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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25

thot necessary to perform the ahpye
operation, which was a pronounced
success and saved the young mans
life.
Neil Ostrum, a resident of Minneap-
oils, who has been working in store
at Glover, N. D., was killed near La
Moure two days before his wedding
was to have been celebrated Ostrum
applied for license to wed Miss Ber-
nice Weld. He was informed that he
would have to get the document in
Dickey county. The day after procur-
ing the instrument, he went into the
field for a load of hay and fell from
the load. He was killed instantly.
Edwin Ross, who several months
ago was turned over to the state pris-
on authorities to complete his eight
year term, of which he had several
months remaining when he escaped
from the pen at Bismarck and went to
Canada, is under arrest again. He
faces a hold-up charge this time, re-
sulting from an attempt to rob four
men in local hotel in Grand Forks re-
Gently. Ross was in the Stoney Noun
tain prison in Canada for two years,
being arrested in Winnipeg soon after
he had escaped from the Bismarck
prison.
In Grand Forks, four men, holding
; their hands high above their heads,
watched with feverish anxiety little
sawedoff, nervous, inexperienced man,
who was hold-up artist, play with
the trigger of revolver with which
he was covering them His evident
nervousness made the situation unus-
ually dangerous. The robber and his
pal made their way into the Columbia
hotel. They worked fast and got lit
j tie loot The man with the gun be-
came frightened and made for the
door, his companion following i'm, and
one giving his name as Frank Clark
twas arrested.
| The only "live" thing at Ypres,
scene of many battles in the war, is a
glaring poster of Charlie Chaplin, ac-
cording to Capt. R. w. Bruce, of the
British aviation corps, in a letter to
/ Attorney l.. j. Wehe. 81 went down
to poor old Ypres a few days ago and
found the Germans still shelling the
town, altho it has been unoccupied by
us for many months The devastation
lis simply something terrible to look
7, at Not whole building anywhere
y penetrated, as far as tie old hall and
!, the cathedral, both of which are in
ruins, and all thru the streets are big
shell holes into which a large farm
I, wagon could be driven"
1 At New Rockford word came from
4 Tiffany summoning the Sheriff anC
I Coroner to Investigate the killing OF
i a very bad man, who, as the story is
told, knocked out3a Finlnader and dis.
!, abled another lad who were at work ir
the Krause threshing outfit. The crew
claims that he robbed one of the lads
of 500 in cash and afterwards knocked
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25

F3ells. on a charge OF vagrancy and was
sentenced to thirty days in Jail and a
fine of $4,000 and as there is no jail
in Burke county, she was taken to
Stanley to serve her sentence.
The first county association Of Lu-
theran Sunday schools to be formed
in the state has been launched in Mel
son county thru the efforts of Rev
l.. A. Haatvedt, of Lakota. Eight
Sunday schools are interested and it is
schools will become affiliated this
winter.
Seven cars of silk, valued at $2,OOO,-
900 passed thru North Dakota one day
last week, bound east. It is the second
shipment this month, and the, trains
are required to make passenger time
The last train exceeded the speed linn
it, if reports are true, for it pulled into
St. Paul two hours ahead of the regu-
lar passenger time.
Mrs. F. w. Keitzman of Lakota is
seeking information concerning her
16-year-old son Fred, who left home
several weeks ago on a tour to see as
much of the world as he possibly
could. lie seems that he has not been
heard from since leaving and his par
ents are very anxious to find out his
whereabouts and bring him home
again. ,r
A prairie fire near Wildrose has
wiped out the grain and hay on a wide
strip from Cottonwood Lake west, the
loss to the residents in that locality
being quite heavy. The town of Cot
tonwood was threatened with destruc-
ton for some time but the fire was
stopped at big slough about mile
from the city. About dozen farmers
suffered large losses.
A post card photograph taken in a
cheap studio led to the arrest of Frank
role from the North Dakota peniten.
tiary at Bismarck. He was sent w
for four and a half years for man.
slaughter. The picture was mailed al
over the country after the trusty hac
left the state and broken his promise
He was sent up from Valley City.
George Lawrence, of Pembina, Il
member of the Twenty-seventh Battal
ion, of Winnipeg, Man, has beer
wounded, according to word received
from the front in France. Eight othel
members of the same battalion are re
ported injured, while several death!
have been reported. Lawrence enlist
ed during the early days Of the war
The. nature of his injuries is not ye
known 81 ~
Down at Shields, Judge J. NJ. Han
ley has just handed down a decision ii
the scales testing case which has at
tracted considerable attention, OWN,
to the refusal of Sheriff Mcdonald t.
test 1.-The scales as provided by law, OF
the ground that the county commits
sioners would not provide him with tn
necessary equipment. The Judge or
dered the official to procure the nee
essary equipment.
Because his father submitted to
blood TRANSMISSION operation, Arthu
Burgess, IL year old boy of Gran
Forks, has left the hospital in tina
city and returned home. Several day
ago the boy had tooth extracte
and began bleeding. The bleeding con
tinued for three days. Later it wa
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
into moving freight train some days

into moving freight train some days
ago. 80 @''' q .
Snow has buried part of the grain
crop in the western part Of the state,
but losses are small, according to re-
ports received from different points
in the western district, The grain
covered with snow will average about
8 per cent Of the total yield.
David Hardy, a4-year-old boy liv-
ing near Dickinson, was killed while
attempting to climb onto grain tank
driven by his father, L. B Hardy, of
Broncho, N. D. The lad was. thrown
to the ground in front of the rear
wheel of tie tank, which passed over
him.
Violet Smith of Bowbells is serving
a thirty day sentence in the Mountrail
county Jail. She was arrested at Bow
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
400 New Waists Arrived
Monday, $2.49 to $3.50

Waists of every description and quality.
We have never seen such values in these new
de Chine, Georgette Crepe, Mirror Taffeta,
Tub Silks, and Chiffon; also Lace Models with
metal lace trimmings Colors: Edith Rose,
Bollinger Green, Gait Brown, Alice Blue,
Flesh, Plum, Black and White; also Paris.
Over 400 new waists to choose from
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
BRIEF STATE NEWS
When the frost is on the pumpkin,
And lies glittering on the lawn,
1t is hard to face the winter,
If YOUR oYercoat's in pawn.

Gov. L. 3. Hanna welcomed Com
mander Booth Of the Salvation Army,
at Fargo, one her recent visit to that
city.
While returning from country call,
DR.. Kron, of Kenmare, was requested
to hand over his money by thugs The
doctor granted the request and arrived
home without further trouble.
Miss Anna Schmitt, seventeen years
old, a victim Of an auto wreck at
Wahpeton last week, died in the hos
pital in that city Friday from injuries
received when the machine crashed
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
New Serge Dresses $6.95

We have one rack out in our Ready-to-
Wear Department, full of brand new Serge
Dresses at $6.95, that cannot be beaten in
Minot for quality, style or price. Brown,
navy, green, red, plum, copen, black, ETC.,
trimmed in silks, buttons, ETC.; all sizes
choice 1906.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
Over One Hundred New Coats Arrived Monday
SITS. to $65.OO

Velvet, Plush, Zibeline, Broadcloth and fan
cy mixtures are among our new arrivals, trim
med in broad velvet, plush and all kinds of
furs. Every coat in stock lined with heavy
satin, includingla good interlining. Our new
arrivals are different in style, quality and ma
terials than can be found elsewhere in Mi
not store Prices Il to Is less than other
stores are giving Come to our store and see
the new coats2 Costs you nothing to look.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
New Marabou and Ostrich NeCkWear
Special $1.69
colon. Cr.y. Brown and Black

Color,: Gray, Brown and Black
~ ve neck brown gray black marabou and ostrich
n with ribbons chiffon rufing the in the
Can be with suits or coats
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-25
69c Silk Poplin 39c Yard

34-inch Silk Poplins in plain colors such as
copen, tan, black, rose, green, gray and white
goods for dresses, waists, Innings and very
suitable for young girls dresses. Only 800 yd
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-05-06
IHS CEHCo on Cz2Q0N

during one Of Moscow's numerous
fires and a large piece was broken
from its side. In 1896 Nicholas the
First, the grandfather of the present
Emperor, had it placed in the position
it now occupies. 1t was cast at the
expense of Queen Anne, who deemed
1t meritorious act to present a bell
to church.
Nearby stands the worlds largest
cannon. cast in 1883 by a German
named Paul di Bossio. 1t is known as
the car f cannons and weighs about
twenty-four hundred pounds. The
cannon balls made to be used by II
weigh one hundred and twenty pounds
each.
All the Cars of Russia are crowned
in the Cathedral OF the Assumption,
the great Church OF the Krcmlin, aft
terward going TO the palace for the
coronation dinner.
Holy Gate,
outside the kremlin, near the Holy
Gate il the great Church of St Basil
the remarkable structure erected by
the command of Ivan the Terrible in
1854. 1t contains nine small chambers
decorated in the gayest colors. In one
Of the rooms the body of St Basil
is said to be buried. In 1911 the
Church was pillaged by the Poles and
again in 1912 by the French when
Nanoleon used it as a stable for his
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peth, sister of the present Empress.
rms lady WAS as greatly beloved by
the people as her husband was hated.
me conspiratorS were determined that
no harm should come to her and by
reason OF this We're compelled to walt
several weeks before they could carry
out their plans for his death owing
to the fact that she nearly always
accompanied him on his drives. FIN
ally, one day the Grand Duke drove
into the kromlin alone and bomb
put an end To his life. A monument
has been erected upon this spot. and
there almost any time in the day the
peasants may be found kneeling in
front of the memorial which is sur
mounted by IA cross Few of them
KNOW To whom the monument Is
erccted-thoy only see the cross,
The largest bell in the world stands
IN the kremlin grounds near the great
palace with its hundreds Of rooms.
rms bell will shortly be broken up
ana deStroyed-for what reason no
one can tell except that the Car has
so ordered it. The bell was east in
1888 and weighs twelve thousand
pounds. 1t fell from a burning beam
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serious trouble. During october of
that year there was a heavy rainfall
and one night without warning a huge
mass Of mud swept into the Canal
completely spanning it and running
its toe UP the other side. It's prog
ress was like that of a glacier--in fact,
it was glacier of mud. Everything
in its path was cojored--traCks and
steam ShovelS disappeared like magic,
and the operation of dirt trains
through the cut was stopped for a
month. Lieutenant Colonel i. II. Gail
lard was in charge of the Central Di-
VISION and he at once set about to
have the sides of the Cut terraCcd to
relieve the pressure with the result
that much of the eXtraneous material
was for time prevented from slid
ing into the Canal. After a time as
he depth of the Cut increased and
as the support of tn cXcavatcd mate
rial was removed the treat pressure
of the superintendent banks caused
the underlying layers of soft earth to
squeeze ont, and owing to the settling
If the high banks this material began
to hump up at the bottom.
Slides and breaks of this type have
been very common, the largest one
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that the removal of the masses
merely matter of time and patienc
They assert that all canals must
drcdgcd from time to time as the
Is a natural filling in. So. the gist
the whole matter seems to be keepii
the Canal open by means Of dredges.
1t is contended by sci dentists that q
lsthmus is not geologically old enou|
for the softer rock to have beech
thoroughly hardened and solidifd
This they claim is proven by the fd
that wherever the volcanic rock h
been found and where the DEPTHS
the Cut is not too great the sides
the Cut have stood up according to d
plans made by the engineers. In d
deeper parts, however, the earth n
refused to take the engineers AMI
of slope. At the present time OF
about two hundred feet of slide Is 81
ing trouble.
All Honor To Colonel Gaillard,
When the plans were made for
Canal 1t was said that the work
the cut was merely a matter of gettt
out so much material, while the i'd
and dam building were the great
gineering problems, and LieutenaI
! Colonel Gaillard was congratulated
those who did not know the ISthn}
on his easy job. 1t proved in the !
to be the most dishcartening, mono
nous part of the whole work. The lo(
and dams We're built almost without
hitch, while down in the Cut Colo.
Gaillard never could predict Just w
would happen over night, and
quently when the sun rose he foll
the work of months blotted out bv
avalanche of rock and earth VIII
had toppled into the Canal over mis-
1t was a task that tried mems so
and before the great undertaking |
been completed the faithful guard
OF the work became a victim of
tremendous strain of the gigantic o
ect and paid the penalty in the loss
his life.
The other engineers have recei
recognition and reward for their la d
-promOt for service more vail
than that won on the field of ba
Colonel Gaillard's memory should
honored by a memorial set I'D in
cut where he fought and died for
country. Culebra Cut will always
the show place Of the Canal for
the first man-made canyon in
world.
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ZHe 10Y C4<e TO cHe
hCem/Ir7 W5e~e 2OEH2
MaYL7Iefo W1Lh0Ut
ReuOHZoS hI2LZYE
RSH2OVX|7S HI3IIGYE

dltion has it that some of Napoleon $
soldiers tried to reach the picture
thinking the frame was solid gold but
each time they were frustrated in their
attempt by the breaking of the lad
der, The writer stood by this gate
FOR long time one day watching the
crowd as it surgcd in and out of the
foly entrance and never once did a
man fail to remember the lifting OF
his hat, Several times teamsters were
IN the midst of alterations and swear
ing as only Russian teamster can
swear, when they reached the gate.
Ihen all was peace while they DOTTED
their caps, but the truce was declared
only for a few minutes fot once in
side the quarrel was renewed with
more or less vigor.
Monument To Memory or Scrgius.
1t was in the grounds of the Krem-
lin that the Grand Duke Sergius was
assassinated several years ago, lie
| was the husband OF the princess Eliza
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horses, Almost directly in front OF
the church one looks upon the old
execution block where hundreds OF
persons went to their death while Ivan
the Terrible watched their execution
from the wall of the Kremlin. At
present it is merely a show place and
resting spot for the birds which con-
| gregate about the church towers.
one of the greatest sights of Mos
COW is the new Cathedral, the Church
Of St Savior, built in praise to God
for the escape from the French in
1872. Its appearance is most impos-
ing for it Is built Of white sandstone
and its many cupolas are covered with
solid gold. and on sunny days the
glitter of these domes can be seen for
miles. Inside it is even more mag
niticent with its marble tablets set up
in memory of the men who gave their
lives for Russia in 1912.
Moscow's gallery of modern art is
by far the finest in Russia and was
gift to the city by two artists the
brothers Tretiakoff The most noted
of the fifteen hundred pictures housed
within its walls is called ION the Way
to Siberia" 1t shows an entire fam
lily in railroad car with barred win
doWs, one of the children, not know
ing the seriousness of the journey, Is
pictured tossing crumbs to some pig
cons on the ground outside. The fig
ures are well drawn and the coloring
perfect. Some little wonder is eX-
pressed over the fact that the Russian
Government allows such a "revolu-
tionary" painting to be on public dis
play. The only explanation given for
its allowance there is that the sad
ness of the faces Of the prisoners may
serve as a lesson to visitors who have
anarchistic tendencies.
Commercial Moscow.
The Petrovka Is the business thor
oughfare of the city and compares
faVorably with the shopping sections
of New York. A big bazaar building
occupies two entire squares and in
this are housed shops of all types with
goods of every conceivable kind. for
Moscow Is a market for the Orient
and its products are sent ovar the
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covering an area of seventy-five acres
This slide was on the west bank of the
Canal near the town of Culebra. SO
rapidly did the slide move and extend
it's area that 1t was feared that some
of the buildings of tho town nigh
slide into the Canal over night How
ever, Colonel Gaillard, who was an
expert on the movement of glaciers
kept an eye on this section and moth
ing happened. He told the writer on
one occasion that the only remedy for
a slide of this character was to dig
and haul away the entire mass. over
seven million, five hundred thousand
cubic yards of material was removed
from this particular slide inside of
five years.
Breaks In The Bank.
Another class of slides, such as the
Cucaracha which is Sllll stirring up
trouble for the engineers, is even more
annoying. They, too must be dug out
and hauled away. but an extra pre-
caution must be used as wcll-that Of
hattcning the slope Of the bank where
breaks are likely to occur, for this type
of slide Is really break of the earth
more than n slipping. These slides,
like the other kind, have a tendency
to hump up at the bottom.
on one occasion the writer was
standing on the bottom of the Cut
watching a steam shovel at work when
that machine seemed to be suddenly
sinking, but such was not the case
for the slide had come and was push
ing up the bottom of the cut about
four feet in ten minutes. There was
absolutely ~ sensation of rising, but
rather il had the appearance of the
shoVels disappearing. After a while
the railway track showed a decided
slant where a few minutes before they
had been level. Much digging and
hauling of material will cause the mass
to reach the angle Of repose and stop
of course, this angle depends on the
character of the material of which the
slide is composed.
The engineers have persisted in de-
claring that these slides are by no
means insurmountable obstacles to the
workings of the Canal but are a source
of hndranCe and an expense that
would put any private engineering firm
out of business They have destroyed
tracks and machinery and added to
the cost in labor, for track gangs had
to be kept continually at work in slide
areas.
II has been estimated that fully two
hundred miles of track have been de-
stroycd by being covered up by the
aValanches of mud which have swept
down from the Culebra mountain from
time to time.
Sea Level Canal Impossible.
The men who at one time stood for
a sea level type of canal were aston
iShed when they saw these great
masses of earth and We're forced to
admit that an attempt to sink a cut
through the Zone for sea level canal
would have been attended by such i'm
mense earth movements that it would
have been impossible for many years,
If ever. For a sea level canal the
depth in the Cut would have had to
be eighty-fiNe feet more than it is at
present, also much wider at the bot
tom. This would naturally increase
the volume Of slides. The same men
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had frequently asserted that the mate
rial in Culebra mountain was stable
and that only moderate slopes would
be necessary. The result has shown
how little they knew about this gigan-
tic barrier, for except in a few short
sections the material In the mountain
has proved highly unstable and slides
and breaks were encountered all along
the Cut during the entire construction
period.
When the news of these slides were
exploited by the Press many people Of
fered their advice to the Commission.
While some Of the suggestions came
from cranks and were absolutely ride
ulous others were of more or less in
terest Several Contended that when
the water was let into the Cut an
equilibrium would be reached which
would give stability to the earth and
the slides would cease. While there
was some logic in this the theory
proved a failure for no sooner were the
dykes blown up and the water allowed
to rush through the Cut than the slides
became active, and as if showing their
contempt for mans work they bega n
and closed the Canal with piles of
mud.
Dredging Out Slides.
Then the dredges were called into
service and they attacked the slides
and after a time cleared the channel.
From time to time these dredges have
been called to work until now they
stand by watching and waiting for the
avalanche of mud.
Some idea of the amount of mate
rial which has been removed from the
Canal can be obtained from the fact
that If this excavated material was
loaded on fiat cars it would form a dirt
train sufficient to reach one hundred
thousand miles-four times around the
earth. The excavations If built into
Chinese wall seven feet high and
seven feet thick would reach from New
y ork to San Francisco.
Now that the Canal is practically
completed and ships have been passing
back and forth across the bridge of
water the question of slides is still a
problem and one that requires the
greatest watchfulness on the part of
the Canal engineers. With the accus-
toned stick at cd ness" of the Amer
lean they all declare that in the end
they will conquer the mud glaciers and
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-L Russia is Interesting, but
Xsss Moscow is wholly Russian and
combines almost every phase Of
y life from that of the Grand
Duke 70 the street gamin. on one
SIDE It's old buildings fairly rock with
RUSSIAN history and on the other we
see the commercial part of the land
a city of merchants struggling and
working like the industrious insects
OF some giant ant hill. Russian writ
crs tell us that Moscow only reached
her flourishing condition after the re-
forms Of 1861, when the serfs were
liberated. Many of these men having
taste for commerce drifted into Mos
COW and ever since that time the city
has grown With amazing rapidity until
at present It contains over a million
Inhabitants.
IT was not until 1147 that Moscow
is mentioned In history, and at that
time it was merely a cluster Of wood
on houses surrounded by a wooden
wall, Early in the fourteenth century
Moscow had II rival in the town of
Tver. but the former soon outstrippAi
her rival. During the reign Of Ivan
III and his wife Sophia, Greek
princess from Constantinople, Moscow
began to rise in Importance, for this
princess sent to Italy for architects to
beautify the city. The distance was
great and the journey difficult. but one
man, tioraVanti Aristoteli, came. He
at once began to beauty the town,
and his work so delighted the ruler
that he induced a Venitian architect
named Marco t'rasini to build a palace