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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

Rockefeller, Henry M. Flagler,
Henry H. Rogers, John D. Arch
bold, Oliver H. Payne and Charles
M. Pratt, all defendants in the
suit, denied the charges.
Months were spent in gathering
evidence. The general line of At
tack as shown by evidence present.
ed by the government was this:
1t claimed that about 1870 the
Rockefellers and Flsgler conceived
the idea of controlling the petro-
leum trade of the country, and
little later entered into . con-
spiracy with Rogers, Archbold,
Payne and Pratt to gain a control
of the oil business. To carry out
this alleged conspiracy, it was
claimed, they first pooled" their
interests, then put them into the:
hands of trustees of trusts" and
finally when the trust of 1882 was;
declared "void" in a decision by
the Ohio supreme court in q pro-,
ceeding against the Standard Oil
Co., of Ohio, reorganized the
Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey
to take over their interests and TO-
secure monopoly. Evidence Of re-
batting, of price cutting, and of
the organization of secret concerns
to pose as independents we're
elected to show that the Standard
was seeking by unfair means to
restrain trade and to procure q
monopoly.
''Standard Oil" introduced evil
dence to show that there never had
been such a conspiracy. 1t sought
to prove that the Ohio supreme
court did not hold the trust agree
ment of 1882 void, but merely re-
quired the Standard Oil Co., of
Ohio to Withdraw from the 'trust.''
The case was first argued before
the supreme court in March, 1910,
but it was restored to the docket
for reargument. The case was
heard the second time in January,
1911, the latter time before a full
bench. Noted attorneys appeared
on either sides. For the govern,
ment, Attorney General Wicker
sham and Frank S. Kellogg, special
assistant to the attorney general.
addressed the court. For the
Standard Oil there appeared John,
g. johnson of Philadelphia, John.
G. Milburn of New York and D..
T. Watson of Pittsburg.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
MANY BOOKS
TAKEN FIRST WEEK
LIBRARIAN GIVES INTERESTING REPORT
OF CIRCULATION Of BOOKS FOR
FIRST WEEK

The first weeks circulation at
the James Memorial library came
to 290 books, an everage of nearly
fifty = day, and there are now 240
names on the register of borrow
ers, so the start is in every way a
good one.
Many of the first-comers have
been boys and girls, as . result of
the talks given in the different
schools by the librarian. There
are some 500 we'll selected chill
dren's books, and they are on the
shelves to be used, so the response
has been gratifying.
At the same time the impress
sion that the library is largely for
the boys and girls is one to be
avoided, for out of the nearly
5000 books now on the shelves
only 500 are children's. Nearly a
thousand of them are adult fiction,
and the remainder good, solid
reading along every conceivable
line. 1t is to be hoped the elders
will show their appreciation also
of the magnificent gift by coming
as freely as the children have.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
ENTHUSIASTIC BOOSTERS
!. 1 MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT
BOOSTERS MEETING FOR WllllST0N AND SURROUND.
ING COUNTRY WELL ATTENDED FRDAY-EVERY-
one ENTHUSIASTIC nC-AN0THER MEETING

G. B. Metzger was anxious to
do his part in the boosting but
said that we did we'll in boosting
for the country as we'll IS for the
city, as the farmers were our main
stay. Look after their interests
and we will in a way be looking
after our own, was about the way
he put it.
r. D. Sutherland gave an inte-
resting talk on the commercial club
and took up the financial end of it.
Explaining that to have q success
full club we must have sufficient
financial backing or it would not
be a. 60. Everyone, he said, should
consider themselves a part of the
club and do their part or it would
be q failure.
Mr.. Rswson said the Commercial
Club was the thing to have and
was the medium through which all
outside boosting was secured.
E. r. )Brownson spoke of our
irrigation plant and its worth to
the city. He said that the farmers
were seeding = lot of alfalfa and
that this prepared the ground for
sugar beets. Williston, he stated,
should have sugar beet factory
and this alone would be q great
thing for the city.
A. @. Anderson, B. G. White
head, John Corbett, George Far
ries, James Cooper, VIM. Owens
and others were of the opinion
that good live commercial club
was what was needed and that with
one Williston could carry on a we'll
organized advertising campaign.
Everyone present seemed to feel
that the commercial club was the
thing and before the meeting ad-
journed between sixty and seventy
had pledged themselves to become
active members and work to build
up a good live organization.
1t was decided that another meet
ing should be held soon and the
date for the next meeting was set
for next Monday night in the Odd
Fellows hall at $50.
Every citizen interested in the
welfare of Williston should attend
this meeting and join the CONNER
cial club.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
HEAVY RAIN OVER
ENTIRE COUNTRY
THE ENTIRE WESTERN HALF OF STATE
VISITED FIRST OF WEEK BY fine
RAn-NCu AND QUARTER

One of the heaviest and best
rains ever seen in this part of the
country fell from Monday noon
until Tuesday noon of this week.
The rain was general over the en-
tire western half of the state and
as q result farmers and business
men in general are wearing q hap
py smile these days, and we'll they
might for the rain means a great
deal to the country. It will be
two years in July since we had a
rain near as heavy. The records
at the weather bureau in this city
show that IN inch and I quarter
of rain fell during the twenty
four hours from noon Monday to
noon Tuesday. Farmers in the
city yesterday afternoon stated
that it was impossible to get onto
the land yet and that blowing was
almost impossible. With the land
soaked up in such fine shape the
next move will be for the farmers
to get busy with the harrow and
keep Z fine covering on top to
prevent the escape of the moist
ure. Considerable hail fell in
different sections Of the country
but with the exception of break
ing = few window lights the hail
did not hurt anything.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
Entertained

Mrs. James H. Cooper enter
tained q party Of thirty young ID
dies at her beautiful home on
Tuesday evening. Tho pleasure
of the evening was test of artis-
tic skill, each one given a differ
ent subject. Miss Margaret Mon
roe proved to be the leading ar
tist and won the prize. Music
and readings we're also enjoyed
after which an elegant four. course
luncheon was served. The young
ladies present report most en-
joYable evening.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

the foreman Of the jury. He made
no demonstration and, showed no
inclination to do violence.
His name was the first. read. As
the words came out . black frown
came over the face of Mrs. Deitz,
then she glared at the jury. A
sickly grin spread over Leslie's
features and waves of color chased
each other over his face as he
heard the verdict. There was no
demonstration.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
St. Peters Church
/ (Episcopal)


I Fifth Sunday after Easter.
Holy communion (plain) at. s
:. n. Mathis Litsny andsermon
1t II !. M, Immortality and the
Personal Instinct" Sunday school
1t 10 (noon). Vespers with short
address at 8 p. m.
Note Thursday, May 25th, be-
ing ascention day this great festi-
val will be duly observed ut St.
Peters church. Holy communion
(plain) 8 4. m. Holy communion
(choraD 10 q. m. Vespers with
sermon at 8. p. m.
It is expected of all THE Faith
ful'' that they will make their COM
munion at the altar on Ascension
Day.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
Received Picture

The ladies of the B. and T. club
have received the beautiful picture
which they ordered for the public
school. The subject is the Pilgrim
Exiles, one of the famous pictures
by George Henry Boughton, the
modern English and American
painter. The picture is on exhi-
bition in the Office of the superin-
tendant and will be awarded to
the room having the best record
for attendance and panctuality.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

2. Parties who have their mail
delivered by free delivery may
rent Z box at the regular rate and
have their mail delivered during
the week and placed in their box
on Sunday only.
8. Transients may order their
mail delivered through their hotel
box.
The receiving and dispatching
of oil mail and lock box service
continues as heretofore. 49,.
G.. B. Metzger, Postmaster.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
GOVERNMENT WINS SUIT
AGAINST STANDARD OIL
SUPREME COURT SAYS COMPANY MUST DISSOLVE WITH
IN SIX MONTHS GREATEST BLOW TO TRUSTS
EVER HANDED OUT

Washington, May 16--The Stan
dard Oil Co. of New Jersey ant
its nineteen subsidiary corpora
tions were late yesterday decidet
by the supreme court of the Unit
ed States to be a conspiracy ane
combination in restraint of trade
It also was held to be monopo
lizing interstate commerce in VIC
lation of the Sherman antitrust
law. The dissolution of the cor.
poration was ordered to take place
within six months.
Thus ended q tremendous strug.
gle on the part of the government
to put down by authority of law q
combination which it claimed was
a menace to the industrial and
economic advancement of the en-.
tire country. -r
New York, May 16-The first
word from the Standard Oil Go.
on the decision against it yester-
day of the United States supreme
court came today. 1t makes two
points clear:
First. There will be no contu-
macy by the company. It pro.
poses to obey the decree.
Second, 1t will be sometime be.
fore any plans of reorganization
are given out.
Wall street had its ear to the
European cables this morning,
waiting the news of the opening
markets across the Atlantic which
would test the effect of yesterday 3
decision of the United States su-
preme court, declaring the Stand
ard Oil Go. of New Jersey an ille-
gal monopoly.
The first news was reassuring
although apparently not unexpect-
ed. The fact that the London
stock market opened but n point
below yesterdays New York clos
ing and quickly strengthened on
New York buying indicated that
the decision had been generally
anticipated and showed the quality
of an overnight verdict on the
courts decision.
The suit which called forth to-
days decision was instituted in
1906 in the United States circuit
court for the eastern district of
Missouri. It was the Standard
Oil Co., of New Jersey, some
seventy subsidiary corporations,
John D. Rockefeller, William
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

The boosters meeting held in the
Odd Fellows hall Friday was one
of the most enthusiastic ever held
in the city and everyone present
was anxious to get organized in a
campaign for Williston and the
surrounding country. The meet
ing was called to order bv Richard
Peyton who after q few remarks
in explanation of the meeting called
upon Mayor Jackson.
Mayor jackson explained many
of the advantages of good adver-
tising but stated that we, as q city,
had been very lax in this respect
and during the past year we had
received the greater part of onr
advertising from outside sources.
He stated that he was pleased to
hear this talk of a get together
proposition for boosting the city
and that he would assist in every
way possible.
G. A. Mansfield was called upon
and told of advertising which had
been secured in the Commercial
Travellers Booklet to be issued this
summer. -.
Senator Overson talked on the
benefits of CONSTANT boosting and
mentioned several instances where
he had noticed the good results of
always advertising your home city
while away on trips. ..-
John Bruegger was called upon
and he gave q very interesting re-
port of the recent meeting which
he attended at Helena. This meet
ing was in the nature of a boosters
meeting for several on the north
western states, including North
Dakota. A plan was laid out there
for systematic advertising cam
paign for these states and this work
was to be done almost entirely
through the commercial clubs.
Former Governor Sarles was elect
ed director and John Bruegger
vice president for this state,
At the Helena meeting something
like $4,000 was pledged for ad-
vertising the northwest during the
coming year and of this amount
North Dakota was assessed 1000
and Williston 500 of this amount.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

March to Cemetery-Order of
March: Band; Company E; Old
Soldiers Drum and fife and corps;
Old soldiers, their wives and wid-
ows to- ride in rigs; School chill
dren and Secret orders.
Decoration of Graves.
Salute =>t
: Taps.
Star Spangled Banner.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18

Westlawn Lutheran Church
Services next Sunday evening at
eight o'clock. Sunday school at
1915 q. m. Bible study and
Prayer meeting in the church Fri
day, May 26th At eight o'clock.
Every body welcome.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
DECORATION DAY
TO Be OBSERVED
DECORATION DAY, NAY 30A TO Be
0BSERVED---PR0CRA ARRANGED
OLD SOLDIERS SEND IN NAMES

Mayor Jackson and a committee
has been busy during the past
week preparing for Decoration
day and the program has been ar
ranged. The speeches and musical
numbers will be given in the Gates
opera house beginning at ten-thir-
ty in the morning and Immediate
ly afterward the people will
march to the cemetery to decorate
the graves. w. H. Denny will
act as marshall of the day. The
program as arranged follows:
1O:30- Assembly at opera house.
Opening address by Lieutenant
q L
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-05-18
Membership APPLICATION

Be sure to attend the big mass
meeting in the Odd Fellows hall
next Monday Evening, May 22nd.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
AS TOLD IN PLAIN ENGLISH
Real Truth About Young Man With
"EkceIslor" Banner. and That
Lamb Of Mary's.

Excelsior is poem about a
young man who walked one winter
evening through a village in the Alps
The hotel keeper stood in his door
and told him the rooms were ali
taken. but anyhow the young man
knew he didn't have enough money
for tips. So he vert on. He carried
banner reading Excelsior" One
theory is that he Was drummer for
an upholstery house and the other is
that he was demented breakfast
food inventor. He was found next
morning near the top of the noun.
lain and his relatives were notified
Mary had n lamb that she spoiled
by overlooking and cuddling. She
took II to school with her one day
and the lamb bothered the spelling
class, so the teacher kicked 1t out OF
the front door. Not having any sense
OF direction. II blatted around the
schoolyard until finally the teacher
sent Mary home with 1t and Tod her
II she ever brought II again there
would be trouble. Next spring Ma.
rvs father sold the lamb on the ris.
Ing market.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
He Knew the Requirements.

Uncle Silas. in his youth. hn beer
fond of the society of the opposite
sex." % use his own words, and the
timidity of his 23-year-old nephew
was great trial to him.
Whats the matter of you, Rod.
that you stick at home Sunday even.
ings?' he demanded plainly, after
many unavailing hints. why don't
YOU go calling on some OF your young
lady friends, boy?" G.r
ooh. I don't caro- about IT," said
Rodney, turning lively crimson.
They wouldn't find me interesting"
Wouldn't" pulled Uncle Silas.
We'll, should like TO be told why
they wouldn't. You've got a good
black suit and a new straw hat, and
you've got n pair Of legs that could
take you to the candy shop on Sat'day
night, and enough pockets to put a
box or two In. 7 should like TO know
what more you need to make EN- find
you interesting. YOUTHS Companion.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Wednesday, February 1, 1911
WILL OPEN MORE
~. RICH NEVADA LAND

Out of the prolific resources OF
the desert is soon to be born new
en- terprise that will add much to
the new industrial activity of the
central portion of Emeral6a county,
and be q new source of revenue
from its mineral wealth through
the extensive mining of barite,
large deposits of which are about
to be put under development be-
tween Lone Mountain and Blair.
Experimental shipments from
the properties, which are owned by
Robert Blei and Lieutenant S. E.
Adair of New York, bu! both of
whom are we'll known in Goldfield,
have been made with successful
results and officials of the Tonopah
& Goldfield railroad, in conjunction
with the Southern Pacific, have
agreed upon freight rate, soon
to be announced, which will make
possible to land the barite product
in the western and coast markets
at figure that will leave good
margin of profit to the producers
and build up an important factor
in the future activity of this
section.
Among the. various commercial
uses for barite is the manufacture
of paints, oil Goth and paper, and
it is also in great demand for
refining sugar in beet sugar
factories. The nearest market in
that line will be the new factory
at Fallon, Nevada, and there arc
others in California, Utah,
Colorado and other western states.
Tests upon the product from
near Blair show it to be Of a
superior quality, almost wholly
free from iron, but containing
quite a percentage of lead, in the
form Of cerussite, or white lead,
which is in no way detrimental to
the general uses of barite, and
which con be easily separated, if
necessary, by concentration.
Ii feet, the presence of white
lead would be in favor Of tn" Ne
vada product for its individual
value, thus assisting in marketing
the barite. --Goldfield Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Origin of Nuptial Kiss.

The nuptial kiss, with a meaning
akin 10 that OF the kiss of peace, had
it's origin In a most serious and prac-
tical church ceremony known as the
espousals. Among medieval people.
az among some classes of Jews today,
It was customary for the bridegroom
and the bride to meet before wit.
nesses in the church some days or
even weeks before the marriage and
here make pledge OF future union.
and at such times a ring was usually
resented by the prospective husband.
sometimes. however, the man was too
DOR to buy the ornament, and instead
resented kiss, which was doubtless
iore pleasant, and was considered a
hiding pledge before man and God.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
WAYS OF MIDDLEAGED MAN
He Finds His Greatest Happiness In
Life That to Youth 10
lrkSome.

Younger people," said the middle
aged man. want variety. they Y INT
to be always on the go. Routine
gals them; they hate to have to d.
the same thing over and over and
over again day after day.
They want to go somewhere or
do something different all the time
Older DooplU are happiest in life
OF routine. most disturbed when va
rfety is thrust upon them.
"For myself I welcome my da Y
task. endlessly repeated and always
the same. I should be lost without
1t. disturbed II It were changed, A
life Of habit suits me best. like
the old scenes. familiar. friendly
surroundings. I don't want to change
Nor DO I want much outside pleas,
ure. In fact I think should be best
suited with none. like my groove;
1t fits me and ut It. I don't want
change. Just want to be left alone
to work in my accustomed ways. II
is in my groove that I am most com
Portable. like a life OF labor and
routine.
And could there come to one a
greater blessing Nature and the Gus.
toms Of men enforce routine upon "a
whether we like II or not. In youth
this irks us. bat in our maturer years
In n life OF routine. in the undisturb'
may find our greatest happiness
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
Hows This

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catsrrh Cure. F. j. CHENEY &
CO., Toledo, Q.
We the undersigned, have know n.
F. j. Cheney for the last Is years,
and believe him perfectly honor
able in all business transactions,
and financially able to carry out
any obligations, made by his firm
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Use. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
PUSHING BACK OF OLD AGE
Less Than . Century Ago Man
Was Considered Old a
Forty.

There iS no fact more striking than
the way modern life IL pushing back
the period or old ago, says writer in
the September Strand magazine. Less
than a century ago a man was old at
forty. You have only to pick up Jane
Austen's novels to find gentlemen OF
thirty-five described as middle aged.
At sixty they were Cabling in their
iotage. And there Is Mr.. Pickwlck-
that dead, delightful. benevolent old
gentleman Of forty-five!
Fifty years ago. when a man reach
ed the age of rorty-five he grew a
beard under his chin. bought himself
pair Of drab CATERS aud a white
neckcloth. and spoke With anxiouc
concern OF the rising generation.
whose manners were so different from
those he had known as q young
man." Nowadays the popular notion
Of Irresponsible, irrepressible youth Is
Illustrated by Colonel Roosevelt. who
Is fifty-two. In our generation thirty
two is outwardly indIstinguishable
from flfty-two, save in that the former
has slightly more youthful tint In it's
check and It's waistcoat.
As for the fair sex, the genus old
woman Is all but extinct The pretty.
vivac'ous matron you admire at n gar
den party may have seen twenty-five
or seventy summers. AS Queen Alex
andra not long since said to Nine.
Adelina Patti: I'VE two are two OF
the youngest women in England" The
lllustrious royal example has been so
sedulously followed that the women
always young, always active. always
In the height OF fashion-may be said
to laugh In the face OF Father Time.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-02-01
THE STRAIN WAS ALL MENTAL
Instance Of Persons who Will Work
Only When They Are Being
Constantly Kept After"

Some persons will not work without
being kept AFTER IN the most literal
sense Of the word A writer in the
Popular Magazine tells story Of Rear
Admiral E. H. c. Leutze. whose Gus.
tom II was to make a daily inspection
OF the hayward at New York. One
morning he arrived at seven o'clock
which was late for him. Later In the
same day he saw two laborers sitting
on fence. taking life easy. He halt
ed in front of them with the remark
"P'"nsant weather today"
The two loafers saluted respectful!
very respectfully.
Working today?" he inquired.
They SAID they were. He walked q
little beyond them, and stood perfect
ly still with his back toward them.
After several embarrassing minutes
the two laborers shuffied on the fence.
and picking up a heavy rusty iron
beam which happened to be lying on
the ground near them. went down one
OF the streets between the shops. and
turned ':he corner.
few minutes later the admiral ap-
peared round the corner, and stood
still. The laborers picked up the
beam and proceeded on their aimless
way, again turning the nearest corner
But they could not escape, for Leutze
was on their trail. He kept up the
performance Of following them round
tn corners until he had seen them
CALI that heavy beam all over the
yard. which covers many city blocks
Finally he asked them:
Where are you taking that BEAM"
"Nowheres particular" confessed
ono OF the loafers.
Take 1t back where you found It,"
the admiral commanded. land then
quit working here. The strains too
great on you"