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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-12
lput ne win sell i ss5 On easy terms We win also this

easy VeTmS
80 A See Frank W. Youngman for particulars.
FRANK W. YOUNGMAN's AID. 5-Here is pretty little
containing three soacre tracts 24o il bunch
buildings q this saee th w Sa %s
deal pasture and there IS spring There about
sts, ito % sol ps s q,
on reasonable terms It dandy little farm and about 10
A'''' A'oA ''D'' '''' See Frank W. Youngman
FRANK W. YOUNGMANs AID. 6.-We have of the
es
through house all under cultivation good schools
1sssS S terms IN;
Surrey At SEE
FRANK W. YoUNGMANs AID. s.-we have beautiful farm
of l6O acres brady all under cultivation with splendid
buildings and water An ideal farm every ePec Tor $50 per
FRANK w. YouNGMANs AD s-we would be very much
' s as e e.
s. :. W. as g. t. sell ss s
FRANK W. YoUNGsdANs AID. 1o-Here is nice little deal
; @ Sr q sss .s Com q
acre s s1 s s ;,9s Yss IS E mt
: '>' - See Frank w. Younsman.
FRANK W. YoUNGMANs AID. l1.-Here is something real
n; ss s9s i
ds S q r asd s ss
high state Of cultivation contains 40 fine pasture fenced
5O natural meadow contains
of yearly The soil is Of the very best
We nearly forgot to mention elegant barn this place
Four miles from station close school
telephone and looking for ideal half section this it.
Terms Most reasonable offer to good parties would
cepted. See Frank w. Youngman.
FRANK W. YOUNGMAN's ADJ 12-This is the northeast
Of Section 33l5es5 Small house and barn. all broke
This farm is IL miles from Lone Tree miles from Bertho
miles from Burlington, miles from Tasker and miles from
Des Laos 1t beautiful piece of land you not lacking
market place in this location. Price $45OO.OO.
See Frank w. Youngman.
FRANK w. YOUNGMAN'S ADJ 13.--Number thirteen is my
lucky bargain This is 100 Mckinley township northeast
of $45O0 it of choicest
farms the township You farmers that want good farm
busy on this. See Frank w. Youngman.
/ FRANK w. YoUNGMANs AID. 14-Here is something that
has been listed with for days and going 70
offer bargain is the northwest quarter of Section 3l56
49, Mckinley township We going to offer this for $2s25
$4,000 cash. the balance long like There
IS under cultivation there little house and small
grove The land all level rich soil and free from At the
quoted above real 1t will be withdrawn if not
sold in thirty days.
Frank W. Youn@man, Real Estate Broker
lO7 ReishuS Street, Minot, N. Dak.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-02-12
Frank w. Youngman, Real Estate
Broker, 107 Reishus St., Minot, N.
Dak., has few good things
to offer in this weeks
edition

FRANK w. YOUNGMANs AID. lon March LIST, every year,
the farmer has laid his plans for the coming He has us
Seed horses and machinery and laying plans for the coming
to offer few snaps in farms and especially this
the shrewd and careful buyer to those who want real
authorized sell sO0acre farm lying half be
and s I'll from stone and has only
little which could be owe but which makes an ideal
all Of sheep m
close fencing with woven wire It has we'll 2io feet deep with
16l feet of absolutely soft water unlimited has windmill
lines and stations and attractions
Of this place that there underlying this whole farm sixty
this kind real asset and the millions
mot ten g e Sua
the soil and location This coal real asset and in selling
oa
and would % hurt the mi So part Of It author
Of encumbrance and buy terms with ten
twenty time in which to it It will be real pleasure
See Frank w. Youngman
FRANK W. YOUNGMANS ADJ Our farms not all 800
this sn3 h
tans tenoom house. with furnace heat and an
spring SPRING water We buy FIVE cents gallon
and has 25 oak timber sufficient to supply al the
There about 500 acres or over under high state
M roads routes and and
this You might ask Why does the wish 70 se The
vi n the
River Loop The neighborhood Of this farm the best
joining lands held high $50 and $40
hard get at that You have this for $40 See
Frank w Youngman for particulars
FRANK w. YoUNGMAN's AID. This farm entirely diff
ferent from the others First, lies in the valley two
miles from Burlington has good house and the Des Laos
beautiful little stream easily forded through it. does the
railroad and there sderack and loading station the
which enables one to stock in out part Of e
S. has 70 of timber 200 the valley under cu
25 fenced pasture and has about 200
bench which coal land and joins Of the best mines
Mouse River Loop Th operating daily and shipping
carloads Of coa This ideal stock farm You raise
faa sweet clover of the best variety all kinds
and most productive in vegetables and garden truck
stock and dairy farm This farm close good schools
telephones routes $50 per and will b
sold on easy terms It contains $40 acres.
See Frank w. Youngman.
Frank W. Youngmans Ad 4This farm is little beauty, con
ains half section under cultivation and nearly all
breaking foul seeds Contains nice little house and barn
very attractive feature about this is that has aresaI
well Of good water There not foot Of waste this land
miles southeast Of Des Laos splendid q
and rock The Of this should get $40 for this
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SUBSCRIPTIONS sl.oo A YEAE
TRANSLATION, t., San. Is, 1914.

O'Clock. Contrary to al expects"
tons, tn defense, Who had about
20 Witnessed, didn't put q witness
on the stand, and argument be-
een At onco. Tho District At
torney opened tho case for the
State, followed by Fred Heints
and P. B, Carter for tho defense;
Amos Ponder, next, for tho State.
reviewed the testimony and ar.
gued stlength, followed by Judge
Robt. R. Reid, the chief orator
for the defense. The jury and
court being 20 fetigued by this
time, Judge Lancaster called for
a recess for supper and 9 recon-
| vening At 1880 O'Clock, when
District Attorney Vol Brook con.
eluded the argument and the
case was given to the jury with
instructions to report at 9 A. m,
Thursday.
| 1t was known before the open.
i;op of cnur, Thursdav 'thst The
Jury was ready with its verdict
land no surprise WAS felt when
lthey filed into place and calmly
tannounced, "Guilty as charged"
The Judge later pronounced a
sentence Of ten years at hard
labor in the penitentiary, and as
lsignment in tho other eases
against Bickham was stricken out
l At Mr.. Bickham's own request
The was taken to Baton Rouge
:, this (Thursday) afternoon to i'm
mediately begin sentence.
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At 9 o'clock sharp this, Thurs
day morning, Judge J. B. Lam
caster opened court and i'm
mediately the jury filed in ready
with it's report on the Bickham
case. The court room was TILED
and as the foreman reported:
1--WE, the jury, find the
accused guilty as
charged"
a strong tension seemed to be
relaxed as the the crowd, with
audible relief settled in their
seats for a further hearing.
The jury was then polled,
when they stood: A. M. Miller,
Martin Kendall and W. J. syl.
vest for acquittal and the reat OF
the jury we're for conviction
The accused listened to the
verdict with the calm and self
possession that has characterized
him throughout the entire CASE
and calmly walked out with the
deputy sheriff when the judge
remanded him to Jail to avail
sentence.
Great relief is expressed or
all sides that the case termin
ated so promptly, the entire
hearing covering less than three
days.
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Making Hard Times.

When times yet hard money
gets close. Everybody who has
q dollar realizes that its value has
increased, and the tendency is
to hoard and put away. The
scarcity of money becomes a
topic of conversation and the
discussion brings up the proba'
BILE condition of various business
concerns; and banks being
dealers in money, come in for a
large share Of inspection and
criticism. The man who has
failed to negotiate a loan and the
| man who is unduIy timid Of his
few hundreds of savings may do
lirreparable injury at times. A
| word of doubt; q word of sus'
picion; a few northumberland
| the deed is done.
The failure of the Commercial
| Bank of Brookhaven seems to
have been entirely unnecessary.
The people behind it were
good people. The bank had been
q benefactor to the community.
Its trouble was caused by trying
to help the cotton farmers-try'
ing to carry them over their
period of distress. II had bor'
rowed $4,000 to do this. II in
stead of rushing to withdraw de-
posts the patrons had put
money in the hank, the financial
J L;fficulties that necessarily fol'
,.bw every bank failure could
have been averted and that CON-
munity would stilI.have an inst''
Tuition that had proven afriend in
need and a savior from disaster.
From reports, it does not seem
| that even the stockholders will
I)ose A cent. It seems that the
bank was needlessly pushed 70
the wall, and the statement OF
.}Mr. Becker, the cashier, thai
every dollar will be paid TO de'
positors and the stockholders De
paid at least par value, and thai
he and his sons will pledge their
property, if necessary 10 this
, end, shows what friend the
|neople have lost in closing OF this
, ,st;tution-and all through
5 "rumors. - St, Tammany
Farmer.
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At the converting of Couat
here Monday morning it seemed
that the parish population en-
masse crowded into the court
room to the opening of the trial
of H. D. Bickham, ex bank pres
ident, criminally charged in the
closing of the defunct Bogalusa
Bank or last May. for which
hearing this special term OF
court had been called.
Nothing more was done in the
Monday morning session than
to swear in the witnesses and
granta severance to J. |. Waller,
who was jointly charged with ID.
D. Bickham. The time till near
noon Tuesday was taken in Sc
curing a jury, which completed
stands as follows:
Henry Daniel, F. P. Miller, G:
w. German, James Russell W.
r. Haley, Warren W. Walters
w. G. Wascom, w. J. Sylvest, a.
M. Miller, +. M. Johnson and
Murphy Mccain.
Bickham is alleged to have re-
ceived deposits at the Commercial
Bank of Bogalusa, of Which NJ
was president, when he knew
the bank to be insolvent, The
State is Interpreting the little
ventures into frenzled finance a.
frauds upon the bank and it's de-
positors. Tae defense places 8
different Interpretation upor
them, and by it's line of cross-ex
animation has indicated that i
will attempt to prove that eact
questioned transaction Wa
backed by sound business pos
sibilities and but for untowar'
circumstances and the interior
ence of tie State Banking Dc
partment all would have worke'
out to the great profit of tn
banks and concerns involved.
Openin5 it's Case with til,
reading to the jury of the charg
against lle 'defendent and tn
law under whicii he is helm
nrnsccntpd tn" State puShe
rightna through the day, ur
folding it, 1t 'r}.
While tile defense mas made r
ann,,purpu4ul VI u llkely til;
tsict ham viii take the stand All
give his version of the transa'
tins held up by the State a
fraudulent in character.
The State has set out to prov
three things, tltat the bank W.
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()U tldu UpcIl tdliHCp "pN'' Wv
go of which has been collected
n cash. He pronounced $ll4,-
VI. uncollectable.
IF the bank pays rs per cent
10 the depositors it will do WE'LL
,e said, "The stockholders Will
get nothing"
An inventory prepared by the
witness showing the paper ne
terms uncollectable was present.
ed. He said he had made every
reasonable effort to collect these
claims.
He was sharply cross-examlner
by the defense as to the cost OF
liquidation and as to the efforts
made to collect the claims. Rich
ardson was recalled when the
liquidator was excused and the
State began to bring to light the
stories behind the numerous
loans Just termed uncollectable'
The Sheridan Ranch Company
was the first subject touched. A
note signed by the company fol-
$4,000 is among the paper Still
on hand.
"Bickham and E. D. Sheridan
called me to lawyer Otis office
Richardson SAID, and told me
they were organizing the Sherl
dan Ranch Company an d woult
give me one share of stock If
would keep the books. | agreed
to do so and Was made secretary
treasurer.
Stock certificates we're issuec
to Sheridan for 40 shares ant
to a man named Smith for 4
shares. and to himself for ON
share, the witness said. Som
days later, the witness testIhe'
| in substance, Bickham authorlz
ed d loan OF $4,000 to the Sherl
dan Ranch Company, secured b.
a mortgage on 1868 acres q
land in this parish. This $50
600 was deposited to the credl
of the company in the CONNER
cial Bank, the witness sal,
Some DAYS later a check fc
$500 to the credit Of Sherida
was drawn. Later $500 nor
was placed to the credit of Bicl
ham. No money other than I'll
loan from the bank was eve
paid into the treasury of tn
Sheridan Ranch Company, Ricl
ardson said. The land on Whlc
the bank was given a mortgae
was not owned by the compan
at the time. The Compan
merely had a contract for tt
purchase If the land. He sa
he did not know these latter fac
till the State Banking Depar
ment called them to his attic
ton. The $4,000 loan was a
proved by the Board of Dire
tors of the bank at his reques
Richardson said.
A note of $6049.25, signed
J. |. Waller, vice president
: the Pools Bluff Turpentine c
: for that company, was ne
2 brought up.
: The proceeds of this note we
: deposited to the credit Of t
}. Southland Realty Co., Richal
, son said.
e WHO was the Southland Re
: ty Co." Attorney asked.
S Mr. BlckIam was preside
- and owner" the witness a
SWered.
f "Was there any other sto(
!. h plders:' | Ln'L think ).
j. the witness said.
d "RickIlam acted fcr,he Sou
e land Realty Co. in making nu'
: depositing and drawi"" more,
(. Subsequently il. Waller a
III IL hi,,S,n W.,PLl 4. ,liDI 4 tQs
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was closed; that the day before
it was closed and while it was IN
solvent deposits were accepted,
and that the defendant had what
is termed guilty knowledge OF
the transactions which brought
about insolvency and of the re-
ceipts of deposits during the IN
solvency.
It devoted itself Tuesday
chiefly to the proof of guilty
knowledge, but brought ont some
testimony on all points involved
An attempt by Judge Robert K.
Reid for the defense to prevent
the recital before the jury OF the
story of Bickham's financing
failed, District Judge Lancaster
holding admissible all evidence
tending to show a guilty know
ledge on the part of the defend
ant. Judge Reid took bill OF
exceptions to the ruling of the
court.
Following the presentation
to the jury of the statement OF
prosecution, Prentiss B. Carter
for the defense, sought to have
excluded from the court room
State Bank Examiner Young and
his assistants, who are to testify
for the State. The court held
that as state officers they are
exempt from the rule excluding
witnesses. Mr.. Young and two
of his assistants sat with the
States attorneys throughout the
day advising with them on the
examination OF witnesses.
| E. J. Dreyfus of Bogalusa,
vice president of the bank, the
first State witness, was able to
tell practically nothing Of value.
L, L. Richardson, cashier and
director of the bank, proved the
prosecutions star witness of the
day, however. His initial ex'
animation in the morning de-
veloped little, but he was recalled
! in the afternoon and. under
questioning by Amos L. Ponder.
associate counsel for the State,
detailed a lurid story of tnanc
ling. His first examination mere
lily brought out that he, acting as
cashier for the bank, had receiv
ed a deposit of S40.75 from G. A
|Levert for Chiasson & Levert a
about 3 o'clock May %, 1918, the
day prior to the closing of the
} bank.
G, A. Levert, next called b.
J the State, substantiated thi'
J testimony. He added that r
) D. Bickham was in the bank a
the time he made the deposit. |
is this deposit by Chiasson ant
J Levert upon which the charge il
this case is based.
tt Richardson was here recalle
! to identify the quarterly state
ment made by the Commercial
: Bank to the State Banking Dc
i partment Feb. %, 1918.
: The statement showed net prt
: fits of over $4,000. Under que<
4 tiors by Mr.. Ponder for the Stat
E he said he now knows the state
ment did not reflect the true col
2 dition of tie bank at that tim,
G D. r. Gushing of Bogalusa, VIII
2 as special agent for the Stat
z Banking department is llqnlda1
d ing the Commercial Bank, Wa
i the next witness. His eXamln;
ltiou related to the rnlVency c
70 the institutiu + Ahd the valde {
II S114.000 Of paper >n!l uncollec
4 ed and, according to his test
: mony, uuc ,ltectabie. lie hel
5 the stand the HMlance VI til
morning and forty minutes, a
e ter reconvenement at = O'cl0c!
- 4 Al r
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fv about the note, Mr.. Mason,
who is vice president "f the
Whitney Central Bank Of New
Orleans, is president OF the
Pools Bluff 'rurpentlne Co.
H. said that Waller was vice
president of the Pools Bluff Tur-
pentine Co., at the time. but had
no authority to sign notes, land the
note was not authorized by the
company. He admitted on cross
examination that Waller was un-
lau,horlzed to sign drafts. Wal
Ter WAS IL director of the Com
mercial Bank, and close friend
| # Bickham. He is indicted
Ij,inlly with Bickham in the
pending cases.
| The District Attorney said
that Ehe expected to call Waller,
and it was thought he might
have gone over to the prosecu-
| tion to use the comment of a man
interested in the case. But
when he took to the stand he
proved a careful witness, and the
States attorney asked him only
! of the turpentine company's note.
it was purely an accommodation
note for Rickham's benefit, sign
, ed at Bickham's request, he said.
i The transactions Of the South.
land Realty Company were next
the feature of Richardson's tes
5imony. Anote for SITS, signed
/ ~ H. D. Bickhan. which is in the
| portfolio of the defunct banl
| grew out of one of the realty
company'S deals. Judge Reio
for the defense objected to this
) evidence as an attempt to show
G Illegal withdrawal Of deposit:
{ which he said has no place in
| this case. The court ruled TO-
: 1he state.
The Southland Realty Com
VI ,any bought a tract of land fl
# $3.50. Richardson said, and s"|t
;. it to the Commercial Bank TO
t $4,000. Later the :CoTmercis
:. Rank sold it back to the South
j., and Realty CO. for $500 IT,, TIN
" southland Go. then turned
d )ver to Bickham for S77lt
e Bickham's note for the purchas
(. ,rice of $771S, was turned owe
le 0 the bank as security for
u balance due by the Southlan
e 70. to the bank
]. Relative to- a note of Wi|lia'
h Bush for $4,000 the witness Sal
re that this money went to tn
~ southland Realty Co. The frs
y loan was for $4,000, but was re
,e uewed for $4,000. Of this none
i'd | S110O went to the credit Of Bic(
Is ham, he SAID.
t. On cross-examination he sal
n | the money went into Improve
D. ments on property and that
c. profitof $4,000 had gone to tn
It. bank on the transactions and tt
tSl1O0 to l}iclSham was III VA,
~ ment for the lots on which II
of houses we're built. A note sig
%. ell by Branch and Keaton al
xt SECURED by bank stock, owne
~ Bickham, was to take up d
re indebtedness owed by Bichhar
he which the State Bank EXauIln'
d had instructed must be take
lap, the W.ti.es> >d'u. liz CA
AZ for a 20 er cent Impairment
capital, which the bank exam
mt ntr o. dpred restored. an ent
n. VAS made nphn the b.n,llS $40
inv deposits with the Bank
;k- Angie amounting to 5lOOt
)" Richardson said. He JerM'
this a,pln'" ri '<'"''r baN |
TIL cross xanination said he. felt
fliS | ~ ,r a, "
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ham was given checks amount.
ing to $4,000, he swnrn.
Question about nhe1her he
had protested against these
loans he said h. ,old Bickham
the Pools eBluf note was not
good, and the Bush note VAS co."
high. He said Bickham receiv-
ed a part of most Of the large !
leans made by the bank
He testified that the South. |
land Realty Company sold to the |
Commercial Bank it's furniture
and fixtures for S26S4.11. He
said he was informed the South
land Realty Company paid Da-
meron and Pearson of New Or
leans $l9O1 go for these goods.
On cross-examination he said he
would have protested had he be-
lieyed this transaction to have
been dishonest at the time. HI
denied having been promised
immunity.
Replying to questions BY
Judge Reid, he said he thought
the bank solvent May %, and had
| received no notification that it
! was otherwise. The defense in
questioning Richardson, as we'll
as in the cross.examination OF
| Mr.. Gushing, brought out that
these various loans were secured
by stock of banks and business
concerns that have failed since.
Many of those loans that are
bad now were good in May, 1913:
Judge Reid asked the crshier.
Yes, sir, subsequent failures
have made valueless stock We re-
garded as good then," he s"id.
| Z. D. She ridan, called by the
Estate told of the Sheridan Ranch
! Go. deal. He said that he had
secured a contract from the
!Great Southern Lumber Co. to,
the purchase Of 1850 acres of land
at S. an acre, on which $154 was
paid by check drawn agains
he Commercial Bank, The
check was drawn with the con
Isent of Bickham.
i At the same time the land com
pany was organized with himsel
IS president, the stockholders
paid no money whatever into thu
treasury. A day or so later
mortgage for $4,000 was execut'
ed against the 1850 acres and 1
, note foated with TIE Commercial
| Bank for that amount.
i Estate whether or not it was
paper corporation" Attorne,
: Ponder asked.
VI Guess it was,' Sheridan said
J. Did Bickham know the facts?
demanded the prosecutor.
al "Guess he did," admitted tn
: witness.
al "Who got you to organize it?'
eI "Me and Mr.. 8ickham talke'
e the matter over" he said.
,. The $4,000 loan was divide'
Z IFS follows: $1,000 to Sheridan
!. $1,000 to Bickham, $1,000 paid Of
d the contract, $4,000 iuto i'nprov
d ,uents, the balance for horses, in
n plements and various expenses.
J. "What was your thousand for
r the lawyer demanded.
n my salary for working to
& the company" said Sheridan.
# "Was it for Bickham's salar
j. too?"
Y 1Mr. Bickham got his as
!. loan." came the answer.
If "Did be give any notes, did /
0, pay intere@ts?'
u He gave no note, but he wa
n to pay interest.
at All other state witnesses wea
:, disnosei of bv II o'clock Wed
The Holbrook news., 1914-09-25

ed. The surrounding country is rolling prairie and Valley land, watered by the Rio Puerco and Little Colorado rivers. The soil and climate are unequalled for the production of diciduous fruits and berries and most farm crops. UnderAow water is found at 10 to 20 feet and artesian water at 200 feet. Irrigation by pumping has been found to be successful, three wells just recently sunk, adjoining the town, furnishing a flow of 700 gallons a minute, or sufficient water to supply a sec ton of land. Land is now dirt cheap, and a quantity of suitable land is still open for homestead ing.
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roads.
 This amounts to $63. 398. 34. An additional ten percent of the re- celpts is expended locally by the secretary of agriculture for roads and trails for the convenience of the public. The contribution of Arizona's forests to this road fund is S35, 356. 34, making the total sum by which the state benefits through federal ad- ministration of the national forests $119, 499. 26. This is the second largest sum which any state can show; Montana. which had far the largest national forest timber sales, is about $10, ,O00.00 ahead.
 The total receipts from all national forests throughout the country amounted to nearly two and a half millions of dollars, the exact figures being $2, 437, 710.21, of which the states receive directly or in- directly S838. 981. O3. not includ- ing the sums turned over to Ari- zona and New Mexico for the sale of timber from school lands in those states. The new forests recently purchased in the east have already begun to furnish returns, and recelpts from their use amounted to $3. 793. 56.