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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
NOT many LOOKING
FOR SOFT JOB
Mr.. Lutz, the Potato Man, Raked Nj.
not With Fine Tooth Comb Tuesday
for Man to Send South With Po-
tatoeS.

1t seems that men for most any class
OF work are scarce in Minot. Mr..
Lutz, a wealthy potato buyer from
Mankato, Kan, wo has bought ten
thousand bushels of potatoes from the
farmers Of this vicinity, spent the day
in Minot Tuesday looking for men to
send to Kansas with the potatoes he
bought. He offered them good
wages, and free ride down and back,
but this seemed to be little induce
ment. In each car, he places 4 stove
and the care taker must keep the
fires going. H. H. Mahen Of this
city was secured to accompany two
cars bought at Russell.
Mr.. Lutz has been paving the far.
mers Is cents a bushel for their po-
tatoes. ..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
MILITIA WILL HAVE
new Blue UNIFORMS
North Dakota Regiment viii 30 We'll
CARRIED the Coming Season.

When the North Dakota regiment
is On dress parade next summer, tho
military boys promise to make an en-
viable showing. In line with other
improvements that are being made
every season, it is now promised that
the regiment will be equipped thruout
with blue uniforms for dress.
When the olive drab uniforms were
adopted, the blue dress was discard
ed for the time being. The former
answered the purpose Of service and
dress 50 we'll that the blue promises
to be even more popular when brot
in vogue again. They will be kept
in first class condition and will put
the regiment in fine condition. The
matter Of a trip to American Lake the
coming summer was considered by the
guard and will be pressed with the
war department.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
DR.. MOELLER'S Wife /
DIED AT DEVILS LAKE
Former Resident Of Minot, After
Months Of Intense Sueering, Dies
at Devils Lake Hospital

Mrs. Thor Moeller, formerly Of
this city, but for the past two years,
a resident Of velva, died early Tues
day morning at Mercy hospital, in
Devils Lake from q complication Of
diseases, after months of intense
suffering. Mrs. Moeller had been
taken to Devils Lake ten days prior
to her death from Rochester, MINI !,
where surgeons had told her they
could do nothing for her. Mrs. Noel.
ler had requested that she spend her
last DAYS in Devils Lake, her Old
home.
Her husband, DR.. Moeller had been
at her bedside continually and re
mains alone to mourn her death.
She was native of Norway, com.
ing to this country when quite young.
Her parents have passed away, and
her only immediate relative, 10 an
older married sister, living In Nor
way. Mrs. Moeller was Z highly
cultured woman. The many friends
Of the doctor extend their sincere
sympathy to him in his irreparable
losD. ,5sts.tt
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
bOWERY TOUGH GOES
ON THE WAR-PA1R
VIM. Clark, New York PuqiIist,
gets Into Serious Trouble-Bound
Over to District and County Court

VIM. Clark, pugilist, right from
the Bowery Of New York arrived in
Minot two weeks ago and started to
run the affairs of the city. William
thought that he was bad actor, In
fact he heard someone say that he
was, and he concluded to clean up
the city right. He started in at the
New York Chic Saturday evening,
when he got into an alteration with
Frank O'dell, the plumber. He kick
ed Odell, inficting painful and in:
describable injuries, for which Judge
Murray Tuesday bound him over to
the district court under $500 bond.
Clark was also bound over to the
county court under $500 on the charge
of calling seventeen-year-old Frances
Knapp vile names Clark is now
boarding with Sheriff Kelley.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
YOUNG MAN HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
VIM. Pope, Labcrer Tending Fires
at Construction Work Of New 500
Depot. Falls Into Salamander and
Nearly Burns to Death.

Vim. Pope, laborer, who has been
employed on the construction work
Of the new 500 depot, fell into one
of the salamanders in the basement
If the new structure Friday morning,
being overcome by smoke and gAs,
and for twenty minutes, his flesh
was literally cooked by the hot Goals,
until a fellow workman, becoming
alarmed ut his prolonged absence,
found him and pulled his body out.
Salamanders have been placed IN
the basement under the newly made
concrete floor OF the depot, in which
fires are kept burning, so that the
cement will not freeze. There aro
several in the basement and consist
of fire pots about foot and a half
from the floor supported by irons.
Pope had wheeled several loads Of
coal and dumped them INTO the base
ment, and went down to fix the fires
He had been warned Of the dangers
from smoke and gas. After about
twenty minutes, q fellow workman,
l.. Dawson, becoming alarmed at the
length Of time Pope was in the base
ment, went down to investigate, and
found that the man had been over.
come and had fallen against one Of
the salamanders. He had fallen
partially beneath it and lay on the
hot cinders. Fis clothing had caught
fire. The corduroy trousers which
he wore had been burned and the fro
had burned away a large portion Of
his underwear. As the man was b.
ing carried to . shack near BY, poel
tons Of the burned clothing fell away
and with 1t pieces Of cooked flesh.
The upper portion Of his legs and his
head were burned the worst. Aftoe
the man had been In the shack for q
time, he regained consciousness and
screamed with pain. He believed
that he was still on the red hot eoa1o
and cried for someone to pun him
on. He was taken TO st. JooeDhh
hospital where he 10 being given the
best Of treatment, and although his
life hung m the balance for sevolal
days. It 10 said that hs Win probably
recover.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
SCHOOL INSPECTOR
COMPLIMENTS WOLFE
Richard heywood Finds Hiqh School
in Excellent shape and Says Super.
vision 10 Thorough.

That the Minot high school q In
excellent condition and that ~ e.
ceptionally good spirit IL shown BY
10th teachers and pupils is the conclu-
sion arrived at by State High School
Inspector Richard Haywood, who has
Investigated educational conditions in
this city.
Az result Of Mr.. Heywood's In
vestigatiOn, he Will recommend the
election of the Minot high school as
a member of the North Dakota Con-
trail association, which includes the
colleges and secondary schools of the
Mississippi valley whose work 10 MP
to the standard required by the UNI
versities of the Middle West. This
means that a graduate of the Minot
high school will be admitted to any
of the universities Of the Middle West
and In fact most of the universities o.
the east, without taking entrance ex-
aminations.
II ind your high school in excel
lent condition." said Mr.. Haywood
THE discipline n drst class. An
excellent spirit 10 shown BY the
teachers and pupils. The teachers
are proving themselves competent and
the supervision 10 thorough"
II Are there any recommendation
that you will make with reference %
the Minot high school?" Mr.. Hey
wood was asked.
"Yes, l feel al If you should have
more room but I know that conditions
have not been most favorable during
the past two years. and I believe that
the people of Minot will be able to
solve the room question In a satisfac-
tory way. Sometimes it is better to
wait few years and get what the com
munity needs than to accept less and
then be required to make change
later on"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
MRS. F0UTS AND BABY ARE
BADLY BURNED BY EXPLOSION

ing the glass and jumping to the
ground. One Of them was cut BY the
glass about the hands.
The Fouts home was totally des.
troyed by fire, willing neighbors who
soon gathered, being unable to save
scarcely any of the effects.
How tho Accident Occurred
Mr.. Fouts, who is a school teacher,
had not yet returned home. The
two older children had been put to
bed and the baby was sleeping in the
room in his little carriage. The
Fouts had secured one Of the new
tangled gasoline lamps with . tall
stand and burner that hangs down
from above, one Of the dangerous
kind. This had refused to work well
and the light was extingushed. q ker-
Continued on page 8
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
New Tangled Lamp Causes Fire That
Destroys Home Of Surrey School
Teacher and Nearly Burns FAM
lily to Death.

The explosion Of gasoline that es-
capped from one Of the new tangled
gasoline lamps. but recently placed
on the market, nearly caused the
death of Mrs. David F. Fouts and her
little babe, at the Fouts home eight
miles north Of Surrey. Wednesday
evening, Feb. n. The mother and
babe no doubt owe their lives to
Ernest Fouts, q brother Of the wo-
mans husband, who happened to be
in the room at the time that the ex-
plosion occurred. Two little child
rem sleeping In a room above nearly
lost their lives, but escaped by break
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
GORDONS BOUGHT IMMENSE
STOCK OF NEW GOODS

Abe Gordon, member of the clothing
firm of Gordon Bros. is home from a
six weeks vacation in the east. He
visited with Michigan relatives ana
stopped in Chicago for two weeks
where he bought very large stock
Of staple spring and summer cloth
ing and furnishings. Gordon Bros.
did a record breaking business last
year, getting rid of practically every
garment that was more than SIX
months old. Consequently they will
have brand new stock for spring
and summer
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
JUDGMENT WAS
NOT RECORDED
Former Clerk Of District Court, ). z.
Smith Failed In Very Important
y Matter-Fact But Recently
Discovered

In searching the clerk Of the dis
trict court records in the matter q
the case of the state VS.. Peter Id
vedsen, who was convicted In Janu'
ary, 1908, on the charge Of conduct
ing a public nuisance in this CITY,
States Attorney Nash learned that
no Judgment In the case was ever
fled by former Clerk Of Court, J. E .
Smith. and that in case Ildvedsen had
been convicted Of conducting public
nuisance in the Waverly hotel build
ing. upon which charge he has Just
been tried, the only sentence he
could have received, would have been
a fine and q sentence in the county
1atl. 1ldvedsem was arrested fol
second offense Of blind pigg1ng, and
upon conviction, would have stared
4 penitentiary sentence in the face
had the former Judgment been filed
a It should have been. The sen
tence Of the court appears upon the
record. wherein he was sentenced to
sereve 100 days in joil and pay a fine
Of $500 and 500 costs, but sen.
tence Is not q Judgment and there 10
nothing now to show but what 1ldved-
sen was mlawfully incarcerated In
the county Jail.
1ldvedsen took IN appeal to tho ~
preme court, and many are wondering
now just what he appealed from,
there being no Judgment on record
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
FRANK BARNEY STRUCK
HYOUNC M|N0T WOMAN
Struck Mrs. Marie Van TuyI Woriey,
Knocking Out 4 Tooth Because
She Gave hls Underwear Away

Frank Barney, who used to make
his living with the paste boards, wos
arrested at Room 2, New York Cafe,
Monday evening, for striking Marie
Van Tuyl Worley, Q young woman
rooming In the Optic block, IN the
face, cutting her lip and knocking
out one Of her teeth. Barney roomed
at the place and two weeks ago ho
left but neglected to take with him
a suit Of underwear. Mrs. Worley,
believing that he did not intend to
come back. gave the underwear away
and when Barney learned Of this. he
became enraged and struck the wo-
man. Judgs Murray ffned Hhrnay
$5o.and costs, in default Of which, the
man Is spending Is days in the city
bastile.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
PiNCHOT WILL TOUR N. D.

Clifford Pinchot, formerly u. s..
Forester and warm personal friend
of Theo. Roosevelt, will soon tour
North Dakota, to make series Of
addresses. Pinchot has quit LaFol-
lette because he believes him physic-
ally unfit for the campaign and has
joined the wide spread Roosevelt
movement.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
BOYER BUYS SPRING STOCK

E. H. Boyer, our popular clothing
merchant left for the east Sunday,
where he will spend two weeks buy
ing spring and summer stock. He
will visit the Twin Cities, Nltlwau-
kee, and Chicago. The firm Of Boy
er & Lindberg has grown steadily
until it is one OF the strongest and
best business houses IN the north.
west.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
DON'T YOU WORRY, pRoFEssoE

Prof. John G. Watson, Of the do
partment Of Greek in the UNIVERSITY
Of Nevada at Reno. writes. Every
thing h going wen with us here. !
hope the editor 10 preserving hiS 10.
tundity, and for his sake and an q
10, that North Dakota wfI have Z
crop this year,.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29

Albert N, Leslie. who for ~ years
had been heaA Dtokkeeper for tho
Bismarck Tribune, u dead. Rev.
Nelson e. Ellsworth, formerly pastor
Of the Minot Episcopal church. onhet
ated ct the funeral.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29

The Fargo News hears that thirty
students at the state university have
been hired for SO day to circulate
Roosevelt petitions about the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29
LIBRARY OPEN SUNDAYS.

The public library hereafter will be
open to adults, only, Sunday after
moons from 3 to 6 p. m. attic no
books will be loaned on that day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29

Ryder was busy one day last week.
With whist tournament and . Sunday
school convention IN progress at the
samo time.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-02-29


match between the Barosss De Meyer England Mrs
PHILADELPHIA
had
victory of said snttle
The match lasted minutes decided by
judges (wo though
contest a silver s Whitney
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Continued on page 81
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-27

the expense of much time, pro-
family and many dollars. After
20 years of strenuous but futile
effort I still feel l am a bowler
and yearn to create the impress
sion in the minds of other men.
I remember one night in Gin
cinnati, when, because I was a
good customer, the proprietor of
the Enterprise alleys condescend-
ed to take me on. I started with
a strike and kept on striking.
Along about the seventh frame
there was a crowd around the
score board and my blood was
surging so that the pins looked
like a yellow fog in the distance;
my knees smote together and l
was fairly choking with suppress
ed excitement.
I tried to be calm, to recall and
emulate the b1ase demeanor of
other great bowlerS, but /
couldn't help thinking of a clean
800 total and the magnifcence of
the idea made me wobb1e as 1
sent the eighth ball down the
alley.
Another strike! If I was ting
ling with excitement in the earlier
stages, was now a nervous vol
cano.
The gang was roofing as 1
clutched the 16-pound mineralite
with my trembling pie hook and
essayed that terrible ninth. l
felt my nerve going, and I con-
fess now that it was chiefly by
good luck that I kept the bali on
the alley. Another strike!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-27

drew a spit.
By lucky kickoff I spared it,
but the jig was up. I got six
pins for my fill, 1obbed my second
ball down the gutter and sat down
as close to fainting as I ever was
in my life.
That score of zoo, however, was
the talk of the town for a few days
and 1 challenged the city cham
pion for a match at Is bucks a
side,
l was surprised at the cheerful
alacrity with which he took me
on and it panied me to note the
eagetness with which other mod
erately good bowlers sought me
out and proposed little individual
events for sums only limited by
the extent of their utmost re-
sources.
Don't these turnip-headed ga
loots realize that I'm the real
thing?" thought I. What in
heavens name has a guy got to do
to make them respect him?"
wondered. I signed them all, UP
determined to clean up the town.
There is no use prolonging this.
My highest score in the six
matches I played during the fol-
lowing two weeks was 162, and
ranged downward to a depth I
prefer not to recall.
Altogether I divided some nine
ty odd plunks among my oppon-
ents.
I'mra remarkably good bowler,
but also an unusually good thing,
so 1 confne myself now to friend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19

shades a salad coursei was, first served; then orange sherbert and little cakes iced in white with '1907-19i2r on each in yell low. The oenterpiece on the table was wedding cake surrounded by white mar cissus, on which burned five yellow can dles ;.
 During the evening about 100 guests called to congratulate MT. and Mrs. Per son, and to wish them many more years of married happiness.
 Mrs Isaac Morris, In a gown of black messalne trimmed in fringe, greeted the guests at the front door. They were then received by MT. and Mrs. Persons. Mrs. Person wore her wedding gown of princess lace over white chiffon and satin and trimmed in pearls and rose point lace. Her bouquet was of white narclssus.
 The punch bowl was next visited, which was presided over by Mrs. Charles J. Donald, who wore a lavender lingerie gown.
 In the dining room refreshments were served by Miss Josephine Dalby in white chiffon over blue messaline, Miss Bessie Morrison of Ensley in brown silk embroid- cred in yellow, Miss Elizabeth Agnew in blue messaline trimmed in cream lace and Miss Judith Powell in white silk voile embroidered in blue.
 MT and Mrs. Person were the recipients of many pretty and useful wooden gifts, among the most unique a pair of Nor weeian bridal spoons, which are carved of wood and joined together by a wooden chain. and are used in Norway at the wedding feasts by the bride and groom.
 Mr. and Mrs. Person are among the pioneers of Corey, having moved here from Baltimore little more than a year ago, when Corey was truly in its infancy They are native North Carolinans, where Mrs Person was Miss Andrews of Ral- elgh, and both families have always been prominent in the social and business life of that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
MIR. AND MRS. PERSON CELE-
 BRATE WOODEN WEDDING

The largest and most elaborate social affair in the history of Corey was a re- ception on Tuesday from to : given by MT. and Mrs. William Person at their nome son Forty-third street, celebrating their wooden wedding
 The invitations which were unique. were burnt on small wooden plaques and read as follows:
 '19O7-19i2 MT and Mrs. William Montgomery Person
 At Home Tuesday Afternoon, January 16 from to In Honor of the Fifth Anniversary of
 Their Marriage Two Hundred and Thirteen West Forty
 Third Street, Corey, Ala The color scheme of white and yellow was carried out artistically in both deco rations and refreshments. From the punch bowl, which was of wood, decorated in yellow ribbons and malaga grapes. egg nog was served, and the dining room. shades, salad course was first served;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Huddleston on Contract

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 The Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company is sending out circulars boldly asserting that the new lighting con tract reduces the rates to all users of current.
 The assertion Is not true.
 can prove that it is untrue.
 am treasurer of Fraternal hall. owned by the odd Fellows and Knights of .Pythias of Birmingham. Our average monthly consumption of lighting current is about 300 kiowatts. On this we receive discount of 35 per cent. Taking the consumption at 5O1 kilowatts, our net bill monthly is $99.0S. Our installation is 23O lamps. Taking the company's figures of 50 watts per hour per lamp, our consump- ton for the first 30 hours monthly will be 345 kilowatts, which we will get at 10 cents less per cent discount. net price being $32.7s. The excess of 156 kiIowatts we will get at cents. gross, slO92, less 15 per cent discount. sL63; net, s9.2s, nlaS- ing net bill under new contract sl206; loss to us under new contract. $29S
 STATEMENT OF BILL.
 Present Rate. 50l klowatts at 2c.....,..........s60.1 Discount at 9 per cent......... 2l.04 Net bill bill ....4.................. $39 .OS New Contract. 3i5 lxllowatts 60 hours require
 ment for full connected load of
 230 lamps) at 10 cents..........$34.5 Discount at per cent on above 1.72-
 ,. ers4 on I,o,,,.s 70 l5G kiowaIts (excess above first
 30 hours of full connected load)
 at cents .....t.................$i $i092 Discount at 15 per cent ......... .63 Net cost of excess ................. $9. 2S Total net cost under new con-
 tract ,........................... $l2. .c6 Net loss under new contract s298
 These figures arc true. I challenge the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company to deny that they are absolutely correct.
 These figures apply to all users of cur rent harins a large number of lamps who do not burn them all except occasionally.
 It applies with peculiar force to all the churches of Birmingham, to all schools and public buildings, and public insttd- tions.
 Heretofore churches and schools have heen thought worthy of benevolence, and discrimination has been made in their favor instead of against them. It re- mains for the lighting monopoly to orig.- nate the custom of discriminating against churches and schools.
 l chaf,An Ange anyone to deny that the new contract Vwill increase tht cost of lighting current for churches, schools, theatres, lodge rooius and similar buildings. where large number of lamps are installed, but are used only occasionally. Yours re spectfuIly,
 GEORGE UUDDLESTON.
 Birmingham, January IS, 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
TWO SHOT FROM
 AMBUSH ARE DEAD

McComb City, Miss, January 1S,--John Hill and Henry Adams, two of the crowd of negro laborers employed in the Illinois Central railroad shops here who were fired upon from ambuseade near Summit last night, are today reported dead. Cir eulars were broadcasted offering 5000 re- ward for the apprehension of the guilty partiea by the railroad officials.
 The sheriff with number of deputies went to the scene of tho shooting which is about two miles north of this place. They worked hard all the hours to learn the Identity of the assassns, but as vot have no good clue. Suspicion Is directed against certain of the Illinois Central strikers and their sympathizers. Five other negroes in the crowd were wounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-19
NOTES AND PERSONALS

Mrs Willard Parker Sullivan (Conne Eyans), who was expected in Birmingham to visit her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Will
 liam E. Evans, is i'll at the Johnston & Willis inhrmary in Richmond, Va, fol- lowing an operation for appendltis. Mrs Sullivan's friends will regret to hear of Ter illness, though it is gratifying to know that she is improving and will soon be able to return to her home Her visit to Birmingham is anticipated with decided pleasure.
 Mrs. J. B, r. Lowry, Mrs. c. G. Allen. Mrs. Thomas Hall Mrs. Fred Lowry and Mrs. Isaac Merriam of Chattanooga are guests of Mrs Frank Howe Bell for the week end. Mir. Lowry, Mr. Allen, MT. Merriam, MT. Fred Lowry and Mir Hall are expected here today. Mr and Mrs N. M. Wascher are spend- ing a few days with their sister, Mrs J. Sandman, 1850 Eleventh avenue, south, en route to their home in San Antonio, Tex.
 Mir Ringold Davant Of Roanoke, Va, is spending few days with Mir. and Mrs. J. w. Moore.
 Master Will Mcqueen. Jr.. who has been ill for Inc past ten days with typhoid fever, was reported not so well yesterday. care of physicians and nurses to soon have him convalescent. He is at the home of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Me-