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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
BATTLE E0YFR THE
Normal IS ON
State contends that act was not con-
stitutional

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 22.-Argu-
ment was resumed this morning in
the Minot Normal school case, where
the state contends the act, establish
ing the school at Minot, was not pass
ed according to the constitution. At
torney Greene for the normal board
of control addressed the supreme
court until noon, when F. j. Murphy
of Minot continued the arguments
the defense.
1t is expected the arguments will
occupy the time Of the court until
late this afternoon, as Attorney Gen.
eral Miller for the state will again
address the court after the defense
finishes.
The story of the controversy,
briefly told, follows:
An amendment to the state con-
stitution was legally adopted and an
appropriation by the legislature made
for the establishment of state nor.
mi at Minot. One of the conditions
was that the city OF Minot should
furnish a suitable ste for the insti-
tuition free Of cost to the state. Sey-
eral tracts of land were offered and
the state normal board chose one of
them. A controversy arose over the
choice and the people of Minot made
such a protest tha tthe question of
a site was submitted to a vote of the
people. Another location than the
one selected by the state board was
decided on and acting on the result
of the election the state board made
the change. Then an application
for an injunction was made in the
Ward county district court and a re-
straining order issued. About this
time Attorney General Miller raised
the question Of constitutionality of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
GUST Johnson GIVEN TEN YEARS
FOR THE MURDER Of JOHN CASH

ceived the sad news, she was incon-
solable, and bemoaned the fact that
she was not informed sooner that
she too might have visited the scene
of the wreck.
Mr.. Wright was one Of the most
capable engineers on the road and
for two years held the responsible
position of travelling engineer, re-
signing this to accept his old posi-.
ton again.
He was a member Of the Knights
Of Pythias lodge, which order had
charge of the funeral Wednesday
morning.
The mother of the deceased, who
is eighty years Of age, and a brother,
reside at New London, MINI. The
brother arrived in this city Monday
morning.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
DR.. 0FfERhAN'S
Wife DIED IN CANADA
Passed away suddenly at her home
at Maple Creek, sask., following an
operation.

DR.. F. x. Offerman returned from
Maple Creek, Sask., Tuesday morn
ing, where he was called BY the ILL
ness and death of his wife. About
week before her death, Mrs. Offer.
man submitted to an operation and 1t
was thought she was recovering.
She became worse suddenly and soon
passed away.
The remains were inferred at the
ranch several miles from Maple
Creek. Mrs. Offerman had been
living on the ranch for the past year,
proving it up.
Deceased was 80 years of age and
the mother Of three children, aged
ten, eleven and fourteen years. The
children were brot to Minot by the
doctor and will reside here.
Mrs. Offerman will be remembered
by many people Of this Vicinity, who
had met her at the office Of the doc
tor. She was woman Of very pleas
ing personality and her death is gen.
orally regretted.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
STOUT HEARTED
MEN SHED TEARS
Isaac Wright, G. N. engineer who
met his death in wreck, leaves a
host of friends-Eighteen Years
With the Great Northern

When the news reached Minot that
Isaac Wright, the well-known Great
Northern engineer, had been killed
in a wreck near Rugby near midnight
Saturday night, many stout heart
ed railroad man broke down and
cried, for Isaac Wright was one of
the best beloved men on the roao.
He was an old timer, having been
with the Great Northern for nearly
twenty years. Until year ago he
had his headquarters in Devils Lake,
when for the sake of convenience
he moved to this city, living in one
Of Whites cottages on the north side.
The deceased was nearly fifty years
OF age and leaves a wife and four
children. When Mrs. Wright re-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
JUDGE ADJ0URNS
COURT TO GIVE
CREEK A LICKING
Tom Morris called Mrs Newell and
Judge Murray UncompIimentary
Names and gets into peck of trou-
BILE

Judge Murray adjourned court Ions
enough this morning to administer a
good trouncing to Tom Morris,
Greek, who had appeared before him
charged with stealing a ring from
Mrs. Newell. The Greek cannot
speak very good English, and like all
ether Greeks coming to this country,
about the first thing that he learned
was to swear. AS Mrs Newell was
giving her testimony against Morris,
the fellow exclaimed, you're a liar.'
The Judge gave Morris a little father
ly advice and the fellow turned to
the Judge and called him some sort
of an uncomplimentary name.
81 adjourn court" the Judge cried
and over the table he went after the
Greek, giving him few good cuffs
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
M|N0T men KILLED IN
WRECK ON Great NORTHERN

the proceedings. The constitution
provides for a revision and not an
amendment before such school can
be legally located. The whole mat
ter was then taken to the supreme
court by agreement of counsel and
this is the question which is being
fought over. Attorney General Mil
Ter takes the ground that an amend
ment is not revision of the consti
tuition and that the proceedings are
illegal and void. This is the ques-
tion which the supreme court will be
called upon to decide.
The situation is novel and has ex-
cited much discussion and speculation
throughout the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
IS CONVICTED
OF STEALING
Sam Jones found guilty Of stealing
$29.60 from John Goenon near this
city last August.

Sam Jones Wae found guilty Of
stealing $29 80 from John Goenon,
last August. Goenon and his father
were working for horse dealer
named Frank Taylor who was in
camp south of the city. Goenon
missed his pocket book and suspicion
fell upon the negro, who was arrest
cd in Minot by Chief of Police Elmer
J. Smith. The negro had nearly all
Of the money left, which had been
well described by young Goenon The
negro maintained hs innocence, stat
ing that he had gotten the money from
his parents.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
NEGLIGENCE ON PART Of FREIGHT CREW GIVEN AS
CAUSE Of THE TERRIBLE WRECK At TUNbR|DCEE sunday
Engineer Acker Forgot That No. 28 Was On The
Line According To Report-Facts From
The Investigation Leak Out

1t is now quite certain that the
head-on collision between the fast
mail No. %, and the freight train
Saturday night, near Tunbridge, re-
sulting in the death of Engineer
Isaac Wright and his fireman,
OLeary, was due to negligence. It
is reported quite authenically that
the engineer of the freight train,
Webster Acker, did not intend to
sidetrack at Tunbridge at all. and
that he forgot that No. 2S was on
the line until he saw the electric
headlight coming down the track
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
Morton County Man Loses Clothing.

Morton County Man Loses Clothing.
r. M. Doyle, who owns some land
in Morton county, lost a suit case
containing all Of good clothing, which
he had left at local hotel He
considers that his belongings we're
worth all of $50, which consisted Of q
good suits Of clothes, several suits
Of underwear, shoes, etc. An effort
Is being made to locate the missing
articles.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
A Goose Dinner

Mrs. George McGee served a de-
l.ghtful goose dinner the other evening
for John Aaker OF, Velva, Sam CLARK
of Bismarck, Cap Aaker of Minot and
Mr.. McGee, who constituted the
hunting party that bagged just wa
gon loads of geese over in Canada
several weeks ago. The hunters have
been comparing the hunting yarns
that they have been telling and the
blue ribbon has been conceded to
Cap Aaker by prior right.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
TRAYLED FAR With
CHEAP AUTOMOBILE
Leo BuIen, Minnesota Lawyer, Passes
Thru Minot With Small Brush Auto,
Which Has Carried Him 10000
Miles,

Leo Bulen, a young attorney from
Minneapolis, passed thru Minot Sat
urday in his $3.50 Brush auto, with
which he has travelled 10000 miles
this year He was the guest of his
old college chum, Clarence Vanden-
oever, while here.
Mr.. Bulen was returning from the
western coast country. He is look
ing up a location. The little auto
has come thru in good shape. Mr..
Bulen had to replace but two tires
and one rod on the entire trip.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
0PSAL PLEADS
GUILTY TO ROBBERY
Young Superior man who broke into
Jacobson G FugeIso's hardware
store will take his medicine.

Gus Opsahl, Of Superior, Wis, a
young man who broke into Jacobson
& Fugelso's hardware store several
months ago. with intent to do burg
larry, plead guilty to burglary before
Judge Leighton this morning. 1t is
expected that owing to his youth, he
will be paroled after sentence is
passed upon him: Opsahl's compan-
ion had already pleaded guilty and
was paroled.
The Willis Moffitt bastardy case
will come up in District court Mon
day. The civil cases begin Friday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
Isaac Wright, engineer and WIN,
o'learx fireman Of Fast MaIl,
Meet Horrible Fate-Others H.
jured- Head-on collision Wlth
freight

The Great Northern equipment
train, No. Is, known as the fast mail,
met long east bound extra freight
in a headon collision about three
quarters of mile west of Tunbridge
small station six miles west of
Rugby, Saturday night about 11:45
o'clock The engine crew of the mail
train were killed and three others
badly injured.
The dead:
Engineer Isaac Wright, Minot.
Fireman William OIeary, Minot.
The injured:
Mail Clerk Dan Healy, Devils Lake,
injured about the head, and one eye
hurt. In the Rugby hospital
Conductor r. C. Wynn, known al
the non swearing conductor, Devils
Lake, hurt about the head. In the
hospital
Express Messenger Ned Price, St.
Paul, ribs broken and badly bruised.
In the hospital.
Brakeman William Radinbaugh, MI
not, bruises about the legs.
Mail Clerk Jennings, Devils Lake,
one foot hurt.
Story of the Accident.
The freight train, which was IN
especially long heavy one, was in
charge of Conductor William Chris
tian, Engineer Webster Acker, Fire
man Harry Owens and Brakeman
Clayton. No. %, the mail train was
running on regular time, hence the
freight conductor and engineer need
Cd no orders, so were given none.
They were supposed to be On the
lookout for the fast mail, and the
engineer intended to head in at tho
Tunbridge siding. He failed to do so
and did not notice that he had passed
TEnbridge until he was nearly a mile
by the station AS soon as he saw
that he had made a mistake, he
brought the train to a standstill and
was about to back up when the fast
mail came tearing down upon his
train at the rate of fifty or sixty miles
an hour, it is estimated. The engine
Of the fast mail was equipped with
an electric headlight, which the en-
gine crew of the freight saw just in
time to jump. They escaped injury.
The crew of the fast mails engine,
however did not notice the dim light
en- No. I'LL, the big freight engine,
and Of course we're not looking for any
trouble, as that train was expected
to be on siding. Had they been
looking for it, it would have been
hard matter to have seen the light,
for the freight engine was equipped
with one of the old oil lights, and it
is said that storm was blowing at
fearful gale as well
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23

half mile Off Thirty seconds later
the collision was on and it was all
over. 1t was first reported that
Acker intended side tracking at Tun-
brigde but could not tell when he ar
rived at the station on account of the
storm.
Acker was subpoened by an officer
from Pierce county to appear as a
witness in the inquest at Rugby, but
it is reported that the conductor,
VIM. Christian, had not been appre-
hended. / is expected that both Ack-
er and Christian will be arrested.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
Rice Lake farmer who killed school
teacher over a quarrel over some
lumber found guilty Of manslaush.
ter In first degree.

After considering the matter care.
fully for just twelve hours, the jury
in the case of the State VS.. Gust
Johnson charged with the murder of
John Cash, returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter in the first
degree, and recommended that he be
sentenced to serve ten years at hard
labor in the penitentiary at Bismarck.
The case went to the jury at elev-
en- O'Clock Tuesday morning, and upon
the first ballot, there were seven for
conviction and five for acQuittal, there
being a doubt in the minds of some
of the Jurors as to the right of John.
son to shoot Cash. On the second
ballot eight favored conviction and
on the third ballot ten voted to con-
vict. Two of the Jurors stood by
their first ballot for many hours, until
they were finally convinced that john
son had no right to take the life Of
John Cash.
The verdict IL considered quite
reasonable by nearly everybody "a
miliar with the case. Johnson had
no right according to his own testi.
mony to kill Cash, altho he claimed
that the shot was purely accidental.
Witnesses did not corroborate the
defendant in this particular part of
his testimony, however. 1t was
shown that Cash was quarrelsome
fellow, altho Johnson was in no dan
ger of receiving bodily harm when
he killed his victim.
Among the witnesses for the state
was Mrs. Cash, who prior to her mar
riage to Cash, was Mrs. Bates, a
Minot woman. She told on the stand
Of the dispute with Johnson over a
small amount Of lumber on the farm,
which she had purchased by contract
from johnson. The Cash family
lived in a small house on the farm
and johnson occupied sort Of a dug
out just short distance away. When
Mrs. Bates bought the farm, she
thought she was getting some lum-
Der that was on the farm, also that
Johnson had sold to neighbor.
When the neighbor came after 1t,
Mrs, Cash refused to let him have it,
and told him that her husband would
fix. him like he had several others if
he persisted in taking it.
Johnson was angered because the
Cash family interferred with the
lumber deal and when Cash returned
home from teaching school that day
he started for Johnson's dug out to
demonstrate with him. Mrs. Cash
fearing trouble, climbed up a short
ladder at the side Of the house so
that she could see what was going
on over the small hill that separated
the two domiciles. She said she saw
Johnson appear in his doorway with
gun as her husband advanced
towards his dug out. She saw him
about to fire and called loudly to her
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23

Paul V. Mccoy returned from
Minneapolis Tuesday night where he
spent a day buying fixtures for the
rear Of his department store. Mr..
Mccoy will have one Of the most
beautiful stores in the state when
the new fixtures are installed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23
The Way to the Jail

A stranger wishing to visit the Ward
county Jail, accosted Sheriff Kelley
and said: will you please tell me
how I can get into the Jail?
The sheriff replied: "It you want
to go there quickly, just walk down
the street with a couple of bottles of
beer in your hands, and the fellow
is still trying to find out if Kelley was
joking.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23

that he will always remember.
Il could have given Morris ten days
for contempt of court, but this would
only have delayed the case that much
longer, and Mrs. Newell was anxious
to 90 to Canada. The judge dis
missed the action against Morris.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23

Prof. Norton, Director Of Muse at
the state university has been away
on lecture tour of the state during
the past week In his absence An
dy Carr, of Minot, lead the band.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-11-23

Miss Marsh, charming young wo-
man, from Kansas City, MO-, has
accepted position with Greenleaf,
Bradford 4 Nash, al stenographer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-21
the KINGS or THE EARTH.

E-1fNGs have always been powerful and tho most of
liz them have been rich, II they were not rich
IlA when they started out In the king business, II
dldn't take them very long to amass fortune they
sat down on the stool and established official jester
The old fellows could do just about they wished and
whole lot OF them aid as their whimsical notions
prompted,
America today Is filled with kings, yet there Is king
dom after kingdom over which there is no governing
hand, The truth of IT s there more kingdoms than
kings And tho American king Of today has the old
timer outclassed IN thousand different ways when 1t
comes to lordlng It his fellow man.
The kings Of America are the farmers. The ungov-
crned Kingdoms that have not felt the thrill
Of the plow nor have heard the hum of the reaper
In the connection Of happiness in the thought Of
living life Is exactly what life should be, there
are other kings the farmers The king Of H.
is second-rater In comparison Kings of the air
and kings OF the be- but the real Kingdoms
are founded upon earth All other kingdoms, and all
other kings spurious
Little the wonder that there Is back to the farm
movement sweeping over the country 1t Is but back to
the only kingdoms worthy Of being called such and to
the only crowns that were made for to wear, For
IL the farmer Of today Is happy and prosperous he
has just about lost all honor Of being farmer The
first Of the soil is his lie the best If he doesn't
he isn't the right kind Of farmer, lie reads the best
literature ana gets daily lie breathos the best air
because Is hard for him 10 breathe any other kind
lie drinks the best water and milk and these about
all he does drink, They about all that any man
should drink He thinks the best thoughts because his
one intimate friend Is nature ana nature is seldom given
TO telling falsehoods letting worthy deed 90 unre-
wardcd. lie raises his family beter-perhaps not bet
ter family than others-because he Is in position to do
so, lie sleeps a night the time created for sleep lie
has paved streets but he is beginning to get good
roads and good dirt road s not to be exceled a
highway Every advantage OF the city is perhaps more
Of advantage the farmer. He is sleeping when his
city friend Is attending the hcaer lie is working the
next morning while his friend Of the pavements sleep
ing The earth and the ulness thereof his day and
night, year In ana year out
And then talk about anybody else besides farmer
being u klngl
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-21
SOCIALIST EDITOR SAYS GUILTY
Charles Norton TO Get Sentence in the
Federal Court Here.

Special 10 the World.
Muskogec, okla, Jan. 20.-Chas.
w. Norton, publisher Of "The Okla
homa Socialist Socialist newspaper
at Duncan, Okla, pleaded guilty in
the federal court today to mailing un-
mailable matter in the postofilce at
Duncan, Sentence was deferred un-
Ill the April term Of court at Tulsa.
1t appears that Norton printed on
wrappers which he used In mailing
his paper certain scurrllous eplthets
and accusations against p. r. Hamll-
ton. prosecuting attorney OF Stephens
county. and the threat to publish still
other articles OF the same nature
The act appeared TO be more fragrant
because the editor used the wrappers
on his papers instead OF printing the
matter exclusively In the columns OF
the paper where It would not have
been visible as It passed through the
mails
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-01-21
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