pro- hibition ‘dgents and local officials, ac- cording to a. report to the state head- quarters of the federal forces her At the home of Fred Kopp, 45 gal- lons of grain and sugar mash, four gallons of ‘white’ moonshine liquor and the top and coil of a washbciler still were discovered, says one re- port. At the home of Sam Holeim, 3-4 cf a pint of white moonshine, 90 gal- lons of corn and sugar mash and a coil were taken, says the other re- port. A cook stove and barrel cf mash were found in a dugout while nother barrel of mash was found an oat bin covered with oats. ‘| question. The court in-; formed the jury of the fifth-sixths {"eport which was referred to the viewpoint of those in unofficial life Mr. Coolidge appointed the special committee to. inquire into the whole This committee after several weeks of work presented a FORTUNE WANT 10, JOIN FRAY Flock to Mexican Authorities and Don’t Care on Which Side They Fight New Orleans, Dec. 15.—New Or- leans is beginning to be the mecca of soldiers of fortunes these days. Yesterday they began arriving from various parts of the country, all with the same purpose, getting into Mexico as quickly as possible and into the fight on the best terms they could get. Throughout the day at the Mexi- can consulate and at the headquar- ters set up by T. Freziera, agen‘ of the De La Huerta faction, these ven- turesome personages sought connec- tions. Either faction, federal or re- volutionist, Obregon or De La Huer- ta, it make little diiterence to most of them. What they wanted was to get in the fight. But today they were still seeking their -war-like jobs, neither faction apparently being im- terested in recruiting work, AUTHOR'S WIFE |. . TAKES LIFE ‘Los Angeles, Dec. 15.—Details concerning the reported suicide at Haitung, Indo-China, of Mrs. Ade- laide Manola-Hughes, were await- ed today by her husband, Major Ruper Hughes, playwright and mo- tion picture director, who was in- formed of her death in a brief cablegram received at their home bere last night. The message stated that Mrs. Hughes had com- mitted suicide and asked instruc- tions as to the disposition of her body. In commenting on the brief dispatch Major Hughes said his SANTA CLAUS TO ARRIVE IN CITY ~ ON DECEMBER 24, IS WORD GIVEN Santa Cldus will arrive,in Bis- marek Monday afternoon December 24, from the west. He will pull up at the Northern Pacific park at a time not yet definitely determined. But he-will be Joaded with candy, nuts and other good things to eat and’ hopes to meet all the children of Bismarck, This is the word of the Associa- tion of Commerce community Christ- mas committees today. The general arrangements committee is. compoged of Dr. J. 0, Arnson, Jefferson Steiner and Judge Sveinbjorn John- son. The program committee is com- posed of C, R.. Simpson, S. S. Boise: and J, P. Wagner. The finance com- mittee of J. P. Spies, Chris Bertsch Jr..and W, B. Conch, 5 Santa Claus’ first stop will be at the big Christmas tree to be erected in the Northern Pacific park. There probably: will be also a program of community and choral) singing at the corner of, Fourth ‘and Main at 7:30 p. m. Christmas: Eve. wife had long ‘been battling dis- eases and shattered nerves. ROBIN LINGERS : AROUND OAKES Canes, N. D., Dec. 15.—There is gne robin that evidently has a lot of confidence in the North Dakota climate, at least the brand that is being dispensed ‘this fall ang winter, for this plump and chipper redbi 7 has not yet felt-lure of the south. He is seen daily in the shrubbery about the home of Supt. J. C. Gow! where he makes his Ts. His failure to go south with the rest of his tribe is not due to any ig 8 pled condition that would prevent long journey, as.he hops about ani flies normally. © pom =