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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21

tended him, and it is thought there
will be no serious results.
The Crosby Review of last week
came out with six pages Of legal no.
tees.
LEVEL Near, the nine-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Near of Beach,
underwent serious operation for a
fractured skull, and seemed to be get
ting along very nicely. The accident
which necessitated the operation &C.
Cured nearly two weeks ago when
Lowell, with several comrades, in at
tempting to cross the street endeav-
ored to dodge an oncoming wagon. A
Ford car coming behind passed to the
left Of the wagon, knocking the boy
down. He was rushed to hos
pital in an unconscious condition and
on Friday taken to Dickinson by his
parents.
Charging that he has been terror
lied during the past two weeks by an
organized band of men seeking to
drive him out of the country or kill
him, William Campbell, Kidder county
officials which he expects will lead to
dIICSCS. 1HIcc DlOOucu IdCC IlOI oSo
have been shot and killed, bullets have
been sent through the windows of his
home and other depredations commit
ted. Campbell was the breeder of
Perry, 2:16, winner in 1908 of the $685.
900 New York purse. The animal was
sold then for $25,00O.
Yes, North Dakota wants men, real
men; farmers. She is not calling nor
inviting the
Loafer-
CRATER
Nor the Hobo.
She invites the knocker, brute, plum
dered and shirk to-stay where they
are.
North Dakota is calling for the man
who will work-and thinks while he
works. She is calling for the man
who is not afraid of hard bumps and
who will not lie down if he is knocked
down. She is calling for the man who
has faith in himself, and in his fellow
men. She wants the, man who cares
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21

for home-who will stand UP for his
home and town--who believes that his
own ancestors were the best in the
land, but does not give rap whether
his neighbours father chopped cord
wood or sat in senator's chair
North Dakota is calling for real men,
men in the full sense Of the word.
While working on the new telephone
line near Garrisan l.. A. Shingledeck-
er met with an accident last Friday
evening which, luckily for him, result
ed in nothing worse than broken arm
and a few bruises. Mr.. Shingeldeck-
er climbed to the top of one of the
highest poles but neglected the pre-
caution Of strapping himself to the
pole and when the wire on which he
was working broke he fell to the
ground, landing on his shoulders and
back. Roger Metz and Bert Oderkirk,
who were helping him on the line,
brought the injured man to town as
quickly as possible where he was soon
made comfortable and is now able to
be up and about town with the aid of
a crutch, thankful that he escaped
more serious injury.
Breathes there man with soul so
dead, who never to himself has said:
"That editor has quite a head. I'm
glad take his paper. He's got raft
of grit and sand, he prints the news Of
all the land; he boosts the town to
beat the band, and that's the proper
caper. He soaks the grafters in the
neck, he saves the Ship of State from
wreck; he's Johnnie-on-the-spot, by
heck, when things are in tumble. He
writes the ads that bring the dough;
he chases all our gloom and woe; he
tells US all we want to know and yet
he is quite humble. He never gets a
bit stuck up; he's worked since Hector
was a pup, to have his daily bite and
sup and have little over-I know we
owe him many plunks, so let us shame
the other skunks and furnish him
with coal in hunks, wherewith to live
in clover"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-09-21
BRIEF STATE NEWS

There is a noticeable improvement
in the general makeup of the Lidger-
wood Broadaxe under the new man
aement.
Knocked down by an Infatuated cow,
Paul Wicka, residing near Beach, was
saved from death by the prompt ac-
ton of an autoist, who, when half a
mile away, heard Wicka's cries for
help.
Farmers no longer need to dig into
their pockets for penny every time
they ship a can Of cream. The law
repeating the internal revenue stamps
which have been affixed to all instru-
ments of conveyance went into effect
September 8.
President Louis Hill of the Great
Northern and George T.. Slade, vice
president of the Northern Pacific, are
feasting on North Dakota prairie
chicken this week as the result of a
successful hunt in the fields of North
Dakota in the vicinity of Dawson.
George O'Brien, village marshal at
Halstad, pulled off clever stunt last
week when he caught three men who
had stolen an automobile. The men re-
fused to give their names, but it is
known that one of them lives in De-
troit, Mimi, one halls from Kansas
and the other from California. Mr..
O'Brien's suspicious were first aroused
when he learned that the men had sold
a set of seat covers worth SIS for So
to local garage. 1t was thought at
that time that only one man was i'm
plicated in the theft, but when he had
been arrested O'Brien got a confess
sion from him duplicating the other
two men. The two made an attempt
to escape on freight train, and an
automobile was used to follow the
train out Of town and it was stopped
on grade and the two men placed
under arrest. The chief held his gun
on them and took them back to town,
where they were held for the North
Dakota officials, who arrived the next
day. No attempt to fight extraditio
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80 HEAD OF CATTLE

Is mich COWS, all with calf and some to
II heifers from six months to two yea,
7 steers from six months to two years
1 dark red bull, 1-2 years old
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plain that the American shirt Is un-
reliable as to size of collar and length
Of sleeve; n cry not unknown In
America. Another reason why Amer
lean shirts do not appeal to the Latin
American Is the absence of the little
tab which used to be placed ut the
bottom of the bosom. 1t Is supposed
to he buttoned tn the trousers or
drawers and thus keep the shirt from
rising In billowy majesty. The Aus
trian, Italian and Portuguese shirt
makers supply this tab. avoid the
coat pattern and put the Yankee shirt
to rOut. As an American shirt com.
mands In Brazil double the price that
it brings in New York, the loss to our
export trade is large because we do
not give the South American what
he wants. The Portuguese maker fol-
lows the wishes Of the trade so closely
Tint he puts little buttons over the
biceps so that the sleeves may he
pulled up and fastened" II South
Americans want to roll up their
sleeves. let us assist In the true Pam
American spirit.
The sun., 1916-11-13
MEAT WRAPPING.
The Packers Defence OF Gross Weight
Selling Assailed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Why
docs +. $. Hayward attempt to explain
away the injustice OF excessive wrap
ping by saying that II meats were not
wrapped "a loss would lie sustained
through shr!nkage and the purchaser
would be minus the sanitary protection
afforded by the wrapper:
The wholesaler "fags'' the actual OBJ
lection In attempting to claim sanitary
results. for he does not deal directly
with the victim OF provision price FOR
paper as the retailer has to bear the
hrunt OF complaint from the sw!ndled
purchaser.
Let Swift 4 Company and all OF the
other packing concerns sell their pro-
visions u%nwrapped to the middleman and
Put II up to him to accept the s~hrinkaGe.
and I'll wager there will be no bowling
complaints such as now assail his un-
willing ears. for he'll avoid six to eight
ounces loss by keeping his goods moist
in re~frigerators and he'll avoid stale or
musty meats by purchasing what he
needs FOR the moment. What a hopeless
MIR. Hayward's letter can give no bet
Ter NlTulCdtlOH LOT Inc SI,'pN,VVV INV
least) excessive profit on paper wrapped
commodities. Armour 4 Company have
adopted a wrapper for hams that II
not ons-third the weight OF the paper
wrapped hams. but they are offenders
TO the present with their bacon.
All the crackers and corn meal prod
ucts are sold at net weight and the con
tainer is not considered excepting in
glass jar goods. and they can only be
sold for "a jar" not a pound or one
half pound or any quantity save for the
weight printed on the label Of each and
every Jar or package.
To show the fallacy Of the assertion
that goods wrapped are sold on that
basis and /. not wrapped would be
charged AT a different price. let me call
Mr.. Hayward's attention to the fact hat
all Of their products can he bought
wrapped or unwrapped in certain Sec
tons and there is absolutely no differ
ence IN price, I mention certain sec
tons. and 1t is only where keen competl-
ton forces them TO comply with some re-
tallers' demands that the just practice
Of buying meat as meat prevails.
The law explicitly says they must
mark correct weights on. for instance,
boxes Of pork IONS. each wrapped In
four ounce pa per and then almost every
box is net W. pounds short and you
can take u or leave II. for they have
weighed It at place OF shipment and
here the retailer must pay for the marked
weight.
II Mr.. Hayward be the consensus OF
swift & Company then he should re.
member he who excuses accuses
WILLIAM IEYNER.
NEW YORK. November II.
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Spectacular Athletics.

The football games Of Saturday gave
little encouragement to those earncst
minded persons who would like 70 see
the intercollegiate scrimmages cOn
Quoted without the excitements at
tendant upon general admission" The
gate money ut Cambridge and New
Haven. at the Yale-Brown. Cornell.
Michigan, Pennsylvania : Dartmouth
and Pittsburg. Washington and Jefrer.
son contests would pay the yearly sal
aries Of n university teaching corps.
endOw n home for supernnnuated So
biologists or feed Belgium for II day.
But the dollar that follows the foot
ball flag Is not by mandate Of the
faculty to he diverted to channels
even OF such usefulness. Probably,
indeed. the elevens would play better
football were there 10 raging crowds
to disturb their delicate nervous bal.
ance. But the play Is not the thing.
The battle Is between the cheering
sections. The crowds make the spec.
tacle which the crowds enjoy.
Then up with the banners Of Grim.
son. of Orange and Black and of Blue .
SO long as the winners heads are not
turned nor the losers hearts weak
ened by the struggle. the gnme is as
good as II Is great.
The sun., 1916-11-13
LABOR LEGISLATION.
A Mere Manufacturer Observes Its
Incidence on Trade.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUS-Sir: We
do not have &c wait until after the war
thousands Of women and girls working
ten to twelve hours a day are now doing
the work under our beautiful free trade
tariff on the labor and overhead cost.
The present tariff Is the same on the
manufactured articles rs on the raw
materials except that in order TO make
the present tarlff as devilish as they
could for the American. they make him
pay duty on the dirt and impurities UNI
der a specific clause, Thousands OF
dollars are paid in duty on dirt. and
there is no redress.
Another piece Of devllish legislation is
the law that prevents labor from work.
ing overtime for extra pay during a busy
season. Many industries are raralyzed
to-day on account OF this. Millions will
he lost in wages and millions more To
the millions because OF this loss In
revenue. And the national Admins
,ration or Government proposes to make
the labor question a national AFFAIR, to
he regulated probably by 10000 more
Government employees, to be paid for
by the people they regulate, Fine coun-
try We live in, JAMES n. SPENCER.
NEW YORK, November II,
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not to more effective means of cxtin.

not to more effective means Of extin.
gushing them. Milwaukee with It's
fire department working for preven-
ton in 1915 had 1879 fires last year.
against 1851 In the foregoing twelve
month. Its losses In 1915 were $4SI.-
600, against s777.046 In 1914 and
$953,477 in 1913.
Encouraging though these figures
are, the record of the nation Is dis
heartening. The year 1915 saw losses
Of 500, sol ,227 In dwelling house fires
alone, and Of this amount $G,322,Sl3.
or S17323 for every day In the year.
was charged to fires caused by defec-
tive f'ues and chimneys which should
have been detected and corrected.
Fire prevention has worked well IN
cities and will produce further sav-
ings In the future: but 1t Is obvious
that II must be extended to all parts
Of the country. urban and rural, be-
fore the appalling waste If national
resources due to needless fires can be
satisfactorily reduced.
The sun., 1916-11-13

handfuls. An overwhelming majority
of the natives let their wives cut their
hair, or cut each Others.
The test was decisive because 1t Is
still the custom down the east end to
have your hair cut the first Of the
month, and II the BARRIERS could not do
their usual business on November 1 Mt
the advanced rate the fight was lost.
Some surprise was expressed by
persons in other sections Of Suffolk
county that the BARRIERS should have
selected II winter month for their eff
fort. EusthamptOn Is thronged with
city folks In summer. Why not raise
the price then, when the chances of
success would seem brighter? In an
swcr to this the BARRIERS pointed out
that M per cent. Of the summer peo-
pie are artists. musicians, poets, &c.
and wear their hair long. The re-
naming 10 per cent. Is composed Of
business men, all permanently bald.
The BARRIERS still maintain that the
attempted raise was justified by the
higher cost Of bay III and other tom
sorinl accessories. Some of their Gus
toners. over Amaganseit way, where
the whales do oil the spouting. have
expressed n willingness, II necessary,
to revert to the fashion Of their sea-
going forefathers, who ore tarry pig
tails. The whole subject will prob.
ably he thrcshcd out next summer,
when the people OF the east end hold
their MontaukQua.
The sun., 1916-11-13
American Shirts Abroad.

That intimate and practically uni
versal garment the shirt IL yer the
subject Of argument. The more man
has tried to develop 1t from its earli-
est form, the more he has been crltl-
cised. America, emancipated from
that snowy armor known as the hard
boiled shirt, still struggles with the
problems Of stripes and checks,
starched cuffs and soft. pins and
pastebOard. When the shirt maker
does his work well the laundryman
often wrecks the JOY Of the pOssessOr.
The war has not spared the shirt
wcarer. His 1884 comes from the
laundry with n blush faint in the
white parts and n starchy stiff sheen
on the cuffs, reminiscent of the sos.
The lnundryman explains that be-
cause of Europe he cannot get the
right kind of soap. starch, bluing or
labor. Beyond that he Is In MS good
condition as ever As for the pins.
the %pnsteboard spine and the gloomy
little collar button, he says that they
are necessary for the preservation OF
his art In the transit Of the shirt
from folding board to chiffonler.
The great American shirt Is heing
frowned at In the markets OF the
world not because 1t Is not advanced,
hut because 1t Is. Recently there
were complaints from Spain that The
American shirts offered for sale there
were all Of the coat pattern. Young
America demanded this style so that
he could brush his hair before putting
on his shirt. Old CASTLE wishes still
to pull his shirt on over his head.
Our C0nsul-General at Rio de ia,
Metro, Mr., GorTsCHALK, informs Wash
ington that Brazil also regards the
coat shirt rs Fantastic" Also, hs
says, the Brazilian haberdashers com
The sun., 1916-11-13
WHAT WE
Difficult Task Of n Lover Of Fresh
Clean Air.

To II EDITOR or THE SrS-Sr: In
the house where | live. FOR five winters
by actual experience the windows in the
dining room in which from five to ten
persons munich their food every day have
been regularly closed for good from
October l to April /. Not for a frac-
tional part OF a second are they allowed
to be opened between these dates,
In spite OF and In keeping with his
unhealthy craze, every other window
In the house would he kept closed by
the same powers that be but for the
stealth and cunning OF a couple OF fresh
air fends, myself being one of them.
Such Is n condition and not a theory
that would appear to be worthy OF con-
sideration OF physicists and longevitists
and particularly health depa rtments,
AIRY ONE.
NEW York, November II.
The sun., 1916-11-13
altar OF ROSES.

The American Consul at Sofia, d. J.
Murphy. finds time to write a report
on Bulgaria's most ancient and most
attractive industry" the production Of
altar Of roses. Time was when this
most poetic Of the perfumes came
from Persia or Ind. 1t was fancied
as carried on camels to the sea. Later
the rumor spread that altar OF roses
was a stranger to the rose. being made
by specialized German chemists from
barrels Of coal tar. But roses still
bloom TO be bottled, and Bulgaria Is
the boss raiser OF them. The rose dis
trict Is on the south slope Of the
Balkans. There, 1900 feet above sea
level, a district longer than Long ISL
and and twice al wide Is devoted to
roses red and roses white. In the Rose
valley. where there are 10000 acres OF
the flowers. the atmosphere Is like that
Of n florists doorway.
The young bush Ia planted eighteen
inches deep In a mixture Of earth and
manur In May Of the third year II
blooms and Is a paying property for
the next twenty years. Every year
about 5000. 0OO. 900 roses go to the
distillers. They weigh perhaps 20, 1000
tons. for there are about 200 roses to
a pound. Forty thousand roses will
produce an ounce of the altar. Ten
years ago Bulgaria distilled 225,000
ounces. but this year. owing 20 war
or weather. only half that amount was
produced. Paris. London and New
York have been the market. Bulgaria's
friend Germany makes her " attai ,
The sun., 1916-11-13
Fire Prevention Prevents.

Among the contributions to the OBJ
0ervance Of fire prevention day none
Il more interesting than the statistics
prepared by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters exhibiting the
practical effects produced by the cam.
paign of education that has been
pressed throughout the country for
the last few years. Here In New York
there were 100 fewer fires in 1915
than 1914, the total loss for last year
being s., 400, 793 less than that for it's
predecessor. The average loss In each
fre was $14O.5S under the lowest pre-
vious record, while the per capita cost
Of misplaced flames fell by 81 emit to
$1.O8. a figure not reached previously
In the period for which statistics are
available.
Chicago's 1915 record shows 1928
fewer fires than the city had In 1914.
with q saving OF $OO6.6O5. The Metro
politan District, which includes Bos-
ton and twenty-five towns, appointed
a Fire Prevention Commissioner In
1914. In June of that year there were
1887 alarms In the district !; In June,
1915, the number fell to 03J. and this
year In the same month 1t reached
sos, n decrease OF o. per cent. In
twenty. four months. In 1914 Cincin.
natl had 2.l3S fires involving an ne
gregate loss Of $'Hfh,473; last year
there were Los fires, costing $685..
SO; the saving Is to he attributed to
energetic attempts to prevent fires
The sun., 1916-11-13
COLD EGGS.
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Equal Enforcement Of the Laws.

State Of New York provides that "any
person who records or registers bets
or wagers I" with or without
writing upon the result OF
any political nomination, appointment
or election . Is guilty Of a
misdcmeanor and upon conviction Is
punishable By Imprisonment IN a
pcnitentiary or a county Jail for n
period Of not more than one year"
The same statute provides that any
person who aids, assists or abets In
any manner any Of the said nets Is
liable to the same punishment.
According to n statement published
by the Erening Post. $6.OOO.OOO had
been bet In Wall Street on the out.
come Of the election before the close
~ business on Monday afternoon.
ION Wednesday and Thursday more
than another S1.WU.NN was put up
by those who either wanted to hedge
or reduce their losses" the Post adds.
The publicity given to these facts
seems 10 indicate that there Is no
apprehension whatever on the part
Of those who have engaged in these
election bets that any attempt will
he made 10 enforce the law against
them. Indeed. the general interest Of
the community In the betting on the
election shows that 1t is not seriously
regarded rs II crime AMI that an effort
by the District Attorneys office to
deal with 1t MS such would I've greeted
with surprise II not amazement.
II is Il serious matter. however. to
overlook such wholesale violations Of
the criminal law and at the sam
time enforce with extreme severity
other similar provisions against GAM
Ing. What. for instance, can the resi-.
dents Of the East Side think about
the equality of the laws when they
see n lot Of boys hailed before n
Magistrate and threatened with dire
punishment for playing craps on the
sidewalk, when at the same time this
betting on elections In fragrant viola
ton of the law Is absolutely ignored?
One Magistrate n few weeks ago
actually proposed to take the finger
prints OF some Of these juvenile of.
Tenders. How would any VI the gen.
tlempn who bet hundreds and thou.
sands OF dollars on the rcccn election
like TO have their finger prints taken
ut Police Headquarters under the
Bertillun system to Insure their sub
seIuent Identification as violators Of
the criminal law:
Then W. are told that millions of
dollars staked on the result of the
election are held III deposit by
various banks and trust companies
awaiting a final and decisive an
n%ouncencnt as to the result Of the
contest for the Presidency. Are not
these institutions also liable under
the statutory provision to which we
have referred for aiding and abetting
q violation OF the law by those whose
money they thus hold:
The Constitution of Massachusetts
boasts that the inha bltants OF that
Commonwealth live under n govern
ment Of laws and not Of men. II a
like assertion Is true in the State of
New York. and 1t ought to he. there
is no justification for the distinction
which is made between the treatment
of the crap shooter and the treat
ment of participants in unlawful bet.
ting uron elections.
The sun., 1916-11-13
NEW YORK. Novembe

The Constitution Of the United states
puts no restriction on the way in which
Electors Of President and Vice-Presi-
dent shall be named, 1t merely pro-
vides that leach State shall appoint.
in such manner as. the Legislature
thereof may direct. n number OF Elec-
tors equal to the whole number of
Senators and Representatives to which
the State may be entitled in the Con-
grcss." In many States the selection
OF Electors was once left to the Legis-
latures; Colorado followed this sys-
tenn in 1876.
The sun., 1916-11-13
FIGHTING THE SINISTER.
A Nationwide Crusade Against Dis.
honest Lawyers Wanted.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Your
article on Fighting the Shyster" was
reproduced In the Dallas NcTs. The
fight Is now on against the shyster; let
IL he a fight to the finish.
Too long have unprinc!pled men been
n burden and n menace to the welfare
Of the country. They bring disgrace on
the entire profession. Many there are
would long hesitate to ASK advice
from n lawyer. Confidence in them Is
lost. May this crusade against unprln-
cipled lawyers become national then tho
pest will be removed.
RAYMOND VERNiMoNr
DENTON, Tex, November ..