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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
CH|STFNS0N & DUE
SELL BANK STOCK
Change in Management of candinav.
ian American Bank-Erick Ramstad
President and M. r. Porter Vies
President.

l.. M. Due and EdW. Christensen
have sold their stock in the Scandi-
navi; American bank to Messrs. Geo
H. Hollister and H. P. Beckwith of
The Northern Trust Co. of Fargo, and
NJ. f. Porter, who has been managing
the branch Office of that institution
in Minot for the past two years.
Erick Ramstad and E. Y. Ellison
retain their stock, and while the cleo.
ton of officers has not taken place 1t
is admitted by interested parties
that Mr. Ramstad is to be president
Of the bank and Mr.. Porter will take
Mr. Ramstad's place as vice president.
Mr.. Christensen will remain ~
cashier temporarily and Mr.. Guam
andMr Engelstad az assistant cash.
iers.
The Scandinavian American bank,
under the able management Of Messrs.
Due and Christensen has been very
successful, and we feel confident that
under the new management, it will
be none the less so Messrs. R&m-
stad and Ellison need no Introduction
to our people.
The remarkable growth of The
Northern Trust Co. is largely due to
the efforts OF Messrs. Hollister and
Beckwith and much of their business
in this territory is attributed 70 NJ.
Porter, who will be active in the man.
agement of the Scandinavian Amer.
lean bank.
We do not know the intentions OF
Messrs. Due and Christensen, except
that they expect to take a much earn.
ed rest after the first of the year. In
the meantime, they will be found at
their accustomed places in the bank.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
CAN'T CUT HIS OATS.

Henry Stammen, one of the big far
mers up on Mouse river, has been do,
ing some irrigating for the past two
years and the rains have completed
the job so we'll for him that he has
90 acres of oats that he can't GU,
which would average Is bushels per
acre. easily. They stand five or six
feet high.
Mr.. Stammen attempted to cut
them and mired his binder He has
turned his hogs into the field and is
buying up more hogs as fast as posi-
Bile in order to allow as few OF the
oats to 70 to waste as possible.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
SAYS THAT CARS
ARE HELD Up
500 Coal Mine Operators Meet and
Decide to Bring Matter Before Rail.
way Commission At Once.

A number of the coal mine opera
tors from along the 500 met at the
office of the Lloyd Coal Co. in Minot
Monday afternoon for the purpose OF
considering the alleged holding up OF
500 coal cars by the 500 road for
shipment of coal to G. N. points. 1t
is war between the 500 and the G. N
neither company allowing their cars
to be sent on the others line, except
foreign cars for shipment.
Resolutions were passed, TO bring
the matter before the railway COM
mission at once.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
SURREY LAD BADLY INJURED.

John Kurtz, a 20-year-old Surrey LAD,
working on the D. S. Wolfe threshing
rig at Surrey, suffered badly frac-
tured leg Monday morning, received
while working around the machine.
The belt had come of, and attempting
to place it back on, the lads legs got
in the wheels. He was brot to the
hospital, where he is dong as we'll as
may be expected.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
j. l.. HENDERSON WEDS.

J. L. Henderson the popular G. n.
conductor, was married to Miss Rose
Sunderland Of Williston, Wedn esday.
The bride is the neice of Atty. and
Mrs. A. J. Bessie, and is most
charming young woman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
PRETTY CHEAP.

Dick Barrett was in from Glenburn
Wednesday. Paying his compliments
to the meanest man in that country.
he said: "Why, the fellow is so
cheap that he wouldn't pay fifteen
cents for front seat to see an earth
quake"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
WINS $4,000 STAKE.

Don Densmore, D. A. Dinnies pac-
ing stallion, won the $4,000 stake at
the Sedalia, Mo-, fair, without trou-
BILE. The horse went against some of
the fastest PAGERS in the south.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
MOTHER DEAD.

A cablegram was received In MI
not today telling of the death Of Mrs.
Glazer at Kurland, Russia, Wednesday
afternoon. She was 76 years Of age
and the mother Of Messrs. H. L., B. D.
and W. 8. Glazer and Mesdames NJ
Bank, Herman Gordon and Samuel
Bader, prominent residents Of Minot
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
PLAY FOOTBALL SATURDAY,

The Minot and Rugby football
teams will meet on the local gridiron
Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock for
the opening game Of the season. Rug.
BY has played several games, defea:
ing Cando Saturday, S to o. Tho team
is said to be quite strong. The Minot
boys arc practicng hard and will put
up q hard battle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05

MRS. ARNE AMUNDsoN VERY ILL.
Mrs. Arne Amundson submitted 10
an operation at St. Joseph's hospital
"Wednesday morning, the operation -
quiring over two hours. The patient
rallied nicely and 1t is hoped by the
many friends that she will soon re-
cover.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
SLOCUM FILLING SlLOS.

A. P. Slocum began filling his two
silos Monday, with corn raised on his
farm north of the city. He raised
about a hundred acres of corn and
will have an immense lot Of feed. He
is selling about $25 worth Of cream
and milk a day from his fine dairy
herd and the farm is on good pay
ing basis.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
FoRTY-E,cHT CRIMINAL CASES

1t is expected that Judge Davis Will
convene a term OF county court this
week, as soon as he returns to the
city. The calendar is large, there be-
ing forty-eight criminal cases, besides
a large number Of civil cases.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05

Editor w. e. Krick OF Berthold.
passed thru Minot Wednesday. en-
route home from an extended visit
with friends In Chicago and st. Louis.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
OLD TIME cARP,o WOMAN pEAu

Mrs. Lakkebo, wife of the proprietor
Of the Carpio hotel. died Tuesday after
a long illness from cancer OF the
breast. The funeral is being held TO-.
day. The Lakkebo family have been
residents Of the county for MANY
years.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
CONSUMERS POWER co.
IN NEW OFFICES

The Consumers Power Co. moved
tho first Of tho week to tho hne new
once building, corner Main aud Third
streets. The ohlces are perfect III
every detail.
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True to the Last

From the Chicago Post.
 T have tried to do my duty as I saw it,psghed the magazine editor, smiling wanly as the nurse adjusted the pillow under his head.
 Don't exert yourself too much." begged the members of the staff, who had gathered about him to say farewell.
 q will not. But before I pass on I want to say that, though my name shall be recorded in oblivion and things will get on much they are now in spite of my absence from the sphere of effort, have at least been consistent in my di- reetion of the magazine. I call you all solemnly to witness that never, never. never have I run a football story in the November number. Never did we have a football story in which the beautiful heiress sat in the grandstand and cheered for her sweetheart until he could run 200 yards in spite of a broken leg, a dislo- cated shoulder and lost ear, thereby winning the game and her true young | neart.'
 With tears of confirmation the stafa nodded.
 | And the dying editor went faint ly, 'I want my last words to be remem- bered. In spite of all temptations, I have steadily and steadfastly refused to print articles on the scientific side of baseball in the May number. I've printed Christi mas poems and articles on woman suf- frage and diaries of polar explorers, but, my friends, I go into the hereafter with my conscience clear on these two points. at least''
 It was all over, and as the sorrowins staff left the room one of them took from his pocket the proofs of an article on ''Long-Distance Signalling in Baseball and the Ultimate Utility of the Aeroplane in the National Sport
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Ata Cost of $500, O,OO0It Has Been Equipped With Every Modern Device to Secure Maximum Output at Minimum Cost, and With Perfect
 Safety and Comfort to Worknen.

been placed at the entrance of the mines
 which would result in a derailed car be- ing thrown immediately upon the track and in safety before it went onto the trestle en route to the tipple. From the mouth of the mine to the tipple has been constructed a bridge 600 feet long of reinforced concrete and steel 80 feet high. Across this bridge is a double track into the two separate entrances which is the only one of like character
 in the Birmingham mineral district. The tipple, where the coal is weighed, and from which it is loaded, is 60 feet high, all steel and concrete The switching is done upon the tipple by gravity. The tracks are graded and the workmen are
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Equipment of Homes

Each house in Marvel is equipped with running water, and those of the officials doctors and storekeepers are equipped with modern baths and other necessary plumbing apparatus. The cottage of each employe is equipped with electric lights which are supplied by the company at the fiat rate of s1 per month.
 The home occupied by MT and Mrs. Roden and their two boys is no different in physical construction from that of the smallest paid mincr. The streets have been shaded with trees purchased by the company, which are destined to play an important part tn the future civic Identification of Marvel.
 The company owners encourage the planting of flowers and shrubbery about the various homes, and have been very successful in generating enthusiasm from the miners in that respect.
 The miners have no trouble living peacefully and at ease in Marvel They have comfortable homes, schools. churches, medical attention, fire protec- tion and a safe place to work. Hence Mir. Roden says that there are men in his mine who have been there since the first ton of coal was hauled onto the tipple.
 The miners seem to be very greatly pleased with the ideal living conditions and few distinguished ones are encoun- tered. In all the company employs 9bC men, the majority of whom are miners There are 240 houses, belonging to the company, which does not include
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Camp at Marvel Has Model Homes With Running Water, Electric Lights, Perfect Fire Protec- ton, Attractive Streets and Every Es-
 sential for Happy Living

modern commissary, company offices and stores These are supplied with long distance telephone connections which penetrate every important place about th mines and even in the interior tele- phones have been. placed with which to communicate with the outside world.
 Monument to Genius
 Taken by and large Mr. Roden single-handed and talone has created a living monument to his genius and en- ergy. He has braved the wilds of an untouched natural mountain and created out of 1t a place of happiness and con- tentment for $50 citizens He has also taken an industrial step of progress ahead of any in the south and which compares favorably with any in Penn- I sylvania.
 | He has compiled not only with tha prevailing laws of Alabama as to the safeguarding of his men, but he has gone further than that and picked out the hardest legal requirement in tha country and adapted his properties to meet that requirement. The result is tl:at he will attrac. to himself a loyal l following of patrons who will appre- ciate that his commodity is of the very best analysis and thoroughly mark eted to the buying public. The mine has been visited by various experts who did not hesitate to say that a monu- ntent would the mine always be to the farsightedness and work of It's present owner.
 MT. Roden is widely known in Bir- min pgham, where he has lived, except during a few years of school, and has wide following of friends who will be glad to learn of his achievement in the industrial world.
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Ample Air Supply

The mine is supplied with air, which is the most important proposition foI safeguarding the health and lives ot the miners by a Srocco centrifugal fan which sends 100000 cubic feet of fresh air into the mine per minute. As a rule there are 225 men in the mine at one time and each requires 100 feet of fresh air per minute. Therefore, the
 over as much air as Is required. The mules employed in the mine require 500
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boilers and dumped into the receptacle provided therefor. The plant is fired by automatic stokers. As the coal is placed into the bins it sifts by gravity into the fire as the consumption demands. From the time it is thrown into the bin until consumed into ashes the hand of man does not touch it.
 The ashes sift through the grates into hoppers provided under ground and from there are taken to a refuse heap by the sole individual who start ed the coal to it's destination. So com plete is the operation of this boiler plant that the fuel consumption does not produce any smoke, and in thai
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respect Marvel may be well designated as the smokeless town.
 The steam used from the boiler plant is conveyed by pipe line to the power plant For that purpose suspension bridge has been hung covered with as uiits to escape in the process of con- veyance The bridge is made of steel and is 15o feet long, and connects the boiler plant with the power house.
 The aim of the builders of this model mining camp has been to reduce the cost of production to the smallest fig ire and to be in position to supply
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Ne1U Marue1 Coal Go Mine Is Mo1,u1ent to Genius,
 Foresight and Pluck Of It's O1urer, B. r. Roden Jr

"ssssssssssssssssssses whereas IS men are usually required to handle a like proposition. This small num- Der of men will handle 150O tons of coal per day, which is considered a marvellous reduction of human aid.
 The fancy lump coal from the mine IS thrown into reciprocating feeder through a shaker screen into the waiting railroad cars. The feeders are equipped with a two-inch screen and a six by eight screen, and through these two screens the grades of coal are handled Each one is equipped with reciprocat- ing feeder, which provides a uniform quantity of coal onto each screen, thus eliminating the possibility of coal slid ing to the bottom in unusual quantities. The tipple is provided with sufficient gates to enable the company to supply 20 mix lures by the simple process of working lever. That coal which is washed be- fore being disposed of is placed into a hin which holds 2o0O tons of coal The character of the coal has a certain rash in it.
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Concrete and Steel

The entire construction of the plant from washer to trestles is of rein forced concrete and steel. So thorough ly freproof is the plant at Marvel that MT. Roden has been given a rate of fire insurance the same as enjoyed by Birmingham with her marvelously well equipped fire department. He has made two openings at Marvel on the Cahaba seam of coal, one of which is S5 feet lower than the. other. At the present time the mine has been sunk as a slope slightly over half a mile and there has not been encountered any gas which Is usual in the Cahaba mines. The plant has a capacity of 15O0 tons of coal per day, with a maximum capacity of 2000 tons per day. As a general proposition in the past the minimum production has been attained, while henceforth the maximum will result.
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feet of air per minute, and their sup ply leaves large balance of fresh air. In all of the mine interior development MT. Roden has followed strictly the laws of Pennsylvania, which are sup posed to be the most strict and thorough for the protection of men. A vast majority of his improvements have been on a broad line and the recent mine laws in the state cannot cause him to make the least encouragement of his already well-equipped mine. The mine is equipped with concrete brat tees which allow no leakage of air from the main air arteries which carry the pure oxygen into the mine for the men
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By having an eye single to the best and most up-to-da equipment the Marvel Coal company has created al penditure of $5O0,ooo what is considered the best mining plant in the south has just been completed.
 With the late Col. H. F. DeBardele- ben, E. F. Roden, Jr., travelled over the mineral district of Alabama mule-back for the purpose of locating and in- vesting in a modern up-to date coal mine, Young Roden was fresh from the best technical colleges and with the old industrial veteran as an adviser he sought to create in Alabama a mining plant which would compare favorably with those of the Pennsylvania field and he has succeeded. At Marvel the equipment has been of the very best not only to satisfy an ambition, but in order to secure the greatest amount of efficiency and the greatest tonnage of coal at the least expense.
 In handling the new proposition MT Roden did not lose sight of the fac that living environment was a prim, requisite for the successful operation of his plant. He, therefore, built ant now maintains the most desirable ant perhaps the most comfortable and mod ern mining homes in the state. Th' very smallest detail has been takei into considera tion to modernize a plant satisfy the working men and at th' same time mako money for the owners
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their customers with their needs im- mediately upon receipt of orders; and 1t has been demonstrated at Marvel that nc difficulties are encountered in hand ling the requirements of their patrons.
 Railroad Connections
 The mines are situated on the Louis vile and Nashville railroad and on the Southern railway. In addition they have he service of the Alabama Great South ern railroad There have been few occa sions when the railroads have been short of equipment to handle the out mt of the mines at Marvel. The work of creating this plant has been go- inc on for over IS months, during which time the present owners start ed and have finished every improve ment that is to be seen there at the present time.
 So wild was the country about the mine openings that MT Roden was forced to reduce the grade of a noun tain roadway to remarkable degree bt fore timbers and the requisite equip ment could be carried to the place of development. The roadway built at that time now forms the principal street of Marvel, winding it's way round and about hills of extraordinary scenic grandeur
 On this roadway and on all streets of Marvel every 800 feet are placed fire plugs to protect the properties At convenient points are located hose wagons contain | ing 250O feet of fire hose, and there is small danger of any devastating fire, such as frequently visits mining camps. As protection from fire a tank 80 feet point in the town holding 5O,0OO gallons of water The supply guarantees a min imum of 40 pounds pressure to the square inch and a maximum of 125 pounds to the square incn. No city in the south, however great and progressive, can boast of a greater maximum of water pres I
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containing 6O,000 gallons of water. There it is shaken and thoroughly washed. The impurities go to the bottom by gravity and are taken on an elevator to a refuse heap The clean coal is taken on a re- turn elevator to the top of the tipple for shipment The elevator is equipped with The elevator is 315 feet long, and the water is thoroughly drained off before the coal travels that distance for shipment. which draws the water and protects the on-coming bucket from any saturation from the prior one The washer will sup ply 800 tons of washed coal per day, while it has maximum capacity of 15oo. This building is constructed of reinforced con- crete and steel with sheet roof, and Is so equlppeu tildl huuitioiiS hioy pe hioNS to 1t without any great expense or with out the creation of stronger foundation. The water tank is washed clean every other day and is made of concrete situ- ated directly under the flooring of the washer plant. An engine with 15o-horse- power, rope drawn, is a part of the washer equipment, the total cost of the auxiliary plant being s4o,o00
 The Boiler Plant
 The boiler plant which is situated im- mediately to the right of the tipple and washer consists of, three boilers each 300 horsepower. The aid of man has been eliminated so thoroughly, at the boiler
 plant especially that one sole individual handles that immense proposition by req
 son of its having been equipped modern fly rather than with an eye single to the Immediate needs of developers.
 The coal is taken from a bin with a large capacity into cars by gravity. The cars are run onto the top of the three
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Date

From Judge.
 Don't you admire the old-time mel- odies?'
 "No; I'm a fresh-air fiend."
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relieved of any pushing of loaded ( empty cars.
Automatic Scale for Weighing

When a car of coal is en route to the washer or to a waiting railroad car it is thrown onto a scale which is auto matic, and which registers automatically
 the weight immediately upon its being run onto the scales. It does not stop. however, to be weighed, but continues on, the weight being taken by the au- tomatic clock. The entire tippel work is performed by three men and five boys,
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Is Thoroughly Washed

The coal is conveyed in an apron con- veyor to the jig washer into resrvoir