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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
N'CRATA
NET instant DEATH
At POPLAR, MONT.
WillistOn Railroad Man Fell From His
Engine and Fell Into Milk River
Near Poplar, Montana

Will McGrath, a well known Great
Northern engineer, was instantly
killed at the steel overhead bridge
just west of Poplar, Mont, last Thurs
day afternoon. The accident happen
ed in rather peculiar manner. Mr.
McGrath was running west on No
4O1. The fireman and brakeman were
on the steps leaning down looking fol
a hot box on the tender and it is pre-
sumed that the engineer also went tc
look out, when he lost his balance
He may have tripped over the fire
mans shovel. At any rate, he was
precipitated headlong from the en-,
gine, striking the bridge and falling
into Milk river several feet below
Death must have been instantaneous
The body was soon recovered and il
was found that his head was cut where
it struck the bridge.
Mr.. McGrath met with an accident
in Minot in 1906 just as he was pre-,
pairing to leave the round house. The
ice was so high about the track that
the main rod caught his foot wher
the hostler started out with the en-,
gine. Later it became necessary tc
amputate his foot and the fact that
he was lame may have had something
to do with the accident which caused
his death.
Mr.. McGrath lived at Willistor
where he was a member of the B. OF
L. 3. He was 33 years years of age
and leaves wife and two young chill.
dren. Mr.. McGrath was heavily in.
sured, besides he has invested in farm
lands and houses and lots at Willis.
ton and leaves his family in very com
Portable circumstances. He was very
popular with all who knew him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Minot After Federal Loan Bank

The directors Of the Association OF
Commerce met last evening at the
Association offices and discussed vari-
Gus matters of interest to the member
ship. Chief among these matters was
the financing of the organization for
the next year. The secretary has sent
out letters to the entire membership
asking for advice on this important
subject, but thus far the response to
the letter has not been what it should
be. All members are urged to send
in their ideas. A representative Of
the association will attend the meet
ing of the directors Of the Federal
Land Loan Bank to be held at Fargo
Sept. l, at which time Minot's claim
as q suitable location for the bank will!
be presented.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Grew Winter Wheat

H. A. Californian from north of the
city, experimental late last Septem-
ber by sowing peck of wheat in
stubble The wheat was just coming
out of the ground when the freeze-up
came, but it appeared early in the
spring and ripened along with the
rye Californian says the seed was
three years old and only part of it
grew, but he secured 60 pounds of
fine plump wheat that was not touch
ed by the rust. He is going to sow
this earlier this fall and hopes to have
it stooling well before the ground
freezes.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Earl Champlin Lost Little Boy

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Champlin, who
recently moved to Wolf Point, Mont,
are mourning the death of their nine
months-old son, who was i'll for sew
eral days with spinal meningitis. Mrs.
Champlin and babe had arrived at
Wolf Point only two days before the
child's death occurred. Mr.. Champlin
was engaged in the grain business at
Genoa for several years, locating at
Wolf Point recently where he is inter
ested in the Champlin Implement Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Champ1in have the sin
cere sympathy of their many friends.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
brady Girl Dies in Minot Hospital

Casa A.. Hurley, the thirteen
months-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar A. Hurley, who reside on the
John Underdahl farm near brady,
died at a local hospital Tuesday night.
Funeral services were held from the
Brethren church at Surrey this morn
ing at II o'clock, interment being
made in the Brethren eemtery at that
place.
The deceased was a bright, lovable
child and the heartbroken parents
have the sincere sympathy of host of
friends.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Little Girl Broke Arm

The three-year-old daughter of Fred
johnson, who lives west of Glenburn,
fell from a buggy Tuesday evening
and broke her arm at the elbow. The
father and DR.. Lord brought the child
to Minot Wednesday to secure the use
of an X-ray in reducing the fracture.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Rev MacMullen Preached

Rev. Mr.. MacMullen, who was pas
tor Of the Baptist church in this city
seven years ago, filled the pulpit at
the church last Sunday, delivering one
Of his strong sermons that were so
popular in Minot years ago. Many of
his old-time friends, whose faces are
not often seen in church, greeted the
gentleman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Auto Iniures Boy

Victor Matthews, boy who lives
with Mr.. and Mrs. Judd Wood, was
run down by an auto run by Clarence
Francis Tuesday afternoon. Fortu-
nately he was not injured badly. Mr..
Wood swore out a warrant for the
arrest of young Francis, but the case
will probably be dropped
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Will Extend Telephone Line

The South Prairie Farmers Tele-
phone line will be extended several
miles at an early date to accommodate
a number of farmers. Peter K. Peter
son, Sever Larson and number of
other brady farmers will have their
homes connected. One car load of
poles has arrived and another has been
ordered.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Convention of the S1OO, 900 Men

A. F. McLane and Kersey E. GOWN,
two of the best life insurance men in
the state, left for Chicago Friday aft
ernoon where they are attending the
convention of the insurance men who
wrote 100000 or more business dur
ing the past year for the National
Life. These representatives are en-
joying the trip at the expense of the
company and it will be most enjoyable.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-24
Auditor Issued 200 Hunting Licenses

Auditor Issued 200 Hunting Licenses
County Auditor Thompson has is
sued more than 200 hunting licenses
from his office, besides he has sent IL
censes to practically every bank in
the county where they are being is
sued. Licenses are being taken out
earlier than usual this year and it is
a good thing for the auditors Office is
unusually busy and if everyone waits
until the last minute, someone will be
disappointed. The season for ducks
and grouse opens on the morning of
Sept. 7.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

thick, which means that climatic con-
ditions that year were favorable for
growth.
Trees living today are 400 feet high
and 10S feet in circumference at the
butt. A practical man who is fond Of
figuring out such things estimated
that in the largest Of those trees there
is material enough, if sawed into
lumoer, to plant a string of ordinary
telephone posts from Kansas City to
Chicago; and man of poetic tenn
permanent, describing one of the big
trees, wrote: at is the music hall Of
the birds, the playhouse or the SPUR
rels and so lofty that the morning
sun seems to rest on it's rafters, leav-
ing them all luminous and dripping
with gold, while at night its dome
appears to be jeweleG with SEARS and
haloed by the moon"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
Notice of Assessment

The Reed Ditch compa=y, location
of principal place of business FAX,
Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at the
annual meeting of the above named
corporation, held on the ZSin day of
January, 1916, an assessment of two
dollars $4,000 per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable on or before April %,
1916, to D. J. Wampler, secretary,
postoffie address R. F. D. 2, New
Plymouth, Idaho, or residence 21a
miles west of Letha, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 18th day
of April, 1916, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made will be
sold on the 26th day of May, 1916, to
pay delinquent assessment together
with costs of advertising and expenses
of sale.
D. J. WAMPLER, Secretary
R. F. D. No. 2, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
Sumptuary Laws.

Sumptuary laws are laws, now gen
orally obsolete. enacted in the sup
posed interest of public morals to re-
strain extravaganza i'll private expend-
iture. especially in matters of food.
dress and amusemeBts. They abound
ed in ancient Greece and Rome and
found great favor III the legislation OF
England from the time of Edward III.
Q3OT-2TI to that of the reformation
Q51T, They existed i'll France as early
as the time of Charlemagne tIGS-S14I
and continued to be enacted as late as
the seventeenth century. but in neither
country do they appear to have been
enforced to any great extent stump
tuary laws were repealed in England
in 1856.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
OLDEST LIVING THINGS
Giant Sequoia Trees of California Are
10000 Years Old.

One Of the wonders of the ancient
world, and probably the greatest OF
them, was the Pyramids Of Egypt.
And yet, some of the giant sequoias
Of California that are now thrifty
trees had bark on them foot thick
when Cheops began the building OF
the great pyramid Jnat bears his
name. Beneath the shadow of the
Pyramids Napoleon said to his troops:
Forty centuries look down upon you"
In the shadow of the big trees OF
California one might say: Eighty
centuries look down upon you" There
are trees in the grove estimated by
scientists, among them John Muir, the
eminent naturalist, to be 5000, and
even 10000, years old.
The oldest living things in the
world today are these giant trees.
Also the species of vegetation to
which they belong.is the Oldest in the
world. The sequoia tree, exactly like
that of California, fourished several
millions of years ago. We know that
because we find their fossil remains
buried beneath thousands of feet OF
rock, and biologists are able, by read
ing the leaves of those rocks as an
ordinary man would read book, to
tell when the sequoias beneath them
lived.
Away back in the ages when the
land was mostly marsh in which grew
giant ferns of which no species has
survived, when there were batlike fly
ing reptiles and toothed birds with
long reptilian tails, the sequoia flour
ished. In the millions of years of the
Cretaceous Age there were great for
ests of sequoias. The 3-toed horse,
the woolly rhinoceros, the hairy mann
moth lay down to sleep beneath just
such trees as those of California.
Those forests covered New Jersey and
Texas and all the country between.
Then something happened to bring a
change of climate, the Rocky Noun
tains were pushed up, the North Pole
became covered with cap of ice and
the sequoias persisted from the face
of all the earth exccp; in that one
spot in California, where they have
lived ever since.
Of course, none of those trees are
living. But there are trees today
which were old when Moses was
found amongst the bulrushes of the
river Nile They are order than all
human history so far as we know
that history.
Each year thin ring of wood is
added to the tree. By counting those
rings back upon the stump of tree
recently felled a scientist learned that
in the year l of our era, the year
upon which Christ was born, the
weather in California was unusually |
warm and moist. He arrived at this !
estimate, so he said, because the ring
Of wood for that year was unusually
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
PLANNING Work.

What gigantic plans we scheme and
how little we advance in the labor of a
day! If there is one lesson which ex.
perience teaches surely it is this, TO
make plans that are strictly limited
and to arrange our work in a practical
BILE way within the limits which we
must accept. Others expect so much
from Us that it seems as if we had &C.
compIi:hed nothing. What Have you
done only that they say, or we know
by their looks that they are thinking it.
-HamertOn.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

The two women encountered each
other at a dance. They had not met
for several years.
How thin you have grown| eK.
claimed one.
How fat you've got to be-" the 9th
er cried. and they stood gazing at each
other in some dismay.
Before you come to blows" remark
ed a mutual friend who stood by, Tets
take a vote as to which is worse, to
get too fat or TO get too thin."-Ex-
change
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
The IUrnIp.

The turnip is supposed to be a native
of Asia and Europe. 1t has been cult
waited for centuries. The wild East
Indian turnip is said to be remotely
kin to the edible turnip. 1t is the size
of a walnut and first tasted is sweet
ish. but in a moment the taster's
tongue feels as though it We're pricked
by a hundred hot needles, and he feels
like eXpectorating for hours after. 1t
is the country boys favorite medium
for joke ON the visiting town boy
London Taller.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
CATTLE GROWERS ORGANIZE
Permanent State Organization Form
ed at Pocatello Meeting

What is said to be the most compact
and perfectly organized association in
Idaho was perfected at Pocatello this
week in the Idaho Cattle & Horse
Growers association, with Clay Vance
Of Dickie, president; Charles W. The
baud of Bliss, vice president, and L. E
Dillingham; Of Mackey, secretary
treasurer. The association starts out
with 25O0 members, owing 100000
head of livestock. The first annual
meeting will be held in Boise the
third Wednesday in January 1917,
while the legislature is in session.
The two primary objects of the aso-
citation are:
First-To prevent the enactment of
legislation not in harmony with the
interests of the cattle and horse grow
ers of Idaho.
Second-To. prevent cattle stealing
or "rustling" by concerted action on
the part of those engaged in the live
stock industry; to offer rewards for
the arrest of rustlers, to employ de-
tectives to bring about their arrest
and secure evidence to convict them
and to have an attorney or attorneys
to assist the county prosecuting attor-
neys in prosecuting rustlers.
1t was planned to organize the
stockmen in each county so that all of
them can take advantage of the pro-
lection the association offers. Each
individual case of cattle stealing which
originates in any county will be vigor-
ously prosecuted by the association.
This will save the stocXmen the ex-
pense of taking up their respective
cases in trying to bring about the con-
viction of the rustlers single-handed.
By the organizations to be perfected
in the various counties the stockmen
will be banded together to protect
their interests and industry.
1t was also decided to have legis-
lative committee appointed the men,
beers of which will be in Boise during
the session of the legislature. This
committee will keep track of legisla-
ton which seeks to injure the stock
industry and every effort will be made
not only to defeat it but to pass legis-
lation that is not unfavora5ie.
The following resolution was adopt
ed by the association:
Resolved, We, the representatives
of the several cattle and horse
growers associations of Idaho, in con-
vention assembled at Pocatello this
18th day of March, 1916, hereby in
dorse the decision of the Idaho su-
preme court rendered October 3, 1915.
in upholding the constitutionality of
section 6872 of the revised codes, and
particularly invite attention to that
part of the opinion rendered by Justice
Bulge in the case of the state versus I
Omaeckeirania, which was concurred
in by Chief Justice Sullivan and JUS
tice Morgan, which is as follows:
"When the owner of sheep knows,
or by the exercise of ordinary care is
able to ascertain that certain given
area of the public domain has been
used and is then being used as cat
tie range, and he wilfully and know !
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with cents to Foley &
Co., Chicago, H., writing your name
and address clearly. You will receive
in return trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for la grippe coughs, colds and Group,
Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets. Haley & Miles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

Many sick and tired women, with
aches and pains, sore muscles and stiff
joints do not know that their kidneys
are out of order. Mrs. A. G. Wells,
Box 80, Route 5, Rocky Mount, n. c.,
writes: Il am taking Foley Kidney
Pills and cannot praise them enough
for the wonderful benefit l derived in
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
Out of the Race.

When one wakes with stiff back,
rheumatic twinges, he cannot do his
best. If you feel out of the race, tired
languid, or have symptoms of kidney
trouble, act promptly. Foley Kidney
Pills help the kidneys get rid of poi
sonous waste matter that causes trou-
Bile. Haley & Miles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
The Test.

She-I doubt if you really love me.
He-Why not, sweetheart? She-You
never call me little girl
WhereupOn he got very busy. and she
Of six feet three inches cuddled down
in his arms with contented sigh.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
ChangeabIe Weather Brings Sickness

The changeable weather of March
causes coughs, colds, Group and grip.
cold"-none that a person can safely
neglect. Foley's Honey and Tar is a
safe and reliable family medicine that
heals infamed, congested air passag-
es, stops coughs and eases breathing.
Haley & Miles.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
New Brand,

Lady lin book Department. = Have
you Coffee and Repartee?'
Clerk = Groceries upstairs. madam.
I'm not sure that we carry that brand
of tea, but you might inquire.-Boston
Transcript.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

ingly herds, drives and grazes his
sheep upon such cattle range, it then
becomes his wilful act or trespass, and
he is clearly amenable to the provi-
sions of Section 6872."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

: For earache, toothache, pains, burns
scalds, sore throat, try DR.. Thomas
Eclectic Oil, a splendid remedy for
emergencies.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

ION what grounds do you desire to
withdraw the plea of not guiltyT
"On the simple ground that we are
guilty. However. we must call the at
tention of your honor to the regretta
BILE fact that the statute Of limitations
lets US out. Too bad we were not ask
ed about this matter earlier. "-Phila
delphia Ledger.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23
Black Diamond

Black diamonds. found in Borneo.
are the hardest substance that is
known to man.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

Phoenix paints and oils at Reilly's.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15

.5prg 1luffet tioligere eno man bab:
De bentet fig.
Mllcrc0c Sen fplgcnoe Morgcr
Lob flere Gage for tioligt -
Boltoo1nperen ino / 9aDnen. Sap:
toinen bleb fortroligt informeret ON
Sc YoSiagerer, lom BON ifltloe bo=
be nleo til 5i6neD. Sen lille &nlo1ll
oon0c0e lettet op, 0a Dampcren lto>
no al @abnen igjen og mart for
lpanot pau Set aabne SAB.
Sets Tiger ienere fit &olonilterne
lnc6 ocn tilbogeoen0en6e $50 toam1=
per Sc ii61tc m1ltrallfe MDiicr. Mo}l
foll0t ocri ct %n0fprligt 5ignalc-
mcnt of 1pp M}or0ere, Ser bar flDgz
tct ira &%oleoonien, innnt 9pfor0ring
til at la0c 0em poogribe. &aptejne1l
bcrctte0e %n1tn0tligt> at ban bob0e
operlo0t Sc ipb Slpgtninge til Sen
frantic &on1nl / 5i6nep.
Do fpr1t bo blep ser go poo ocu
lille @.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
G0dtk0b paa Montana Land
5000 Acres.

Den ber@mte Helena Dal i Montana.
Kan ses fra Stats Capitolet.
Allie St@rrelser paa Farme: 40, 80, 16O,
800 & op.
kreatur-, ,Ranches''.
VIGTIGT:
Helena Dalen har den l@ngste Kornavl-
seson i Montana, Diet frugtbareste Jord
rigelig Reginald, stor Kornafgr@de OF
glimrende Markeder.
Lave Priser. - Lang lids Afbetaling. -- Lave Renter
Skriv paa engelsk efter fri Beskrivelser oe
Prisliste.
k9b direkte OF spar PENCE. Skriv til:
Western States Land and Development Company,
Helena, Montana.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
MONTANA LAND.

vi kan saelge Dem Farm Land som
ike kan overgaas fra SIS til $40
pr. Acre. Kan avle enhver Ting,
der 3nskes; hvorfor betale $25 til
500 pr. Acre for Land, der like er
bedre. Skriv paa Engelsk eller af-
lag os ct Bes@g.- Believer & Brown,
Al West Park St.. Butte. Montana.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
HOMESTEApS.

Jeg har mango f~orskjellige Styk-
ker af dyrket og udyrket Jord i
mindre og st6rre Dele til Salg. -
Hvis int%eresseret, skriv til mig.
Kan ogsaa sikre Homesteads. Jeg
kjender Egnen, da jeg har veret
her i 81 Aar. - N. P. SORENSEN,
No. 8 N. Eighth St.. Miles City.
1ontana.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
MONTANA LAND

Dyrket og udyrket overrislet Land
Beaverhead County, Montana. -
1odt Land. Bedste Markeder. Skan-
inaviske Settlementer. Fra SIS pr.
Acre og op efter. Skriv efter. Be-
k%rivelser og Betingelser.
r. w. BOONE, Dillon, Montana.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
LAND I NO"RD0ST-MONTANA

Dyrket og udyrket lord i skandi-
naviske Settlementer ner Jernbane
i Diet nord0stlige Montana til $40
a $40 pr. Acre paa lette Vilkaar.
Skriv efter Oplysninger og Priser.
A. P. LARSON,
Wolf Point. Montana.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15

Erofuril item: SIR. Bonf6ireftqr!
&%oSicrcrcn CT flpgtet me6 Direftp=
renS Trl1c, men Nenge far ban bel=
OlgpiS fife tuget me6.
8ollf0ireft9rcn: Sag pjebliffelia
Ell M11to1nobil, for19g at in0bente
Dent pg tiff 6em ct Hor Gufin0
&roncr, ellers bar hi 0em ti1bage
ON s Gage igjen.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1916-09-15
MONTANA-LAND.

Dyrket og udyrket Jord fra SIS
pr. Acre til h9jere Priser, i smaa og
store Arealer for Kolonisering i Ju-
d1th Basin nar Great Falls, Mont;
lette Vilkaar. Skriv ON Oplysnin-
ger og Priser. N0rhv Rros Great
Falls. Montana.