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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
ASSESSORS COMMEND
. The COUNTY BOARD
AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING,
WARD COUNTY ASSESSORS
ENDORSE GOOD WORK OF
COMMISSIONERS-FINE MEET
ING

The annual meeting of the assessors
of Ward county was held at the court
room at the court house in this city
Wednesday. Despite the bad roads
nearly every assessor from WARD
county attended the meeting. During
the day the assessors called at the
office Of County Auditor Thompson
where they received their assessment
books and records and are now pre-
pared to go ahead with their work.
Geo. T. Murray, from Mandan town.
ship, was chosen chairman of the
meeting and H. R. Wood Of Margaret
township, secretary.
The members of the board of coun-
ty commissioners, Chairman Anderson,
Peter Vandenoever, J. Hennessy and
Olaf Lokensgard, were present to an
swer various questions that came up.
States Attorney Herigstad spent the
day with the assessors to settle any
legal questions that happened to arise.
R. A. Nestos gave an address on tax
alton in general and H. E. Wheeler,
Minot's assessor, who has made deep
study Of the question of taxation,
read an instructive paper. Auditor
Thompson and Deputy Kennard "came
thru" for box of choice cigars.
A motion was made and carried that
all assessors assess all property wher-
ever found and with whom found be-
tween April 1 and June 1, as required
by Sec. 2101, Revised Code Of 1913,
and that it devolves upon the owner of
the property to show that such prop
erty has been previously assessed,
Sec. 2100, Revised Code of 1913, and
that the date April l., is the time to
begin determining values, and not the
date of assessment-Sec 2127, Revised
Code of 1913.
Attention was also called to Sec.
2078, which requires assessors to list
and assess all household goods and the
law puts the exemption at $50 per
family, with the county auditor after
assessment.
A motion was made, seconded and
lost, providing that all dogs be assess
ed at S..
The following resolutions were ad-
opted:
Resolved, that we endorse and COM
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mend the county commissioners ir
their efforts to equalize the assess.
ments and taxes between all townships
in the county and especially their eff.
forts to have the different townships
show equal assessments in having al
property listed. To allow one town.
ship to refuse to list all their prop.
erty on the same basis as another
township, is to allow a special priv.
lege. To require all townships to as
sess on an equal basis, is equal JUS
tice to all.
The assessors now have their
blanks on which ga different items
are listed, with No. 95 covering all
items not previously listed. They
will assess on a basis of rs per cent
of the actual valuation, except moneys
credits, stocks, bonds and mortgages
Some very interesting points were
made clear at the meeting. The law
which permits land owners to get an
allowance on their taxes for trees
planted, was taken up. 1t was made
clear that such land should contain no
fewer than 400 growing trees to the
acre. B. j. Anderson explained that
COIIlIlOH SIdlllOnS, uSeu DIS WORK HORSES,
should not be assessed as stations.
The following assessors were regis
tered:
John Arnold, Maryland; A. J. Beau
dry, St. Marys; J. M. Morrison, Rec;
E. J. Mccoy, Kenmare; P. P. Borgers,
Tolgen; J. W. McClaren, Des Laos;
Oscar Christianson, Brillian; J. O.
Sadness. Orlein; John Hogem, Linton;
Andrew Loden, Ryder; H. E. Wheeler,
Minot; P. C. Nilsson, Denmark; E. E.
Townsend, Gasman; C. L. Bellmeyer,
Underwood; T. E. Ostrand, Elmdale;
Frank j. Spalla, 1887; I. H. Van
Sickle, Anna; VIM. E. Kurtz, 154-87;
Tom Hoover, Tatman; J. M. Haugen,
Ryder Village; c. F. Weed, Maryland;
G. A. Mcqueen, ,Berthold; Gerhard RI
Johnson, Rice Lake; L. W. Toftner,
1888; H. E. Book, Willis; John
Hooke, Baden; Thor Bengard, Douglas
Village; Ira Safer, Rolling Green; A.
w. Smith. Nedrose; Louis B. Larson,
Burt; O. D. Kisselhorst, Spencer; ia
cob Marshall, Eureka; Jacob Frost,
Alton; VIM. Violet, Greedy; Ed Mos
tad, 1912 and 81; Oscar Strom, ISL
"a; G. J. Johnson, 1856; W. A..
Ruby, Sank Prairie; Julius Radire,
Greenbush; Geo. T. Murray, Mandan;
H. R. Wood, Margaret.
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FRATERNAL FEELING
MUCH IN EVIDENCE.
Dodge Brothers, Advertising Director
Finds that Owners are Friendly
in the Extreme.

in the Extreme.
George H. Phelps, Advertising Di-
rector Of Dodge Brothers, has just re-
turned from a trip to the Coast. He
declares that one of the most striking
things to engage his attention is the
fraternal feeling that exists among the
owners of Dodge Brothers cars.
"There has always been a bond of
good fellowship between the owners
of similar makes of cars" says Mr..
Phelps, "but this seems to be far
stronger than usual in the case Of the
owners of Dodge Brothers motor
cars"
"Out on the Pacific coast, to drive a
Dodge Brothers car is just like be-
longing to big society At various
points I learned that it is customary
for excursions and picnics to be ar
ranged to be participated in only by
those driving Dodge Brothers motor
cars and there are regular clubs being
formed in some cities.
"This is not only true of the west.
In Rochester and Syracuse, N. Y,
there are clubs Of Dodge Brothers
owners, and it is only a few months
ago that parade of Dodge Brothers
motor cars, driven by the owners, was
a feature of Dodge Brothers Day in
Boston. When Mr.. Philip, our General
Sales Manager, visited New Orleans
a few weeks ago, Dodge Brothers car
owners actually gave banquet in ap-
probation of Dodge Brothers, at which
Mr.. Philip was the guest of honor.
"The situation is very gratifying
and we are glad to see the idea spread,
as it means that the owners of Dodge
Brothers cars are proud of their pur-
chases."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
HUNDRED NURSES
IN CONVENTION
LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN HIS
TORY OF STATE ORGANIZA-
TION AT MEETING HELD AT
PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The fifth annual convention of the
North Dakota Nurses Association
opened in this city Wednesday, with
the largest attendance in the history
of that organization.
The meeting was called to order in
the auditorium of the public library
by Miss Mabel Olson, of Fargo, the
popular president. The invocation was
delivered by Rev. P. w. Erickson. The
address of welcome was given by Mrs.
S. J. Rasmussen, one of Minot's most
pleasing speakers, whose words made
the visitors feel doubly welcome.
Miss Olson, in delivering the pres
ident's address, called attention to the
rapid growth of the state organiza-
ton. Starting with 142 charter men,
bers, there is now membership of
258.
A report was given by the secre-
Lake.
A reception was held at the Y. w.
c. A. rooms Wednesday night, the To-
cal nurses proving to be delightful
hostesses.
DR.. ]. G. LaMont, superintendent of
the State Sanitorium at Dunseith,
spoke today on "The Trained Nurse;
Her Civic Relationship" He paid the
nurses high compliment when he said
that except for the physician, no per-
son or profession came 50 close to the
hearts and homes of the people.
DR.. Archie D. MCDANIEL delivered
an illustrated lecture on preservation
of the Vision" He discussed and il
Illustrated the diseases most common in
the eye, traced the causes Of many Of
them and discussed improper lighting
and seating of school rooms. Taken
all in all, the lecture proved to be
most valuable.
Mrs. A. E. Bolton of Jamestown, in
her address, advocated dispensing with
alcohol entirely as a medicine, stating
that many physicians had done this
and apparently they were getting as
good results as those who used medi-
cines containing alcohol.
The convention closed in the even
ing with a delightful banquet at the
Leland hotel. At the close of the re-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
not high school to deliver the Bacca

not high school to deliver the Bacca
laureate address.
The following is list of the grad
yates, twenty-seven in number:
Laura Bager, Hilda Balerud, Windell
Bell, Albert Desmond, Leon Hayes.
Marjorie Humphrey, Charles Hawley
Ella L. Gassman, Ella johnson, Ruth
Johnson, Helen Knebel, Dan Lambert,
Jesse C. Miller, Hester Mills, Howard
Nichols, Ovid Peterson, Harry L. Rem
ington, Mildred Ritzman, Arthur Rolf
ness, Harvey Seefeldt, Roy M. Sher-
man, Toxic Slocum, Helen Thompson,
Helen Vandersluis, Velma Webster,
Lola Wells, Louise Yeomans.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
Dramatic Favorites of Real Class to
Appear at Grand Theatre.

The theatre goefs of discriminating
instinct will welcome the appearance
of The Broadway Players, who are
booked to appear at the Grand Opera
House one week, commencing Mon
day, April 18th.
This organization has won wide
spread popularity during the past two
years, testing an experiment for one
of the biggest theatrical associations
in the country.
Their appearance at the Grand will
be a real dramatic festival at popular
prices-25c, Csc and Social children
1Oc
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13

past, Miss Hildor A. Strom, a popular
Minot nurse, thru whose efforts very
largely, the various entertainments
proved so successful, acted as toast
mistress and interesting responses
were made by Miss Mabel Olson, Miss
Alice L. Smith, Miss Irene Dillon and
Mrs. G. Roy Ringo.
Minot was proud of the opportunity
to entertain these members of the
most noble profession.
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FOur-Year-Old Son Died.

Donald, the four-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas V. Davy, died from
pernicious anemia at the Davy home,
601 3rd St. N. w., Aril 10. The funer-
al was held from the home Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Deake, the Bap-
fist minister, preaching comforting
sermon. Mr.. Davy is an automobile
dealer of the CITY,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13

Sold $4,000 Worth of Minot Property.
During the past ten months, G. D.
Shaft, of the Northwestern Land Co.,
has disposed of $4,000 worth of Mi
not property, complete list being
shown elsewhere in this issue. This is
a fine record.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
Will Deliver

Rev p w. Erickson Will Deliver
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Rev. P. w. Erickson, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, has been select
ed by the graduating class of the Mi
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-13
E. A. aANsER LOCATES AT LEEDS.

The Independent regrets that F. A.
Lumber Co., Of this city, has left Minot
to assume a similar position with the
company at Leeds. Mr.. Ganser was To-
Gated in Minot for two years and made
a fine record. His successor has not yet
been chosen.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-Quarter sec
ton in 10 and 80, Gasman township.
Will take $500 cash or part cash, or
accept 81 900 in city property, North
side preferred. Incumbered for
$500; value $4,000. W. H. Mann,
Minot, N. D. til
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WANTED-50 acres broken at 81 an
acre. Will pay SOC an acre for drill.
ing in flax, or will furnish drill and
pay soc an acre for drilling. Eight
miles north of Douglas, N. D. Land
free of stone. Cash in bank for the
job. E. B. Willard, No. IL, Sixth
St. N. w., Minot, N. D. 4-13-t2cg
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FOR SALE-Fifteen head of Bates
milch-strain and Cruickshank beef
strain herd bulls, from l to 2 years
old; 2 Polled-Angus bulls, 1 yr. old
past; 6-mos. old Hereford bulls.
All thrifty fellows-a credit to any
herd. P. w. Miller, Office, Minot
Auto Co. 4-13-tf
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Scofeld have re-
turned from West Baden, Ind, where
they spent several weeks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08

would arrive in his Office at eight FIR
teen only often enough, Birsky, SOON
er or later on his account the conduc-
tor would got to go from car to car
asking is there doctor on the train. ="
swell, If everybody felt the way you
do about living in the country, Zapp,
Birsky said, 'who would buy suburban
real estater'
Nobody" Zapp replied.
'But you admit that there's a whole
lot of people living in the suburbs.
Zapp." Birsky said, and Zapp nodded.
"Then there must be some advan-
tage in it." Birsky insisted.
SWELL" Zapp admitted, there's one
thing that fellers which lives in the
suburbs has got more than fellers
which lives in the city"
whats that?" Birsky asked.
Mileage" Zapp concluded.
Copyright, New York Tribune.)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08
JUST MATTER OF PERCENTAGE
Legislator Had Figured Out Method
by Which He Voted Right in Ma
Jority of Cases.

During the last session of western
legislature one member, tall, angu-
lar man with q white mustache of the
walrus pattern and the faculty of be-
Ing able toathrow both his thumbs out
of joint at will, made himself conspic-
uous by voting mo" on every bill, res
Olution. or other form of business that
came up. However innocent meas
ure might be, this man voted against it
stentoriously.
Finally legislator weakened under
the strain and approached the gentle
man with the walrus whiskers.
why is it?" asked the man, "that
you vote No on everythingT
"Tll tell you," said he of the walrus
mustache, with confidential air. "Sev-
enty-five of those bills and resolutions
are bad and ought never to be passed.
And figger that any man who>vote'
right rs per cent Of the time is pretty
burned good legislator"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08
The Child at Table.

The table is the ideal place for fam
lily interchange of thought, and the
children who are old enough to come
to the table should be encouraged to
take part in the conversation. One
good result of this is that ii helps to
keep the child from eating too fast.
However, the children's chatter, in
many homes, is most annoying when
guests are present. In one home It
was made the rule that the children
might take part In the conversation
when guests were present, provided
the children could contribute some
thing of interest concerning the sub
ject under discussion. This taught the
children to listen carefully to what was
being said. This, in itself, is of IN
told advantage to the child, for, Ia
a home where people with bright ideas
concerning all the questions Of the
day gather around the table, the gen.
eral conversation is of great educa-
tional value to the child. The child
cannot fail to become good con-
versationanst with this early train
ing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08

seen my first months gas bill out In
Brunswick Beach, and after that all
had to do when jumped into a cold
bath was to think how many cubic
1eet L was saving, and if it was six
below zero even / got pleasant glow
all over. Later on 1t got to be such
a habit with me to take cold plunges,
Birsky, that the second summer we
was there when they had that bad
water famine on Long Island, used
bottled water as long as ] could get
the spring water companies to send
me trial samples. For over a month
there we done the weeks washing
with artificial vichy and my wife had
to get rid of the wash lady because
for every siphon she put in the tubs
she drank one herself"
''You were lucky it was only vichy,
Zapp," BirSky said. at might have
been ginger ale or root beer, in which
case she would of took 1t home to the
children"
Joke if you want to, Birsky." Zapp
retorted. "But what am telling you
now is facts from living In the coun-
try"
rats, Zapp" Birsky said. "You
could have shortage of water in the
city just so much as in the country.
Just because you didn't like Bruins
wick Beach amt nothing against 1t.
Simon Kuhney has been living now in
Brunswick Beach for six years, yum
derstand, and he says if he leaves his
house at seven o'clock he is in his Of
flee at eight fifteen"
"Sure know" Zapp said, "but If a
Teller which leaves his home in
Brunswick Beach at seven o'clock
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08
Needles Made Of Bone.

The needle is one of the very old
domestic instruments. The earliest
were probably of bone. Steel needles,
close upon the modern style, were
made by the Moors at a very early
period. and there is a record of their
introduction into England in the four
teenth century that the matchmaking
industry became quite an important
one in England, and companies were
formed for making them. Needles
made of fish bone, bone of other ami
mails and also ivory, sometimes hav-
ing an eye at one end and sometimes
having an eye in the middle, have been
found among the refuse of the cave
dwelling peoples of Europe. The ma.
chinery now employed in making nee
dies of the many kinds used in sew
ing is quite as wonderful as the ma
chinery used in making the pins that
the world uses so recklessly.-Wash
ington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08

But Paikes really and truly paid
twelve thousand for the house." Biz
sky declared.
Then how could he expect to get
rid of it for $11,5O0?" Zapp demand
ed. ''If you worla read the Sunday
papers, Birsky, you would know that
the standard amount below cost which
they advertise country houses to sell
for is $1,000. IN fact, l often figured
1t out, Birsky, that as everybody is
willing to sell his 12-room house with
baths, sun parlor and every mod
ern improvement for $1,000 below
cost, If such house originally cost
S25'OOO and changes hands six times,
understand, the last owner gets it
Tor nothing with a bonus of 5000
thrown in. And even then he is well
come to the house for all of me-"
That's because you don't know
what it is like to live in the country,
Zapp," Birsky said.
i think I've got pretty good idee,"
Zapp retorted. "It's something like
being southern salesman for a line of
goods where you've got to make
different town each day. The dis
lance you travel is the same, the rail-
road accommodations amt no better,
but instead of getting every night
rotten dinner and a good game of
pinochle afterwards at dollar-and-a-
half day hotels, American plan, you
go home and get good dinner and
no game of pinochle at all from one
years end to the other. Yes, Birsky,
it's very unjust the way the world
looks at things. For instance. once
in five years Mr.. Roosevelt makes
trip of about 10000 miles, yunder-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-12-08
The Penalty.

Senator Fall was talking in New
York about the Mexican situation.
This imbroglio," he said, disgust
eddy, alludlng to an earlier phase,
was due TO Observation-Disclosures Well,
Observation-Disclosures in affairs of state
gets punished as sharply as in affairs
of love.
81 once knew an absent-minded dry
goods clerk who was in love with a
spirited girl. He took her hand one
night and drOned:
"Dear. dear little handl I wonder
II wonderland then his absent
mindedness got its work in, and he
said:
II wonder If 1t win wash?'
'The girl gave a sudden start.
"'No, George she Kissed, 1t won't
wash, and / may as wen tell you, too,
that it won't cook, or sweep, or darn
socks, either. Good evening 2 49,
Washington Star.
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stand, and when he comes back, yum
derstand, a dozen magazines is fall
ing over themselves that Mr.. ROose-
Welt should accept five thousand dol
lars apiece for an article telling about
these here ten thousand miles he trav-
eled; he writes a book about 1t, Bir-
sky, and gets paid at the rate of
dollar a mile, or $4,000, for it; he
gives lecture about it in Carnegie
hall and six people sends letters to the
papers and complains of the man in
the box Office because he says all right
he's a liar then, when he told them
two hours after the advance sale
opened that the entire house was
sold out and they said he was liar.
The Explorers Union Local No. 1
gives a dinner to him-not the box
Office man but Mr.. Roosevelt, and he
makes an after dinner speech Copy
right T. Roosevelt, 1870 about it and
realizes another $500 or so, and
that's the way it goes. But you take
Max Paikes which in five years trav-
els $4,000 miles to Mr.. Roosevelt's TO-
900, Birsky, and what is it? Nobody
asks him to write about it; nobody
wants him to talk about it, and if
somebody blows him on account of it
to rye bread tongue sandwich and
package of all-tobacco cigarettes it
would be big already"
Evidently you seem to think that
it's a hardship that a Teller should
live in the country" Birsky, said.
f'Did you ever think what it means to
a business man that he should be able
to raise his own vegetablesg
"Sure 1 did," Zapp replied. ut
means that he is going to eat princi-
pally radishes for the whole summer
because that's the only vegetable
which a business man who raises his
own vegetables could really rely upon.
Furthermore you think / am a green
horn in the country, Birsky, but / al
ready done my twenty odd thousand
miles in round trip instalments of
Al miles day on the Long Island
Railroad, and 1 know the whole game
of living ia the country right the way
through, from getting stuck with the
lots downwards. | used to own
house at Brunswick Beach and when
/ let it go to the second mortgage a
year and a half after it was built,
understand, it had cracks in the
walls on the second floor which If
you'd put a couple of windows and
door in 'em could of been considered
as extra masters bedrooms"
"Steam heat will do that to new
house, Zapp," Birsky said. maybe
you kept the place too warm"
"Too warm!" Zapp exclaimed.
'Listen, Birsky, the heating plant of
that house wasn't designed for moth
ing bigger than a five dollar year
safe deposit box. With the furnace
going fun on, Birsky, whenever my
wife opened the refrigerator door, Biz
sky, it raised the temperature Of the
kitchen ten degrees. The plumbing
was nothing extra neither. We had
a gas heater for the hot water Biz
sky, which, figuring at the rate OF
$3.50 per thousand cubic feet, if you
took six hot baths it was the equiva-
/ lent of suit of clothes. For years IN
New York I tried to bring myself TO
take a cold plunge in the morning,
but l couldn't stand the shock till 1