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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-01-08
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A crowd of young folks from this
vicinity spent New Years eve at the
hall north Of Minot.
Anna Mahoney has been in Minot
several days taking course in fancy
cooking and dishwashing. Wonder
why?
Charlie Miller, after spending his
time visiting in Iowa, has returned
home.
Mr.. jim Wilson and family were
callers in st. Carl coulee last Sunday.
Ted Mostad has been engaged to
erect barn for the benefit of the Bell
school, but from the reports we think
he is putting new addition to the IN
side Of the school.
Mr.. Melos from Minot has moved
onto his farm and is at present en-
Toying all the charms of bachelor life.
Thorwald Mostad spent last week at
kenmare.
Tom Haugen is working at the liver
Grothe home.
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are like pavement and never had 2
more enjoyable ride" Mr.. Gould ex-
planned. NJ
Hamilton Grow, Of Burgoyne, Sask..
has been the guest Of his brother, G.
A. Grow for several days. Ham Wis
tied his old home in Ohio, for the first
time in ten years.
Ben Elzenhorfer, Jr., writes his
father that he has been transferred
with the Marines from Boston to Cuba.
Ben is doing well.
The Minot schools reopened Monday
after a two-weeks' holiday vacation.
The Normal school reopened Mon
day after the Christmas vacation, the
attendance being larger than ever.
The county fathers convened Mon.
day. Olaf Lokensgard was reelected
chairman of the board, position
which he has filed most creditably.
The advertisement of Oscar FL. Will.
the well known Bismarck scotsman,
appears in this issue. This is one Of
our most reliable seed houses and Mr..
Will has built up an immense bust
ness.
The weather was so warm Wednes-
day that heartbeat victim entered
one Of the stores and inquired for q
straw hat. This is no joke.
Miss Agnes Bake, one of our
teachers, has returned from Stephen,
Mimi, her old home, where she spent
her holiday vacation.
Miss Blanche Dalager, principal Of
the Central school, returned from Min
neaDolis, where she spent her two
weeks vacation with friends.
C. c. Spillane returned from St.
Paul, where he spent ten days gazing
at the sky scrapers.
Major Buck, a former G. N. bag
gageman, who was injured while lift
ing trunk, has been paralyzed for
the past year. After consulting a
specialist in the east, he has found re-
lief right at home and his many
friends will rejoice to know that he
can walk again.
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Atty. John Hurley Of Glasgow,
Mont, transacted business in Minot
Monday.
"A. S. Olson Of Bowel, Alta, arrived
for visit with old friends and to
look after his farming interests ct
Surrey He is interested in suit
that will be tried during the present
term Of county court.
John Cross, a G. N. conductor, who
was operated upon for appendicitis at
the hospital. is said to be in a very
critical condition.
Easter comes on April IL this year,
or almost a month later than last
year.
Beginning with Jan. !, the railway
companies served notice that all min
listers of the gospel must pay full fare
instead of the half fare rates.
Elder VIM. Sparkling returned from
Medicine Lake, Mont, where he VS.
tied his children.
Farmers are wondering just now
what kind of crops we will have next
season, following such an open win
ter. Edw. Nelson, an old timer, says
he remembers of winters Of this m
ture in former years being followed
by the most bo2nteous crops. ne says
that snow usually blows off the fields
anyway and what counts the most are
the rains of the spring and summer.
Louis Moe of Ruso visited old-time
friends in Minot Wednesday
Mrs. Martha Lindberg has gone 70
Havre, Mont, to visit her daughter,
Mrs. Will Swanton, and before her re-
turn will visit her son, Louis, at Fort
Benton.
NJ. E. Begley has been confined to
his home with serious attack of ill
ness, but his friends are glad to know
that he will he about in short time.
Ole knudson, waterworks superin-
tendent, is having his troubles. The
sewer at the corner Of Second and
Welcome streets has become clogged
and it refuses to respond to treatment.
Ole says it means dig, dig, dig.
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EINAR MUS.
Secretary.
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Local and Personal

A false fire alarm was turned in
Tuesday evening.
Geo. J. Smith threatens to establish
another newspaper at Berthold and to
buy the Tagus Mirror.
DR.. A. ]. Mcdaniel went to Grand
Forks today to attend the meeting Of
the state medical board.
Two teams were seen blowing in the
fields at Glenburn Wednesday.
Olaf Mus, a prominent Moorehead
merchant, visited Minot friends We'd
nesday.
G. L. Gould, the Glenburn banker,
motored to this city Wednesday. Il
came over in just an hour. The roads
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The Grand Masquerade at the opera
house on the evening of Jan. 2, under
the auspices Of the Women's Club,
was the social event of the season.
About fifty couples participated and
the ladies added some eighty-five dol
qnence Of the liberal patronage. The
prizes offered for the best dressed
couple were awarded to Miss Anna
Christopherson and Joseph Wistrom
The freak prizes were drawn by Ned
Calvin and George Wells. Never has
any social event been productive OF
such merriment as was occasioned by
the many ludicrous costumes worn by
participants of this, the first public
affair that the ladies of Burlington
have sponsored. The success of this
party from every point Of view has
demonstrated the tact and ability Of
Burlington's ladies and given them a
prestige that assures the success Of
any further efforts along that line
they may see fit to make. Mr.. Rognlie
of Minot, with local assistance, rem
dered the music for the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rix Hathaway of Des
Laos were numbered among the par
Elephants of the ball given by the Wo-
mems Club.
Miss Alice Dahl, the primary teach
er, returned from her holiday vacation
Sunday.
Miss Ethel Marshall, from New
Brunswick, is the guest of her cousin
Mrs. Charles Wistrom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Strong returned
from Sawyer on Friday.
The Misses Jewell Of Carpio were
guests at the Jas. Johnson home ovel
New Years and participated in thu
masquerade Friday evening.
Mrs. NJ. Edwards and children, wht
have been guests at the L. C. Smitl
home, left Tuesday for an EXTENDED
trip to points in Iowa.
Many complaints are heard re
garding the excessive taxes levied thi
year. BY the way, it would not com
amiss if some Of our public official
were to explain the unusual rate 9
taxation imposed upon our people thi
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Delaney Takes Flannigan's Place.

Delaney Takes Flannigan's Place. !.
John Delaney, Master Mechanic OF
the Kalispell, Mont, division Of the
G. N, has been secured to fill the va
cancy of Michael Flanagan, Master
Mechanic of the Minot division, who
has been transferred to the Cascade
division. Mr.. Delaney was at one time
travelling engineer of the Brecken-
ridge division and is a very able man.
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Pres. Crane, Of the Normal, is some
gardener. He spent a portion Of New
Years Day working in his garden and
will soon start work on some good
sized hot-beds. California "hasn't
anything" on North Dakota.
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Railroads Save Money.
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The Great Northern is saving mon
ey this winter The company is en-
abled to haul summer tonnage, from
1000 to $500 tons to the train. Conse-
quently fewer runs are needed. 1t is
said that there are % engineers on the
waiting list, some of whom run extra
when business demands it.
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viii trade q bunch of young draft
mares, many with foal; for land.
Thos. Golfer, at Minot Seed, Grain 4
Fuel Co., Minot. l-1-H
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Norwegians Take Notice.

The committee appointed to gather
pictures of Norwegian homes and
farms in Minot and vicinity for the
purpose of sending to the Exhibition
at Christiania this year, will close its
work on January 18th, and anyone
who has picture they want to put in
this album will please leave it at
Skrivseth's studio with S2.RO TO pay
the cost Of making the picture and the
album. VI
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HIDES and FuRS

Wspositively give valuable illustrated infor'na-
t.on relative TO Hides and Fnr. than my other house
~ HIDES, FUKs, PELTs, Etc, Aad
mako prompt returns for each shipment. We ssn
Trappsr's Supplies very cheap. Writs for Circular,
Shipping Tags Trap Book, Catalogue etc.
isssr's NORTHWESTERN HIDE FUR CO..
essablIsSel toa0 MiaaesDsiis, MiaA
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

DR.. S. ]. Neill, twenty-eight, dent
list, of Basin, Wyo., committed suicide
by shooting
The state of Minnesota has re-
ceived SS2,53S as the inheritance tax
on the estate of the late Charles G.
Gates of Minneapolis.
The copper mine workers who have
been on strike since July %, last, vot-
ed to call off the strike, according to
an announcement made by Charles E.
Heitela, district secretary of the West
ern Federation of Miners at Hancock,
Mich.
Establishment of poor mans club"
to supplant the saloons voted out at
the recent election, was announced by
the trustees of the Baptist church at
Lockport. Ill. Bowling alleys and bill
lard room will be fitted out in the
basement.
Having been a bride four months
and separated once during that time,
Mrs. Earl Allendar of Lincoln, Neb.,
is a widow, having shot and killed her
husband during quarrel. She is in
Jail and was Frustrated when she
learned that her husband was dead.
The Kansas 2-cent passenger fare
case, brought by thirteen railroads
seven years ago, was dismissed by
agreement in the Federal court at To
peka, Kan. They sought to enjoin the
enforcement of the 2-cent fare order of
the State Board, but it was never tried
nor the Injunction pranted
A branch regional bank, adequate to
the needs of the city and it's tributary
territory, will be established in Den
yer, according to word received from
Senator John F. Shafroth. The infor-
nation stated that assurances of the
branch bank had been given to Sena-
tor Shafroth by Secretary McAdoo.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, head of
the American Red Cross. announced
the selection of Miss Helen Scott Hay,
an enrolled American Red Cross nurse
now in charge of the Western subur
ban hospital at Chicago, as superin-
tendent of the proposed school for
trained nurses at Sofia, Bulgaria.
The unsolved mystery of the murder,
ten years ago, of John w. Bates, cab
driver, may be cleared, it was asserted
at Joliet, ILL.,, when information was Of
Spencer, the tango" slayer. now
awaiting the execution of his sentence
for the murder of Mrs. Mildred Rex
roat, dancing teacher. at Wheaton last
fall.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
TO ARBITRATE.
RAILWAY WILL NOT REINsTATE
DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES.
Colorado Springs Street Car Company
Declines Offer Of Men Proposed
Through City Officials.
per Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Colorado Springs.-The officials of
the Colorado Springs and Interurban
Railway Company have informed May
or McKesson that the company refuses
to arbitrate the differences that are
created by the union committee.
This committee had written a letter
to the mayor asking that the city Of
ficials exercise their good will in eff.
fecting settlement. The company
sent its representatives to meeting
at the city hall and finally gave the
following ultimatum:.
First-Potts and Thomas, the two
men discharged, will not be rein.
stated.
Second-The company will not rec.
ognize the union.
Third-The company will not arbi.
trate any points alleged to be at issue
or presented by the union to date.
However, the company officers offer
to meet with the men once month
through board composed of four COM
pany and four union representatives.
which board shall hear grievances. A
letter will ne sent to all the employees,
putting this proposal up to them for
consideration.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
FOREIGN.

Fernand Forest, the inventor Of the
internal combustion motor died at
Monte Carlo from fright caused by an
accident to his motor boat
Prince Albert, the kings second
son, has just had his allowance raised
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year as the
result of family council held at
Windsor.
Irregularities to the amount of no.
900 soils, approximately $4,000, have
been discovered in the Banco Aleman-
Trans-Atlantico at Callao, Peru. One
of the officials of the bank has disap-
peared.
One new case Of bubonic plague was
discovered at Havana by the commits
sion on contagious diseases. The san
itary department has closed three
blocks in the infected zone, ordering
the residents to leave their homes.
Further progress toward GONZALES
cence was announced in the surgeons s
bulletin regarding the condition Of
King Gustave of Sweden, issued from
the Sophia hospital. where his maj
esty was operated on for liberation of
the stomach
In addition to the army the whole
fleet will be employed to facilitate
communications and maintain order
in case general strike is inaugu-
rated by the railway employees at
Rome. In this way the government
hopes to check the strike.
Heavy fighting was in progress at
San Pedro, federals having retaken
the town. 1t is reported also that a
federal force of 5000 men, believing
Torreon to be lightly garrisoned, was
On its way to retake the place. A sur
prise awaits them. for when General
Villa sent pursuers after General Re-
fugio Velasco he left 5000 men at Tor
reon.
General Gustava Mas, federal COM
mander at Vera Cruz, speaking with
reference to the arrest of an American
detachment from the dispatch boat
Dolphin at Tampico and the demand
by the American admiral for satisfac-
tion for the insult to the American
flag, said the Mexican government
had ordered Gen. Morelos Zaragoza
not to accede to Admiral Mayo's de.
mand-which was that the American
flag should be saluted within twenty
four hours.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
GEN ERAL.

Ernest Victor Hugo, relative of the
writer, who will spend the rest Of his
life on board ship because he cannot
sleep on shore, arrived in New York
helplessly paralyzed.
Carter Parr. nineteen, was killed,
several men were seriously hurt and
damage of about $4,000 was done by
fire tnat destroyed four business
buildings at Culpepper Va.
The four New York gunman convict
ed Of killing Herman Rosenthal, gam
bier, in front of a Broadway hotel in
July, 1912, were put to death In the
electric chair at Sing Sing prison at
Ossining. N. Y.
Mrs. William Howard Taft, wife of
the ex-president. is an anti, having
joined the local branch Of the Connect
icut association opposed to woman suf-
frage of which Mrs. Hopkins, wife of
Professor E. w. Hopkins of Yale. is
chairman.
With DIR. c. C. Meredith, head Of the
house of mystery at Bellevue, and
head nurse. held in the county jail
at Pittsburg, Pa, charged with murder
in connection with the death of Mrs.
Myrtle b. Allison OF Williamsburg.
chief interest attached to third ar
rest in the case at Washington, d. c.
Former Congressman Ralph d. Cole
of Findlay, Ohio, has announced his
candidacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for United States senator. SEN
ator Theodore E. Burton OF Ohio has
announced he would not be a candi-
date to succeed himself
All hope OF curing cancer by radium
has been abandoned by some OF the
foremost surgeons and research
workers of the country, who declared
at the New York meeting Of the Amer
lean Society for the Control OF Can
Ger that the failures Of radium out.
number the cures 100 to /.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
SPORT.

d. w. King and C. D. Plank, both
noted shots of Denver, finished an in
teresting match in which King was the
winner by SO points.
Swarms of fans greeted the White
Sox and the Chicago Federals upon
their return to Chicago to prepare for
blowing the top off the season.
Harness horse racing is going to be
one of the big features at the spring
and fall meetings of the Denver Fair
and Racing Association at Overland
park.
At Sydney, Australia, Eddie Nc
Goorty, the American boxer, knocked
out Dave Smith of Australia in the
tenth round of twenty-round bout.
In baseball game featured by the
heavy cannonading of the visitors.
Denver lost the opening clash with
by 9 to verdict.
Metz's three2base hit in the ninth,
followed by Bush's error, allowed the
Indianapolis American Association
club to win from the Detroit American
League team to / at Indianapolis.
De Lloyd Thompson "looped the
loop" eight times at Los Angeles
breaking Lincoln Beachey's previous
American record at San Francisco of
seven loops. Thompson was less than
1000 feet above the ground when he
started his downward flight, and made
his last loop when within 500 feet of
the earth
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
Mine Manager Shoots Himself.

Pueblo. Colo.-After Indicating in
letters which he left that he was bad.
ly behind In his accounts, Ernest Nc.
Gill, superintendent OF the Victor.
American Fuel Company's interests at
Maitland. shot himself through the
heart In a Pueblo hotel Saturday aft.
ernoon. He probably died instantly,
but the suicide was not known until
$50 o'clock. At that hour his mother,
who resides here. received letter
telling of his act. and she notified the
police.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
WASHINGTON.

President Wilson had as his guests
the children of the national capital.
The occasion was the annual frolic and
egg-rolling on the White house
grounds.
The Mexican Federals at Tampico
must salute the American flag. Re-
ports. that this demand might be
waived were set at rest by President
Wilson himself.
The French government has
awarded contract for the construc-
tion of legation building in Panama
to cost 100000, the state department
has been advised.
With the return of President Wilson
Monday from his three-day vacation in
West Virginia. an early decision was
expected on the plan of some admin
istration leaders in Congress to post
pone until next session all antitrust
legislation except the bill to create
an interstate trade commission.
The Explorers club gave a dinner in
New York to celebrate the fifth ami
versary of the discovery of the North
pole and presented its first gold medal
of honor to Rear Admiral Peary. In
connection with the celebration geo.
ographers predicted that another five
years probably would leave no nook or
corner of the globe unknown to the
civilized world.
Secretary Bryan In statement
made public reviews at length the
Panama canal tolls question, and in
the course OF the statement declares
that the repeal Of the tolls exemption
in the Panama canal act cannot be
construed to be construction of the
y-Pauncefote treaty" but is simply
a refusal on the part of the United
States to raise that question in that
way"
A bill to appropriate 100000 for a
government exhibit building at the
San Francisco exposition in accord
ance with President Wilson's sugges-
tion, was favorably reported to the
House by the Industrial arts and expo
sitions committee.
The tense situation created, by the
arrest OF American marines by Mexi-
can authorities at Tampico was great
ly relieved with the receipt OF general
Huerta's prompt reputation and apol-
ogy for the action. forwarded from
Mexico City by Charge O'Shaughnes.
sy.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16

table Compound and have taken it and
feel fine. A lady said one day, 'Oh. l
feel 30 tired all the time and have head
ache l said, Take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and she
did and feels fine now. Mrs. M. r.
KARscHNnCK, 1888 N. Paulina Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
The Other Case.
Dayton, Ohio. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound relieved me Of
pains in my side that / had for years
and which doctors medicines failed to
relieve. It has certainly saved me from
an operation. ! will be glad to assist
you by personal letter to any woman
In the same condition" Mrs. j. w.
SHERER, 126 Cass St, Dayton, Ohio.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
tdine Co. (cOnfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by q woman.
and held In strict confidence
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-16
rHAw GRANTED HAsEAs CORPUS
Petition for Release on Bail to Be De-
cided by Supreme Court.


Concord. N. H. Harry Kendall
Thaw's petition for a writ OF habeas
corpus was granted by Judge Edgar
Aldrich of the United States District
Court.
Thaw's petition for admission to
bail, the court left undetermined. talk
ing the ground that 1t would be more
appropriate for this to be decided by
the Supreme Court
The result Of the decision is that
Thaw's guardianship and condition is
unchanged for the present; but that
the petition for a writ Of habeas cor
pus will go to the highest court in
the land with decision Of the lower
court In his favor.
New York's right Of custody, IL the
right exists, Judge Aldrich rules, was
based solely on the idea Of insanity"
Only by extraordinary steps can the
Thaw case be considered by the Su-
preme Court before next October, as
the court plans to suspend hearing all
cases on Friday, April "a, and hear no
more argument until October.