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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
CO-OPERATIONIN
POTATO GROWING
PROF. H. L. BOLLEY BUSY GET.
TING POTATO GROWERS
TOGETHER

Prof. H. L. Bolley, in his general
correspondence has sent the follow
ing letter to a number of farmers re-
siding in the chief potato growing dis
tricts. The Graphic quotes the letter,
as perhaps there may be large num-
ber Of readers interested in the potato
work and would like to have their
names on the list of those who are
getting together for more closely
cooperative study of the potato crop,
particularly relative to the best
methods Of selecting varieties suitable
for the market and proper steps to
take relative to control of diseases
ranging from proper storage, etc.
Dear Sir: At late meeting of the
Grain Growers convention at Fargo,
as secretary of the North Dakota I'm
proved Seed Growers association, I
was requested and promised to ascer-
tain the names and addresses of all
those parties possible who are inter-
ested in growing potatoes for market
purposes-particularly for the pur-
pose Of shipping in carload lots, with
a view of bringing those who are in
this line of work into association with
each other that they may eventually
be able to help each other form local
growers association to aid them
selves in properly growing for and
shipping to the general potato mar
ket. If you are interested in growing
potatoes, kindly write me your name
and address, about how many and
what kind you grow. Also is there a
potato elevator or warehouse at your
shipping point? Have you a local
association for shipping? Send me a
list of all of the farmers in your
neighborhood who are aprticularly in
terested in growing potatoes for ship
ping purposes.
This list, when gotten together, will
be placed in the hands of the general
committee of potato growers who will
later arrange to call together those
who are interested and possibly there
will be q large general meeting at
some one of the regular annual con-
ventions.
I Yours respectfully,
H. L. Bolley.
Secrstary, North Dakota Improved
Seed Growers Association end
Temporary Secretary Potato Growers
Association.
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INSURANCE
LOSS IS $6,000yO0o
THE LINERS VICTIMS CARRIED
LARGE AMOUNT--vANDERBILT
JUST ADDED POLICY

New York, May 13.-1t became
known yesterday that agents for sew.
eral of the largest accident insurance
companies actively solicited the pas.
sengers who sailed on the Lusitania
and issued policies for large sums Of
money. Several insurance authorities
stated that the different life, accident
and industrial policies held by the VIC
Tins will amount to more than &c.
100000.
The Travellers Insurance company
of Hartford yesterday announced that
its losses from the Lusitania tragedy
will reach 100000. It is said they
will refuse, in future, policies to ocean
travellers.
"The proofs Of deaths by bene-
ficiaries of the Lusitania victims are
not expected to entail any difficulties.
said William J. Graham of the Equit-
able Life, yesterday. "Most Of the
bodies recovered are expected to be
identified by the process Of elimina-
ton. Those not recovered will be
accounted for by many of the sur
vivors."
Shortly after the sinking of the
Gulfght, many insurance companies
began to repject applications for pol.
icies by persons who contemplated go
ing to the war zone. On policies al.
ready issued, however, freedom Of
action is granted by all companies to
the holders. A few companies de-
manded extra premiums.
A few days before the Lusitania
sailed Alfred Vanderbilt took out an
accident policy for 100000.
Several of Mr.. Vanderbilt's endow-
ment policies came due about two
years ago and the money was col
lected. It was said he carried prac-
tically no life insurance.
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LUMBER MILL
ON MISSOURI
VANCE TO OPERATE LUMBER
MILL NEAR CITY--ALL KINDS
OF LUMBER

Dick Vance, one of the leading al
falfa farmers of this section an.
nounces that he will open a saw mill
on his farm one mile below Raums
ferry. He will have the machinery IN
place and be ready to run the first OF
next week. He will be in shape to
turn out all kinds of lumber and has
175OOO feet on hand to cut.
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LAND OFFICE TO MOVE

The Land Office is busy moving this
week and will be located and doing
business in the Government building
Friday morning.
Quite lot Of the furniture used in
the old Offices will be sold at public
auction on the 25th of this month at
10 o'clock A. M.
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FIRE At COL IDsCHLAGER HOME

The Browne]l house opposite the
stice Garage. into which DR.. Cold
schlager recently moved was damaged
hv fire Friday night. The fire is re-
ported as being caused by an electric
iron. The interior of the building was
damaged considerably and the greater
part of the furniture was spoiled.
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CHANGE POSTAL
BANK SERVICE
SERVICE TO BE EXTENDED Al
LOWING ACCOUNTS TO BE
OPENED BY MAIL

Every person in the United States
ten years old or over may open IN &C.
count in postal savings bank after
July 1st, according to an instructive
leaflet on the Postal Savings Sys.
tenn just issued by Postmaster Cen
eral Burleson. This important ex-
tension of the service will be made
possible by permitting persons living
in communities so sparsely settled as
not to justify the designation Of their
local post offices as regular postal
savings banks to open accounts by
mail.
Governor Dockery, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, who has direct
supervision Of postal savings, was 50
impressed by appeals from all over
the country to open postal savings &C
counts by mail that he took up the
task some weeks ago Of working out
feasible and safe method for meet
ing a demand we'll illustrated in let
ter from Saline County Missourian,
who resides many miles from postal
savings bank.
"Having a few hundred dollars
saved from fifty years of hard as
siduous labor and skimping economy
on the part of my wife and myself
we concluded to deposit it in the Pos
tai Savings Bank o.. We wrote
to the postmaster at that place and
received reply to the effect that none
but patrons of that office could deposit
in that office which is very disap-
pointing news to US. Our little farm
is not large to support US and land is
so high that it is impossible for US
to buy more with what little we have
saved and we are so old that we can't
labor much now and we would be
glad to lay by at least enough to put
us away in decency."
Under the plan adopted by the Post
master General for opening accounts
by mail an intending deposition, resid.
ing where there is no regularly desig.
mated postal savings bank, will apply
to his local postmaster who will sex
that necessary Identification data is
prepared and forwarded to . nearby
post office authorized to accept de
posits. The intending depositor viii
then be given permission to forward
his first and subsequent deposits by
money order or registered mail di
rect to the postmaster at the bank
ing point for which receipts or certi
ficates will be issued. He may with
draw all of any part of his postal saw
ings by mail and on demand together
with any interest that may be due him
The new leaflet points out that any
person ten years old or over may
open an account in his or her owr
name; that an account may be opened
by q married woman free from any
CONTINUED on page 10Y
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
BEAUTY CULTURE PALORs

Harriet Philips wishes to announce
that she will open Beauty Culture
Parlors in the Great Northern Hotel,
room 81, Monday the oath.
A speciality will be made of facial
massage, scalp treatments, shampoo
ing, manicuring, and the manufac-
ture Of hair goods
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
COMMENCEMENT AT PIONEER
HALL

Commencement. exercises Tor the
Stony Point school in Stony Creek
school district will be held in Pioneer
Hall next Saturday night.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
Fr;day Evening 900 p. NJ.
TOOK EXAMINATIONS

Fourteen took the teachers exam
nations in this city last Thursday and
Friday three writing for first grade
and the balance for second grade Ger
tificates.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
CLAY COUNTY
WAS VOTED DRY
CLAY COUNTY, MINNESOTA DRY
PLACES MOORHEAD AND
OTHERS IN DRY COLUMN

Moorhead, Mimi, May 1s.-Clay
county, one of the strongholds of the
whiskey ring, went dry by 1000 ma
jority, according to the count last
night. This city gave small major
ity for saloons, but the rest of the
county gave big majority for pro-
hibition.
''Wets'' Win in Moorhead
Carrying all the wards with the ex-
ception of the fourth, the license peo-
pie made clean sweep in Moorhead,
winning out by majority which was
reported at a late hour to be II and
which was later stated to have been
reduced to 66 by the recount of the
ballots. Two blanks were cast in the
first ward, two in the second, one in
the third, and two in the fourth. The
total vote as first reported was 634
in favor of license and 563 against.
the vote in each ward: First ward
Yes, so; no, $50. Second-Yes, 1ST;;
No, 179. Third-Yes, 121; No, 1873.
Fourth-Yes, 255; No, 172.
Eastern Clay County Dry
Eastern Clay county, including such
townships as Hawley, Tansem, Skree
Riverton, Parke, Flowing and Elkton,
gave the "drys" big majorities. Parks
township, short distance from
Barnesville, reporting II votes in ia
vor of the anti-license cause and 12
votes for the "wets." A big surprise
was created in "dry" circles when the
report from Holy Cross announced
that that township, considered a
"wet' stronghold, gave the "drys" a
lead of 9 votes. Glyndon Ulen and
Hawley village have overwhelming
majorities to the ~drys.'
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
B&T CLUB ENTERTAINED

The B & T Club entertained the
Helping Hand Club of the Muddy VAL
ley yesterday afternoon in Library
Hall. An elaborate luncheon was serv-
ed. The reports of Mr.. Hyde and Mrs.
Carney, delegates to the meeting at
Kenmare were enjoyed by the men,
bers of both clubs.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
Friday Morning 9:15 A. M.

Song Service-Miss Bessie R. Baldwin.
Devotional Service-The Lesson and
Christ-Rev. Robt. Hutchins, Ray
Messages and reports from the county
officers. Gf you have nothing to
report that you have done tell
what you wish you had done.)
Report Of the Treasurer.
Round Table Discussion. Leaders
Mr.. Walter A. Snow, Mrs. Ella
Morris Snow.
(This is very important session
Be present and be prepared to ask
questions.)
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
BIBLE SCHOOL
CONVENTION
WILLIAMS COUNTY CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN n. Z
CHURCH MAY 27.20

The Williams county Bible School
Convention is to be held in this city
on May 27-28 and the following pro-
grom has been arranged:
PROGRAM
Thursday Afternoon, 200 P. M.
Opening Service.
Music in charge of Mrs. B. L. Hard
observation-disclosures the Model Teacher
Rev. nellie Osmun, Buford.
Teacher Training-"The Need The
Course"-Miss Bessie r. Baldwin,
Williston.
Address-Elementary Efficiency-Mrs.
Ella Morris Snow, Fargo.
Appointment of Committees.
Thursday Evening 500 p. NJ.
Music in charge of Miss Laura G.
Cooper.
Devotional-"A Bible Story Rev.
A.. E. Distad, Williston.
The Home Department-Miss Almeda
Todd, Williston.
"The Cradle Roll,"-Mrs. Henry Hop
kins, Williston.
General Discussion.
Address Bible and the Public
School System-Rev. Walter A.
Snow.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
Fr;dav Afternoon. 1880 P. M.


Music in charge of Mr.. A. J. Field.
Devotional "Evangelism in the Bible
!! School, Rev. H. S. Harriss,
Williston.
Schools of Methods conducted by Mr..
and Mrs. Snow.
Reports of Committees.
Elections Of Officers.
Symposium
Promoting Temperance-Mr. 0. A.
Houge, Williston.
Promoting Punctuality-Mrs. J. u.
Gates, Williston.
Promoting Special Days-Mr. E. r.
Brownson, Williston.
Promoting Wholesome Social Life
DR.. F. w. MacManus.
Promoting Spiritual Culture-Rev.
Robert Hutchins, Ray.
Promoting Larger Attendance ce-Mr. &.
F. Carpenter, Williston.
, Promoting Home Study-Rev. n. A.
w. Yung, Williston.
Friday Evening 500 P. M.
In the Congregational Church-Ban-
uuet for all Bible School Worekrs
and Friends-Rev. H. S. Harriss,
presiding.
Plans are being made for big
! Sunday School parade Thursday even
ing, May 27 before the evening pro-
! Gram.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1915-05-20
Yours respectfully,

Secrstary, North Dakota Improved
Seed Growers Association and
Temporary Secretary Potato Growers
Association.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10

The superdreadnaught Pennsylvania,
which will take the place of the
superdreadnaught Wyoming as flag
ship of the Atlantic fleet, is more
than II per cent completed, while
her sister ship, the Arizona, under
construction at the navy yard at
Brooklyn, is so per cent finished.
The Arizona will be launched on
June 10.
The new destroyers, which are
nearly ready to take their places in
the Atlantic torpedo flotilla are
the O'Brien, which is 81 per cent,
the Ericsson, which is more than 90
per cent, and the Cushing, Winslow
and Wadsworth, each of which is
about 90 per cent completed. The de-
%stroyers which are more than so per
cent completed, are the Jacob Jones,
IS per cent; the Wainwright, 81 per
cent; the Conyngham. 81 per cent,
the Porter &c per cent, and the
Tucker 81 per cent. In addition to
these six other destroyers are well
under way and will be ready for
launching early in 1916.
The submarines which are soon 10
be added to the fleet are the LII.
which Is SO per cent; the L-2, which
is 81 per cent; the LIB, and La, both
of which are more than, 80 per cent
and the CO and G-3, which are each
about 80 per cent finished. Other
submarines are the L-5. which is 66
per cent; the L-6, which is so per
cent; the LII. which is So per
cent; the L-9, which is 66 per cent;
the LILO, which is 81 per cent; the
LII, which is 50 per cent. and the
MI, which is "a per cent finished.
In addition to these vessels there
are two other superdreadnaughts. the
Idaho and Mississippi, which are
under construction, another. the Cali
fornia, the keel of which Is to be
Laid soon, and six d~estroyers, and
ten submarines under construction,
exclusive of the ships authorized by
the last Congress. the construction
contracts for which are soon to be
let.
All of the superdreadnaughts mem
toned will have main batteries of
twelve 14-inch guns to each ship.
They are all of the e one-funnel.
three-gun to the turret type. and
each will cost more than $780, 0O, 900.
Each ship will fire a 14-inch broad
side weighing 1890 pounds. and
will be manned by about 1000
officers and men.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
AMERICAN SHIPPING
Is RAPIDLY INCREASING

The American flag now floats over
more ships in the foreign trade than
at any other time since 1863, and
the United States is pressing close
on France and Norway as a marine
nation.
Figures made public by the depart
ment of commerce show a record in.
crease in American shipping for
the year ended June 80. On that
date there were registered in the
foreign trade PIGS ships, totaling
l. S13,775 gross tons, an increase of
1863 ships and 1877 ,623 IONS for the
year.
due to the new American registry
law. Assistant Secretary Sweet of
the department of commerce said in
a statement today:
This is about triple the increase
in registered tonnage for any pre-
yious year in American history.
Our registered tonnage is now much
greater than at any time since 1868,
when we had 2.026,114 gross toni in
foreign trade. 1t is many times
more efficient, however, as the
steam tonnage now amounts 70 l.
1867 gross tons, while in 1863
it amounted to only 1925 tons.
The increase from the ship regis
try act of August IS. 1914, to June
10, 1915, was so rapid hat tonnage
under the American flag now en-
ployed in foreign trade is nearly
equal to such tonnage under the
French or Norwegian flags. British
tonnage, of course, is more than ten
fold greater"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
TOBACCO FOR SOLDIERS.

The Crimean has been the only war
where tobacco was forbidden to the
soldiers The order was quickly re
scinded. Ii is the universal expert.
ence that tobacco is in great demand
by the fighting armies, and reports
from the camps in Europe tell that
the first efforts of soldiers on enter
ing a captured city is to collect all
supplies of tobacco. Ii Is the soldiers
one stimulant. He fights with a pipe,
a cigar or a cigarette in his mouth.
Separated from tea. coffee and liquors
he wants more of tobacco The com
missaries do everything to keep the
troops supplied. Prisoners and ex
hausted soldiers invariably beg fol
tobacco. Generals regard 1t a source
of courage in the fight. and OF con
tentment in the camp or the trench,
With England supplying free tobacco
to her troops. the Reggie plants run
ming at full pressure in France. and
similar reports from Germany. there
are some very good reasons present
ed for good prices for the present
Kentucky tobacco erop.-Lexington
tKy.) Herald.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
NAVY HAS AT HAND
MORE MIGHTY SHIPS

Figures made public by the Bur-
eau of Construction of the navy show
that there are now nearing COM
pletion for the United States navy
two superdreadnaughts. five destroy.
ers, six submarines. one submarine
tender, one destroyer tender, two
fleet fuel ships. and one Panama
Canal collier. All of these vessels.
with the exception of two of the
submarines, are more than so per
cent completed and could be put in
commission In a short time, If need
arose. In addition to these ships,
there is one superintendent more
than Is per cent completed. another
about so per cent completed, five de-
stroyers, all of them more than 60
per cent completed, and seven SUBJ
marines that are more than so per
cent completed.
The superdreadnaughts alone rep
resent about 125, 900 tons, while the
d~estroyers and submarines are among
the finest of their type ever design
ed. The superdreadnaughts which
are more than 80 per cent finished
are the Oklahoma and the Nevada.
the former being about SO per cent
and the latter so per cent completed.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
THINK 1T OVER.

The latest unique advertisement
comes from Coleman, S. d. A mer-
chant of that place has prepared and
published an estimate of what the
money expended for three beers a
day would buy if spent in household
necessities, as follows:
Look at this: Three beers q
day for a veal would bring into YOU
home: One barrel of flour. fifty
pounds of sugar, twelve pounds OF
corn starch. ten pounds of macarroni,
ten quarts of beans, four twelve
pound hams, one bushel of sweet po-
tatoes. ten pounds of coffee, ten
pounds of r~aisins. ten pounds of rice,
twenty pounds of crackers, m hun
dred bars of soap. three twelve pound
turkeys, five quarts of cranberries
ten punches of celery. ten pounds of
prunes, four dozen oranges, and
twenty-five good beef-steaks.
The same is true of course of what
the money expended for three five
cent cigars or one ffteen-cent drink
of whiskey a day would buy. But
then, who wants ten pounds of prunes
in the course of a single year?
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
WAR WAS FORETOLD
by CHINESE GORDON

General Gordon of Chinese fame.
who met a tragic death in the
Soudan, foretold the present war
with Germany with some degree Of
accuracy in a letter written to a
friend 33 years ago. Arguing for
universal military service in Great
Britain, he wrote:
so far as England is concerned,
she need not, for the next quarter Of
a century, be under any %apprehen-
sion of serious difficulties arising
with any of her European neigh
bors, but In 1910 or ~thereabouts there
will have arisen a naval power which
may prove mightier than she, and
should it Germany gain the SUI
premacy, England will become ex-
tinct both as a sea and land power
and all her dependencies, including
India. will TALL into Germany's
clutches. You may live to see this.
I shall not, but when the time comes
my words"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
ANNEXATION Is NOT
PLAN OF JAPANESE

Chinese newspapers are comment
ing very generally on the visit to
Toxic of twenty chieftains from the
South Pacific islands taken over
by. Japan during the present war.
Japan's declaration that she has no
intention of annexing these islands
is not believed by the Chinese pub
licists. In speaking of the twenty
chieftains from the South Pacific
archipelago whom Japan is entertain.
ing, the Picking Gazette says:
"The score Of simple-minded island
ers will be personally conducted and
efficiently Toasted; and it would GER
tainly not be in the least surprising
" the results of all this were a
demonstration of sincerity, ~frankness
and friendship on the part Of these
South Sea Crusoes and Fridays, ex-
pressed in the shape of a petition
begging the mikado to be graciously
pleased to make their coral isles a
part of his empire"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
1.-THE ROSE OF THE RANCHO

The Rose of the Rancho" the
first production of the Jesse l.. Las
ky Feature Play Company, of a Sc
ries of Belasco successes, the ex-
elusive rights of which this company
controls. will be seen at the Ely
Theatre. tonight.
There could hardly be a more
prettily romantic story than that of
which THE Rose of the Rancho" Is
the heroine. II is set in fertile low
er California just after that country
had been seeded to the United States
by conquered Mexico and the story
turns on the reluctance OF the proud
hidalgos to register the boundaries
of the great land holdings with the
"Gringo' government. The failure to
register left the owner at the mercy
of brutal claim Jumpers. The hero
of the story is an American tent from
Washington TO put a stop to the
practice.
David Belaseo, Jesse l.. Lasky and
Cecil b. DeMille collaborated on the
scenario.
The Rose of the Rancho" is
Credited by authorities with being
the most artistic and thoroughly
faithful motion picture yet created
in this country.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10
FEDERAL BIRD LAW TO
BE ENFORCED IN NEVADA

Circulars signed by Ralph Benton,
district inspector for Nevada under
the federal migratory bird law. have
been sen Il calling the attention
OF Nevadans to the provisions of
the federal law relative to shooting
water fowl in this state and asking
for cooperation.
h notices SEN by Benton indi-
cate that it is the intention of the
government to try and enforce the
fishes the open eason for ducks in
this state from October / to January
ID. Several weeks before the hunt.
ing season opened under the state
law, which fixes September Is as
the opening date for waterfowl, Jus
tice McCarran of the supreme court
received a telegram from Washing
ton officials saying the department
of agriculture, which has supervision
under the federal law, intended to
make no effort to enforce the fed
eral law until the supreme court
had decided the Arkansas case. The
decision OF the Arkansas judge held
the federal law unconstitutional.
Benton was in Nevada several
weeks last spring while the legisla-
ture was in session and when he left
said the federal law would be
changed to conform to the state law
provided the latter was SO drawn as
to prevent spring shooting.
An extract from the circulars be-
ing distributed by Benton reads:
THE United States department of
agriculture is warning sportsmen
that the federal regulations for
shooting wild fowl as amended Oc-
tober l, 1914, will be strictly en-
forced. Some misunderstanding has
arisen from the fact that the various
state laws do not conform to the