The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-06-03
1t has taken but twelve days with three
outfits to put the entire section into

crop.
Memorial Day exercises were held in
the Presbyterian church Sunday after
noon at three o'clock. The services were
unusually impressive. The Hon. James
Johnson presided. Following is the pro-
gram Of exercises:
Song-America.
Prayer-Rev. T. U. Richmond.
Song-Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Readng-The Blue and the Gray.
Oration--Rev Richmond.
Song-Star Spangled Banner.
Following the exercises at the church
the entire audience marched to River
side Cemetery and wreaths were placed
upon the tombs of Comrades Joseph Col
ton and John Miller. whose mortal re-
mains now repose there,
Under the sod and the dew"
The cervices at the cemetery were
very brief, consisting merely Of prayer
The local schools closed their years
work Friday with grand picnic at No
Mans Land. What at first bade fair Il
be a wet disagreeable day turned out
jolly company of young people, happy in
the thought of the years labor ended
gave full sway to their exhuberance and
the day was spent in such sports as only
spirit The teachers had provided a
mammoth can Of sherbet and case Of
oranges and the parents provided every
delectable that appeals to the heart and
appeases the cravings of youthful stom-
achs and such a time as every one had!
The boys. of the upper room presented
the principal with a beautiful leather
covered travelling case as token Of
their esteem and an evidence of their
half.
Oak. who has been engaged as princi
pal of the Burlington schools is gen
tleman of scholarship and experience
and we predict that his administrator
upon his ability. both as an instructor
and as an organizer.
Mr.. Harlan is graduate of an 1lli-
nois Normal school and graduate OF
has taught in the high schools Of Illi-
nois and South Dakota. For several
years Mr.. Harlan was chief clerk for the
Great Northern railway at Sioux Falls.
deputy county superintendent in his
home county in South Dakoat.
Mr.. Harlan comes to us with the best
of credentials and we shall all look for
our community along educational lines.
In addition to his school duties Mr..
Harlan will be local representative for
the Independent here in Burlington and
ry on his work for the general benefit
and uplift of the community.
:, The new principal will move his fam
K here the latter part OF Angus They
the retiring principal now resides.
c. A. Bugge, who recently returned
from four months trip to South Amer
lea, in conversation with a representa-
teresting things to relate regarding our
neghbors on the South.
The ship on which Mr.. Bugge sailed,
The Kroonland," left New York Janu-
10Th Then encountered heavy
all the way down the coast until they
arrived in the West Indies. To escape
the cold and ice and snow Of the north
land and journey into the land of per-
petual summer with it's tropic heat and
luxuriant vegetation must be an exper-
fence both wonderful and pleasant to
enjoy.
touched, south of Jamaica, they saw i'm
mense concentration camps where the
Allies are keeping their prisoners Of
war during the present great European
conflict.
The passage thru the great canal at
Panama was full of strange sights and
thrills. Mr.. Bugge commented on the
he expected to behold as the vessel pass
ed thru this SO miles of inland waterway
but accounted for this by the fact that
the construction of this immense water
struction of all vegetation that might
have tendency to encroach upon the
passageway. In the course Of time this
disarrangement of Natures adornment
will be remedied and that sooner than
most would expect as tropic vegetation
is Of rapid growth.
The trip down the west coast to Chilli
was devoid Of incident as the entire
of unbroken desert, covered with Bills
tering sand and broken rock.
Occasional stops were made at various
points where the sight seers We're af-
oil nf ha ~ fv~ff
deposits an dthe immense structures
where various chemicals are extracted
from the deposits.
on arriving at Valparaiso Mr.. Bugge
declined to accompany the party around
thru the Magellan straits and in company
with a party Of congenial spirits de-
cided to cross to Buenos Ayres by rail.
The trip overland by this, the most
world, he says, was the most wonderful
experience he enjoyed on the entire trip.
Many of the party, suffered consider
ably from the atmospheric changes caus-
ed by the high altitude
The Argentine Republic, which he
characteriZes as probably the most en-
terprising and, next to Chill, the richest
country. visited, was the next point on
The general character of the land, it's
climate, soil, and products, are very SIM
liar to those Of this state. Buenos Ayres
the city Beautiful, he describes as in
in the world. The magnificent boule-
Yards and public buildings, exceed by far
any other city in the Western Hemis-
phere in design and beauty.
Rio Janiero came in for a large share
of praise by Mr.. Bugge. He says the
opportunity for commercial relations
with our southern neighbors lies in our
ability to adapt ourselves to the bust
ness customs of these people.
At present every commercial enter
prise of consequence is in the hands Of
German or English capitalists who MAIN
tain their hold by reason of credit sys-
TEN that meets the needs and customs
of business houses.
The English and Germans adapt their
goods to the requirements of these pc
culiar and fiery tempered Castilians and
in addition are thoroughly conversant
with the language and native customs
of the people.
Mr.. Bugge is traveller of note hav-
ing visited every country of consequence
on the globe, and is keen observer,
particularly Of facts having q CONNER
cial bearing, and his observations have
more than casual meaning, coming as
they do from such a shrewd observer.
Mr.. Bugge brot back many curiosities
curious to us, at least, such as sever
al branches Of the coffee tree, showing
the coffee berries as they appear in their
native state. He also brot some cocoa
pods containing the nuts from which
cocoa and chocolate is manufactured
A sample of native rubber from Para
serves to recall the sinister stories OF
crreltv nracticed uDon the half sava pe