The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-11

! to Dickinson soon, to be used in the
staging Of the mammoth frontier pa
geant at the state Elks' convention
on June 10th and 18th.
Chance Hamilton of Mott was cor
rectly named, for he took one too
many chances with a bull which had
frequently attacked him. He was
found unconscious in the pasture with
several ribs broken and internal in
juries which caused his death.
! E. F. Ladd, president of the North
Dakota agricultural college, was elect
ed president of the board of educa-
ton at Fargo at the annual meeting
of that body, when three new mem
bers, Herbert Loomis, DR.. William c.
Nichols and M. j. Moen, took their
seats.
Travelling men of Minnesota and
North Dakota will attend the annual
meeting of their grand council, United
Commercial Travellers, here June 8, g.,
and 10. The program announced to-
day is one of the strongest in recent
years. Governor j. A. A. Burnquist Of
Minnesota and L. B. Hanna Of North
Dakota have accepted invitations.
L. E. Birdzell, professor in the law
department of the University of
Dakota and former member of the
State Tax Commission, has announced
himself as candidate for supreme
court justice. Prof. Birdzell was in
dorsed for this position by the Non
partisan league, but announces he will
run Independently.
Saturday opened Fargo's 7.celebra-
ton of the Shakespearean tercenten-
airy, an eight-day fete, during which a
Shakespearean pageant, eight Shakes
pearean plays and a great masque
ball, were given. Concerts by chorus
of 800 male voices, singing songs of
the Elizabethan period, were featured.
1t was planned to rope off a portion
of two streets at their intersection,
giving a dancing area 90x40O feet.
The pavement, of creosote blocks,
scrubbed and waxed. Five thousand
persons of Fargo and Moorhead took
part in the street pageant Saturday.
North Dakota farmers and stock
men are vitality interested in the new
$2,O0O,0OO packing plant which will be
built at South St. Paul by Armour &
Co., according to Thomas Cooper, d.
rector of the North Dakota expert
mental station at Fargo. ut will be
a great thing for St. Paul and the
Northwest" said Mr. Cooper. "North
Dakota is just beginning to awaken
to the great possibilities of the live
stock industry. I'm the past five years
our sales of marketable hogs have
increased nine-fold Although the
cattle industry is not up to the stand
ard of the old ranch days, the bust
ness is on more substantial basis
and is growing rapidly as diversified
farming becomes more necessary
Mr.. Cooper said that the farmers OF
his state had their eyes on the South
st. Paul market. One of the best re-
suits Of the coming of the new enter
prise will be the removal of the err
roneous impression among farmers
that South St. Paul is "one-man'
market in the opinion of Daniel
A. Wallace, editor of a St. Paul farm
publication and an authority on live
stock conditions in the Northwest
"The coming of the Armour plant is
most timely" he said. "The industry
is just beginning in this section. Every
farm ought to be able to boost the
value to at least $40 or $15." The
raising of the 100000 bonus among
St. Paul and South st. Paul business
men has practically been completed
N. P. Rogers, president of the South
st. Paul Live Stock exchange, sale
Sunday night. "The entire sum has
been assured" said Mr.. Rogers, "ane
we will be in shape to pay over thu
money according to the terms agreed
upon whenever Mr.. Armour is ready
to begin operations" Charles w
Gordon left for Chicago Saturday
night, and it is expected he will confer
with j. Ogden Armour relative to hi
proposed visit here.
Girls 16 and II years old are aiding
at the Russian battle fronts, accord.
ing to Peter Eckroth, who reached
Mandan today after trying to gel
home for two years and travelling 49,,
600 miles. "From the little country
community Of Karlsruhe thirty-fv,