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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Splendid Garden Right in Minot

The writer visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Nathan Warn in northwest
Minot the other evening and we can
not find words to express what real
ly delightful place they have. They
bought six acres in the coulee at the
foot of the north hill 2 years ago for
$3.50 and would not take $4,000 for
their bargain. They have several
acres of garden sass which they de-
liver to regular customers with an
auto. So great is the demand for the
vegetables that they seldom get south
of the viaduct. Mrs. Warn picked 8
bushels of cucumbers in one week
which she sold for SO per bushel. She
has 1000 citrons for sale, besides an
immense lot of great big tomatoes
which are getting ripe. They get 50
cents a peck for the tomatoes. Two
heads of cabbage brought S1.05-
weighing Is pounds and selling for 7
cents a pound. They have an i'm
mense lot Of flowers, which make the
home one of rare beauty.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Sold Oats for Z Cents Per Bushel

Sold Oats for Z Cents Per Bushel
7. V. Bailey, one of the "old-timers"
from Waterford township, was in the
city Monday and in conversation with
a representative of the Independent
said that while his crops this year are
not up to expectations he has no kick
coming. He has a good crop Of rye,
having 70 acres which he figures will
average Is bushels per acre. He has
a like amount of wheat which he won't
take the trouble to thresh on account
of the rust At that he says he isn't
discouraged in the least. Back in In
diana he has raised rye and sold it for
IS cents per bushel, and one year he
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
|N|N0T wins IN
20 inning CANE
Local Pitcher Makes Record-Struck
Out % Men in Nine Innings
Remarkable Game

The local baseball team won from
Berthold Sunday in one Of the most
sensational games ever witnessed in
the west. The score stood I to l in
the eighth inning and 50 remained I'M
til the last half Of the twentieth in
ming, when lucky drive gave Minot
four additional scores.
The battery for Ninot were Hoff-
mhan and Moon; for Berthold, Gross
and Calm. Hoffman received credit
for 40 strikeouts as against % by
Gross, while the score shows three hits
of Hoffman to 6 off Gross. This was
unquestionably the best game Of the
season. Every moment was filed with
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
A railroad presidents meeting will
be held tomorrow to lay plans for the
strike Monday,

be held tomorrow to lay plans for the
strike Monday.
Commission houses, hotels, restau-
rants and transportation companies
yesterday began to store up huge
quantities of food in the event of a
national railroad strike.
While the railroads were striving to
prepare for the strike, manufacturers
of the middle west gathered in Chi
cago in an eleventh hour attempt to
find some means Of avoiding it. At a
conference, called by the Illinois
Manufacturers association, and at
tended by representatives of similar
associations from many states, resolu-
tions were introduced urging that
President Wilson insist on the princi-
pie of arbitration.
Sacramento, CAL, Aug. 30.-Picking
of California citrus for eastern ship
ment was practically discontinued yes
terday because of the threatened rail-
road strike.
Shipping companies have decided to
quit picking and to forward what
now is in the packing houses.
Upwards Of 5000 carloads of table
grapes valued at about $6,000,000 re-
main on the vines and would be lost
if the strike is called and should con-
tinue for any length of time, accord
ing to dealers.
Minneapolis, Aug. 30.-Flour mill
officials declared today that all mills
in Minneapolis will close thirty min
utes after the strike order becomes
effective if the railroads are unable to
move the output as the mills are filled
to capacity without storage space.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
prices, will put large sum in the
farmers pockets.

PRICES, Will pun d large SUN III Cue
farmers pockets.
There is an especially good crop
throughout Montana, where the con-
Germ does big business. Mr.. Erick-
son believes that North Dakotans
should at once secure their seed wheat
from Montana which in many locali-
ties is far better than the average.
Mr.. Washburn had just returned
from a trip through the Canadian
northwest. He declared that there
was a bumper wheat crop in that prov
ince this year, some fields being esti-
mated at so to 60 bushels per acre.
Concerning the Minot business, Mr..
Hanson paid the Minot manager, Mar
JUS Erickson, very high tribute. Mr..
Erickson's business ranks we'll with
the very best of the branch houses.
He is popular with the trade and is
known as great hustler. For in
stance, here is record Of the bust
ness in threshing outfits 50 far this
fall:
Alex. Albin and others, Berthold,
Case engine and separator, complete.
A. B. Hills, Grelland, separator.
A. w. May, Minot, separator.
P. e. Peck and sons, Grelland, sep
arator.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Day and Night Crew Working
on Cooperative Eleva


The material has arrived for the
new $4,000 bushel grain house for the
Minot Farmers COOPERATIVE Co. and
work on the main structure started
Tuesday. The foundation has been in
for weeks but the work was tied up for
lack of material.
The Western Improvement company,
who are doing the work, are working
day and night crew of some thirty
men and will have the elevator ready
to receive grain not later than Sept
Is. The contractors are among the
best known elevator builders in the
United States.
Sever Soine is the manager of the
elevator. The new grain house is 10
Gated along the 500 just south of the
Riverside grocery store.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Old Railway Ticket

Judge Leighton has railway ticket
good for one ride on the old st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Manitoba railway
company from Devils Lake to Grand
Forks. The ticket is dated Aug. 16,
1887. 1t was about this time that the
company, later known as the Great
Northern, extended the road to Minot.
The judge received the ticket from
an uncle, R. L. Anderson, now living
in Kansas, but who in those days was
a brakeman on the road.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
COUNTRY PREPARES
FOR RAILROAD STRIKE
Preparations Being Made ThruOut the
Country for Impending Strike of
Railway Employees.

Washington, Aug. 30.-A feeling Of
uneasiness was apparent on all sides
today as eleventh hour efforts to pre-
vent a nationwide railroad strike
went forward with the greatest haste.
Meantime, the entire country rush.
ed plans for meeting the conditions
brought about by the great strike or
der.
Wilson was making efforts to induce
the brotherhoods to agree.
les of the proposed bills, conferred at
the department of labor with Secre-
tary Wilson.
After the conference, they insisted
that only satisfactory settlement
could end the controversy.
Despite denials of labor leaders that
President Wilson or any one else had
asked them to postpone the strike,
there were abundant evidences that
such was the case.
Somehow, there was a feeling in
congress late today, and in admins
tration circles and other places, that
way will be found to avert a strike.
No one knew what it was, but the
feeling prevailed.
The hrSt legal phase OF the Sltua-
ton developed with the temporary in
junction issued by the local court of
Nebraska, restraining the, conductors
from calling a strike on the Union
Pacific. There were intimations that
similar injunctions will be sought else
where, where the men are against
striking.
Brotherhood men claim the injunc-
ton is in contravention Of law While
every effort is being made to prevent
a strike, both sides continued prepar-
atoms to meet it.
New York, Aug. 80. - Extensive
preparations for the impending rail-
road strike are being made through
out the country today.
Many cities are storing up supplies
and others are making preparations to
keep industries going.
Meanwhile the railroads are de-
claring embargoes on perishable
goods,
Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 30.-A large
number of railroad presidents who
have been in Washington discussing
the strike problem with Wilson, ar
rived here for an important confer
ence.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Andrew Roise, Lunds Valley, sep

Andrew Roise, Lunds Valley, sep
arator.
Hans Rud, brady, separator.
Ed Peterson, Ryder, separator.
F. H. Anhorn, Max, separator.
Mat Hanson, Minot, separator.
Frank Haskins, Glenburn, separat-
or.
VIM. Hunt and Joe Reavis, brady,
separator.
OF course Case goods are of high
quality, but even threshing machinery
does not sell itself.
The local branch just received a car
load of Case autos and all of them are
gone now excepting one.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
CASE COMPANY DOES
A RECORD BUSINESS
Despite Short Crops Many New Sep.
arators Have Been Sold in Minot

August Hanson Of Fargo, manager
Of the northwestern territory for the
Case company, including Fargo and
Minot, and F. r. Washburn Of Ra-
cine, Wis, sales-manager Of the Case
company, were distinguished VISITORS
in Minot Tuesday. They had been
travelling over the territory. and
when interviewed by q representative
Of the Independent they expressed
themselves as being very well pleased
with conditions generally.
The Case Co., despite the fact that
there is . short crop, is doing re-
markably fine business, which shows
that there is still a fair crop in the
country which, considering the high
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
RIDE BLINDS" BACK
FROM BORDER CAMP

Williston, N. D., Aug. 28.-Dis-
charged from the state guard at the
Mexican border, two Williston militia
men were compelled to ride the
"blinds" and on top Of coaches to
reach their home, the federal govern
ment failing to provide transportation.
Jailed three times, suspected of be-
ing deserters, was part of the excit-
ing experiences of the two. In each
instance they were arrested by Mexi-
can authoritiesTexas Rangers holding
them up at one time.
Robert Barnfather and Leslie Gro
yer, the militiamen, declare the Dako-
ia camp near Mercedes is in excellent
condition.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
DANGER OF GOING BAREFOOT

An enormous shoe, said to be size 81,
is on display in the window of the
Family Shoe store on First street. The
proprietor states that pair Of these
shoes cost around $50. It is said that
the fellow who ordered these shoes
resides in the Mouse river loop, and
the size of his feet is accounted for
by the fact that in youth he was al
lowed to 60 barefoot q great deal and
that the rich soil Of that section is re-
sponsible for the luxuriant growth Of
his pedal extremities.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Woolwich Construction Company
to Build High School Building

Mr.. W0olWich Of the WoolWich Con-
struction company met with the Minot
board of Education Friday morning.
This concern was rendered the con-
tract to build the new Minot high
school building, according to figures
originally given in the bids, $4,000,
or thereabouts. Providing the COM
pany will furnish the bond, which they
will undoubtedly do, they will go
ahead with the contract, getting the
foundation in this fall.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
viii Shin Wrapped Potatoes

]. I. Porter, one Of the large potato
growers in the famous Berthold dis
trict, is preparing to sort, wrap in pa
per and pack several carloads Of pota-
toes to ship to the western coast this
fall. The potatoes will undoubtedly
command much higher price and f
il believed that the extra work win
pay the grower well. The experiment
will be watched with interest. The
Berthold potatoes are among the nm
est in the world.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Jaw Broken in Three Places

Raymond Smith, a young man re-
siding in the vicinity of Larson, N. D.,
was brought to one of the local hospi-
tails Friday suffering from a broken
jaw bone. The bone was broken in
three places, necessitating neat
piece Of surgical work in uniting the
broken pieces with wire. The patient
is said to be doing nicely, but his
complete recovery is bound to be a
matter of months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Banks Receives Fine Stock

Maurice Banks, who has conducted
a clothing house in this city for the
past twelve years, has received the
first shipments Of his new fall stock
and when all of the merchandise is in
his store will be better stocked than
ever. Mr.. Banks has built up a nice
business by his square methods.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Some Good Wheat

A. C. Nedrud from near Logan has
40 acres of Marquis wheat which he is
certain will average from 20 to rs
bushels per acre. 1t was grown on
corn ground. Mr.. Saugstad, a neigh
Dor, threshed wheat which averaged
26 bushels, grading No. l. These are
unusual yields for this year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
Sell Stock Fast fOrNew Farmers Bank
The stock for the FArmers' Rank

Sell Stock Fast fOrNew Farmers Bank
The stock for the Farmers Bank
and Trust company, the new farmers
bank, is being sold fast, something like
$4,000 worth of the stock having
been sold to date. The stock is $120
a share. 1t is possible that the cap
ital will be increased to quarter or
half million dollars. There are 211
stockholders at present and a great
deal of the territory has not yet been
canvassed. Solicitors are working
this week in the Garrison, Ryder and
Douglas territory. It is expected that
the new bank will open about Jan. 1.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
LABOR DAY SEPT. !

LABOR DAY SEPT. 4.
Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 4, will b
observed in the state quite generally
among the tradesmen. The banks,
postoffice and public Offices generally
will be closed that day as this is le-.
gal holiday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31

got but cents a bushel for his oats
and the following year the price was
only 10 cents. He was optimistic Of
the future and says "he should wor-
ry."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-31
WILDCAT IN THE BERRY PATCH

Editor Gilbertsen of Glenburn is
trying to discourage the hunters by
telling them that wild ducks will not
taste good early in the season. He
probably has discovered few choice
pot holes and wishes to get his share
of the game before the ducks get too
wild.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
MORGAN BOUND
 FOR LONDON TO
 FLOAT A LOAN
British Are in Market for Another Loan of $250,- 100000 Backed by
 U. s. Securities.

NEW YORK. Oct. 4,-J. P. Nor, gan. financial agent Of the British Columbia government in the United States. has sailed for Europe on the American steamship New York. lt is said Mr. Morgan is going to Lon don to arrange for floating another British loan of $25O,OOO,O1O, to be backed by American securities. Hen ry p. Davidson. one of Mir Morgan's partners, left for England several weeks ago. Bankers who were ques' toned about the opportunity for float ing another British loan said that never in the history of the country has there been such demand for bonds.
 Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador to Great Britain, and Mrs. Page, also ere passengers on the New York.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
Plot Discovered to Do Violence to Mikado at the Time of
 Coronation.
PLOT IS TRACED TO U. s.
Runs on Two Banks in Seattle Have Been Made and End Not
 Yet in Sight.

SEATTLE, Oct. 4.-InvestisatiOn of blackmaiI threats, to do violence to the Emperor of Japan during the late coronation ceremonies, have led to Seattle.
 It has developed that a bold charge will be made and many Japanese will be involved in Seattle and else where on the coast but principally here. All those involved in the lat est scandal are prominent financial ly and ln various business circles.
 The tansle Of affairs SO far has resulted in a run on she two Japan csc banko and charges of malicious oIander has been made against &. Kuwabara, editer of the afternoon daily, The Ashahi News. It is aI- legged that he has printed accounts of the aiased connection between the blaekmallers and influential Jap anese by the use of istters which have come into his possession.
 Today squads of police surrounded all banks and officers were stationed inslde to keep order, the Japanese being 50 demonstrative in cndeav- bring to withdraw their money that violence was threatened.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
BIG MINING DEAL TO BE MADE
 DURING OCTOBER IN NEW YORK
 REGARDING THE EBNER CLAIMS
WILSON URGES
 THE ELECTION OF
 SENATOR TURNER

SEATTLE, Oct. 4.-President Will son is very much interested in the candidacy of former Senator George Turner, the Democratic nominee for United States Senator in the State of Washington, and today sent the following telegram which was re- ceived by Chairman John B. Fo- garty, chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee:
 Long Branch, N, J., Oct. i, 1916. "John B. Fogarty,
 Chairman of the Democratic
 State Central Committee,
 Seattle, Wash:
 q take the liberty of inquiring how the Senatorial contest in Wash ington is going. I am deeply so- licitous for the election of MT. Tur- ner, and hope that you will convey to him my most cordial greetings and assure him of my deep and sin cero interest.
 "(signed) WOODROW WILSON"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
GERMANS DENY SUBMARINE HAS
 SUNK STEAMERS
Americans Were Aboard Both Craft when They Were Torpedoed
 and Sunk.

BERLI. Oct. 4.-(By wireless to sayvillc)-Neisher the steamer Kel- yinia nor the steamer Strathay was attacked by German submarines, 1t is said by competent authorities. the Overseas News Agency announced today. "ConseQuently reports in for eign newspapers alleging that these steamers were torpedoed by German craft without warning are untrue
 The British steamer Kolyina, from Newport News for Glacgow, was sunk Sept. 2. Twenty-eight Ameri' cans were on board the Gelvinia as hostlers. and all were rescued. The British steamer St-athway. from New York to Havre, was sunk Sept. 6, | il. the English Channel. Two Amer jeans were members of her crew.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
Packed House Applaud the First Division Nominees
 Exposition of Issues.
WICKERSHAM ANSWERED
Miner Candidate Exposes Sham in Delegates Claims; Makes Many
 Friends.

DOUGLAS, Oct. 4. - Senator Charles A. Sulzer, candidate for Delegate to Congress, was given a rousing reception here last night when he addressed the Islanders in the Lyric theatre and when # was estimated that fully so per cent of those present were voters.
 Mir. sulzer, accompanied by Mrs Sulzer and Master William, also by Candidates w. w. Casey and J. j. Cornors of Juneau for the Legisla- ture, as well by other distinguish cd residents of the Capitol City, arrived from Juneau on the 7:15 ferry Alma. and were met at the dock by citizens and the Treadwell hand. the latter escortlng the party to the theatre in front of which during the next half hour general reception was tendered the candi' 6ale for delegate when he met scores of old friends and made many new ones.
 Shortly after 8 o'clock and al the conclusion of the National ail rendered by the band, the chairman of the evening, E. J. White, called the meeting to order and introduced the principal speaker of tho occas ion. Mir. Sulzer. others havinl seats on the stage were Legislative oo,diSotae Casey and Connors O Jnnqau, Nels Anderson of Tread well, U. S. Commissioner John Hen son and Deputy U. s. Marsha Drank Bach of Douglas and w. A !Iolzheimer of Juneau
 Applause Greets sulzer.
 Mir. sulzer was greeted by pro longed applause, the large audienc seemingly being keyed to higl pitch of enthusiasm. The speake l CContinued on Page SeYen)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
United States Smelling and Refining Co. Is to Buy up Stock at
 Foreclosure Sale.
NEW WORK TO BE DONE
Mill Is to Be Built on Property and Groups Nearby May Be
 Consolidated.

According to the, New York pa pers. and also from information re- ceived in Juneau, the stock of the Ebner Gold Mining Company will be sold at foreclosure sale in New York october 18th, according to a decree entered by the United States District Court for the Southern Dis trict of New York
 The sale of the stock will give the purchasers an absolutely clear ti- tie to the entire property, something which has not been possible since the property first went into the hands of Q receiver The sale of the stock was first ordered on a judgment obtained by the United States Smeltng & Refining Company last May, but was postponed by or, der of the Court to give the bond holders time to advance sufficient money to satisfy the judgment. This they have failed to do and the final order for the sale has now been en' tered
 The United States Smelling & Re lining Company has spent between s4OOOOO and S5OO,0OO in developing the property, with an arrangement with the bondholders that they should reimburse the Smelling Com pany if they did not desire to pur chase the property at the end oi the development period.
 The bondholders failed to come through and the smelting company brought suit for the foreclosure oi the lien and to recover the money spent, and also to clear the title oi the property.
 It is understood in Juneau that the United States Smelling & Rein ing Company will purchase the prop erty at the sale and will start con struction work within short time although this fact has not been veri fled by the officials.
 The Ebner mine is one of tho oldest mines in this section and ha! been developed to a point where is ready to produce ore to feed mill of several thousand tons dail! capacity, It is rumored here that if the dea goes through as outlined, other prop critics, lying immediately back of th' Ebner group of claims will be con solidated and the work of construct ing a mill and placing the min ! among the producing class will b rushed. The smelting company hayI maintained a working crew on tn property for the past three year and the mine development has beel steadily going ahead.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-04
Britishers Command All Positions on the Somme;; TeutonS
 Cannot Move.
ALLIES ON HIGH PLACES
AerOpIaneS Sweeping in Air Detect Every Movement of the
 Enemy.

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Oct. 4.-Now that the British have the command of the high ground and lock down on the landscape over to Bapaume Ca wiie stretch of country dotted with bOm- barded yillaScs). the Germans can not move about in daylight, neith- CT infantry, guns nor transports, lest they should be spotted by the flights of the British GeroDlanes, always lowering like hawks over the ground. or by British observing off cers. searching through glasses from high positions. One German bat tallon was caught like this teddy, and the British artillery found the range quickly and scattered them.
 It puts them in the same plight as that the British had to endure under the brow of Messines and Wy stscheate ridges and other high ground from which the Germans could sec the slightest move, of British troops and would snipe even solitary wcgon with shell fire. The tables are turned here by the Somme and the Ancre. The German soldiers well know the torture of living always under hostile obser' vation and under great guns.
 They arc already beginning to strick to it as the British stuck to ! it in the aalient when they had hard ly any guns to answer back.