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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-15

| $14O a month. According to Nc
Gulpin's testimony, Dinnie vir-
tually- worked for AicGulpin and
| McGulpin worked for Dinnie at
! the same time. \ very queer
state OF affairs.
| On Sept. ). 1905. IL warrant
was issued by the county order
at the direction OF the commits
sioners for 81 500 for D. A. Din
ME, but IT. WIS = ventualiy
given to Dinnie by McGu'pln.
McGulpin explained that he
had purchased material for
I the hospital from Mr.. Dinnie and
that the warrant was made di-
rectlv TO Dinnie. that he mi ght
be paid for same.
The rebatenent OF the G. II.
Parker taxes was the next point
considered. According to the
auditors records, Parker made
an application for rebatementof OF
his taxes and Commissioners
Black, Richardson and Carroll
voted for the petition, while
Swanson aud Torbenson voted
against it. parker's taxes were
rebated $6O9.O2, while the as
sessed valuation OF all other real
estate property in the city, with
the exception OF the banks and
the electric light plant, was
raised 30 per cent. 1t issaid that
this is the second time that
Parker 5 taxes have been re-
bated.
A. Y. Swanson. commissioner
from the Fifth District, was
called to the stand and furnished
some excellent evidence regard
ing the rebatement methods en-
ploved Swanson told OF u con.
versation he had with Commits
sioner Black regarding the re-
datement and also the high
taxes for the city Of Minot. Swan
son says that Black remarked
that the commissioners had a
right to rebate taxes when they
wanted to and Mlnot could go TO
He'll.
Swanson told how he had asked
the commissioners to refer the
matter to the city council, under
the circumstances, ;,s the Board
OF Commissioners were not at
that time sitting as a Board OF
Equalization, but this the ma
jority Of the board refused to do.
Attorney Greene then took the
witness and tried to shake his
testimony in cross examination.
Swanson was there with the
goods however, and made a first
class witness. AS usual the de-
fense attempted to shoulder the
blame of the Parker warrant on
Fabrick, but Swanson testified
that the commissioners had au-
thorized his making out the war
rant and Black signed it.
The neNtpoint brought up was
the practice OF the commissioners
in some cases to allow contract
Ors' warrants to cover the. dis
count on the warrants given
them by the county for work
done. One OF these warrants,
a certain one given to D. 4 Din
ME, for $44.37, was introduced
as evidence. The attorney for
the defense, admitted that this
was warrant issued to make up
a discount on Mr.. Dinnie's bill.
The MYSTERIOUS CoNTRTAcr.
Commissioner Blacks method OF
conducting business for the coun-
ty came out very nicely in Audi
tor Fabrick's testimony regard
ing some grading which was
done by one Of Mr.. Blacks neigh
bors J.. Wilson, south Of White
Earth. \ slip paper introdnc-
ed as evidence, was purported
by Fabrick to be a bill handed to
him by Mr.. Black at the October
meeting. for SiOS4. The evi-
dence brought ont proved to be
interesting and we give a part Of
lit, Auditor Fabrick being on the
stand:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-15

| Fabrick testified that he was
standing in the vault alone and
that Black entered and handed
him the slip Of paper, which was
not a regular bill, asking him to
draw a warrant for the amount,
$1OS4.
"Did you draw IA warrant for
that amount,
No.
Why?
Because | did not think it was
a proper bill.
Was that strip OF paper ever
audited by the Board.'
think not.
Did Wilson submit a bid for
grading?
think he must have.
What did Black say wien you
refused to sign it,
He said he would bring in a re-
gular bill.
Did he:
Yes.
Fabl'ick here looked at the rec
ords and showed that Wilson
mad put ina bid for grading on
Sec. :'2, 'rwp.15G, Rye. 9l, at ~
cents per yard.
Did you ever have in the office
a bond for the faithful perfor-
nance OF the work.
Never.
Ever have a contract!
No, there was none. I never
saw one till tl.is morning.
Where did you see it,
In the pigeon hole of my desk.
DO the commissioners occupy
the same room!
Yes.
DO you know how the contract
came to be there
No.
DO you always file away the
contracts?
Yes.
Did you say that a verified bill
finally turned up?
Yes.
Who brot it to the office?
Black.
Did he present the bill to the
board?
| am not certain as to that.
Was that contract in your
desk yesterday?
No, sir.
The defense here attempted to
shake the testimony OF Mr.. Fab.
rick but without success. Fab
brick testified that one OF his
reasons for refusing to make out
the warrant for Mr.. Wilson, be-
fore a regular bill was presented,
was he believed that Black had
some sort OF graft connected
with it. Fabrick had been told
that Wilson had not had time to
do the grading. The surveyor
had not taken the measurement
OF the grade and Black had brot
in the estimates, which had been
made with strings thrown across
the banks OF dirt. Black had
said that he did not think it ne
cessary to send the county sur
veyOr out to take the measure.
ments.
How BILLS ARE PASSED.
Fabrick here gave a little r;cy
testimony as to how some of the
bills We're passed. He said that
it was the custom OF the defend
ants to wait until one or two OF
the other commissioners had left
the room before certain bills were
passed.
Commissioner Swanson was en-
amined and testified that Black
brot in the Wilson bill and said
that it was not necessary for the
county surveyor to go out to
take the measurement. Mr..
Thomas, a civil engineer in the
employ OF the county, testified
that he had been given a slip OF
paper bearing the measurements
of the grade. This was handed
him by Mr.. Black and he had
figured out the amount OF grad
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't"rtiaued Oh F0urtA PaSri
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

When Senator Warner declined
with emile and knowing wink the
services OF q warner Presidential
Club" everybody smiled with him.
Now comes Attorney General Hsdley
and declines the services OF a Had
ley Go vernon Club" Ye gods, what
q 50 ectscle and example to the army
Of Rep ublican pie-hunters marching
upon the National Capitol. These
two great patriots putting satan
and his tempting offers behind them.
With what sang iroid does one refuse
the presidency Of the United States
and the other the governorship Of
Misso uri. Political accidents both,
q good fat office need have no fear oil
being refused, but the impossible ID
declined with thanks. The nextgov
ernor Of Missouri will be q Democrat
and no one knows that better than
General Hedlay.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25
Co nQressman Bartholdt,

Co ngressman Bartholdt, OF st.
Louis, introduced an innocent ap-
pearing and harmless sounding bill
in Congress the other day, which, on
inve stigation, appeared TO be direct
ed at such bond ridden counties as
St. Clair that has successfully dehed
the Federal courts 80 far. The bill
prov ides that when any court OF the
Unit ed States has ordered defend.
ant, in cases or proceedings Of law or
eq uity to perform an act or thing,
and he unlawiully neglects or refuses
to obey. an officer OF that court or
some other agent may be appointed
to perform the act. 1t appears that
Mr.. Bartholdt admits he introduced
the bill at the request Of John B.
Fl anderson, the largest holder OF st.
Clair county bonds, but he claimed
he did not realize the full purport OF
the bill until it was pointed out to
him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

The nearer tine government can be
brought to the people the lu"r'- RIP
reseDtative tire government will be
The United States senator's are not
elected by the people, and in many
instances, instead 1f being senators
OF the people, they are senators OF
some special interest. When the peo-
pies highest representative in the
national legislature are elected by
the people these representatives will
more nearly IT feet the peoples will.
From Gov Folks Boston speech.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

State Chairman Evans is doing for
the State, In the way Of organizing
the Democratic party, what The
TIMES has tesn urging the Democratic
Committee in Bates county to do Tor
the past year. The best and most
effective organisation, in fact the
only one worthy Of serious considera'
ton, is by school districts. The first
step In that direction 10 q full and
corr ect poll; one that gives every vot
er's political preferences and postoi-
fee address. Them 1t lie the duty ofthe
executive committee to get In touch
with those voters and stay there un.
I'll the election is over. With such
an organization the old time Demo
cratic maiorities will again material
liza
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

The trust magnate deties the lsrs
OF the state against combinations
and monopolies and then calls for
the protection OF the state for his
property. The dramshop keeper
wants the law enforced against the
man who robs his cash drawer, but
thinks he has a right to break the
law re curing his saloon to close on
Sunday. The burglar detests the
lawbrsa king 81 the trust, but con-
siders the statute against house
breaking as an interference with his
person al liberty Extract from Gov.
Folks Boston Address.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25
Nine Missouri Federal Officers

Washington, January 22.-David
Patterson Dyer, United States die.
tract attorney at St. Louis.
william L. Morsey, United States
marshal Of the eastern district, asSt
Louis.
Charles W. Clarke, surveyor OF the
port, Kansas City.
Edward B. Allen, collector OF Inter-
nal revenue at St. Louis.
John Albus, Jr., surveyor OF the
port at 81. Joseph.
Arthur ". Brewster, postmaster
- 81. Jossph.
william N. Tygart, postmaster ct
South 81. Joseph.
Euekisl A. Sample, postmAstsre .
Pvsdsricktovn. Mo.
!. +. Wagner, postmsstef q
o., Niesouzi.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

Cracksmen bored through eleven
feet Of rock, to the floor of the vaults
OF the Merchants National Bank OF
Topeka, Kansas to get At the sales,
but their Efforts failed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

rhe WGEALt TtMxS, published every
Thursday. viii be sent &C any adore"
as year, postage 'a'd, tor si.oo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

Fhs Missouri P'ci6c Time Table al
buC,er Station.
CORRECTED TINE TABLE.
.ourH SOUND
Co. am Joni,n A Southwest mail & EN s u m
Ne s0;K.C a Joplin mail 4 Express y ~
Ma sosK.C & joplin mail Express l9;So N
30 esl Local freight NV
soRrH souSp.
- aos U.nsas CITY and st Louis EN. $40 IN
~ Sol aneas CITY mail and Express l'tu m
- no Kansas City limited mail O'ScP !"
LOCAL fRtiGHT
n. eoa Local Freight =.
40. e52 Kansas City STOCK
INTERSTATE DIVISION.
wEsr ROUND
no. ~ Local freight and Pas mixed s"sm
nAsr ROUND.
90. Io,sl freight and Pas mixed ar 5:l5 pm
N"' J.F. 6kIGER, As-ns
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25
BUILER NkkkLi TIMES
J. D. ALLEN. EDITOR.

TERM or SUBSCRIPTION:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25

rux T,Sssls authorized TO make the follow
,ux announcements for ONE, subject 70 the
Democratic primary Of Bates county, 10 De hsia
on saturday, May rs, 1906
ron REPRESENTATIVE.
LAWRENCE NJ. GRIFFITH.
OF Usage township.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1906-01-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

rux Txss lie authorized TO make the Follow
,or announcements for ONE, subject 10 tns
Democratic primary Of Bates county, 70 DC heiu
on saturday. May Is, 1906
ron REPRESENTATIVES,.
LAWRENCE NJ. GRIFFITH,
OF Usage township.
q aussry.
JAMES r. ANGLE,
ONT. Pleasant township.
HARvx JOHNSON.
ofo,ags township.i
DID,. PEELER,
or Hudson township.
oncuIr oLrRk.
JOS. II GROVES,
ONT. Pleasant township.
IA. PATTERSON,
ofMt. Pis ssant township.
I'D. EMBREE.
OF spruce township.
RECORDER.
In. SMITH,
OrD Deep Water township.
VIC. HEDDEN.
or Usage township.
FIN. WOODS,
or Deck Greek township
HOMER ". slEG
OF Walnut township.
ED. CIABB
OF Ossge township.
JIG. CANTRELL
of Shawnee township.
TX. Isle,
INIT. Pleasant township.
PROSECUTING ATToRHAr.
sILAs ". DooLEY,
ofMt Pleasant township.
J.F. SMITH,
OfMt. Pleasant
WATT b. DAWSON
OF Usage township.
COUNTY CLRak.
FL. WISEMAN,
OF Usage township
e. WILLIAMS,
ofMt. Pleasant township.
&c. WEEKS
OF Usage township.
VIII DUNN,
,otGrsnd River township.
rREA;URER.'
w.R BELL,
OF Walnut township.
JUDGE OF rhoBArE
ia. sILvERs.
MILES $. HORN,
ONT. Pleasant township.
suxsrprsG JUDGE OF COUNTY coURr.
J.w McFADDEN
OfChsrlotte township.
til. HARPER
OF Lone Oak township.
JUDGE or NokrH DISTRICT.
ESTES SMITH,
or Mingo township.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
TYHlAL HClRgzGAAzE Tracks.
- q

on the eastern side of the center they
will blow from the southwark, and on
the western side from the northward.
In the Southern Hemisphere the circu-
lation OF the winds is just the opposite
AS West Indian hurricanes. China ty
phoons and the Indian Ocean storms
are all in the Northern Hemisphere,
only Northern Hemisphere conditions
will be dealt with here.
The laws of storms have become well
understood by mariners I'm recent years.
Every competent navigator can tell
with accuracy when hurricane is
threatening him, and he can, II he
wishes to, avoid the violent winds near
the center by maneuvering his ship so
to keep her away from the center.
He knows that certain signs foretell a
hurricane; he knows from the direc-
ton and changes of the wind in what
direction the center bears from him
and in what direction it is moving. and
he can tell by the rise or fall of the
barometer whether the center is ap
preaching or receding from him. The
closer one gets to the center the lower
the barometer.
The first signs Of an approaching
hurricane are very interesting. The
sky is unusually clear; the barometer
IS abnormally high; the sunsets are
highly colored, or 1urid. Next, the
barometer begins to fall; light, feath-
cry, cirrus clouds appear in the sky,
radiating from point in the sky over
the storm center. The sky then be-
comes hazy; halos surround the sun
and moon; long. low swell sets in on
the ocean, coming from the direction
of the storm center. The barometer
still falls and the wind freshens stead
lily. If the wind remains in the same
quarter the observer knows that he is
directly in the path of the storm, which
is approaching him. If it shifts, he
can tell in what direction the storm
is moving relative to his position. If
it shifts to the right or to the left he
is able to learn upon which side of the
storms path he is. and may maneuver
accordingly.
As the storm gets closer the sky,
from what is known among sailors as
a greasy sky, becomes overcast, and
orizzling rain sets in. From now
on the various symptoms OF the hurri-
cane become intensified. The wind gets
stronger and stronger; the sky is
cloudy and threatening; the barometer
steadily falls. Unless he has managed
TO run out of the storm area, the
mariner will now encounter the hurri-
cane in all its fury. and fury is the
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

word that best describes 1t. Frightful
gales, a heavy sea, sometimes made
worse by the cross sea that is found
in many parts of the storm area, and
wild appearance of the sky all con-
tribute to as awful an experience as
the seafaring man is apt to encounter
Through The Hurricanes.
l have personally peen on the out
skirts of three hurricanes and through
the center of one. The worst parts Of
the three were avoided by maneuvering
under the guidance of the laws OF
storms, and nothing worse than fright
full gales and heavy seas were met. The
other, fortunately, was a comparatively
mild hurricane, and I encountered II
we'll north Of the West Indies, not far
from Cape Hatteras, after 1t had spent
most of its energy. However, 1t was
bad enough. A hard gale had been
blowing from the southeast for some
hours and during the night 1t grew
worse The ship-a sailing ship-was
under close-reefed topsails, fore storm
staysail and storm mizzen. 1t was evil
dent that we were right in the storms
path. but the proximity OF land and
other considerations made It impractf-
cable to run out of 1t. About daybreak
the wind suddenly fell completely. It
became dead calm. The general aspect
awful. Over to the southeastward were
three huge waterspouts, surmounted by
fnky black clouds. In other directions
were turbulent masses of dark clouds,
with fast flying "scud" beneath The
scene was wild, weird, yet picturesque
Knowing that we were right in the
storm center, the captain called all
hands on deck: matches were battened
down; the ship was ''scantilized." that
is, every stitch of canvas was taken off
her except the small pieces of topsail
left after the yards were lowered right
down to the lower caps After about
half an hour of waiting for the renewal
OF the blast, it came. The wind sud-
denly came from the northwest, in
violent squall and it blew good and
hard for about three hours, but then
steadily moderated. The hurricane had
passed us. We made sail, set our
course, and soon after made port safely
and with a fair wind.
1t is curious fact that electric dis
plays are almost always absent from
a violent hurricane. In the West In
dies, when the signs of an approach
ing hurricane are manifested and
thunder and lightning are noted, the
residents breathe sigh of relief, for
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
CzSrEz.4zYou or H1NDS l/ NE5Ztl lNzZ4W

they know rnar the storm WIN not
be a particularly severe one. So great
is the merited dread OF a hurricane in
some of the West Indian islands that
when one has approached and has
passed away without serious damage,
the people flock to the churches, sing
ing Te Deums and giving thanks to
God for their escape. There are many
hurricanes on record which have wiped
out thousands of lives in a few hours.
besides destroying towns, villages and
shipping. Not infrequently the hurri-
cane generates huge waves which do
tremendous damage. 1t was the wave
from hurricane which demolished
Galveston, Texas, a few years ago.
spreading havoc for miles along the
shore and costing many lives.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
Arthur H. Dutton
Late Of the DIVISION of Marine Meteor
-ologv, i. s. Hvdrographic Office.

Late o. the D.viSIon or Marine Meteor
-ology. u. s. photographic Office.
r Ron. the data at hand at the time
ef tAis writing It would appear
that the hurricane which ere
ated such havoc in the Caribbean
Sea and. in some Of the West Indies
during the latter part Of October, while
unquestionably a severe one. was by
no means as severe as many others
which have occurred in the same re-
igiOn, even in late years. Others which
have occurred in the past have been
far more destructive of life and prop.
.erty.
60 West Indian hurricanes are the most
violent tempests known. They are
similar TO the typhoons of the China
Sea and those other cyclones which at
times visit the Indian Ocean and the
coasts Of British India BY some they
have been not inaptly termed gigantic
whiriwinds, covering a vast area, their
influence being sometimes felt hum
6reds and even thousands OF miles
away from their .centers.
These hurricanes belong to that great
class Of storms known as rotary"
circular or revolving" storms They
the winds they generate blow approx
iufately in a circular manner about the
center. As a matter Of fact, however,
II has been shown by modern research
that the winds do not blow around the
center in a true circle. They are more
like an tnblowing spiral At the re-
mote outer parts of the disturbance
the wind blows directly toward the
center, the spiral becoming more near
ly. circular as the center is approached.
In the center there is a dead calm.
This calm center is one OF the most
peculiar and interesting features of a
hurricane. A ship may be encounter
ing the most frightful gales from, say.
the southeast, when suddenly the wind
drops entirely The air is so still that
a lighted candle may be carried with
out being extinguished. This calm
area varies in diameter, sometimes be-
ing but a few miles across, at other
times as much as ten or twenty miles
across. Then. when 1t has passed, the
wind. suddenly bulsts forth again with
great ferceness from another direction.
Generally speaking, the closer one gets
10 the center the more violent the gale.
The Hurricane Path.
Hurricanes have a motion of trans
lation alcne a path which is usually
something like a parabola of more or
less irregularity. Starting in the trop-
ics. well 10 the eastward usually. the
center moves westward and then with
steadily increasing "northing" to its
course. in time recurring, moving to
the northeast and thence finally pass
ing into higher latitudes. increasing in
area but commonly lessening in force.
The typical hurricane track Of the
North Atlantic Ocean begins ordinarily
in the aeighborhood of latitude IS
north, longitude 20 west or theresbout.
II then moves westward until It reaches
the West Indies, when IT recurves
and passes off to the northeast, some
times going entirely across the ocean
and dying gut in the neighborhood OF
the British Isles
The winds OF the cyclonic storms in
the Northern Hemisphere blow spirally
Inward and around. in a direction
against the hands OF a watch. That is,
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04

In the hurricane in the Bay of Ben
gal in October. 1865. the water rose
sixteen and half feet. In the Back
ergunge cyclone, on the Ganges delta,
in 1876, the water rose over the land
from ten to forty-five feet. drowning
over 100000 people.
The fall of the barometer is one OF
the. most infallible signs OF a hurri :
cane. The fall Is often both rapid and
great. and the more rapid and the
greater 1t is the worse will be the
storm. The lowest barometer of
which I can find record was that noted
by the mercurial barometer of Brit
ish ship In the Bay of Bengal a few
years ago, when the mercury fell so
low in the glass that the scale failed
to register it. The last reading OBJ
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
The Western Pacific Typhoon.

The typhoon of the western Pacific
Ocean is in many respects the coun-
terpart of the West Indian hurricane
of the Atlantic Both classes of storms
have their origin in the vicinity OF
tropical groups OF islands and under
similar barometrical conditions: both
undergo the same slow development
and exhibit the same ted ncy to re-
curve upon reaching the northern limit
of the rol theast trades.
"A tropical cyclonic storm Is due prf-
marily TO the appearance OF a local
area of low barometer. brought about
by the inequalities in the temperature
conditions Of the atmosphere. In its
incipient> stages the deficiency OF at
mospheric pressure throughout 0is
area may be slight. amounting to only
a few hundredths OF an inch Ac-
cording to varying conditions. such q
depression. either may be dissipated
or 1t may deepen and ultimately de-
velop into a we'll defined storm cen
ter, giving rise to winds OF hurricane
force. At the center and during the
height OF the storm the barometric
pressure may fall as low as $3.50
inches. The space, however. over which
this exceedingly low barometer pre-
walls is generally small. sometimes not
more than a few miles In extent
Around this central low, which con-
stitutes the heart OF the storm. the
winds circulate in direction contrary
TO the motion of the hands OF a watch,
not In circles, however, but in spirals,
which continually approach the center.
the curve described by the air being
similar in many respects to the ia
miliar path followed by the water In
escaping from circular basin by q
central opening in the bottom To the
north of the storm center We thus have
easterly and northeasterly winds; to
the south. westerly and southwesterly
winds; east OF the center. southerly
and southeasterly winds will prevail:
west of the center. northerly and
northwesterly. The strength OF the
wind diminishes as we go outward, the
winds of typhoon force rarely extend
ing farther than 800 miles from the
storm center.
IF the storm center remained sta
tionary a vessel hove to under storm
canvas would experience no steady
shift of the wind. but would simply
feel the force Of the gale increase until