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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-28
Helen Understood the Necessity for
Prompt Action.

iShiPt HSh'SH'
weather-beaten pioneer who bore the
name of Cassidy, and his comfortable
cottage INSTRUCTED both surveys.
The advent of two railroads building
neck and neck across the desert
through the little town had naturally
stirred every i~nhabitant of it to a high
pitch of excitement. Small wonder
that C%assidy's head had become in
some degree confused as to values,
and by the time Rhinelander got
around to see the bronzed pioneer
with a check for two thousand dollars
the price first put upon the property
by it's veteran CONGRATULATIONS had
risen and Cassidy declared that he
would sell for ten thousand dollars
and not a cen less.
Rhinelander, considerably taken
aback, ~impatiently assented to the ex-
orbitant sum named, and going inside
the cottage, wrote out his check for it.
In exchange he received C~assidy's
rather uncertain signature, on the GUS
tomary legal form, granting to the
Copper Range & Tide Water Railway
company privileges over the Cassidy
land as a freehold owner.
Seagrue, arriving from town, learned
from his foreman of the status of the
insignificant plot of ground, adverse
possession of which might Illustrate
their persistent plans for o~bstructing
Rhinelander. With his surveyors Sea-
Ur1In h1lTrind RI fhn nnd nf tho urnrH
and reached the ground just in time
to encounter Rhinelander coming out
of Cassidy's house and the agreement
duly signed and delivered in his hand.
And behind Rhinelander came George
Storm ready to bring the men up to
take possession of the Cassidy de-
mesne.
Seagrue and his followers halted
them and Rhinelander, feeling the vic
tory all his own, explained the situa-
ton to Seagrue, while Storm, amiably,
but firmly, ordered Seagrue's men to
get off the Copper Range property.
Seagrue, without saying anything to
controvert what he had heard, walked
straight into Cassidy's house. I'm
sorry to be a little late, Cassidy" he
began, bluntly. You know we want
your property. And we're prepared
to pay you a reasonable price for it
not an e-xtravagant price, declared
Seagrue, impressively, nothing of that
kind, but" he asked, buttonholing
the old man with friendly emphasis,
lust what is right and fair. l don't
know what you consider your property
worth" he continued, talking SO fast
the old man could not get a word in
edgewise, but l have written out a
check here for fifteen thousand dol.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-28

INTO the blazing sunshine convinced
Seagrue that something was I'D.
Rhinelander's laborers and track lay.
srs under Storms directions parted
and stood expectant at each side of
the run of track on which Cassidy's
house had been SO unceremoniously
dropped. Seagrue saw, too late, what
Storms radical move in the fight
meant.
Storm, scent of battle in his nos.
trils, stood ON the f~ootboard as the
sturdy switch engine started. On it
came, accelerating fast from one, two.
ten, twenty miles an hour up to thirty.
With the safety valve popping and
smoke streaming in a cloud from the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-28

the queer flyer, and Soda Water Sal
was well upon them before they real
lied it was she. None the less hearty,
however, was her welcome, and when
the expectant throng made out Helen's
face at the cab window a chorus of
shouts went up to greet her.
With her hair in the wind and her
eyes burning with excitement, the
white-faced girl brought the aston
ished old machine to a stop close to
the coach. Rhinelander and the con
ductor ran to greet her. Few words
were needed in explanation, few were
lost. Coupling the coach ahead Of the
switch engine and hustling the dep
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-04-28

to throw everything movable in the
outfit car out on the sand.
Seagrue, watching from a distance
the sudden activity among Rhineland-
er's forces, watched the new develop
ments with much curiosity and some
little anxiety. He saw the switch en-
CINE speed down the line, couple to
the outfit a and back away with it
for a dash. In the cab all was
citement. Under Storms orders, prep
arations were being made for a rec
ord dash, and as the engine stopped
with the outfit car in front of it down
below the second switch, huge vol
lime of smoke pouring from the stack
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

are satisfactory for purposes OF traf-
fc. The Jefferson highway was q
dream In mems minds for a few
months, then it became a highway on
paper for a matter Of a few weeks.
Rapidly now the ribbon of gravel and
rock and concrete is unrolling through
Winnipeg, Minneapolis, st. Paul, Des
Moines, Kansas City, st. Joseph, Jop-
lin, Muskogee, Denison, Shreveport,
Baton Rouge and New Orleans, ira
versing the agricultural heart of Amer
lea, the most broadly developed agri-
cultural country in the world. In less
than three years time the great high
way not merely ought to be but will
be transferred from mems mind and
from paper to the ground, 2.OO0.mile,
hard-surfaced, 365-day road from Win.
nipeg to New Orleans.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

Two days after the arrival Of the
letter from Washington announcing
the approaching invasion Of private
capital, Brouillard, returning from a
horseback trip to the Buckskin, where
Arson and Griffith were setting grade
stakes for the canal diggers, found a
visitor awaiting him in the camp mead
quarters Office.
One glance at the thick.Dodied,
heavy-faced man chewing an extinct
cigar while he made himself comfort
able in the only approach to a loung-
ing chair that the office afforded was
sufficient to awaken an alert antago-
nism. The big man introduced him
self without taking the trouble to get
out of his chair.
my name is Hosford. and ropl o
sent the Nlquoia Improvement COM
pany as its manager and resident en-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
CANADA TO MARDl GRAS CITY
Ribbon Of Concrete, Rock and Gravel
Unrollng Between Winnipeg
and New Orleans.

Py FREDERICK j. WRIGHT. Presi.
dent OF Jefferson Highway AsSoCiation)
In New Orleans on November 10 and
1e Of last fall, after six months CT sys-
tematic agitation, more than 400 good
roads enthusiasts from eleven states
west of the Mississippi river met and
organized the JEFFERSON Highway asso-
citation. Now ribbon of concrete and
rock and gravel is rapidly unrolling be.
tween Winnipeg, Canada, and New Or
leans, La, which latter city aspires to
be known as the winter capital Of
America
In less than six months Of its official
existence, the Jefferson highway has
become second In Importance among
Americas great new national high.
ways. The Lincoln highway is natural.
ly and rightfuily given first place, con.
Meeting as 1t does New York and San
Francisco, and spanning the entire con-
tinent from east to west. The Jeffer-
son highway, on the other hand, ira
verses the great agricultural center
and connects the Dominion of Canada
at Winnipeg with the Gulf Of Mexico
at New Orleans. It crosses the rich
agricultural states of Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
and Louisiana, with possible branch
through the Ozark mountains in Arkan.
sas.
Thomas Jefferson is justly entitled
to the honor which the Jefferson high
way is expected to confer upon his
name. The great north and south
highway traverses the Louisiana pur.
chase territory with the exception Of
short dip into Texas, made to provide
level route around the mountains Of
Arkansas. This diversion makes the
Jefferson highway q farm land, level
country route from beginning to end.
The actual work Of graveling, rock.
ing, matchmaking or surfacing with
concrete is now being arranged for
with surprising energy. Single coun-
ties in Texas and Louisiana have
voted 100000 and 100000 bond Is
sues. Counties and road districts in
which it would not have been supposed
that ten per cent Of the voters would
approve Of bond issues for building
roads have won their bond issues cas-
fly because Of enthusiasm for the JEFF.
ferson highway.
Highways must be built on the
ground as we'll as on paper before they
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

this time, and, In common with every
man on the staff, not excepting the
STATS chief, would have fought for
her in any cause.
Brouillard nodded. 81 don't know
what Harding did, but Smith, the Tri-
angle Circle foreman, tells me that
Steve was on the warpath; he told
Harding when he left, last summer,
that IL he ever came back to Niquoia,
he'd come to stay-and stay dead"
Il never did like Harding any too
WELL" was the photographers defni-
tive comment, and Brouillard went
back to the matter Of the mornings
seance and It's golden outcome.
'That is only a little side issue.
Steve Massingale came to me this
morning with a proposal that was
about as cold-blooded as slap in the
face. Naturally, for good business rea-
sons Of their own, the Massingales
want to see the railroad built over
War Arrow pass into the Niquoia. In
some way Steve has found out that
/ stand pretty well with President
Ford and the Pacific Southwestern
people. His first break was to offer
to incorporate the Little Susan and
to give me block Of the stock If I'd
pull Ford's leg on the extension prop
osition."
"Well? queried Grislow.
Exactly. You can imagine what
told him. Then he began to bully and
pulled the club on me-"
Again Grislow's smile was IOcose.
"Well, when / turned him down.
young Massingale began to buster
and to say that I'd have to boost the
railroad deal, whether ! wanted to or
not. / told him he couldn't prove it.
and he said he would show me, If I'd
take half an hours walk up the valley
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

mapping pen on his thumb nat, "c,
rious that this particular fly should
drop into your pot of ointment On
your birthday. wasn't IT." he re-.
marked. Il" w.
y suffering Jehu!" gritted Broui,
lard PEACEFULLY. Are you never poino
TO forget that senseless bit of twad.
dle?" " '"~u'
you're not giving me a chance IN
forget It," said the mapmaker soberIv
You told me that night that the
seVen'year characteristic was change.
and you're changed man. Victor -
ever there was one. Moreover, II be.
gan that very night-or the next morn.
Ing" 1870 "
Brouillard laughed.
All OF which is bad enough. you'd
say Murray; but 1t isn't the worst NJ
It, I've just run up against another
thing that is threatening to raise
merry hell in this valley"
I know" said the photographers
slowly. You've been>haying a seance
with Steve Masslngale. Leshington
told me about It."
What did he tell your BrouIllard
demanded half angrily.
"Oh, nothing much; nothing to make
you hot at him. He said he gathered
the notion that the young sorehead
was trying to bully you"
"He was" was the brittle admission.
See here, Grizzly"
The thing to be seen was a small
buckskin bag which, when opened,
gave up paper packet folded like a
medicine powder. The paper contained
a spoonful Of dust and pellets Of metal
Of a dull yellow luster.
The photographer drew a long
breath and fingered the nuggets.
"Gold-placer gold!" he exclaimed,
and Brouillard nodded and went on to
tell how he had come by the bag and
its contents.
"Massingale had an az to grind, Of
course. You may remember that
Harding talked loosely about the Mas.
singale opposition to the building Of
the dam. There was nothing in It.
The opposition was purely personal.
and it was directed against Harding
himself, with Amy Massingale for the
exciting cause"
"That girl?-the elemental brute!"
Grislow broke in warmly. He knew
the miners daughter fairly we'll by
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
A-shaped Hoshouse.

should be doors in both front and
back, 21s feet by 2h feet, fastened at
the top with leather hinges so that
they will swing both ways. The
north door should be closed In win
ter. Such house can be moved from
field to field easily. 1t will shelter a
SOW and litter of pigs. When SOW
farrows in cold weather lighted Ian
tern hung inside to the roof will keep
the air warm enough for the newborn
pigs.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
TIME FOR sHEARING SHEEP
Mistaken Notion to Wait Until Late
In Season for Heavier and
Better Fleece.

Some people have the idea that II
sheep are not shorn until late In the
season the fleece will be heavier and
better. This, an experienced shep-
herd Of wisconsin says, is mistaken
notion, and is often the cause of con-
siderable loss. The sheep lose In
weight during the first warm days OF
spring, and, as the fresh grass acts
as laxative, the fleece becomes dirty
and unpleasant to handle. 1t is a
much better plan to shear the sheep
before turning to grass, as this will
insure cleaner wool and will therefore
make better gains. Don't neglect to
Trim the animals hoofs, II they need
1t, as cases Of foot.rot can thus b
prevented.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
PREVENT DISEASE IN FOALS
Majority Of Gases of Navel Trouble
Caused by Neglect to Provide
Sanitary Quarters.

One colt in five dies Of navel dis
ease, also called navel Ill, Joint Ill
and Joint disease. The majority of
cases occur through neglect to provide
sanitary quarters for the mare at fosl.
ing time.
Navel disease comes from germs
that are nearly always present in dark,
dirty, poorly ventilated stables. Some
times these germs are present in ad-
joining paddocks and fields. but pas.
lures distant from stables and high
ways are usually free.
The germs get into the body OF a
newborn foal through the navel -
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

usually a short time after birth. The
foals do not always die at once, but
may linger for weeks or months with
swollen joints and other parts.
Care should be taken to provide q
clean stall with plenty Of bedding for
the mare several days before foaling
and to disinfect the floor and walls
with a 5 per cent solution Of carbolic
acid or some other reliable germicide.
Cleanliness and sanitation used with
intelligence will lessen the losses from
this disease. Distinction of the ma
vel with iodine Immediately after birth
is recommended by most veterina.
rians. 1t might pay to protect the ma
vel with antiseptic bandages until 1t
heals.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
MOVABLE HOUSE FOR SWINE
One Large Enough for Sow and LIZ
ter Makes Satisfactory Shelter
Good Style Shown.

A cheap movable board house, large
enough for one SOW and her pigs,
makes a satisfactory shelter.
A good style is an A.shaped build.
ing, 8 feet wide, s feet long and with
each side of the roof feet in length.
1t takes little over 225 feet of lum-
Der to make such house. There
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
Social Advancement.

Good roads always contribute to the
social advancement Of the community.
Town and city folks are greatly bene-
flied, but farmers are real beneflciaries
on account Of the saving in time and
labor In marketing farm products.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
Encouragement TO Birds.

Were our highways bordered with
trees, we should find such feathered
visitors as our bluebirds, robins,
thrushes, catbirds, song sparrows,
bluejays and orioles living within our
view.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09
SYNOPSIS.

=. chief engineer OF the Niquola
lI51Blaisl .S M goes out from camp TO
seton e. stranEe light and finds an
Iiga!e s,Vtv camped at the canyon
l5noolls g meets J. Wesley Cartwright
|iil ~ I st Genevleve OF the auto
l y, S's sSSplains the reclamation work
w sno coFtwright sees in the project
.hsas ~ n make money. Broulllard
Ag eh a,aCo ~ hints from the financier,
inpef,,ylognS. r ~ that the engineer
y lells down and hook himself II the
IN covered.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

q you believe there IL 40
- safslns gelns on among
I. government officials, In
4. .s'A,ns congressman, as muck
.s,-o critics have frequently
..,,,sai Who's to blame In
AZ ssoyi
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

How will BroulIIard get rid Of
Hosford, who seems bent on
making troubIe7 Or will he GET
rid Of him at all?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-06-09

To BE coNTRuED1
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
BOUGHT FORD with
A FORCED CHECK
Two Men and Young Woman Make
Getaway With New Touring Car
After Working Clever Ruse

A brand new Ford touring car was
secured from the Moore Motor Co. on
July 21 by two men who gave forg-
ed check in payment for the same. The
sheriff is now looking for the men who
are undoubtedly we'll on their way out
Of the state. The number of the car
is 1240137.
One Of the men gave his name as
Walter Gish. He is IS years of age,
6 feet tall, dark complexioned, weight
about 1876 pounds, straight built and
a smooth face, wearing dark suit and
black, broad-rimmed hat. He talks
rather slow, but good English. The
other man was known as Mr.. Freeman,
27 years, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weig-
ing about IT'S pounds, fair complexion
ed, built rather stout, smooth faced
and wore dark suit and black, broad
trimmed hat.
A girl, % years of age, was travel
ing with the men. She has a blond
complexion, is about 5 feet 4 inches
tall, weighing 115 pounds. She carried
her left arm in a sling, claiming the
member was broken, but she may have
done this to elude the officers. A re-
ward of $25.0O is offered. Sheriff
Nedreloe has warrants for the arrest
of these parties.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Nv. WIS HAVE REACHED MINOT
One Hundred Arrived in City Today
Over SOO-Sent to Kenmare-
Others Driven Out of Town

The first of the I. w. WIS who have
been creating trouble for South Da-
kota farmers, arrived in Minot over
the 500 today shortly after noon. Chief
of Police Dougherty and his men had
been warned and were at the depot to
greet the trouble makers. They all
carried the red membership cards.
They informed the chief that they had
come here to demand $4.OO a day as
harvest hands and would not work un-
less they got their price. The chief
advised them to move on and they pro-
ceeded to Kenmare without getting off
the train.
Another band who had come to the
city were escorted out of the city this
afternoon. They were taken to the
big bridge, their faces pointed to-
wards the setting sun, and they were
told to move onward.
Two of the leaders were arrested
for vagrancy and are now in the city
Jail. They will be given trial and it
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
Hail Stones Fell With Great Force

Hail Stones Fell With Great Force
George L. Gould, the Glenburn bank
er, is in the city on business today. Mr..
Gould says the farmers in the hail
damaged district are preparing to
plow their crops under and in that way
they will be assured big crops another
year. He says that the big storm on
Tuesday night was accompanied by a
vast amount of rain. Mr.. Gould acted
as clerk at the C. S. Howell farm, IL
miles north of Minot, Wednesday. He
says that three hail stones came down
with sufficient force to penetrate the
double roof of one of the Howell build
ings, the roof having been covered
with two layers of thin strips. One
Of the stones which went through the
roof had sufficient force to break a
show case in the building. Hailstones
broke the sheet iron covering of a van
and dented the sheet iron just as tho
someone had struck it with hammer.
Great Jumps were raised on cattle
which were out in the storm. Mr..
Gould lost quarter section of crops.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
FRED ANDERSON MINOTs P. M
Nomination of Well Known Banker
Sent to Senate by President on
Tuesday-StenvickR Resigns

Fred L. Anderson was nominated on
Tuesday for postmaster of Minot, to
succeed E. H. Stenvick, whose resig-
nation has been in the hands of the
department for some time. The nom.
ination was sent by the president to
the senate Tuesday and some action
will be taken soon.
Mr.. Stenvick has not made public his
future plans, but it is reported that he
is about to enter the consular service.
Mr. Stenvick stands Ace high with
United States Treasurer Burke at
Washington, who is said to have tax
en- some part in securing the appoint
ment of Mr.. Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson has resided in Minot
for several years. He has been con-
nected with the Brush McWilliams Co..
and is interested in the First Interna-
tional bank.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
GETTING RlDlI,OF
THE Wild OATS
John Steinberger, Donnybrook Farm
er, Tells Independent How He
Battles the Pest

This year the farmers are battling
with wild oats as they never did be-
fore. We were talking with John
Steinberger of Donnybrook, one of the
most successful farmers in that dis
trict, and this is the way he is work
ing with a quarter this year. Early
last spring he burned the stubble, and
no doubt burned many wild oat seeds
on the surface. A fine crop of wild
oats came on and he cut them for hay
just before they went TO seed, getting
two tons of fine hay to the acre He
is now plowing the land good and deep
and expects to SOW wheat on the
ground next spring. He does not rec
ommend this method, for he is just
experimenting with it, but he will lat
er report. Wild oats are much harder
to kill than mustard.
Chas De Wore, a neighbor, is having
good success getting rid of his wild
oats as follows: He sows timothy with
his wheat, takes off the wheat crop the
first year, then the following he gets
a good crop Of timothy, before the oats
mature. He then plows the ground
deep for a crop of wheat the next year.
He has 100 acres Of fine timothy this
year. Of course wild oats can be kill
ed by growing corn or potatoes.
Mr.. Steinberger says the crops are
not extra good in his neighborhood
this year. He has some wheat on sum-
mer following that will average IL
bushels, but some of the poorest will
make only three or four bushels. He
thinks it a good thing for the farmers
to get a short crop occasionally as it
will keep many from plunging, but
there are some who will take excep-
tions to this statement.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-03
WILL FLOCK TO NORTH
DAKOTA BY HUNDREDS

Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Hilliard of Pasa-
dena, CAL, are visiting old friends in
this city. They spent the summer at
Yakima, Wash, and Conrad, Mont,
where they have interests. Mr.. Hill
ard reports conditions better this side
of the mountains and says that resi-
dents of Washington and Oregon will
flock to Montana and North Dakota
by the hundreds just as soon as they
can dispose of their property. He re-
ports conditions very prosperous in
Montana. Farmers are becoming in
dependent and interest has dropped
from 10 to per cent on the average.