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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
JUSTICE GIVEN
IN RECORD time
WILLIAMS COUNTY OFFICIALS mE1E 0Ul
SWIFT JUSTICE TO CHECK FORCER-
ON WAY TO Pen IN "a HOURS

Many records were broken in
Williston last week, the best one
being the case of F. K. Johnston
who forged a check and secured
the money Friday morning at about
ten o'clock and was on his way to
the state penitentiary Saturday at
one o'clock.
Johnston, who is a printer, land
ed in Williston at the same time
the editors were here and taking
advantage Of the presence of so
many strangers in town, passed a
check on R. Peyton of the Great
Northern hotel for $500 the
check being drawn on the Bank of
Tioga. Johnston then made an
effort to cash a check at the Citi-
zens National bank also for $500
but the officials of the bank told
him they would telephone Tioga
and he left the check and went out
saying he would return soon.
Word coming from Tioga that
there was no bank there by exactly
the name as written by Jvhnston
and that he was not known there
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
Editors Good Housekeepers

The bachelor" editors stole q
march upon the entertainment COM
mittee Friday morning when they
arose early and made their own
beds in the "barracks' that had
been fitted up for them, although
the committee had man to look
after the comfort of the visitors
and also a lady employed to attend
to the cots and take care of the
room.
The ''barracks'' was the big store
room formerly occupied by Thomas
furniture store and something like
thirty neat cots with mattresses,
etc., were provided for the con-
venience of the gentlemen who did
not have their wives with them.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
HARVEST FESTIVAL AT
AMBROSE AUGUST 10Th

The commercial club of Ambrose
is preparing for a big time Aug.
Doth the date named for the Har-
vest Festival III that city. Gov.
Burke has promised to be present
and make the talk of the day, some
of the professors of the state agri-
cultural college will also be on
hand and prizes will be offered for
best exhibits. Other features will
make up the program.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11

to have been impressed with what
was doing in the Williston country.
But it is one thing to read and an
other to observe. A personal in
spection is worth q whole lot of
literature.
It is but q few years since set
tiers began to move into Williams
county in considerable numbers.
The territory rested long under
the ban which misled popular opin-
ion had placed on everything west
of the Red river valley, and but .
little earlier on the valley itself.
At length a few hardy people took
a chance at the western country,
and greatly to the surprise of 9th
ers, they seemed to prosper as we'll
there as their friends did else
where. Their success encouraged
others, and the procession of in
coming settlers headed that way.
Now settlements abound all over
the county, and in this present
year, when many other sections of
the state are dried up, the terri
tory which, of all others, was
thought at one time to be most
likely to suffer in anything like a
general drought has a crop which
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
Was Talking to Wrong Man

Was Talking to Wrong Man
Some of the boys who tell their
big stories about bagging q lot of
birds before the season opens
happened to find themselves talking
to the wrong man in Williston re-
Gently, as they bumped into the
game warden and had to 60 away
back and sit down before the con-
versation was over. In fact one
of the gentlemen was in somewhat
the position of the man who stated
he had seen a million wild geese,
but upon close questioning finally
acknowledged that he had not seen
any geese at all. Nothing was
done in this case but the gentleman
was evidently scared before the
third degree" performance was
over.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
Dies of Whooping Cough

The little year old boy of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Mitchell died at
the home of its parents Saturday
afternoon flour o'clock of whoop-
ing cough and the body was ship
ped to Woonsocket, S. D., Mon
day noon, the funeral occurring at
the house Monday, Rev. Hollett
conducting the services. Mr..
Mitchell was summoned from
Sparta, Wis, where he was with
the state militia in camp. He ar
rived home Monday.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
BIGGEST MEETING in THE
HISTORY OF ASSOCIATION

attending the meeting of the as
sociation, the prizes to be divided
into a first prize of $25, second
of SIS and third of $40, the time
to be limited to the next two issues
of the newspapers. This offer was
accepted by the association.
The matter of financing the
expenses of the legislative COM
mittee was brought up and each
member present, about one hun
dred, stood up as pledging them
selves to the amount of $40 if
necessary to be used by the
committee. This committee was
also authorized to employ an st.
torney, etc.
A committee of three on reso-
lutions was appointed.
What is the adequate rate for
advertising for the country weekly
with a circulation of 1000 to 1909
W. j. Anderson, Der Stats
Anzeiger, Rugby was very prac-
tical talk and evidently opened the
eyes of some of the newspaper
men because Mr.. Anderson said
his circulation was 1900 and that
he had been receiving Is cents an
inch for all transient advertising
and 12t cents on yearly contracts
where an average of 80 inches in
each issue was taken. He said he
had strong competition but that he
had kept these rates for three
years and had no regrets.
H. L. Wilson of the Grand
Forks Herald gave a few remarks
on advertising rates and spoke es.
pecially of foreign advertisers, say.
ing a fair rate could always be OBJ
tanned from these companies il
the rate was demanded. He said
after thirteen years experience he
had found this to be so.
At the business meeting Satur-
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the
auditing committee appointed tc
look over the secretary and treas
urer's books reported, the princi.
pal item being that the association
had $685. 80 in the treasury.
By special request N. B. Black
gave "Annie Laurie'' and was
heartily cheered, but did not re.
spond to the repeated encores on
account of not having any music.
F. L. Scott of the Ben Franklin
Messenger, Minneapolis, who had
been especially invited, gave q
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
Going on Auto Trip

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Larson and
three little children left Tuesday
morning for an automobile trip of
something over five hundred miles.
They will visit Bottineau and sew
eral other cities and towns in that
vicinity, They went in Mr.. Lar
sons Regal car and looked COM
Portable and fit for a pleasant trip.
They will be absent about two
weeks.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
EDITORS THANK THE
CITIZENS FOR WORK

The local editors desire to most
sincerely thank all the business
men, citizens and ladies of Willis
ton for their hearty cooperation
and assistance in making the meet
ing here Of the North Dakota Edi-
torial Association the best ever
held. None more thoroughly ap-
preciates the amount of hard work
necessary and the help rendered,
than the editors themselves be-
cause they were in it, at all times
and therefore know.
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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
TO INSPECT WlLLlSTON
IRRIGATION PROJECT
BRlCADlER GENERAL MARSHALL AND
MANY OTHER ARMY ENGINEERS
SPECIAL TRAIN FROM n0NDAK


A party of distinguished recla-
nation army engineers, and others
are expected to be in Williston
next Saturday, August 18th and
the commercial club is making ar
rangements to properly entertain
them.
The party consists of Brig. Gen.
William L. Marshall, Consulting
Engineer.
The Board of Engineers Lieut.,
Col. John Biddle, Lieut.. Col. VIM.
G. Langfitt, Major VIM. w. Harts,
Majar Charles w. Kutz, Major
Harry Burgess, all of U. S. A.
Corps of Engineers.
At meeting of the Commercial
Club Wednesday it was decided to
invite Senators McCumber and
Purcell and Congressman Gronna
and Hanna to be present and thus
get first hand knowledge of the
situation.
What is particularly wanted by
those under the ditch is to have
the payments arranged so as to
have them as small as possible Just
now.
kilograms have been received
by j. w. jackson of the Williston
Land Company, from President
Louie Hill Of the Great Northern
stating that the party will be here
Wednesday night August 18th and
all day Thursday the 18th. Mr..
Hill is very much interested in
the visit of the board and will be
one of the party.
The purpose of the visit is to
make an inspection of the different
projects; to make plans for their
extention to obtain a history of
the projects with a complete ac-
count of the expenditures with re-
suits obtained. Statements will
also be heard from anyone desiring
to enter complaint or to make
statements as to the general agri-
cultural conditions. Data is also
desired as to the value of the land
before and after the irrigation was
installed. The board especially
desires to meet all persons directly
interested publicly and to hear
any statements and suggestions.
and q meeting place will be pro-
vided for this purpose. Those
who have had personal experience
under the project are requested to
be present and give the board facts
in answer to questions concerning
the conditions and success of the
work.
The treatment received by the
board and the facts obtained NAV
mean great deal to Williston be-
cause the project may be completed
sooner, better service given and
thus more and better crops will be-
raised in the territory near tie
city.
1t will be remembered that $780,
600, 900 was recently appropriated
by congress for the completion of
the irrigation projects and as it is
we'll known that the Williston pro-
ject deserves to be completed and
improved Williston is sure to OBJ
tain some of the appropriation.
The party is expected to arrive
at Huntley, Montana, August 10th
and from there will go to Shoshone,
Wyoming, and thence to the Lower
Yellowstone and from there here,
thus they will come from Glen
dive to Mondak and will be met at
Mondak by special train and
President Louie Hill of the Great
Northern will accompany them
here.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11

Good store news for you in this
weeks Graphic.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1910-08-11
EDITORS PLEASED WITH
WuIlSTON'S WELCOME
IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Many PLEASANT SOCIAL FEATURES
BEN FRANKLIN CLUB ORGANIZED

8t0vS AAAssASsssSA OVVsSs0 AAss Ssss
BEN FRANKLIN CLUB ORGANIZED
They came, we're surprised,
pleased and satisfied. Yes the
members of the North Dakota
Editorial Association every one
went away from Williston veal
thier, wiser and a happier man.
Wiser in his knowledge of this
section of the state and wealthier
in his regard for his fellow laborer
in the field of journalism and also
wealthier because he found out
some things about his own business
that will be of great benefit to him
from a practical financial stand
point. - ~'# p
Space forbids us stating all the
many good things that we're said
of Williston; of telling about all
the hard work done by the business
men of the city; of speaking of all
the many features of the two
days meeting, but some of the
best things must be told.
Many of the visitors came in
Thursday evening and were met
at the depot with automobiles and
assigned rooms, every train after
that being met and everyone was
comfortably taken care of.
The first business session was
called to order Saturday morning
at ten o'clock by the president
Jessie B. Burgster of the James
town Capitol, Secretary 0. I.
Rishof of the Milton Globe being
present and keeping the records of
the meeting. The session was
opened by prayer by Rev. F. S.
Hollett of the Methodist church,
after which came the welcome ad-
dress by Mayor John Bruegger
and the response by the president
of the Association. G. E. Boyden
of the Lisbon Free Press gave a
reading and N. D. Black of the
Grand Forks Times rendered a
vocal solo which was so we'll ap-
preciated that he gave an encore
and was called back several times
to acknowledge the appreciation
shown by the hearty cheering.
Mr.. Black has a remarkably pleas
ing voice and enunciates his words
so clearly, feature especially
liked by men. He was accompanied
on the piano by Prof. Arsenault of
this city.
A paper entitled legal Rate
for County Commissioners Proceed.
ings" was read by Grant Hager of
the Grafton Record and the ques-
tion was afterward taken up and
discussed, resulting in q motion
being made that the president ap-
point committee of five to act as
q legislative committee. This COM
mittee was announced at q later
meeting and consists of N. B.
Black of the Grand Forks Times,
A. r. Wright of the Cakes Re-
publican, Grant Hager of the
Walsh County Republican, Geo.
FAIRIES of the Williston Herald
and H. B. Knappen of the Bis
marck Palladium. Its business
will be to represent the association
at the next session of the legisla-
ture and to report at the winter
meeting in Grand Forks.
Another business meeting was
held at 1920 Saturday morning at
which B. G.. Whitehead of the
Williston State made the announce
ment that he bad been authorized
by the Citizens National Bank of
this city to state that the bank
would offer a prize for the best
articles on "What I Saw in Willis
ton," written by any of the editors
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
LEADS THE HITTERS
TrOwbridge Tops Capital
City Batters.
TAYLOR AND MURPHY FAST
AiOysius Players Lead the Base
steaIers with Eighteen PiIfered
Sncks Apiece, While Hurley, of
AlOysius, and Niles, OF Navy Yard,
Are Next in Line with Seventeen.

The complete batting and fielding aver
ages OF the Capital City League. com
piled by James Sullivan. secretary and
official scorer. show that Trowbridge. of
the Midway troupe, is the leading batter.
with a percentage Of 40 for sixteen
games.
Taylor and Hurley, of the Aloysius
club. are leading run getters, each Of
these players having crossed the plate
twenty-four times. Steele. Of the Sewer
age Pumping Station nine, is second, with
twenty-three runs. Steele has also made
the greatest number of hits. connecting
with the leather in twenty-seven in
stances TO safe territory.
Murphy and Taylor. Of Aloysius, have
each pilfered eighteen sacks. while Hur-
ley, Of the same club. and Miles. or
Navy Yard, have each stolen seventeen
bases. Carr and Sullivan. Of Aloysius
club copp the sacrifice hits record, with
eight each. and Davis. Of Sewerage
Pumping Station, is next in line. with
seven.
The Offcia. ovaraoa follou,e.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
RoanOkes Split Twin Bin.

Special 20 The Washin7o Herald.
Petersburg, Va. Aug. 20.-Roanoke
and Petersburg broke even in a dou-
ble-header here this afternoon, Peters
burg winning the first, 2 to 1, by
batting rally in the sixth, and Roanoke
getting the second by a 4-to-i score.
Pullman. formerly with the Louis
Vile American Association team.
pitched the first game for the locals
and held Roanoke 20 three hits. He
twirled steady ball. giving no bases on
balls, and received great support Cef-
alu was hit more freely. and a bunch
ing of hits in the sixth inning settled
the first game. Welcher. for Peters
burg, and Prichard, for Roanoke, split
even on hits. six each. in the second
game. but three Of Roanoke's six came
in the sixth inning with two bases on
balls of Welcher, aud one error by
Keliher at first. this gave Roanoke
three tallies, clinching the game.
Petersburg got three men on bases
with none out in the eighth inning.
but the rally was short-circuited by a
hy-out to left field. and a double play
after but one run had been scored.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
LAUREL TAKES FAST GAME.
Howard County, DOwned
in Holly Contested Struggle.

in Holly Contested Struggle.
Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Laurel, Nd, Aug. 20.-Laurel won a
warmly contested game at Guilfoyd How
ard County. to-day, from the Highland
club by the score of 10 l. AS these
teams we're rivals for supremacy. purse
was offered sthe winning team. A very
large crowd witnessed the game, II being
the annual tournament and all-day picnic
known as Guilford Day The fast fielding
OF the Laurel team and their timely hit
ting won them the game. Botterell. the
star twirler of the Highland team, was
on the slab and struck out sixteen bat
ters, although he was batted for eleven
hits, while Souder. TO- Laurel, allowed
i've. Highlands only run came in on
passed ball by the catcher. The playing
of Haslup Steele. Fulton, and King. the
latter new recruit. won much applause
from time 10 time. Another game was
played at Laurel in the afternoon be-
tween the Laurel and Congres sionai, the
latter of Washington. Laurel winning
easily by the score Of Il to 2. The pitch
ing of McGregor and piay ing of Steele
and Bond were features this game,
Steele getting a home three-base
hit, and two singles tors were
outclassed In every stag O. the game
Nutwell, for the visitors. was knocked
out Of the box in the third inning.
Thompson succeeded him. Hughes went IN
in the eighth. Laurel. by defeating High
land, claims tn championship OF How
ard as we'll as Prince George County. hav-
ing won fourteen games out OF nineteen
nlaved 60 far tbtc eaasor cco,o.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

In what is expected to be two fast and
interesting games. the Asbury Browns,
who are fighting hard to cop the colored
District championship. VIII play the
Bladensburg Giants in Bladens5urg. Nd.
to-day at ! o'clock. The lineup for the
Asburys viii be: Gatewood or Eastman.
pitcher; Johnson or Morgan. catcher;
Ross. first base; Cook, second base;
Scott, shortstop; Jackson. third base:
Despert, left fielder; Taylor, center
fielder, and Willis. right fielder All uni
formed teams wanting games with the
Browns address Joe Blaekston. 81 Pierce
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
BAILEY FANS FOURTEEN.
HyattSvilIc Trounces Southern Rail-
way Company, score, 10 TO g.

Special 20 The Washington Herald
Hyausville. Aug. 2O-The local baseball
team defeated the club representing the
Southern Railway Company. Of Washing
ton, here to-day by the score Of 10 to 6.
Bailey. for EVANSVILLE had the visitors
shut out 10 0, until the eighth. when
they Jumped on him for six runs In
the last half of the eighth Bailey re-
taliated by knocking the ball in the
woods In right field for the circuit He
pitched fine ball. fourteen of the visitors
tanning. Munich. for the visitors, was
out Of form. making four wild pitches,
passing three, and hitting two. He
struck out eight Of the locals Score.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
ROCKVILLE CAPTURES GAME.
Gaithersburg Tribe Take the Count
by S-to-6 Score.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Rockville, Nd, Aug 20.-RockviIle
made it three straight from Gathers
burg at the fair grounds here this after
noon in the series between the two
teams for the baseball championship of
Montgomery County. The score was s
TO g.
Gaithersburg imported seven players in
an effort TO annex the game. but Rock
vile put up star game, especially in
the field, and in the sixth got busy with
their bats and clinched the game by pill
ing up three runs.
Hicks. in left. who caught six flies
and Ahalt, behind the bat, played finely
for EnnLrNriIln Cnnrn.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

Two-base hts-S Dawson. Ahalt. Harriss Three
base hits-HieSs Strobcl. Sacrifice hits-E Daw-
son. Nuss. stolen bases-Ahalt 5. Dawson. Nc
Donald. Salb. First base on balls-OH Whiting. 4.
on Nuss. 3: on Ahalt. l. First base on errors
Rockville, A. Gsithersburg l. Struck out-By Whit
ing. 2; by Nuss. 4: by Ahalt ? Left on bases
Rockville, 5; Gaithersburg. T. Wild pitch-Ahalr
Hit By pitched ball-Warfeld. Ahot. Whiting.
Brewer. Hits-OG Whiting 10 in 6 innings: Of
Ahalt. in ; innings. Umpires-Messrs. Dawson and
Riggs. Time Of game hours
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

At Rochester-Fnst game: Newark. &; Rochester.
l5 innings. Second game Rochester, 4; Newark,
- innings; darkness.
At Buffalo-First game Buffalo. &; Providence, 2
Second game Buffalo. Z; Providence ].
AZ Toronto-Fist game. Toronto. 6: Baltimore. s.
Second game: Toronto. A. Baltimore p
At Montreal-First game Montreal. 3: Jersey City
4 Second game: Montreal 4 Jersey City 6.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

ItlIs-I, Johnscn, n. johnson. Freeman. DAVIS.
Newman. Wycks. Grant. Logan. Andrews. Kicks o.
Earned nIns-T johnson. H. Johnson. Kicks, Free
man. Davis. Andrews. Logan. Grant Wycks New
man. First base By errcrs-War and Navy. 2; Agri-
culture. I. Left on bases-Agrculture s: War and
Navy. s. First base en- baIls-Oh Grant 2: of
Davis. l. Hits made-Of Grant 6; Of Davis s.
Struck out-By Grant I: By Davis s. Three-bsse
hits-AgriCIlbwe. 3: War and Navy J. Two-hase
hits-Agriculturc. 3; War and Navy s. Sacrifice hits
-Sudler AIinkinS Stolen bases Minkins. Davis
Hit by pitchcr-By Davis 1: hy Grant l. Umpire
Mr. REYNOLDS. Time Of game-2 hours aud . min
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
SOUTHERN LEAGUE

At Nashvillc-Frst game: Memphis 6: Nashville
. Second game; Nashville ?; Memphis J.
At Mobile-First game: New Orleans. 3; Mobile o.
Second game. New Orleans !, Mobile 0.
At ChattanooER-First game: Chattanooga. 4; At
lanta J. Second game Chattanooga. }. Atlanta l.
At Birmingham Montgomery. 3; Birmingham
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
LANGDON A. C. WINS GAME.
Cordovas Defeated in Good Contest
by 7-tO-4 Score.

The Langdon Athletic Club defeated the
Cordovas at Langdon yesterday by the
score. Of : TO T. Moore made a good
catch back Of second, and Cash played
good ball for the losers. Score:
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

Numbering. solomon Leakln Russell, MacNeil,
Burnside Sweeney. Smith. TOpey. Quinn Young
Munich Bailey %. Calf e. Home nin-Bailey.
Threc-hasc i--Russcll. TwO-base hits-Leakin Sen
seney l2l. Stolen bascs-Heuing. solomon Bailey
Lcakin, Russell MacNci T. Gait e. Burnside
Carr. Smith Jopley. Sacrifice hit-Bailey Russell.
Struck out-By Bailey u: by MUNICH g. First base
on halls-On MUNICH. 2 Hit by ritcher-F Gait.
solomon, Munich. Double piay-Quinn 10 Jones.
Left on bases Hyattsville ]: Southern Railway s.
First base on erors-Hysttssille =; Southern Rail
way. l. Umpires-Alessrs. Dorr and pollerd Tins
Of gamc-1 hour and So minutes.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

At Dailas-Dallas. 5: Shreveport. g.
At Houston-Houston, i; San Antonio. 0.
AT Characterization 2: Waco. 0.
At Fort Worth--Fort Worth 6: Oklahoma City. O.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
War and Navy Victorious.

War and Navy defeated the Agriculture
team yesterday in a goodly contested
battle. Score. s to 5. Davis twirled
good game for the winners. holding the
Farmers safe at all stages Of the game.
Score:
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
CAROLINA STATE LEAGUE.

At winston-salem--winston-s s; Spartan
burg. G.
At Greensboro Greensboro. 3, Anderson. /
At GreenYillo- Charlotte, ;; GreenTiIle, z
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

Thrce-base ht-Steele. Struck out-By Botterell.
l6i by Souder s. Stolen bases-Timanus o. Haslup
81, Brown BOnd. Disney. Double play-Haslup 10
Scott. Passed ball-FultOn Hit by pitcher Clarke.
Bases on balloon Souder. !: on BOttereu 2
Umpires-Messrs, DoniYan. Of ElnoOtt City and
George Baldwin, OF Lserel.
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21
TAYLOR TWIRLS GOOD BALL.
Annapolis Plebes Defeated IN Ex-
citing Contest, 4 to 2.

Annapolis. Md, Aug. 2O.-In a we'll
played game on the Naval Academy
diamond to-day, the Plebes or fourth
class midshipmen. lost to the Arundel
Athletic Club. a local aggregation, by
4 10 .. Taylor. a strong southpaw.
was on the mound for the Arundels,
and pitched steady game. allowing
the Plebes but three singles. and two
singles ana four infield grounders in
the opening session put the Plebes up
in the air, and the Arundels got three
runners across the pan-enough TO
sew up the game. Score:
The Washington herald., 1910-08-21

Three-basc hit-Page. Twobase hit-west. Struck
out-By Pollock. 10: BY A. Cuick by Sheehy s.
Bases on balls-Of Pollock. 2; Of sheehy, 6. I'm
ure-Mr. Anderson.