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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-07-01
indian STORY
FROM EARLY DAYS
MRS. w. l.. MlLLAR OF BURLING-
TON, WHO HAS LIVED IN
MOUSE VALLEY FOR 40 YEARS,
TELLS OF HER FRIGHT FROM
INDIANS.

In conversation with Mr. and Mrs.
w. L. Millar of Burlington Tuesday as
we were all seated in front of their
comfortable tent at No Mans Land,
where this couple is spending a fort
night consorting with their neighbors
of the old pioneer days in North Da-
kota, they related many of their en-
periences of early days. Mr. and Mrs.
Millar have lived in their present loca-
ton for over thirty years, Mr.. Millar
family two years later. The Millars
formerly resided at Alexis, III. The
nearest point to be reached by rail in
those days was Bismarck and from
there they were obliged to 90 overland
hauling their seed grain and house
hold effects with OK teams.
In those days one single log cabin,
owned by Erik Ramstad, marked the
present site of the city of Minot. At
that time there were eight children in
the Millar family and the younger
members could scarcely contain their
delight at the strange lights and new
experiences, but to the mother and the
older children the transition from the
comfort and conveniences of the old
home to the little log cabin, with bleak
and cheerless surroundings produced
feelings sadly in contrast to the de-
light of the younger members.
Mrs. Millar related to us her first
experience with Indians. AS she was
attending one Of the children one day,
she looked up and in the door of the
shack stood three Indian women, each
having three huge dirk knives in her
belt, Noting the blanched face and
look of CONSERVATION on Mrs. Millar's
face, one old squaw pulled a knife
from her belt and ran her thumb over
it's edge to test it's keenness. Calling
her son, John, boy of ten, she in
structed him to jump on horse teth-
cred few rods away and go to Mike
Muir's place, mile distant, and get
Mr.. Muir to come at once. There was
no other aid within miles as Mr.. Mil
lar was at Washburn with load of
grain to get supplies of flour.
1t seems that Mrs. Muir from hel
window had seen the squaws as they
went to the Millar place and suspect.
ing Mrs. Millar would be frightened
had dispatched Mr.. Muir post haste tc
her aid.
Il His timely arrival saved the situa.
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JOHN DEERE LIGHT DRAFT BINDERS Mnot implement Co.

their marriage. They are both ma
tives Of Scotland, hailing from Kill
manrock. Nine children have blessed
their union, of whom eight are still
living, one girl, Mrs. L. d. Cotton,
died and is buried at Havana, Cuba.
The children are: Mrs. Ben Bach,
Minot; John G. Millar, Burlington; W.
l.. Millar, Webb, Sask.; Mrs. Henry
Banning, Webb, Sask; Mrs. F. D.
Foote, San Pedro, Calf; Mrs. p. M
Cole, Grand Forks, and Miss Margaret
Millar, Thief River Falls, MINI.
Only those hardy pioneers who BRAY
ed the dangers and hardships of those
early days can fully appreciate or re-
alize what these older citizens endur-
ed in those early days.
1t is unfortunate that no effort is
being made to preserve and record tn.
accounts of those early days. The ole
settlers might we'll employ a historian
to attend their gathering and recor(
the many stories which may be heart
related by these old settlers at theil
yearly meeting.
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ton, but not before Mrs. Millar had
experienced terrible fright. Upon
Mr.. Muir's arrival the squaws were
persuaded to go on their way, strong
language being necessary even then
to make them comply.
Mrs. Millar says that was the only
fright the Indians ever gave her. Lat
er on there would be great bands of
redmen pass and even camp within a
few rods of the house but that was the
last time she was ever alarmed.
Many time she has seen great
herds of antelope grazing on the open
prairie within gunshot of their home.
The sight Of deer was daily occur
renee, drove of them were seen quite
frequently grazing along the valley
within sight of the cabin home.
The only weapon of any kind Mr.
Millar ever owned, he says, was an old
shot gun.
1t surely must have required con-
siderable pluck upon the part Of this
mother of eight little children to re.
main at an isolated cabin with her lit
tie flock with bands of Indians, wilc
animals and not infrequently unscru,
pulous men roaming at large through
this section
Mr. Millar relates how at that early
day they were obliged to trek thei1
grain to Washburn or Devils Lake t<
get it ground into -four, a precious pc
session in those days. Wheat wa:
worth but 40 cents to 55 cents PEI
bushel and flour $500 per cwt. Or
these trips for grist he would fire
quently be gone for from eight to ter
days. One time on a trip to Wash
burn he had breakdown, one of thu
wagon wheels smashed up, the spokeI
and portions Of the fellow being brok
en-. He was 80 miles from smithy
but nothing daunted, he took thu
wheel, mounted a horse and repaired
to the shop. His dismay ma!
arrival the smith informed
him that to repair the whee
was impossible as he hadn't a single
piece of wood on hand For three day:
he tarried waiting for something tt
turn up Finally late on d Sunday
evening the smith bethought himself
to cut up his work bench No sooner
conceived than he proceeded to put the
idea into effect and the day following
Mr.. Millar was able to proceed upor
his way rejoicing.
One Of the greatest dangers encoun
tered in these long trips was the dan
ger from prairie fires. The anxiety
at times was near akin to frenzy il
the expectation that upon reaching
the next hill they would behold the ap
! Of tho Eor,,
Mr. and Mrs. Millar have now reach
ed the advanced ages Of IS and u
years respectively, hale and hearty
actively engaged in the conduct Of the
farming operations on their fine ranch
of 900 acres up the Mouse valley foul
miles north of Burlington.
On Oct 20 this grand old couple viii
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary o:
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FIFTEEN LOADS OF
BUILDING MATERIAL

A sight which cinches the fact that
prosperity is here with both feet on
the mound was the spectacle last Tues
day of fifteen wagon loads of building
material going up South Main street
hill.
Included in the consignment were
100 punches of shingles. The destin-
alton of the cavalcade was the farm
of w. A. Schaefer, in township 1898.
Before leaving the yard of the Pr
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per- Howe Lumber company where the
material was purchased a photograph
err took a picture of the assembled
loads as they were standing in front
Of the company's yard.
The Piper-Howe company is furnish
ing the material for three large farm
houses and one other barn out in the
same neighborhood.
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MI\\EAPOLIS MAN
MAY BE INSANE

Stephen Gurtle of Minneapolis, who
has been working for John McDougall,
appeared at the city Jail Tuesday night
suffering from fit of insanity. He
declared that he felt mental aber-
ration coming on and wanted to be
cared for. He will be returned to Min
neapoIis, should his condition not i'm
prove.
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MOUSE RIVER LOOP CHAU-
TAIOIA STARTS NEXT WEEP

Thirty stellar attractions have been
secured by the management Of the
Chautauqua association for their pro-
gram this year.
Congressman Olson of Minnesota,
Hugo Lutgren, John Wesley Fill of
London, England, Madame Schumann-
Heink, and other noted people will be
there and entertain the multitude.
F. 0. johnson Of Tolley has charge
of the accommodations
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DICKINSON FOR ELKS' MEET

Dickinson was chosen as the place
of meeting for next years big con-
vention of the Elks.
The officers for the coming year are
as follows:
w. F. Burnett, Dickinson, president.
William O'Hara, Bismarck, vice
president.
M. !. Burnett, Dickinson, secretary.
w. G. Owens, Williston, treasurer.
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ATTORNEY AWARDED $3.50
DAMAGES FROM PUBLISHED

c. E. Brace, former states attorney
of Divide county, who brought suit
against f. |. Lyons and Mr.. De Witt,
former publishers of the Ambrose
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Newsman, for $4,000 damages, was Civ
en- verdict for $3.50 in district court
at Ambrose and Lyons and Dewitt are
no longer in the newspaper business.
The defendants did not appear at the
trial.
The article which Brace claimed
damaged him was Of political nature
and was published three years ago. An
intimation was made that Brace had
dismissed a criminal action under sus-
piciOus circumstances.
The sun., 1915-05-18
"Nothing but Money"

Whatever may be the character OF
Germsny's reply and the effect II has
upon sentiment here there is no doub,
that the market position is In shape 10
withstand a shock. Whatever happens
1t is safe to say that there will be no
repetition OF the wide open break
brought about by the Lusitania tragedy
The greatly strengthened technical posi-.
tion since the reaction has been spoken
Of constantly. but possibly II Is still un.
derestimated There seems to be 4
quite general realization on tho part
OF the public OF the possibility OF q
break in prices on tho German reply or
at least OF market unsettlement. The
public has been making preparations
against this possibility by placing or.
ders freely under the market. The 81.
perience OF all firms is not the same,
but some that do a miscellaneous bust.
ness say that the amount of these orders
is unusually large and Ia increasing
every day. A member OF one Of these
firms says: I'VE are getting nothing bu,
money in here. Al least twenty peorls
Lave walked in this market to-day and
opened new accounts, and the funny
thirg is we have not executed a single
order for them. Their idea Is that II 4
break comes they are going 10 m
ready to jump In
The sun., 1915-05-18
DAIRY PRODUCTS MARKET.

BUTrER-rhs market opened yesterday
moderately nrm. with ample receipts TO
shorter than on the previous Monday, Be
cause Of the quality. some o. the buyer,,
IN. nae fanei.,t es lo;s IS sro"gh, % premium The
undergrades were not changed In quota
tion from saturday's closing: with The
which were up Nc Market closed only
steady Prices: Creamery, extras. 80
score ,s7ne. h,sseT, .s9r,ns 2sgsss
si,s 2s'sc'; common 20 fair. ssu2ac.
Renova'ed extra :saasts hr, ,mi,,,on iim
creamery rrs,s, 2lHa??c. Ladies, cur,
rent make. hrsts m?iHc. seconds 2oa
Ing stock current make. No. 2, i9dlsiac.;
lover grades lsalsiec.
CHEEsE-Again the market took a., an
the buying being heavier than was ex.
pec,ed Exporters ;eontinusd to , be the
rge' SnEer. op.nes rse nfke' w,h an '0af% upward
tendency. Prices: state whole milk.
fresh nat, and twins whit; ,anSS anS 'GiGsSa 4Tc
State, Skins. fresh specials, "a. aiI.c; !;
Skins. fresh. choice l2h q ls'sc.; fair TO
s".cG "E.cGGs."Compar.d with a week ago yes
,erday. receiSts were 10000 dozen short.
Even with this falling on. there was ,,t,e
change in the quotations rom Sn,uruay Gay, :
storage packed and nearby grades re-
mained unchanged. Market closed barely
s,sady Prisss Frsrs sa,hsrsa era rs's
20d ale; seconds, lsml9itc, storage.
packed. nrsts toextra hrs,s. ?ot q g2c 40 no
to fancy. sa2ai.c; hcnnery, browns, %
m23c,; mixed colors 2o@2lisc; Baltimore
LIVE pOULTRY.-Becaus. OF the He
| brew holiday. which begins at sundown to.
| day. trading yesterday was active, with as
cars unloaded one was by express. The
| al
! broilers up 3a5c. The advance did not
apply to turkeys, which were not In de-
mand Geese, ducks guineas and pigeons
! day Trading will he active all to-day
With buyers generally on the marke'
Weans.dsS Ie,i sS prIces ,Dro,S. powis isaisaG
| keys, mixed. hens and toms. i2c.; ducks
Western, lsc, ducks, Long Island spring
20 southern l2c; geese southern an'
western, loc,. guin"as, 5om mo5c.; pigeons
DRESSED PoIu.TRy,--Receipts yest-r
! dav showed decided Increase over the sam,
DAY, last week hut bad weather interrerec
with active trading, Market was weaks,
than a, ,ne rIess ,MG on So1"r9ay With oni,
Killed fowls, The supply Of old rooster,
was such as to bring the price down lsc
Tp nts "e were SIs's susi yss,ary Fws FG1rt
chickens were held firm az. only ursen
eH Of ,nrksys and sea and eG were
lected. Prices; Fowls !? 10 boy, Western
90 lbs and over To dozen dry picked
| lsc.: 5 lbs and over. l7c. Old roosters
isis ai3c, Squads. prime, white. 10 lbs
to dozen, - . lbs. $3.50; lbs, 81
! Turkevs fresh hens and toms. l6Il7r
Frozen turkeys, dry picked. selected goa
&c; western, 29c,;, Texas. ,7Tl5tc
a"fn nrG,'i rsi. 'N 10 iSs .5e chi chick.H.
i2 to box milk fed, 81 to ss lbs, lsc,
s III. and over :oHc, corn fed q q
Fowls l2 to box. 60 lbs and over Il
dozen, isc, 30 to as lhsn iSc.. OF.
"a isci wevtern fancy. iSc. Geese wss,'
The sun., 1915-05-18
"GOod Players"

That n short interest Of more than ,hs
day TO day sort may have been built lp
In the last two weeks Is the expectation
of some market observers. Rumnr has
encouraged the view. Stock Exchange
gossip mentions the names OF two well
known individuals among others rs
being heavily short. One is Bnsion
operator who vanished from the public
ken some years ago. The other is
speculator who made name for him
self In 1907 by running "shoestring'
into large fortune. Whether these
particular reports are true or not. !.
was probably time for the arrival ot
this type OF speculator on the scene
Plunging on the short side Is the favor
tie game OF the speculator who ls pos
sessed OF more daring than resources.
He is also welcomed by firms OF ths
second or third class sort. These Arms
arc willing to take a certain amount OF
risk because the men who pyramid on
the short side are what are known a.
good players" They make commits
sions. Some firms have been known 70
go as far as to stake" the speculator 70
the profit of all concerned The firms
themselves can extend accommodation
more freely on the short side than 'hs
long side. In other words. 1t Is easier
TO borrow stocks than money. There
~ risk In lending stocks at all times
hut the brokerage fraternity is always
inclined to be rather lax in this respect.
The sun., 1915-05-18

Now that tho action is apparent
over there is a breathing spell 10 cous'
the losses. 1t will he recalled tAa' J.
was a matter Of frequent comment tha'
the bull movement which collapsed. tenn
porarily at least. with the anlcnS OF
the Lusitania was without leader II
was a "headless" market In the sens.
that no single isdvidual or group OF
individuals appeared TO b directing
operations. Pools were operating ar'
lively In all Quarters. but. generally
speaking. the movement was an em''
nently natural one and made by ne
public. as all real movements ara A.
result the losses were pretty well d.
tributed. They did not fall In any on:
quarter. and It Is probably oecauss o!
this that there has been little tax OF
any particular group being In tr"up.
despite the severity and suddenneSs o.
the fall. or course good dea' VI
wreackage has had TO be cleared away
4 great many operators o. tho u'f'
speculative type stood hlg losses, 'I'
these were counterhalanred 'N inaI
cases by big paper rronts. some o,
them were absolutely wiped ou' An,
the commission houses which harhorNl
them are now wondering what hey VII
do for customers There are also N,
usual stories of losses hy outsiders
who bought pool stocks. or VITO al
the very top OF the boom wee irH
into good things" by not ent'r'.y Nv
interested friends among tho proleN
sional brokerage element Rnt 'he"
are tho inevitable consequences o. Nl'
p,dity and ignorance In Wall S''eeH
The recent bull speculation Vaa IN w.
! essential details the exact duplicate o'
every other hull movement IN ~ Nas,.
II showed that neither Wal street N''
| the public has cha.ged much
The sun., 1915-05-18
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.
eubsta ,t,al improvements over satur.

Substantial improvements over Satur-
days closing quotations were recorded
on the Consolidated Stock Exchange
yesterday. Gains were general at the
start OF business. with further advances
later. Dealings were active In the fore
noon and in the closing half hour, with
Q period OF comparative quietness in be-
tween. when the market took on a wait
ing aspect.
United States Steel was tho most ac-
tive stock. with 12.4s0 shares changing
hands. 1t opened at 52b. an improve
ment Of IA points compared with Sat
urday's closing quotation, and later
touched 53N. Under profit taking II
reacted to 52h. but closed at 53b
Reading opened at l43A, a gain from
Saturday OF q Of point. touched low
OF l43. high Of 144, and closed al
143A. Amalgamated Copper's first sale
was at 66is. an Improvement compared
with Saturday OF q of point. This
proved its lowest and II sold as high
a 81 closing at GG7s. There was q
good volume of trading in Amagamated
Copper rights at | 10 Is Transactions
In all stocks totalled 32,1l0 shares.
The sun., 1915-05-18
GOSSIP OF WALL STREET.
A waiting Market.

A. less than 100000 shares wen,
dealt In during the session 1t wa
obviously a waiaing market httls
Significance was attributed to the slight
advance in prices. which app@rently
represented a further evening up Of ths
speculative position rather than any.
thing else. The short account may have
taken in some stock In accordance with
the slight improvement in sentir..nt
in regard to Germany's reply to ia
American note. Also advantage NJ
probably taken Of the firmness for 4
further wedding out Of weak losg A.
counts. There was nothing to stimulat.
speculative buying and selling wha,
the character Of Germany's reply Ia 10
be no one. OF course. can say definitely
Consequently some observers believe
that sentiment has become a little ton
optimistic to continue. The next few
days may witness alternate chills and
fevers on this score, with ACCOMPANY.
Ing price changes.
The sun., 1915-05-18
THE STEEL MARKET.
Bars StiIl Firm Owing to Large
Foreign Demand.

SO far as domestic demand for steel
was concerned ths market Contin
dull yesterday, with no recovery from
the recent falling Off In business which
resulted from the threatening lnterna-
tional situation. sheets, plates and
structurals continued slightly easier,
while bars were s,!l firm owing 10
tie large foreign demand
Export business continued quite ac-
tive Ammunition makers in THIS
country have asked for bids on large
quantities Of superior grade of steel
bars which will be required for the man.
ufacture OF shrapnel 1t Is believed
hat the lowest bidder named little
less than 81 per 100 lbs The prevail
ing price OF the ordinary clasa Of slice
bars 10 N'2O to $l.s5 per 100 pounds.
The sun., 1915-05-18
rh. Ohio Gas and Electric comron,
Live stock Market.

MONDAY. Nav ~
Receipts Of beeves for 'wo dars were
9gs7 head including 90 cars for the
market steers In light supply and oul.t
n, ,ahout steady prices, choice fat bulls
and good fat cows were weak 20 shade
lower, other grades steady, The yHris
were cleared Good 70 prime steers sold
at sSTsG.GN per 100 lbs bulls al - hom
sii7; extra stable fed bulls AZ f.6oTf
s7T5 few little y~arlings AZ 81. cows
at 81 20 Il s6.75. heifers at s7.2SnS, CITY
dressed native sides frm at llig ml3i2c,
per III
Recip,s ot calves for two days T,i7a
head including 6e7l for the market. Dc
maud was active and prices were eiW hNc.
higher. with a full clearanC" NJ the mems
Common to choice venls sold at S7.j0us $40
por 100 lbs cults At sjNt 81. CITY dressed
veals Arm at lea l5C.. with choice stock
selling AT l5Ac.: country dressed higher
at ioTl"iac.
Receip's of sheep and lambs 'or Two
days werc 6.2l5 head, including cars for
the marke, The market was steady for
both sheep and lambs and all 'he stock
was cleaned up. Good spring lambs sold
Al So per 100 lbs; clipped winter lambs
~ sa.50Ts 1850. clipped sheen at 81 Is1,
Dressed mutton STEADY at l3n l6c. per lb. ;
dressed lambs frm at i7m isisc.i dressed
spring lambs at goa 23c,: country dressed
hothouse lambs unchanged at Sms7 per
carcass.
Receipts Of hogs for two days w.r. s,>5t
| head. including 2 cars for the market
Prices 3 n Zoe. higher at - 10 rs per 100
| lbs roughs at S6.7oQT.
The sun., 1915-05-18
THE CURB MARKET.

Further all around strength was dis-
played by curb stocks yesterday in .
quiet market. The more active indus
trials made good fractional gains at the
close. Electric Boat and World Film
were heavy. American Zinc advanced
more than 2 points.
Business in the oil department was
very dull, but some large gains were
scored Standard Oil OF Kansas rose II
points; Prairie OIL and Gas moved UP
IL points; Atlantic Refining closed
points higher and Ohio OIL Improved
points.
Mining Issues shared in the general
upward movement and were fairly ac-
tive. Bond prices recovered. tho Penn
sylvania AS gaining Y and the Chile
Copper Is y.
Transactions in detail on the market
The sun., 1915-05-18
The War and the 4. 9.

The London Stattst OF May con.
talns an article dealing with the eco.
nomic advantage and disadvantages 10
the United States growing out of the
great war The concluding paragraph
is as follows: "The war has then re.
vealed the inherent financial and eco
nomic strength of the United States,
although at the same time IL has checked
the economic development OF the coun-
try and has greatly reduced the rate
at which wealth and income normally
expand when the war Is over and
European and British capital Is again
available for investment wherever Il
can be safely employed the great eco
nomlc strength shown by the Tinted
States in the present time OF crisis -
likely to attract capital from Europe
In general and from this country IN
particular. in greater volume than !,
has ever been attracted In the pas, ana
the check TO American progress caused
by the war may thus be followed by
still more rapid rate OF expansion
The sun., 1915-05-18

week. on Saturday Paris cables closed
at 533. Franc checks were quoted at
534. as compared with 5.33ia at the
end OF last week.
Sterling was easier at l7eh for de-
mand and &,79is for cables, as COM
pared with 4,79k for demand and
479% for cables on Saturday, Marks
closed at SO l1-l6 for sight drafts and
SEX for cables. Italian lire declined
from $50, the closing price on Satur-
day. to b.s4, In a narrow market. Aus
trian kronen eased of to 1855. against
6aturday's price Of 1850.
The sun., 1915-05-18
FRANC CABLES DROP LOWER.
Trading In Foreign Exchange
Light Despite Ssilisxys.

Business in the foreign exchange
market was generally light yesterday In
spite OF the fact that several steamers
will sail this week for European ports
About the only feature of the market
was the decline of franc cables to
b.8b&, new low record price on the
present movement. This compares with
b.SSk. the previous low. reached last
The sun., 1915-05-18
COTTONSEED OIL.

Transactions amounted to only 1000
barrels Yesterday. Ligh, offerings
cr!ely accounted for the slight advances
recorded. Shorts bought quietly and
there appeared to he a little suppor,
from the large refnegs, No tenders
We're reported, although several thou
sand barrels should be delivered ere
'oug II a decided narrowing OF the May
July differences is to be avoided.