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

If all the bills introduced in the
present session of the legislature, and
aimed at the newspapers and print,
ers of the state had passed, half OF
the newspapers Of North Dakota
would have to go out of business. One
accommodating representative named
Mcclellan from Beach, introduced a
bill cutting out the publication OF
commissioners proceedings to save
the counties few paltry dollars: An
other would do away with publishing
the treasurers' and auditors annual
reports. Still another would practi.-
caily dispense with the publication of
election tables. Another hoped to
make up the deficit in publishing the the
publicity pamphlet by printing the
notices for constitutional amendments
in them. We are glad to be able to
state that the average legislator is dis
posed to treat not only the newspapers
but the public generally, who are en-
titled to know what is "doing," in a
fair manner.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18
and approved and placed on file. Mo

and approved and placed on file. Mo
ton carried.
Moved by Conn., Robe, seconded by
Com. Hennessy that the statement OF
services rendered by the sheriff dur
ing the month of January, 1915, II
criminal matters be accepted and ap:
proved and the auditor be instructed
to issue warrant in the sum OF $Z2S;z|
also the statement of fees collected IN
civil actions for the month OF Janu'
arv in the sum of $283.22 be accept
ed and approved and placed on file
Motion carried.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard, second,
ed bv Com. Vandenoever that the ROAD
petition signed by Geo. Fisher and Is
others for grade between sections q
and S, Twp. 151, r: S3, be accepted
and approved and viewers appointed
Motion carried. Viewers: Lokensgard,
Vandenoever, Hennessy.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard, second
cd bv Com. Hennessy that the quarter
" report of Ole Mason, Justice Of the
Peace, for quarter ending Dec: 81,
1914, be accepted and approved and
the auditor authorized to issue war
rants in payment of same. Motion car
ried.
Moved by Com. Hennessy: seconded
NV Com. Vandenoever that the follow
ing bonds given for the deposit OF
county funds be accepted and APPROX
ed and placed on file. Motion carried.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

The writer was in the house of rep
resentatives the other day when the
proposed cigarette law met it's death.
Some patriot spoke feelingly against
the proposed law, which would have
carried with it severe penalty for
the sale of cigarettes to minors, and
cited the fact that a prominent youth
in his town was ruined for all time to
come by the use of cigarettes. That
is Just the trouble. We have law
today that prohibits the sale OF cigar
cites to anyone, but it is joke. Any
body can buy cigarettes who wants to
smoke them. Hundreds of men in the
state are engaged in the nefariouS;
business of Plugging" cigarettes and
bows can obtain them as easily as
grown-ups. Something is wrong. The
writer has never smoked cigarette
in his life and we don't defend their
use for a minute, but the present law
is a farce because no one ever at
tempts to enforce it. Under the pro-
posed bill, the state would have receiv-
ed a revenue of something like $50, 900
annually, which would have paid for
several "deans" at the agricultural
college. North Dakota's present Gig
arctic law is the biggest joke on rec
ord Either enforce it to the letter
or wipe it out of existence.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

against said lands, in lieu of said seed
lien, the same is now therefore on mo-
ton of Com. Robe, seconded by Com.
Vandenoever and accepted in full set
Element Of said lien and the County
Auditor is directed to release said
lands of any lien or incumbrance by
reason of said lien hereinbefore men
toned on payment Of the said Twen-
ty-fve dollars.
The said above motion having been
duly voted upon by the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, and having carried,
the Auditor is ordered to comply with
same.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard, second
ed by Com. Robe, that the applications
for abatement of taxes on railroad
sites occupied by the following named
companies be rejected for the reason
that this board has no authority to
abate same. Motion carried.
Minnekota Elevator Co., at Sawyer,
Douglas, Ryder.
Osborne Mcmillan Elevator Co.,. at
Douglas, Sawyer, Donnybrook, Baden,
and Kenmare.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard, second
ed by Com. Robe that the applications
for abatement Of taxes of the follow
ing named persons be rejected for the
reason that this board has no author.
ity to equalize taxes at this time OF
the year. Motion carried.
Citizens Bank of Minot, F. H. Kolbo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

Here's an interesting comparison.
The Minot Normal school has seven in
structors and over 200 students. The
Valley City Normal has six hundred
students and sixty-six instructors. The
latter teaches almost everything from
horse trading to music and back again,
duplicating much Of the work done IN
other schools. The Agricultural col
lege at Fargo has several hundred
students, but only a hundred some
are stud ying agriculture. The others
are taking courses that are taught in
the state university. Looks like a
board of regents for all of our edu.
cational institutions would be good
thing. Too much duplication.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

Sunday was St. Valentines Day
The custom of sending beautiful cards
with appropriate verses will never
cease. The day of the comic, insulting
valentine is practically over. Twenty
or thirty years ago, the school boy
waited whole year to express his re-
CARDS to his teacher in a fitting man
ner. He'd save his pennies and look
carefully thru the pile of valentines
on the show case at the old drug store,
until he found the one representing
the man who had taken so much pleas
ure out of his existence. If this could
be concealed in the school register be-
fore the master arrived, SO much the
better. If not, stamp would deliver
that which was sure to make the old
boy or the old girl angry. Sometimes
the miscreant would be located but 1t
mattered not if he'd have to stand for
an hour in the old coal bucket on the
rostrum. He'd had his revenge and
he was supremely happy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

Moved by Com. Robe, seconded by
Com. Vandenoever, that the following
resolution be adopted. Motion car
ried.
Resolution.
Whereas, on Feb. End, 1915, the
Sheriff of Ward county filed with the
County Auditor a list of uncollected
personal property taxes for the year
1918, showing that there is over &c.
100000 uncollected, and
Whereas, this board is of the opin-
ion that a large amount of this sum
can be collected,
Now, therefore, be it resolved that
the said list of uncollected taxes for
the year 1918 be returned to the sheriff
and
Be it further resolved that the
Sheriff be instructed to proceed to COL
lect same.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard, second
ed by Com. Robe that the application
of the Second National Bank of the
City of Minot for refund of taxes paid
by error for the year 1918 on the Sc
IA Sec. "a, and NV IA NE IA, S IL
NE IA of Sec "a, Twp. ISL, R. "a, in
the sum of $4845, be accepted and
auditor instructed to write refund or
der for same, and the bond given by
said bank in the sum of $4,000 with
r. E. Barron and H. E. Byorum as
sureties be accepted and approved and
placed on file. Motion carried.
Moved by Com. Hennessy, seconded
by Com. Vandenoever that the follow
ing applications for abatement of
taxes be accepted and approved and
the Auditor instructed to make the
necessary corrections on the tax lists.
Motion carried.
A. Baker of the City of Minot for
the year 1914, being assessed $4,000
for goods and merchandise when same
was also assessed to the Minot Hide &
Fur Co., being a double assessment.
Leroy Cassins, for the year 1914,
being assessed for the same buildings
both on Sc IA and SW IA Sec. 10,
Twp. 1855, R. IS, being double assess
ment.
R. L. Johnson for the year 1912, be-
ing assessed for buildings on SW IA
Sec. 10, Twp. 157, R. SO, when there
were no buildings on said land. Moved
by Com. Lokensgard, seconded by
Com. Vandenoever that the statement
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

When in a recent prayer one morn
ing before the state senate, Rev. Mr..
Craig, the chaplain, prayed that the
claw makers be saved from lobbyists,
both those in pants and in petticoats,"
he seems to have gotten his foot in it.
The Lisbon ministers have sent let
ter to the president of the senate,
Lieutenant Governor Frame, protest.
ing against that prayer, voicing their
conviction that the reverend gentle
man is not worthy of the honor OF his
position. Even the chaplain is expect
ed to give an account of his steward
ship.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

House Bill No. II, the measure to
provide a state enforcement commits
sioner at salary of $4,000 year,
has been recommended to pass in the
House by the committee of tn wehole.
The governor is to appoint the COM
missioner, who will have headquarters
at the capitol building. He is to have
a clerk at 5000 year and can appoint
others to assist him. He is to investi-
gate pigs, gambling dens, bawdy
houses, ETC., in the state, report to
the states attorney of the counties
where they are located and if no &C.
ton is taken, report to the attorney
general. If this bill passes, it is re-
ported that Andy Miller, former at
torney general, may work for the ap-
pointment.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

The North Dakota tax commission
got it's foot in it. Before the investi-
cation of the commission had even
been started, those honorable gentle
men issued an affidavit charging the
committee with bad faith, but the
next day filed another affidavit and
left those charges out, claiming that
the commission didn't charge the COM
mittee with anything in particular at
all. Funny, isn't it? A dog usually
doesn't yelp till after he's been hit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

That Lathrop committee is surely
some committee. It has trained its
guns on the legislature itself and pro-
poses to save the state $4,000 during
the 1917 session, pruning the clerk
hire $4,000, cutting down the print
ing appropriation $4,000, and mis-
cellaneous expenses $4,000. The pres
ent session is costing the state about
s150,OOO and there is no question but
what big saving can be made two
years hence.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

Some comedian" in the legislature,
who admitted that he had seen but one
picture show in his life, wanted a bill
passed compelling all moving pictures
to be censored before exhibited. AS
there are 600 moving picture houses
in the state, and it would require two
dollars to censor each new picture
shown, there would be a handsome
revenue.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-02-18

It is entirely possible and quite
probable that this country will get in
to trouble with Germany, over her
declaration that a war zone exists in
the waters around France. If an Am
erican vessel happens to be sunk by a
German torpedo boat or a mine in
those waters, this country will make
demands on Germany. Several point
ed notes have passed between the two
countries. The United States desires
to remain neutral, but will insist on
her rights on the high seas.
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Quintal of
st. Valerien, P. O., are visiting Mrs.
Quintal's brother, Peter PAUL, and
family.
Fenton Damon has sold his farm
to VIM. Mayhem of Dixville, Que,
who will take possession of the same
May LIST.
James and Middle White of Mont
real, were in town this week and at
tended the K. of c. banquet, Wednes-
day night.
Court Island Pond, No. 423, held
its regular meeting last evening.
Three candidates were initiated. Re-
freshments were served.
Island Grange will give a sugar
social Tuesday evening, March 23rd,
in Grange Hall. Good music will be
furnished for dancing and prone
nading.
Thomas Reynolds, an old resident
of the town, died last evening. He
had been i'll for some time and pneu-
monia developed which caused his
death. He was 81 years old and
leaves a wife, three sons and two
daughters. Funeral services will
be held Sunday at the Catholic
Church at two o'clock, Rev. Father
Trottier officiating.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
NEWARK

Leon Moulton was in St. Johns
bury. Friday.
Mrs. Eden Gray is on the sick
list this week. DR.. Burke is at
tending her.
VIM. Wallace has sold his farm
to Howard Linden, who will take
possession May Ist.
A surprise party was given Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. King at the
Grange Hall, Thursday, March II.
The w. R. c. of West Burke, pre-
scented them with a rocking chair
and they received a sum of money
from their friends here. The oc.
casion was the 18TH anniversary of
their marriage.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
NORTH STAFFORD

Hon. J. c. Hut.chins is in Con-
cord this week.
John Hinma,l was in Portland
the first of the week.
c. Z. Clark returned from
Aroostook, Monday.
Mrs. ]. H.. DeBarville has been
in Crystal for few days.
DR.. J. J. NORM has returned to
his home i'll Rochester, N. H.
Maynard Schoff has returned
from the auto show in Boston.
Rev. G. F. and Mrs. Rouillard
were in Lancaster Wednesday.
H. H. Gardner of Lancaster,
was a business visitor in town this
week.
L. w. Barbour of Colebrook
was on our sire is one day this
week.
Mrs. A. E. Stevens entertained
! the Ladies Society on Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Stevens en-
tertained few friends at whist on
Friday evening.
Miss Lucille Norcott is home
from her school in Enrol for the
Easter vacation.
Mrs. William Stronachs is stop
ping with her parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs, VIM. Brent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stockwel
of Crystal, are receiving ccngratu
lations on the birth of boy March
18th.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
OBITUARY

Mrs. Susan Lamb (CaswelD was
born in Brompton, Canada, and died
at Island Pond, VT, March 3, 1915,
having attained the good old age of
81 years,
She was married 62 years ago to
Andrew Lamb at Brompton, Que.
Mr.. Lamb died at Island Pond three
years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb came to this
town "a years ago when Mr.. Lamb
was employed for many years by the
Grand Trunk Railway. Mrs. Lamb
was the mother of eight children,
had ten grandchildren and eight
grandchildren Four Of her children
are living, Mrs. Davis of Manchester,
N. H., Mrs. Stillings of Jefferson,
N. H., Frank Lamb of Denver, COL,
and Mrs. Fred Stokes of this town.
Mrs. Lamb died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Stokes. One of
our oldest residents, a woman loved
by all who knew her, home loving
woman, with a word of good cheer
to all who came in contact with her.
She died in the midst of her friends
and acquaintance, at the home of
her daughter. who tended her with
the loving care which only daugh-
ter can give to their mother.
Thus our town has lost one of its
old and much respected residents,
She has passed to the Great Beyond,
where all is JOY and no sorrow
known.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
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told him to shut up or he would put
him where the man was. Said Pratt
told him he bought a revolver over
to Norway and went over by the
depot to try it, while the man Davis
alleged) bought some cigars.
He had seen the sheets and clothes
on exhibition around the place and
identified the quilt found under the
barn.
On cross examination he said he
didn't know when he was born and
said he was "a or % years old, could
not tell time and couldn't read or
write. He said Clara Cutting was at
the Pratt place when he went there.
When he found the body he went in
and told Mrs. Cutting. She was not
surprised, he said. Prescott was not
there and when he came in he told
him. He claimed he did not want
to notify the officers for fear they
would think he did it. There were
two beds up stairs where he slept but
he didn't know where Pratt or the
housekeeper slept.
Mrs. Clara Cutting of South Paris
was called to the stand. She has
lived in South Paris for 81 years.
She went to Pratt's to keep house for
him November 10. Said she knew
about the body two weeks before she
notified the officers. Said Prescott
Pratt told her he shot man and put
the body under the barn. This he
told, she claimed, was the same day
the cat was killed, just before it was
killed. Said Pratt was acting odd
and she asked him what the matter
was and he told of the killing of the
man. Said the mans wife in Port
land gave him some money to kill the
man and put the revolver in his
pocket. She identified the blanket
as one on the bed upstairs. She
claimed she never went down under
the barn but looked down the scuttle.
On cross examination she said she
was born in Canada and is French
Canadian, but had lived here q
years the 9th of October. She
worked at the corn factory in Sep
TENDER and went to the fair,
She claims Pratt came for her to
work for him November 10, and she
had met him frequently before that,
and from that date went there to
stay. On being asked what Pratt told
her of the murder, said he told her
he had killed man and put the body
under the barn. She said she didn't
know what to do after the body had
been found because she was scared,
frightened and nervous and just
didn't know what to do. She claimed
she didn't know whether Pratt told
her anything more about it after the
first time or not. A number of let
tiers were introduced which she
wrote to Lucy Pratt.
The court suspended for the morn
ing recess.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
LOCAL NEWS
Buy that Easter suit at Sterns.'

Buy that Easter suit at Sterns.'
Fred Paquette has resumed work
at the customs office.
w. M. Buck of Canaan, was in
town part of this week.
Mrs. Earle Boyce of Ludlow, VT,
is the guest of her parents here.
Gossipers wouldn't do much harm
if they didn't have so many willing
listeners.
The newest suits, skirts. waists
and dresses for Easter at Stern
Brothers.
Will Mayhem of Dixville, Que,
visited relatives in town the latter
part of the week.
Leon Damon of Worcester, VT,
came Tuesday to assist his father
through the sugar season.
Mrs. Leon Graham of Montreal
Que, is spending a few days with
her mother, Mrs. Burroughs.
Watch or windows for the moth
proof chests. Price Sl.O0.
Bosworth Store Co.
Miss Bernice Harden Of Compton,
Que, has been in town several days,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry
Lougee.
&C. Carr and G. G. Smith were in
South Paris, Me-, Wednesday and
Thursday in connection with the Geo.
W. Davis murder case.
Mrs. J. C. Latin and Miss Nina
Colby have returned home after an
extended visit with relatives and
friends in Boston, Mass.
Howard Linden, who has been in
Lebanon, N. H., for the past year,
has purchased a farm in Newark,
and expects to take possession about
May LIST.
Mrs. D. Stern returned Tuesday
from New York City, where she has
been for the past month. During hel
stay she did the spring buying fol
the store.
Miss Amanda Kennedy of Gorham
N. H., is at her home here, recover.
ing from an operation for append,
citis, which she underwent some
weeks ago at the St. Louis Hospital
Berlin, N. H.
Miss Ruth Steady, who has been
i'll with tonsilitis for several days
past, is able to be out again.
During her illness, Miss Marion
Maroney substituted at the piano al
the Idle Hour Theatre.
Peter PAUL who underwent an
operation at the Protestant Hospital
Sherbrooke, some two weeks ago, re-
turned to his home here on Friday
last and his condition at the present
is as favorable as can be expected.
A large company attended the sup
per and dance given Wednesday
evening in Grange Hall by the loca
order Brotherhood of Railway Car
men. Nearly fifty couples were
on the floor for the grand march anC
the general remark, "a good time"
was expressed by those attending
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19

Get your Job Printing done at
this otnce. Work and prices right.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
THEY KNOW IT'S SAFE

Parents who know from experience
insist upon Fo]ey's Honey and Tar
Compound when buying a medicine
for coughs, colds, Group and la grip
pc. C. T. Lunceford, Washington,
Ca, writes: Il have used it for six
years and it never has failed.
think it is the best remedy made for
coughs and colds" For sale by John
Thurston, druggist. adv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19

The fire company was called out
last Friday afternoon to put out a
blaze, which originated in the tene-
ment of the MARCEL Perry house on
Cross street, occupied by w. A.
Moore, a defective chimney being
tn e cause. Considerable damage
was done. On Monday night an
alarm was sent in for fire a. the
Castonguay house on Railroad street
but as it was only a chimney fire, the
services of the fire company were
not needed. No damage was done.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
Fred Estey v. Town of Brigh.
ton.

The following townsmen were in
Newport the past few days, in at
tendance at the court session =
Hazen Blodgett, o. L. Mansur, H.
H. Hobson, K. B. Hill, Fred E. Min
ard, VIM. Findley, l. E.. Covell, Eu-
gene Buck, Mrs. Eugene Buck. John
Buck, Roy Sweet, Miles Coe, Don
Colby, DR.. A. E. Parlin, Urban No
len, witnesses called from this Sec
ton in the damage suit, Fred Estey
v. Town of Brighton. Consul for
plaintiff, Thompson and Aldrich, for
defendant, Redmond. and Powell.
Evidence not all in at press time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
Y. M. c. A. NOTES

Engineer w. H. Beattie of Mont-
real, has returned to his regu ar run
on trains 5 and 6.
The Mems Meeting addressed by
Mr.. j. M. Dudley, Sunday, was well
attended. Special music was rendered
by Mrs. Lawton, Rev. Mr.. Lawton,
George L. Dyer and G. S. Foster.
AS result of the boys financial
canvass, Saturday, thirty-four dol.
lars was realized for their work
Their gratitude is hereby expressed
to the people for their kind assist.
ance.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
Got Name From French Town.

The bayonet derived its name from
the town of Bayonne, in France, where
1t is said to have been invented, in
1850. Some authorities claim that the
weapon is simply the Malay kris in
troduced by Dutch soldiers from the
East Indies. though manufactured at
Bayonne. The Malay weapon consist
ed merely of native dagger thrust
into the muzzle of musket.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
Death of Mrs. Barnes

The death of Mrs. Leslie Barnes
aged Al years, occurred Tuesday
evening, heart trouble being the
cause.
A husband and two sons are left
to mourn her death.
Funeral services will be held at the
home this friday afternoon at two
O'Clock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-03-19
The Warner Sap Bucket

Is the heaviest bucket made, size Is
quarts, no bucket weighs less than 3
pounds. If your dealer has not got
them write us for prices. Geo. d.
Jarvis & Co., Burlington, VT. If