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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

is a mystery that might be the SUBJ
Ject OF an investigation by the legisla-
ture.
The yards surrounding the stables
look spck and span, since the 300
loads of manure left by former war
den were hauled out to fertilize the
land. Not load of manure is allowed
to accumulate, but is hauled out daily.
There is record breaking number
OF inmates at the present time, 289,
including five women. These latter
are engaged in doing housework at
the warden's home, and they are given
other light work about the institution,
but never mingle with the male pris-
oners. In 1907 there were 264 pris-
oners.
The old tin plates for the men have
been dispensed with and now they eat
from tables covered with clean, white
linen and are provided with good china
ware. Meals are served in farmer"
style, each prisoner being allowed to
eat as much of any particular food as
ne likes. One prisoner serves each
table. It's like big family gather
ing when the men march in for their
meals. They are provided with gen.
erous supply Of fruit for their evening
meal. 1t requires 800 loaves of bread
daily for the inmates. The bread and
pastry is as fine as any of our best
bakeries can produce.
JOS McPeek, the Minot man who
murdered his wife, and who was sent
to the institution recently, is serving
in the kitchen as "cookee," job that
many of the new men get. He peels
potatoes and does other simple work.
A potato peeler is used but it re-
quires two men to finish the work.
The meats are kept in a huge refrig-
orator that is cooled with 100 tons of
ice stored overhead. The supply of
ice lasts six months.
Mr.. Talcott has arranged neat
dairy room, in pure white, provided
with cream separator and other
equipment.
The green house is an attractive
spot, especially at this time of the
year. Beautiful roses, carnations and
other flowers are at their best now
Hundreds of bulbs have been planted
in the basement to be ready to be
transplanted early in the spring.
We had few minutes conversation
with Dr.. Thor. Moeller, who is now in
charge of the library. DR.. Reilly is
in charge of the hospital DR.. Moeller
will be out in May.
1t is always interesting to inspect
: the various cells. One can look at a
mans cell and the way he decorates
it indicates his character to a degree.
Some do not take any pains to make
the dreary walls comfortable. Most
any old place is good enough for them,
but the majority of the prisoners take
great pride in making their little cells
attractive. They cut pictures out of
magazines and paste on the walls.
Some have the latest magazines and
nearly everyone has his tobacco sack
and pipe handy. Some have pictures
of their old home, of father and moth
er, or of their sweethearts, who may
be waiting for them. One of them,
VIM. Duff, who is doing time for
stealing horses, has keen sense of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

it unpleasant for the warden and the
guards, little annoying things that are
not serious enough to demand punish
ment. We generally try to place the
long term men in places that call for
skilled labor for it would hardly be
worth while to break in the short term
men for some of the work. So you
see, the life prisoners are just as apt
to have pleasant work as those who
are in for lesser crimes"
~ know just how the 2S7 men have
behaved today. I have before me the
daily report from the various guards,
giving each mans department. Today,
only two of the men have bad reports.
It appears that they got into fight.
OF course, this counts against them,
and occasionally they have to be pun
ished. The worst offenders may be
placed in solitary confinement for a
week. This really isn't very serious
mode of punishment. They are con-
fined to their cells with bread and
water for two days with substantial
meal on the third. I believe that in
some instances, prisoners welcome a
weeks vacation from their work, and
it may be possible that they do things
at times, to invite the punishment.
Still, a man is usually willing to give
in at the end of a weeks treatment of
this kind. While do not believe in
radical treatment, sometimes, I think
that it would be no more than right to
make man stand fastened to his cell
door, during the time that the others
are working"
We were told that some Of the best
prisoners in the institution were men
who had committed some foul murder,
while under the influence of liquor, or
during fit of jealousy. The offers
are often given employment on the
farm outside the walls and the at
tempts to escape are very rare. If
one visits penitentiary expecting to
see lot Of armed guards carefully
watching the prisoners, that de1usion
will be dispelled very soon. The pris-
oners go about their work in cheer
full manner, longing no doubt for the
day to come when they can breathe the
air of freedom again, and diligently
trying to get their terms cut down by
good behavior.
The dean of the institution is Ber-
nard Reilly, one of the guards, who for
the past twenty-three years has made
the rounds of the cells each night at
9 o'clock, to see that every man is
locked securely in. The men are re.
quired to stand at their cell doors un-
til Mr.. Reilly passes, after which they
are expected to retire, for they must
be up at $50 o'clock sharp in the
morning.
Forty-three guards and other EN-.
ployes are required at the institution
and all of them find plenty of work to
do.
What the institution really lacks is
sufficient land. In the early days
when land could be bought for ten
dollars an acre, the authorities did
not have sufficient forethought to in.
vest in a large enough tract. Today
more land is needed, and it is worth
in the neighborhood of a hundred dol.
lars an acre. Considerable land is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18
Notice of Mortgage Sale by ADVERTISE

Notice is hereby given, That that
certain Mortgage, executed and deliv-
cred by Ariton Roteliuk and Anna
Roteliuk, husband and wife, Mortga-
gors, to F. F. Brauer, Mortgage, dat
ed the 18th day of August, A. D. nine
teen hundred and seven, and filed for
record in the office of the Register of
Deeds of the County of Ward and State
Of North Dakota, on the second day Of
November, A. D. 1907, and recorded in
Book SO of Mortgages, at page 140,
and assigned by said Mortgage by an
instrument in writing to Carl w.
Brauer, dated the 23rd day of January,
A. D. 1915, and filed for record in said
office of the Register of Deeds
on the 9Th day of February,
A. D. 1915, and recorded in Book ITO
Of Mortgages, on page 613, will be
foreclosed by a sale of the premises
in such Mortgage and hereinafter de-
scribed, at the front door of the Court
House in the City of Minot, in the
County of Ward, and State of North
Dakota, at the hour of o'clock P. NJ,
on the Twenty-seventh day of March,
1915, to satisfy the amount due upon
said Mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in said Mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same, are those certain premises
situated in the County of Ward, and
State of North Dakota, and described
as follows, to-wit:
The Southwest Quarter of Section
Twenty-Five, in Township One Hun
dred Fifty two, north, of Range
Eighty-two, west of the 9Th P. NJ.
and containing about 100 acres of
land, according to the U. S. Govern
ment survey.
There will be due on such Mort
gage at the date of sale the sum of
Sixteen Hundred Seven and 45-100
Dollars, which sum includes the 1912,
1913 and 1914 taxes on said land paid
by mortgage for the mortgagors, and
interest to date of sale and the costs
of this foreclosure to be added there
to.
Dated February 9Th, 1915, Minot,
North Dakota.
CARL w. BRAUER,
Assignee of Mortgage.
Feb Its
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

humor. On his wall appears an at
tractive card on which is printed
How'd you like to room with me %
He spent several hundred dollars buy
ing costly rugs for his floor and his
bed is decorated with gorgeous COW
err. Others have elaborate carvings
hung on the walls, the results of days
of careful work.
Most every prisoner has his pet
about the institution. They make pets
of the cats, the dogs, the horses, cat
tie and deer and even the hogs. A
man behind those walls is glad to
make friends with any living creature.
Joe Milo, the Lansford murderer,
who is to hang at the penitentiary
Aug. 16, was delighted to learn that
the Senate had killed the bill which
would have done away with capital
punishment. He said to his guard, ~
want to go to the scaffold. I would
rather be hanged and be done with it
than to spend perhaps thirty years
behind these walls with no hopes of
ever getting out"
1t requires a great deal of coal to
heat the institution, from % to %
tons being used daily at present. Lig-
mite coal is used exclusively.
There are 800 cells in the peniten-
tiary. If the population increases
much more, more cells will have to be
added. The first cells, built in 1883,
are small structures without modern
conveniences, but the later ones have
toilet and wash stand.
We didn't have time to visit the
Irvine plant this trip, but learned that
az men are now engaged in that de-
partment. This plant does half mil
lion dollars worth of business annu-
ally and makes the institution money.
Warden Talcott is a businessman.
He seldom leaves the penitentiary, ex-
cept for a short time each day while
transacting business in Bismarck. He
knows what is going on all of the
time and is running the institution
in very economical manner. The leg
islative committee recently spent a
day at the penitentiary and after 60
ing over the records, gave a unani-
nous opinion that Mr.. Talcott could
not run the place on cent less than it
is now costing. Visitors to the place
will always find a warm welcome.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18
FOR SALE

&.-. FOR SALE.
A 7-room residence on Washington
Ave. Phone 255, YOumans.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
An Interesting Lecture

Sunday night after the band con-
cert a free lecture was given to a
large audience in the chautauq ia
tent by Professor J. B. Horner, of
the Oregon Agricultural College
Professor Homer has travelled in
Egypt on different occasions and
lectured Sunday on that interest
ing and ancient country, the lee
ture being illustrated with stereop-
ticon views.
Professor Horner was introduced
by Major Walker, being an old
friend of Mr.. and Mrs. Walker and
having studied under Mr.. Walker
in former years. Professor Horner
has daughter who was interested
in missionary work in Egypt when
the professor visited that country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
Delightful Evening at Monks Home

A social event delightful in ev-
cry particular was that given by
Mr.. and Mrs. ] I. Monks last eve
ming at their beautiful home, the
Monastery. Eleven couples gath
cred at what the hostess termed a
victrola dance" given in honor
of Miss Mary Schuchart, who is a
guest at the Monks home. The
large sun parlor and living room
had been cleared of the furniture
and rugs and provided commodious
quarters for the dancers, with Mrs.
Baxter presiding at the victrola.
The house was beautifully decorat-
ed with a profusion of flowers and
the air was literally fragrant with
their perfume. The fireplace was
banked with ferns, sweet elysium
and roses, while roses, sweet pea:
and pink snapdragons were dis
tributed in great abundance about
the rooms. Punch was served or
the porch throughout the evening
and az IL O'Clock refreshment.
were served in the dining room.
The out of town guests were
Miss May Baxter, who is a CUES
of Mr.. and Mrs. Baxter; Miss Mar
jorie Porter, visiting with Mis-
Vera Mahoney, and Mr.. Frederick
| Weyerhaeuser
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
Mrs. Baxter Entertains

Mrs. w. d. Baxter was hostess
Tuesday afternoon to number of
the young ladies of the town in
honor of her guest, Miss May Bax-
ter, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and of
Miss Mary Schuchart, of Everett,
Wash, who is a guest at the J. L.
Monks home. A musical contest
was one of the features of the after
noon, in which the guests were
asked to name selections of music
that were rendered. Miss Vina
O'Callaghan won the first prize
and Miss Coda Harding the sec
ond. Prizes were also given the
guests of honor. Refreshments
were served in the dining room,
the tables being decorated with
pink roses. The color scheme car
fled out in the decorations wa:
pink, with pink sweet peas in the
living room and pink roses in the
dining room.
The out of town guests wer,
Miss Flora Belle Ludington, o
Wenatchee, Wash, Miss Marjori,
Porter, of Kalispell, Mont, Mis-
Baxter and Miss Schuchart.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
DROWNED WHILE
BATHING SUNDAY
John Miniclier, Employed by Mining
Company at LENA, Found Dead in
Seyen-Foot Pool of Water
PROBABLY A VICTIM OF CRAMPS
Funeral Services We're Held at Spokane
Wednesday Morning

John Z. Miniclier, an employee
of the Idaho Gold & Radium Min
inG Company, of Lenia, Ida, met
death by drowning Sunday morn
ing while bathing in Boulder creek
Miniclier was employed as fireman
OH a steam shovel operated by his
father and when coming off duty
Sunday morning decided to GO
swimming. He was unaccompan-
led and his mother, becoming
alarmed at his absence, sent a
younger brother to look for him.
The boy found the dead body of
his brother lying at the bottom of
seven foot pool, plainly visible
through the clear water. 1t is be-
lieved that Miniclier was overcome
by cramps end persisted.
Sheriff Morley, John Moore and
c. w. King, acting coroner, went
to Lenia Sunday afternoon in re-
Spouse to a message but an inquest
was considered unnecessary. The
body was shipped to Spokane and
the funeral services were held there
from the St. Aloysius Catholic
church Wednesday morning.
Miniclier was a stakeholder in
the company and had been en-
ployed at Lenia about eight
months, where he was a universal
favorite. He is survived by his
parents, three brothers, Walter, in
Michigan, Bert and Frank, Of
Spokane, and two sisters, May and
Clara. The deceased was Fl year:
old.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
$4,000 FIRE AT I.-C. MINE
Started Late Last Thursday Night-No
Clue of 0rigin-WilI Be Rebuilt

The concentration of the Idaho
Confidential mine, located some 20
miles from Porthill, was destroyed
by fire late last Thursday night.
President A. Hickman passed
through the city Friday on his way
to Salt Lake City to make arrange
ments toward rebuilding at once.
President Hickman was not able
to give actual figures but believes
the loss amounts to around $50, 900.
The mill was protected with $40, :
600 insurance.
Parties from Porthill and vicin-
ity who have visited Boomers Ferry
this week, have given it as their
opinion that the fire of Thursday
night was of incendiary origin and
think the conhagration was prob
ably started by some former en-
ploye of the company.
The loss of the concentration is a
severe one, particularly at this
time when the company has the
best opportunity to get out its ore
and haul it to the Great Northern
railway at Porthill. While the
weather permitted the company
had several big caterpillar engines
and an auto truck hauling ore from
the mill to Porthill and was work
ing day and night shift.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
Miss Harding Now Manager

Miss Buelah Harding, formerly
chief operator, assumed the man
agement of the local telephone ex-
change the first of the month when
former manager Willsey left for his
new home at Cheney. Line repair
work in this district will be handled
by member of the Standpoint ex-
change of the Interstate Utilities
Company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
School Board Elects Superintendent

At special meeting of the board
of trustees of the Boomers Ferry
school Monday evening the board
elected to the position of superin-
tendent Mr.. Paul M. Collins at a
salary of 81, 800 per year. Profess
sor Collins is graduate of De
PAW University, of Greencastle,
Indiana, and of late has been con-
nected with the Oregon Agricul-
tural College at Corvallis, Or, as
secretary of their Agricultural Ex-
tension Work. In this work he
has been eminently successful and
comes with good recommendations.
I -ofessor Collins is a nephew OF
G.. S. Collins, of the Paradise Val
ley district. and visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Collins the first of the
week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06
FAIL TO SIGN
FOR 400 TICKETS
Boomers Ferry's First Chautauqua Not
Financial Success Local Peo-
pie Dig Up Deficit
WILL NOT COME HERE NEXT YEAR
Mrs. Monks Is Planning Benefit Enter
tainment

Boomers Ferry's first chautauqua
came to a close last Saturday even
ing, a great success i'll every par
ticular except financially. AS the
result Of the failure to sell the 400
season tickets guaranteed under
the contract with the Ellison
White people, the 81 public spir-
tied citizens who signed the con-
tract and made the chautauqua
possible were obliged to assess
themselves $14 80 each to meet the
deficit. 1t is also probable that an
additional small assessment may be
needed to defray local expenses,
this depending upon what degree
OF success the committee has in
disposing of the lumber used for
seats.
The latter part of last week when
it became apparent that it was
doubtful if the necessary signatures
could be obtained for a return en-
gagement next year, a determined
effort was made by those who had
the movement especially at heart
to secure the required signatures,
but the effort met with failure.
This was undoubtedly due to this
year heavy deficit and also to
some misunderstanding and dissat-
isfaction regarding the contract.
Mr.. Murphy, the chautauqua SUI
perintendent, and Mrs. ]. l. Monks
made careful canvass of the citi-
zens and while many were very
willing to sign for another year
and while few even offered to OBJ
ligate themselves for double their
quota of tickets, yet the so signefs
could not be secured.
The unsuccessful financial out
come of the chautauqua is to be re-
GREETED. 1t is unfortunate that the
public spirited citizens who fa-
thered the movement should be the
losers to the extent that they are.
and the sentiment of the town is
! unanimous in this regard. To
somewhat repay these men for
their loss, Mrs. J. I. Monks states
that within a couple of weeks she
will inaugurate some form of an
! entertainment the proceeds of
which will be used to lessen this
loss.
The chautauqua itself was q
E pleasing success from the educa-
tional and entertainment stand
points. The attendance each night
:; was good. Saturday night when
y the superintendent asked those to
e stand who desired the chautauqua
: to return next year, practically ev-
L eryone arose, and that was a fair
expression of the sentiment of the
h community regarding it. An at
5 tempt may be made later to secure
t its return.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06

in the near future, there will be a
prosperous family on each forty acres
in the district. This will reclaim the
land which at this time is valueless, to
a price that will seem to the doubling
Thomases as fabulous. The land to be
reclaimed is the richest on the face
of Gods green earth and the reclama-
hon will add success to the city of
Boomers Ferry and to the taxable
property for the county and for the
state.
w. B. HAWKINS.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06

F. B. Bond, J. S. Bond and
Walter OFT were visitors in town
Tuesday from Naples. F. B. Bond
negotiated a deal for one and a
half million feet of white pine tim
Der located on the forest reserve on
Sec. %, and will start cutting i'm
mediately. The lumber will be
sawed into match block timbers
in the Elmer Lind sawmill and will
be shipped to an eastern manu-
facturer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06

J. E. Carlson, principal of the
Northside school. made a most
creditable showing in the Summer
Session track meet at the Univer-
sity of California at Berkeley last
Friday. He finished third in the
100 yard dash, third in the 22O,
and third in the ITO yard hurdles,
according to the Summer Session
Californian.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06

Byron Walker, H. o. Jackson and j.
A. Worley all expressed themselves as
being in favor of bonding for a sewer
system.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-05
IMPORTANT
Work is Carried on Here b.
Two Prominent C;ornlnel'
cial Statesmen.

G. ]. Shaw, ofiWarren. Pa. and R.
NJ. Carpenter, OF Pittsburg. CONNER
cial statesmen well known throughout
West Virginia, are in the city on an
important mission. They are mem-
bers of two different commercial cr-
carnations that are enslesyorlng to
Increase their volume of business in
certain trades throughout West Eir-
ginia.
IT Is purposed to do this through
s.,rsonal contact with all those con-
|nettsG ", - the trades In the state
and Messrs. Shaw and Carpenter are
the ones that have been chosen to
carry on the work. which is to be e1-
tensiye and systematic. In addition
to calling upon various business men
and others persons. II Is their duty to
study local trade conditions and to
maze daily reports thereon. to their
concerns. Both are very enthusiastic
over their; mission and say that they
are meeting with unusual success.
They are guests at the Waldo hotel
and expect to remain here for day
OF two.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-05
COUNTY court
Is in Session Here Again with
All of Its Three Members
insAttendance.

The county court was in session
Tuesday with all its members in at
tendance.
Lloyd p. Harbert qualified as adj
ministrator Of the estate of John
Harbert with bond at $4,000. and the
National Surety Company surety.
Syrena wyer was exonerated on a
81 500 valuation. "A.
Mary y. Owensswas exonerated on
a $1,000 valuation. (.
The members Of the court along
with the county road engineer were
appointed to view a road change near
the residences OF, Clarence Fortney
and Eiyira Morrow in Clay district.
The same viewers were appointed
to view and locate a road near the
farm of Mary Odell in Clay district,
a desired-public road near Marshyille,
a foot bridge across the West Fork
river at the mouth OF Jacks run, q
bridge across Booths creek near Ce-
celia Kester in Clay district and Q
change OF a road on Laurel run.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-05
RANK |NlUsTICE
Doneltol cGraW Disqualification
of Alleged Financiai Embar-
rassment, Say Friends.

GRAFTON, w. Va. Jan. 5.-The
friends Of Col. John 7. McGraw are
very much exercised over the mislead-
ing statements that have been sent to
the press Of this and surrounding
states with reference to his alleged
financial embarrassment resulting In
the sheriff of Garrett county, Mary
land. Selling property OF Mr.. McGraw;
to satisfy numerous creditors the
said property to be offered at public
sale The sale to include personal
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-05
TWO on TRIAL
! Magistrates Court on
Charges Of Violating the
: Yost Law.

Charged with violations of the
Fest prohibition law. Thaddeus Carr
and Frank Shocks. whose arrests
have been reported in the Telegram,
were PLACED on trial Tuesday after
noon in Magistrate G. H. Gordon's
.cohft. q
Alfred Carr, brother of Thaddeus.
has been held for the grand jury and
jailed in default of the usual bonds
blythe same magistrate under like
charge. Samuel Robinson, a negro.
hasslikewise been jailed for the next
grand jury and A. D. Laraway, OF
Rfehwood, arrested with two suit
cases filed with bottles OF whiskey,
wa acquitted of violation of the
Ydst law.