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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1914-08-20
ENTRIES NOT
BE CANCELLED
ORDER OF SECRETARY OF IN.
TERROR WELCOME NEWS TO
WATER USERS HERE ~

The following notice regarding de-
layed payments on the Irrigation pro-
jects will be very welcome news to
the water users.
"No action will be taken looking
toward the cancellation of entries or
water-right applications on Reclama-
tion projects for delinquency of pay
ments Of building or construction
charges pending the preparation and
issuance of public notices under the
provisions Of the Reclamation Exten-
sion Act. All due accounts for oper-
alton and maintenance charges are
subject to orders previously issued"
Franklin K. Lane.
The preparation Of q public notice
under the provisions Of the Reclama-
ton Extension Act, which has just
been passed by Congress and signed
by the President, will doubtless be
completed At an early date and def
mite terms concerning al Of the pro-
ject lands announced thereby.
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BREAKERS
CAUGHT IN ACT
TWO PRISONERS ATTEMPTED TO
DIG OUT SUNDAY BUT WERE
DISCOVERED

Merrill Stacey in Jail awaiting trial
on a forgery charge and Joe Jerome,
charged with horse stealing, were
caught attempting to dig their way
out of the county Jail Sunday after
noon. The janitor Of the court house
happened to 60 into the court house
basement in the afternoon and from
there he could see the west wall OF
the iail. Just as he glanced out OF
the window he saw 9 brick faii ana
notified the sheriffs office. The officers
made an immediate examination and
found where the men had been Dig
ging. They used an old knife and pair
of scissors and were digging through
lust where the ventilator came in the
wall. They enlarged the ventilator
hole and then had only the outer row
of bricks to dig through to get out.
To have an excuse for being left in the
corridor Stacey told the sheriff he
wanted to remain out so he could take
a bath and clean up as he was going
to plead guilty in the morning and be
on his way to Bismarck. Owing to
the fact that the janitor discovered
the work of the men no one escar~
It is reported that jersey.
the city fire hall saw somethi1
ing on at the Jail, got suspicion.
secured a shot gun. 1t is elaine.
stationed himself in the fire hall e
with the gun but that it was wavi
around 50 that it was hard to te
which way he intended to shoot.
Jersey was possibly little nervous.
This is just q report however and we
don't claim it is reliable.
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COMPANY LEAVES
FRIDAY MORNING
STATE MILITIA TO HAVE TEN
DAYS INSTRUCTION IN CAMP
AT SPARTA, WISCONSIN

Company E will leave here Friday
morning on number four to accompany
other state companies to the annual
instruction Camp which is to be held.
this year at Sparta, Wisconsin. This,
and the Minot company will 60 Is far
as Fargo by the Fargo Minot cutoff
and will there join the other compan--
les from Grand Forks, Valley City,
Bismarck, Jamestown and Fargo
From Fargo they have . special train.
which will reach st. Paul early Sat-.
urday morning and from there will 20,
over the Chicago Milwaukee and st.
Paul for Sparta, which they expect
to reach by ten o'clock in the morning.
Camp will be established ut once
and the regular routine Of instrue-
tions begun as early ~ possible.
Captain Evans Of our local COM
pany expects to have about forty five
men make the trip and stated that
earlier he could have had over sixty.
The regiment will be under the COM
mand Of Col. ]. H. Frame Of Graf
ton and Adjutant General I. A. Berg
commander of the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard will accompany the
troops. sl
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TEN REASONS

There recently appeared in print article ened Several
Why You Should At Home" This doubt
the work organization engaged propaganda directed
against the mail order houses The set forth very
strong arguments favoring hom epatronage.
See the editor your about having him publish in his
result in starting the right track again
Here are the reasons z9 .t
Your home merchant duplicate the prices made by any
responsible firm anywhere goods Of the quality in the
quantities and the basis of delivery and
You examine purchase in home and be
sured Of satisfaction before investing your money.
g. Your home merchants always ready and willing
make right any defective article purchased.
Your home merchants help support, through direct
indirect taxation, schools libraries and other public
institutions.
Your merchants help make good local market
everything have SELL and that market than othe.
factor gives your land it present value
Your home merehants your friends ready II
tend helping hand in time Of need =: e~t '# "..
4 II this community good enough for you live in and
make your money n 1t il good enough to spend it in
The best citizens in this community those who believe
in and practice home patronage. b one Of the best.
g. Merchants in the distant cities give you nothing valuable
that the home merchant cannot give and the former
and will do for you many things the latter do gladly
TO- Every dollar kept in circulation in this community helps
increase property values
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THE AMERICAN
ROAD CONGRESS
ROAD CONGRESS MEETS IN At
LANTA GEORGIA WEEK OF
NOVEMBER 9

Commissioner Craven, of Willlston,
has been requested by the Hon. A. B.
Fletcher, President of the Fourth
American Road Congress and State
Highway Engineer of California, to
name three delegates to attend the
sessions of the Congress at Atlanta,
Georgia, during the week of Novem-
ber 9th.
Forty-seven great organizations are
taking part in the Congress under tne
leadership of the American Highway
Association and the American Auto-
mobile Association. In his letter 20
the Mayor, President Fletcher Calls
attention to the fact that practically
every state highway commissioner
will be present and take part in dis
cussing the important problems OF
road construction and maintenance
and that some of the foremost men
in public life will devote their atten--
ton to the great question Of Federats
Aid to road improvement, In IN en- :
deavor to work out q policy which
NAV be submitted to the Congress OF
the United States with the support OF
the organized road movement OF
America. An important move bear
inc upon state legislation will be made
at the session to be held under the
auspices of the American Bar Asso-
c;ation. at which a joint committee,
annointed at the 1913 Congress, will
report progress in compilation and
suggested revision of state road laws.
The creation of a commission partlc-
mated in by each state to work out .
| revision Of the road laws will be,
urged. The National Civil Service
Reform League will hold an exceed.
inplv important session on the merit
| system in road administration.
President Fletcher calls attention to
the exhibits to be made by the Unit
ed States Government. the States, and
more than a hundred of the leading
manufacturers at the Congress, which
will illustrate every known method
material and equipment for road con-
structi0n and maintenance. He urges
that the city and county be officially
represented, as the Congress is in re-
ality a training school where very
great amount Of useful information
can be obtained through attendance
at lectures with leading specialists i'm
road and street work, and the collect
ing of the many instructive bulletins
which will be available for distribu-
ton.
The headquarters of the Congress
are in the Colorado Building, WASH
ington, D. c., in charge of I. S. PEN
nybacker, Executive Secretary, and
the exposition is in charge Of Charles
P. Light, Business Manager.
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TALKED FOR
! VOTES FOR WOMEN
INTERESTING TALK FOR WOM-
ANS SUFFRAGE MADE BY LADY
VISITING IN OUR CITY

Maude L. McGreery of Green Bay,
Wisconsin,, who had been visiting IN
our city for several days the guest
of Mrs. Lamb delivered a talk at the
Hedderich corner last Thursday even
ing on the "Votes for Women" ques-
ton. Mrs. McCreery was not on a
speaking trip as her work is in
Nebraska but at the solicitation OF
friends and ardent suffragetts she
consented to give talk. She proved
herself q very interesting and enter.
tanning speaker holding the attention
of the large crowd gathered for over
an hour. She swept away objeedo.
after objection until one wondered
just why women had not been voting
all the time.
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WOULD RAISE
ASSESSMENT
STATE TAX COMMISSION RECON-
MENDs RAISE IN ASSESSMENT
OF SEVERAL COMPANIES

Bismarck, N. D., August 17.-1n-
terest at the Capitol centers this week
in the recommendations OF the State
Tax Commission to the State Board
of Equalization relative to the assess
ment of railroads, telegraph compan-
les and express companies. Inc Com
mission has recommended sharp IN.
creases in the assessed valuation OF
the properties of these corporations.
Thev have recommended that the rail.
road properties of the state be raised
from 5000, 900 to $63 600, 900, which
would occasion an increase in their
taxes of approximately $1,000 In
support of this recommendation the
Commission presented an exhaustive
discussion of railroad values and rail-
road taxation, but only in North Da-
kota but in the northwestern states
and throughout the United States:
They demonstrated that railroad
properties in this state paid a much
HIGHER return on investments than
investments in farm lands, live stock,
and other varieties of property own
ed by the average citizen of the state.
They also found that the railroads
we're assessed at very low valuation,
much lower than farm lands. live
stock, city realty, bank stock, etc.: and
that they paid double the tax in Wash Wash,
ington and Idaho and almost double
the tax in Minnesota and very
much higher tax in Montana than
thep paid in North Dakota. In brief,
the railroads have been escaping fully
40 per cent of their just share OF the
burden Of taxation. The Tax Com
mission recommended that the valua-
tions of the Northern Pacific be in
creased So epr cent; the Great Nor
thern Al per cent; the 500 % per cent;
and the Milwaukee 20 per cent. To
illustrate the disparity Of the tax bur-
den the Commission computed the tax
paid on a $1,000 investment in the
following properties: Railroads, $3.50;
farm lands, $3.50; cattle, $lo.63;
horses, $11.26; hogs. $12.75: city
realty, $12:75; sheep 1851; and bank
stock $10.63. ..
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BABIES CONTEST
COUNTY FAIR
BABIES WILL BE JUDGED BY
SCIENTIFIC METHODS-MEAS.
UREMENTS AND WEIGHTS

The "Baby Contest" which the man.
agement of the County Fair is hoping
to bring to a successful issue, is not,
in reality, a contest in any sense of
the word, because there is to be no
competition between the babies to be
exhibited. The success of the venture
will depend entirely upon the interest
displayed by the mothers ir bringing
in their babies.
Each baby will be judged according
to scientific methods, Of weights and
measurements established by strik-
ing an average from the examination
of several thousands of babies at the
different ages the actual weights and
measurements of the babies will be
compared with these tables and the
results must be accepted as facts as
nearly as such facts can be establish
ed. The management wish it to be un-
derstood in the beginning that there
is in all probability no such thing as
an absolutely perfect baby in scarcely
any one particular. therefore,. moth
ers need not feel hurt because Their
babies do not receive a perfect mark.
When baby shall have been deliv-
cred to the judges for examination it
shall be assigned a number, for ab-
vious reasons. by which it shall be
known, it's weight, measurements, con-
formation, general appearance, etc.
recorded under its number and every
precaution possible taken to prevent
its identity becoming known to the
Judges. Having this in view, it would
be better to have them given into the
Judges hands by some one not re-
lated to them. in order to obviate any
feeling Of pique on the mart Of de-
luded mothers, who NAV think. as they
have a right that their baby is per-
feet.
AS all the necessary arrangements
have been made and suitable prize
have been found for 1st, End and 3r'l
in each class, it devolves upon the
mothers to bring in their babies and
learn in what particular their chill
dren are lacking, If any, or, in what
particular they excel. 1t may be a
help to them. as we'll as you, so bring
them in and have competent and un-
biased judgment passed upon them AS
this feature has the promise of be-
ing one of the amusing as well as
educational departments Of our fair
and we would like to see it thoroughly
patronized. Bring in the babies.
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HUNDREDS WILL al
@ BE AWARDED
MANY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS
TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG
EXHIBITORS AT FAIR

Eleven hundred and fifty two dol
- "warded in live stock
nrsmiums 'ars %'r, % at T. tn. wiii;;ssms coun:y
Fair this year. This includes prizes
for all classes and breeds Of livestock
purchased on the farm, and sftcSras
an xecellent opportunity IS those hav-
ing good farm animals. Two hundred
and twenty five dollars for pure bred
Percherons alone, and three hundred
and fifty dollars for the different
classes 81 beef and dairy cattle.
While the Fair premium list shows
prizes mainly for pure bred animals,
grade horses and mules are given q
prominent place, and any other ami
mails of merit, on which no premium IL
specifically offered will be given q
prize under Rule No. 13 Of the Fair
regulations. This is an important part
Of the live stock department OF the
Fair. and is designed to bring out
excellent individuals not Of pure
breeding, but which are entitled to be
shown and awarded.
Williams County is rapidly "going
into" stock, and we have a large num-
her Of good animals here, both pure
bred and grade. An agricultural fair
Is the best place to show what we
have. It is even more important ~ IN
educational feature to farmers and
breeders, as it gives an opportunity 70
study and compare the different ami
mails. The stock show and fair have
largely made England, Scotland. and
our live stock centers what they are!
and wherever you find group OF
these old stock men, you are sure to
find a fair or show for their stock
Thev realize the value and benefits o1
such meetings. This is becoming the
stock county Of the state, and it i
hoped that our livestock exhibit will
be second only to that of the Stat'
Fair.
The premium list shows handsom.
prizes offered for pure breds ant
GRADES of the following classes Of
stock: Clydesda1e, Shire, Belgian
Percheron. and Standard Bred horses
Jacks and mules: Shorthorn, Hereford
Angus. and Galloway beef cattle: Rec
Poll, Holstein, Guernsey, and jersey
da;rv cattle: Berkshire, Duroc Jer
sew. Poland China, Yorkshire ant
Victoria hogs; Shropshire, South
down, Lincoln, Leicester: Cotswol<
sheen: besides prizes for the difteren
breeds of chickens. ducks, geese, tur
KEYS. and pet stock. There is ampl'
stable room for all exhibits. and ha,
and straw will be furnished free b!
the management.
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Young men, and often young wo-
men, as we'll as older persons, per-
form acts which become legitimate
items for publication and then rush
to the newspaper office and beg the
editor not to notice their escapades.
The next day they condemn the same
paper for not having published anoth-
er party doing the same thing they
were guilty Of, foreettne apparently
their late visit to the printing ONCE.
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REPORTED GREAT
BATTLE NOW ON
CLAIMED BELGIANS RETIRED
# TOWARD ANTWERP-NEWS
CENSORSHIP SEVERE

Paris, Aug. l9.-An official an
nouncement says the retirement Of
the Belgian troops toward Antwerp
is rumored, but not confirmed.
Report Germans Being Driven Back
London, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegraph company from
Brussels says the German advance
posts, covering the region between
Grembloux and Jodoigne, are being
gradually pushed back before the ad-
vance Of the Belgian and French
are now in close junction, and in con-
tact with the advance lines Of the
German army.
London, Aug. 19.-The curt an
nouncement in . telegram from Brus-
sells, dated last night, Of fierce fight
ing between the Belgian and German
troops along the extended front is
generally accepted here as indicating
the real beginning Of the first great
battle Of the war.
The German attack is again report
ed to be made on direct orders of EN-
peror William himself to his generals
in the field. The exact extent Of the
line Of fighting is not yet revealed,
but presumably it stretches in north
and south line. Beyond this its def
mite location is virtually guesswork.
Paris Reports Also Show Probability
Of Fighting
Paris, Aug. ia careful study of
the military situation on the northern
frontier leads French military observ-
ers to the conclusion that the events
transpiring in Belgium today are the
beginning of operations on an i'm
mense scale.
Germany, it is declared by experts,
is making a fresh and mightier effort
to break into France through the COM
paratively open Belgium country.
Government opinion in Paris how
ever, is confident that the allies viii
he able to meet this move successful
", and reply to it crushingly.
Saw Advance of Germans is Steady
Rotterdam, Aug. 19.-The Cologne
Gazette asserts that the advance OF
the German troops, while slow, mas
not been seriously checked anywhere.
The Austrian mountain artillery Is
rapidly joining the Germans.
Newspaper Report Of Fighting Brings
Barrier
London, Aug. ia Daily cores
pondent in Belgian was expelled Mon
day according to the Belgian govern
ment.
The decision to allow no OUTSIDE
newspaper men in Belgium was arrlv-
ed at as a result Of the following re-
port:
1.-THE great battle may be said to
have begun Saturday, when an ~
tack was made on the French posi-.
tions near Dinant. Sunday the rea!
German attack began in an attempt
to strike toward Waterloo and France
The battle started with pushing Tor
ward the cavalry, supported by the IN,
fantry, supported by the infantry and
artillery. :.
came in contact with the Be!glanss
was virtually surrounded, and it's ad.
vance guards exterminated. Later
Sunday the main German attack be-
gan near Tirlemont. Fighting was
tremendous, and great execution was
done on both sides. =,
"By sheer weight of numbers the
Germans finally forced the Belgian:
back to the second line. Then tn
French came up, and heavy firing was
CONTINUED on page ~
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Mrs. o. v. Lehmen and son who
have been visiting at the home OF
w. B. Lukins, left Wednesday morn
ing for their home at Beech, N. u.
Oleta Lukins accompanied them home
for q visit. She will also visit with
Miss Verna Sharp at Sidney, Mont,
before returning home.
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REPORT YIELD
AS VERY GOOD
THRESHING NOW ON AND RE-
PORTS SHOW GOOD CROPS
WHEAT 16 TO Is BUSHELS

Threshing is now on in this county
and the reports SO far show that the
yield of wheat will be good. The
Bruegger Mercantile company are
threshing on their field just below
town and the poorer part of the field
was threshed first. This went about
20 bushels to the acre and the other
is estimated at about 26 which would
give an average of % bushels per
acre for the place. Their oats went 60
bushels to the acre.
On the Artie Bell place west OF
town the wheat went 20 bushels to
the acre and graded Number one nor
them. =,
On the Hartman farm one field Of
wheat went 22 1-2 bushels to the acre
and another 16 1-2. The last field
Mr.. Hartman said was sown with
grass as a nurse crop which account
ed for the yield being lighter than the
other. His oats went 40 bushels to
the acre.
On the Burdick farm oats were
threshed that went 68 bushels to the
acre. One field of rye went 25 bush
els and another field that had been
pastured until June 9Th yielded Is
bushels to the acre.
Of course all crops throughout the
county will not yield as heavily as
these but we have a very good crop
here and in the Northern half Of Nc
Kenzie county. Reports from the
southern part of Mckenzie show :
light yield and the grain damaged BY
the hot weather. This section OF the
country failed to get the last two
fine rains we had here.
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Miss Ethel Freehauf arrived here
yesterday morning from the eastern
cities and will take charge Of the
trimming department for Mrs. o. A.
RinRo during the fall season.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1914-08-20

Mrs.. A. H. Vohs and daughter,
Leona, and Miss Mabel Metzger re-
turned home Saturday from a two
weeks visit at Alhambra Hot Springs.
Postmaster G. B. Metzger left Sun
day for st. Paul where he is attend
ing to business matters this week.
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NASHVILLE STUDENTS AT STAR

NASHVILLE STUDENTS AT STAN
Manager McGuiness announce he
has secured an engagement Of Thos.
]. Culligan's forieinaD Nashville
Students at the Star Theatre for two
davs starting Tuesday, August Is.
Th;s nonular companv is known to be
the Oldest travelling minstrel troupe
in America today and consists OF nine
of the best colored entertainers to De
found anywhere. Besides their reeu-
lar minstrel entertainment they are
Offering several high class vaudeville
specialties and in all it makes up a
performance Of such variety as to
please any audience. They will give
a street parade each day with free
band concert before performance each
evening. Popular prices will prevail.