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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-23
Treasurer,s Report.

For Mckinley school district No.
SO, county of Ward, State of North
Dakota, for the year 1907-190S.
Receipts.
Cash on hand at beginning
of school year, July 1,
10Ud ...p 1aVS.1l
Total amount received dur
ing the year from the ap-
portionment of the state
tuition fund ............ 341.45
Total amount received dur
ing the year from appor-
tionment of the county tu-
ition fund -. -. 49,. 3O49S
Amount received during the
year from taxes levied by
the district school board,
including outstanding war
ants redeemed or endorsed
in the collection of taxes 1926
Amount received during the s't'e, "
year from other sources. Ats
Total receipts for the year
including cash on hand
July 1, 1907 .......... s31S1.S1
Expenditures.
Amount paid during the year
for school houses, sites
and furniture .......... s6s1.s6
Amount paid during the year
for apparatus, fixtures, etc 1877
Amount paid during the year
for teachers wages 49,. $4,000
Amount paid during the year
for services and expenses
OF school officers ........ 5000
Amount paid during the year
for interest of bonds and
WdIIduLS SU.UV
Amount paid during the year
for Incidental expenses. 1904
Total expenditures for the
year $l926.O7
Cash on hand June 80, 1908. 1255.74
Grand total, expenditures and
cash On hand, to balance
above total receipts .....S31S1.S1
R. c. Peterson,
Treasurer of Mckinley School Dis
trict No. SO.
Approved this 18th day of July A.
D. 1908.
BY order of the District School
Board:
B. soLBERG, President
Attest:
B. ]. Anderson, Clerk.
Clerks Statement Of Indebtedness Of
District
Whole amount oft he bonds out
standing June 80, 1908 -. $4,000
Total Indebtedness of dis
trict June 80, 1908. 80. $4,000
Approved this IA day of July A. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-23

Total Indebtedness Of dis
trict June 80, 1908. -. $4,000
Approved this IA day of July A. D.
1908.
BY order of the District school board:
B. j. Anderson, Clerk.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-23
TREAsuRER's REPRor.

For Surrey School District NJ. Al
county of Ward, state of North D,ko a
for the year 19O7-190S.'
RAeain$e
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-23

O. NJ. CHANIPLIN, Clerk.
BY Chas. E. Funderburg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
FLORIST NEARLY KILLED BY
SANTA CLARA PROWlER.
Wounded Trespasser Wrests Gun From
AssaiIant, but 1t Repeatedly Misses
Eire-Knocked Unconscious.

SAN JOSE, Cal, Nov. 4.-Charles
Woodward. a Santa Clara florist, mad
a narrow escape from being murdered
by John Baker, Of San Francisco,
shortly after o'clock yesterday morn
ing in a desperate struggle in the
darkness of his nursery garden. Wood
ward had gone to sleep on cot in the
yard Saturday evening in order to
protect his plants from the depreda-
tions of the youthful Halloween jok-
ers. Baker awakened him by proving
about the house and woodward fired
twice into the air to brighten him off.
The man leaDed the fence and Wood
ward fired again. This time the bullet
found Judgement in the mans left leg.
Baker turned and grappled with Wood
ward and in the struggle which en-
sued Wrested the revolver from him
and pressing it against WoodWard's
breast, pulled the trigger twice. For
tunately for Woodward the cylinder
had turned and the hammer struck
empty shells each time. Mrs. Wood
ward and neighbors arrived in time
to find Baker beating woodward about
the head with the weapon and the
man was held until an officer arrived.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
EMBALMED BODY
CAUSES MYSTERY

TACOMA, Nov. 4.-Coroner Stewart
believes the finding of the embalmed
trunk Of a woman in the White river,
near Buckley last Friday, reveals q
deep murder mystery He returned %
night from Buckley, where he spent the
day investigating the case, and mott
fled the prosecuting attorney of tho
discovery. The body was found by
two fishermen, and what mystifies ali
who have seen it is the excellent man =
ner in which the body was embalmed.
The head, both arms and the left
leg are missing. Coroner Stewart be-
lieves the body was carried to Buckley
in trunk or suit case and there
thrown into the river. He made care
full inquiries, but no woman had been
reported missing in all the White river
region around and above Buckley. He
thinks it barely possible that the trunk
is that of an Indian woman, who may
have been drowned and no report
made.
This. however, said he, lis not like
account for the embalming of the
body. It is barely possible that the
body, if the case is one of accidental
drowning, may have been exposed to
chemical properties in the water that
produced the embalming effect. i be-
lieve the person met death at least
six months ago"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04

officials of this federal district for
their alleged failure to act, in a series
Of violent articles in which the negro
assaults of the south were laid at the
door of distributors of such labels and
indirectly the local government OFF,
Gals.
Asher & Levy have been made the
issue in prohibition fights up to date
in the southern states. In the Patter-
SON. Carmack gubernatOrial primaries
last spring Carmack exhibited an al
legged Levy label at nearly all his
meetings.
The labels formerly used by Levy &
Co., on their gin bottles are the
grounds of the indictments. The gov
eminent contends that by holding the
labels in a certain position the picture
presented is one that tends to arouse
depraved passions in a negro.
Asher &, Levy will fight the indict-
ments to the last ditch. The objection
able labels were removed from their
goods under the storm raised by the
southern prohibitionists in the heat of
the Carmack Patterson campaign. At
the same time one of the whisky COM
panys statesmen was indicted in the
federal court in Louisiana but the case
against him has been dropped.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04

devour the smaller fishes, it is pro-
posed to establish fisheries for the
preparation of sharks for food. 1t is de-
clared that the tigers of the sea" are
really tasty and nutritious and that in
time shark as a diet will become popu-
lar.
1t is said that sharks are doing mil
lions of dollars worth of damage an
nually to commercial fisheries on the
coast by devouring other valuable food
fishes and incidentally by destroying
the nets of fishermen. The large fish
shipping industry makes the matter of
peculiar interest here and experiments
to protect the industry will be given
attention. Steps will he taken by the
government and it is needless to say
that the cooperation of the fish deal
ers along the coast will be heartily
given to any measures which may be
adopted.
To determine the availability of the
dogfish, or small shark, as food, the
bureau of fisheries is now conducting a
series of Investigations. Members of
the staff of the bureau have tried them
dIlu COOhtu Ill NdIIOuS OtICi
ways, and have found them excellent.
The fish has no bones, is more nutri-
tious than beefsteak, pound for pound,
and it ought to prove the cheaper of
all foods, inasmuch as dOgfish by rea-
son of their vast abundance, can be
sold profitably and cheaply by the
fishermen. Tha statement is made by
those connected with the fisheries bu-
reau that in the creation of a market
for dogfish and their by-products, lies
the solution of the edible fish problem.
Already, On the Nova Scotia coast,
these fish are put up in cans, and the
industry is said to be quite profitable.
The oil is used for lubricating purposes
and the skin, which is waterproof and
tough, covered with small toothlike
thorns, set close together, is employed
by cabinet workers and metal workers
for scraping and polishing. In Europe
the skins are used for covering card
cases, jewelry boxes, sword hilts and
sheaths and various ornamental OBJ
jectS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Rat Squad FILLED
5,54I Last Month

SEATTLE. Nov. six men in the
rat squad of the city health depart
ment and ten men who do the work for
the bounty of 10 cents per head, in
October killed 5541 rats. This is the
largest number of rats killed for any
one month since April, and Inspector
Combs declares that it is proof that
the army of rats is increasing along
the water front, where the October
record was made.
OF the total of 5541, the city squad
killed 2400 and the bounty squad BAL.
The men who are doing the work for
the bounty money, Inspector Combs
says, are a valuable help to the city
in it's efforts to eXterminate the
pests, and make good wages at it.
Not a Trace Of Plague.
The hunt last month was principal
ly along the water front and up as far
as Post street. where the animals were
caught by the hundreds. Wet weather
drove them back toward the mouths
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Be WISE IN TIME
People Cannot Afford to
Trifle With Ill Health.
Realizing This They Are Sc
curing DR.. Darrin's
Services.

Walla Walla seems to be full Of
wise people judging from the stead :
stream of callers at the offices of the
well-known specialist, Dr. Darrin i'll
the Hotel State
He is making wonderful cures, and
letters of gratitude are being daily
received showing the satisfactory re-
suits of his skill in treating diseases.
The following open card is an exam
pie of one selected from the many:
Deafness Cured in 20 Minutes.
l have been deaf for past fif-
teen years. DR.. Darrin cured me
with electricity in twenty min
utes. 1 reside two and one half
miles west of here on the Barns
Road, mead Isaac Barnes farm
Joseph Thatcher.
Consultation with the above sue
cessful physician is free from 10 Il
m. to p. m. daily. The worthy poor
are treated gratis" one hour each
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04

of the sewers and into the wholesale
and jobbing section of the city, and
northWard in one large colony into the
Pike street hotels, cafes and butcher
shops. where they were slaughtered in
battaliOns. Another wing of the army
worked southwark to Columbia street
and spread out away from the water
front for two or three blocks. After
the army was located Inspector Combs
correlated his men for a flank move
ment, and prevented a retreat for any
large number in the direction of the
hills. Every rat caught or poisoned
was taken to the laboratory at May
nard avenue and Jackson street ana
a post-mortem examination performed
in each instance for plague germs, but
in the multitude of animals subjected
to the test, not a trace of the plague
was found.
Ignore Rat Guards.
Inspector Combs declares that in spite
of rat guards and other known pre-
cautions, the animals are coming into
the city in large numbers from the
steamships. but he offers the laborato-
ry record in proof of the claim that
while the rat army is increasing, the
danger of plague is being constantly
minimized through the efforts OF the
department.
Numerous reports reached the de-
Eartment yesterday of an invasion OF
the Green Lake district, and on
Wednesday Inspector Combs will send
portion of his squad to the scene to
exterminate the animals. Reports were
to the effect that the pests were most
numerous near the lake outlet. The
work of determination will also go on
along the water front where the de-
partment look for the greatest source
of danger.
Inherent Cunning Of Animals.
About ten days ago a rat was killed
while scurrying out of carload Oh
furniture and food stuffs for the ola
peoples home, at Fauntleroy park. The
consignment of goods had been I'M
loaded from freight car on the Seat
tie Electric lines.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
WIND WAGON COLAPSES.
Dr. j. p. Thomas Knocked Out-Spinal
Injuries Feared.

NEW YORK, Nov. Awhile expert
menting late yesterday with his wind
wagon" Dr. Julian P. Thomas, the ae-
ronaut, met with an accident at the
Morris Park experiment grounds of
the AerOnautic society. The wind
wagon was cutting along at a high
speed when DR.. Thomas saw in his
path a motor cycle. In attempting to
sWerve the forepart of the wind wagon
it collapsed, and DR.. Thomas was
pinned to the earth. under the rear
portion of the apparatus. He was car
ried to the clubrooms unconscious, and
remained in that state for several
minutes. Physicians decided that he
had suffered no internal injuries but
feared that serious spinal troubles
would result.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Arrest Liquor Men
Charge: of 0bSCenity

ST. LOUIS, Nov. As the result
of q crusade commenced by a New
York weekly periodical and taken up
all over the south, members of the firm
of Levy & Company, distillers and Ii
quor dealers, have been arrested on
charges of using obscene and indecent
labels on their products. 1t was al
legged by the New York magazine that
the gin made by the concern, and
which is largely consumed by the ne
groes of the south, bore suggestive and
vulgar labels, and that the advertising
matter of the company was of such
character as to violate the postal laws.
Insinuations have been made that the
gin is largely responsible for arous-
ing base passions of the negroes and
driving them to the nameless crimes
against women which are of such
alarming frequency in the south.
The indictments were returned by
federal grand jury against Lee Levy
and Adolph Asher. 1t is stated that
these men have become wealthy
through the sale of their gin, which is
one of their principal products. Prom
inent attorneys have been engaged to
defend the men and the trial promises
to develop many sensations.
There are two counts in each Of the
indictments against Asher and Levy.
The first indictment is brought under
the law governing express companies,
while the second is on alleged violation
of the postal regulations. The four
counts render Asher and Levy each Ii
able to a maximum penalty in case OF
conviction on all of 20 years in the
penitentiory and $4,000 fines.
An eastern weekly publication took
up the issue and attacked District At
torney Henry w. Blodgett and the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Atlantic City
Golf Tournament

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. A.
Entries close this evening for the an
nual fall golf tournament of the
Country Club of Atlantic City, which
will be in progress during the next
three days. The list of entrants include
some of the crack golfers of the coun
try and with proper weather cOndi-
tons, the tourney will doubtless be
one of the best ever held. here. All
players belonging to the United States
Gold association are eligible.
Qualification play will take place to-
morrow and will consist of eighteen
holes, medal play. The time of start
ing and pairing of each player will be
teens will qualify: The first for the
governors cup, the second for the
presidents cup, the third for the At
lantic City cup, the fourth for the
Mortified cup, and the fifth and sixth
for special cups to be given to those
classes. In cases of ties in qualifying
round, the committee will draw lots to
decide which sixteen the contestants
will play in.
match play will take place on Friday
and the third and final rounds on Sat-
urday. All matches will consist of IS
holes. On Saturday, all day, an 1S-hole
medal play handicap will be played
for which entry must be made not la
ter than 10 a. m, of that date. And the
score turned in must be the first eight
cen holes played by the contestants on
that day. A special consolation event
will be arranged on Friday, for the de-
feated Fights of each sixteen, so that
the contestants attending the tourna
ment will be given an opportunity for
competition during the entire three
days.
All the cups become the absolute
property of the winners, without fur
Their competition. The governors cup
will be awarded the winner of the
tournament. The presidents cup will
be awarded to the winner Of the second
sixteen. The Atlantic City cup will be
awarded the winner of the third six
teen. The Mortified cup will be
awarded the winner of the fourth six
teen Special clubs will be awarded the
winners of the fifth and sixth sixteens.
Prizes will also be awarded the run
ner-up for the main prize in each six
teen. The individual player making
the best qualification score, IS holes,
medal play, on Thursday, will receive
the qualification prize. Prizes are Of
fered for the winner of the handicap
and for the player making the best
gross score in the handicap. A special
prize will be offered to the winners of
the defeated Fights events. Excepting
the best gross score prize for Is holes.
a contestant may win but one prize
during the tournament
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Relics Found
at La Grdnde

LA GRANDE, Nov. 4.-Remarkable
evidence Of primitive skill that almost
surpasses present ingenuity is being
uncovered il the excavation work be-
llg done in the rear of the national
bank building, where next spring Will
be erected the NJ. and NJ. company
warehouses;
One Of the most startling discoveries
made by the eXcavatOrs was the find
ing of products of early skill in clay
modelling and incidentally involving
science in this respect. The article is
Il miniature image of a monkey, but
aside from the clever modelling demon
strated, there is evidence of color work
such as was only invented by white
man 25 years ago.
The age of the clay monkey model Is
a mystery. The parts that remain are
perhaps three inches in length, some
what defaced, with the arms missing
The model is hollow, although pos
sessed with considerable hardness
Though partly broken nft. there is
much left of a peculiar facing
clay that is beautilu % nr in In
dian design. George Kreiker, the cen
tractor, who has the relic in his Pos
session, affirms that the white M
discovered the process used on t.
little model only 25 years ago, WI
it is evident that the piece of inc
clay in question is extremely aged.
Six Feet UNDERGROUND.
The little thing was found six f
under ground. The solution to the
problem of how it got there is given
in the historical fact that jefferson
avenue was once a deep slough The
gravel formations in which the eXca
vators are working bears out the the
cry and heavy rains have fallen at
some time in the remote past, washing
the model into the slough. where it
lodged. only to be found after cen
fury or two of time.
Another freak has been uncovered
which also bears evidence of primi-
tive handiWork. 1t is a hard rock eight
inches in length, and Worn cylindrical
by water erosion. In the center of the
hard rock is a fOllr-inch hole about one
inch in diameter 1t was evidently
drilled with tools such as can not be
made in tie present DAY. 1t IS sup
posed the drilling took place further
up the river and that by slow stages
it was washed down until it lodged in
the slough to be covered by collateral
deposits when the river gradually re-
coded to its present chanel.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
WILL VISIT IN SPOKANE.
Great Railroad Magnate to Stop Ir
Falls City.

SPOKANE, Nov. flames J. Hill
has wired the Spokane chamber of
commerce that he and his party will
accept the invitation extended by the
chamber and spend Wednesday in this
city. Mr.. Hill will be accompanied by
his son, Louis w. Hill, president Of the
Great Northern railroad and of the
national apple show, he being en- route
to the grand opening of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle railroad into Port
land.
The chamber of commerce is send
ing out invitations to it's members to
attend an after election" midday
luncheon at the Hail of the Doges
wednesday to rect Mr.. Hill and par
ty. The party viii be taken about the
city in automo. lies in the mornin g
and the afternoon will be spent at the
rooms of the chamber The plates are
IS cents each and are on sale at the
rooms of the chamber of commerce
About 200 plates will be laid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Oklahoma Clubwomen.

ARIMORE, Okla, Nov. 4.-Club-
women of the new state are throngns
Ardmore this afternoon, attracted Dy
the annual meeting of the Oklahoma
and Indian Territory federatlohS'
which will be consolidated during the
coming session. The meeting will open
this evening with a reception. Child Ia
Dor will be one of the principal SUD
jects discussed and it is likely that d
movement will be launched looking to
legislation on that subject. The new
state federation will have 1875 affiliated
local clubs
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Sharks Are to
Be Extermjndfed

SAVANNAH Ga. Nov "A war
fare for the determination of the
sharks which abound in the waters of
the South Atlantic will shortly be in
augurated by the government fisheries
bureau, with the cooperation of the
big fishing companies of this section. 1t
is alleged that the sharks are respon-
sible for the scarcity of edible fish. For
some time there has been complaint
among fishermen of constantly de-
creasing catches, and unless steps are
taken to eliminate the sharks fish
famine is imminent.
AS one of the measures for exter-
minating the sharks and dogfish, which
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04

spoke and in his speech denounced
Dixon, saying his play The Traitor"
was evidently brought south to aid
democracy and stir up old fires; that
Dixon's face exhibiting picture) was
that of a hyena prowling about a
graveyard from which children would
run and women shrink.
Dixon replied through the News and
Observer of Raleigh in an open letter,
bitterly denouncing Montgomery. The
night after DiXon's letter appeared
'The Traitor played here to a packed
house.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-04
Portland to Ask
Aid of Un(Ie Sam

PORTLAND, Nov. 4.-The United
United States government may sbe
asked to take a hand in the solution of
the milk problem in Portland. If the
city health board finds that the re-
quirements of Uncle Sam are not as
rigid as to put al. the dairies out Of
business. it will ask the federal au-
thOrities to assume control over the
milkmen who supply the city.
Dr. Yenney of the health board, was
asked at the meeting of that body this
morning to ascertain what are the
government regulations guarding
against the sale of impure and diseased
milk and to make a report at the next
board meeting. 1t is quite likely that
the board will make a recommendation
that the government take charge of the
situation.
If this is done further consideration
Of the Cottel milk ordinance in the
council will be unnecessary. Dr. YEN
ney said that he was sure that the fed
eral officials will agree to inspect dair
les here, if the city asks them to. The
People Of Pendleton wanted federal
inspection. but when the government
regulations were submitted to them
they refused to adopt them because it
was thought that dairymen would find
it so difficult to comply that the price
of milk would be increased so much
as to make the article a luxury to most
people.
Mrs. Evans Suggestion.
Whether Portland will come to the
same conclusion or not is hard to say,
in the October report of Market In
spectOr Sarah A. Evans will. it is
thought, be adopted by the board.
Mrs. Evans believes that if each milk
man is made to buy city .;ctn: and
submit to inspection by a special officer
elr ployed by thu health department ho-
fore being allowed to do business, The
re: !, will b that nothing bvt orre
milk sold by them.
Filth In All Milk.
But whether you try this scheme or
some other. something should be done
at once. Conditions are awful In one
creamery I visited the other day the
proprietor told me that he had to
strain every bit Of milk brought to his
establishment, and in some of the cans
two quarts of stable filth would be
found. The manager said he had to
take the milk because the dairymen
are so Independent that if he refused
it they would take it to some other
creamery. Milk Is so scarce that the
da'rymen can do as they please
<4x
ing the movement to secure pure milk"
declared Mayor Lane to the board.
you all know better than anybody