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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-30

dated the 31st day Of July, A. p. nine
teen hundred and eleven, and filed fol
record in the office Of the Register o.
% Of aa oun o Of h h daS Sn Of Aas
ust, A. D. 1911, and recorded in Bool
201 of Mortgages at page 345, will b,
foreclosed by a sale of the premises il
ed, at the front door Of the Court Hous,
in the City Of Minot, in the County OF
Ward, and State Of North Dakota, at thu
nq MaH of s to sasy On he tae Sh da
upon said Mortgage on the day. Of sale
The premises described in said Mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
uated in the County Of Ward, and State
Of North Dakota, and described as fol
lows, to-wit: The South Half Of tht
NSn Eatt Sns ss s TG Of
One Hundred and Fifty-one (15D, North
Of Range No. Eighty-three (ss) West OF
the 9Th P. M,
the date of sale as follows:
Paid Interest on First Mortgage-$1039d
Due on the Mortgage Being
Taxes Eeses snd interest theTson--- sssi
Total -----------------------;s1s. 80
The Haber Mortgage Company,
| BY Geo. O. Stomner, Secretary,
Mortgage,
Attorney for Mortgage, T..
Mayville, North Dakota. 3-30-t7
sUk11oNs.
State of North Dakota, County. of Ward,
S.. In District Court, Eighth Judicial
Daniel NJ NJ Taylor, Plaintiff,
Jourgan Olson, Kousta Oksa, Laura
F. "; Taylor, execHtrix Of John
R R rs sI%me Laura IT. r M asyl co.,
partners doing business as Slim
mer & Thomas, Martin Jacobson.
John Y. Millar, Josie Miller, MI
ton, Henry NJ. Scott. Herman ".
Martin, North Star Lumber c.,
corporation, Ward County, a
Public corp2syTdtMl2Mn;o R Rsfendants'
The State of North Dakota to the Above
Named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer
copy of your answer upon the sub
scriber within thirty days after the SER
vice. of this summons upon you, ex-
clusYe of the day of and in
Judgment will be taken against you by
default for the relief demanded in the
complaint; the complaint in the said &C
court in the said county.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
Goth day Of January. 1915:
w. r. DOdERTY,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Office and P. O. Address,
Minot, N. D.
Notice is hereby given that no person.
al claim is made against any of said de-
PENDANTS, except the defendants, Kousta
Oksa and Jourgan Olson in said suit; and
that the said suit is to foreclose mort
gage upon the premises situated in the
county of Ward, State of North Dakota,
described as follows: NE3 Sec. 7, Twp.
1852 N. of Range "a w. Of the 5th prin-
cipal meridian, and to hold the said
Jourgan Olson liable on a guarantee of
said Indebtedness therein.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
26th day of January, 1916.
w. F. DOHERTY,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Office and P. o. Address,
3-3O-t6 Minot, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-03-30

The Independent for up-to-date cop
unercial printing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
RUPTURE EXPERT HERE.
seeley, Who Has Supplied U. $.
Army and Navy, Called to
Fort Dodge.

F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phil
adelphia. the noted truss expert, will
be at the Wakonsa Hotel and will re-
main in Fort Dodge Saturday only,
Dec. 23d. Mr.. tSeeley says: 1.-THE
Shield as supplied to the
United States Government will not
only retain any case of rupture per-
but contracts the opening in
10 days on the average case. This
instrument received the only award
in England and in Spain, producing
results without surgery, injections,
medical treatments or prescriptions.
Mr.. Seeley has documents from the
United States Government, Washing
ton, D. C. for inspection. All char
ity cases without charge, or il any
interested call, he will be glad to
show same without charge or fit
them if desired. Business demands
prevent stopping at any other place
in this section.
P. s.-Every statement in this adj
vertisement has been verified before
the Federal and State Courts.-F. H.
Seeley.-Adv. t1f1d2Dec21-22*
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
THE WAR AND SLAVERY.

FIT. Dodge Chronicle: We are ac-
customed to regard slavery as a
thing forever destroyed in the So
called civilized world. We look back
to ancient wars, when the question
was whether the population of the
conquered country should be EXTERN
mated or reduced to slavery, with a
thrill of honor; and piously thank
God that we live in d more enlight-
ened age Well, as a fact, it would be
hard to find a war in antiquity
where horrors were so piled up for
the vanquished as they have been in
this.
This country protests against the
slaughter of Armenians by
the Turks, with the war as a pre-
text. We are not at all sure that the
tactics of the Turk are not more hui
name, in the long run, than those OF
his ally, the Teuton, so far as the
population of conquered territory is
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

With her vast energies strained
as never before, by a war such as the
world has never heretofore known,
with 1000, 0O0 mel on the firing
line and every war vessel of her gi-
gantic navy continually under a full
head of steam, with her loans to
her allies reaching staggering sums
and the German submarine making
her commerce a matter fraught with
difficulties, the United Kingdom in
creased her sales to us 81 per cent
during the nine months ending Sep
TENDER of the current year, compared
with the same period last year, or
from $1S2,0OO,OO to $23S, 00O,0 900.
This is $32,000,0 900 greater than for
the first nine months of 1913, under
the protective tariff law. On the
other hand our exports to the Unit
ed Kingdom increased during the
period from a normal of S356,0O0,-
900 to the unprecedented sum of ST.
.374 ,000,0 900, or over one-third u
entire expectation to all the world
for the first nine months of 1916.
But the things the United Kingdom
bought from us were mainly war
materials, while the things she sold
to us were made up wholly of such
products as come into competition
with goods made in America" The
trade measures which the United
Kingdom is cow taking give promise
of causing our sales to her to dror
even below normal when peace lie
declared while her sales to US can
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The general tendency of the time
indicates that the saloon is a doc L
ed institution. Public opinion is
turning against it everywhere and
it is only a matter of time until there
will not be a legal grog shop in any
civilized country. Up in Saskatche-
wan, Canada, the government has
been running the joints and they
have been conducted much better
there than in countries where pri-
vate interests operate them. Yet the
people have become Disguised with
government owned drunkard factor
les and at an election held a few
days ago in Saskatchewan the gov
eminent saloons were voted out by
a majority of $4,000. Owners OF
distilleries and breweries in Canada
and the United States will exercise
wise judgment by getting ready to
retire from the business of making
intoXicants. The people are determ-
ined that their business shall go and
go it must.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

concerned. For most people, il the
question were put straight to them,
especially people who are highly de-
veloped and have known liberty,
would rather die than submit to be-
come slaves. Yet that is the literal
condition Of the inhabitants of the
occupied portion Of France and Bel
GUM.
In the first place the Belgians
would have died of starvation before
this, but for the humane help of 9TH
er peoples. The Germans have recog-
nized no obligation to feed them.
They have taken from them every
thing they had. They have collected
tax after tax until nothing is left.
And the children may die in the
streets rather than a German sold
ier's rations should be short. This is
rather worse than slavery; because
the master through self-interest, sees
at least that his slaves have enough
to eat.
Twenty thousand women were
taken from French cities and sent no
one knew where, to work. A worse
fate even than exile was that of
many Of them. Belgians are ordered
to serve in the ranks of the enemies
- a.
ed to do the work Of Germans in or
der that these may join the ranks If
they refuse they are shot, imprison-
ed or starved. Slavery is humane
in comparison with all this.
New cuttings in cut glass at Teed
& Teed's. diff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Congressman Bacharach OF New
Jersey thinks he has hit upon some
thing that will help the campaign
against the high cost of living. He
has introduced a bill providing for
the coinage of q cent pieces, upon
which he hopes to get action during
the winter. Mr.. Bacharach calls at
tention to the fact that at present
there is no coin between the cent
and nickel, and, as a consequence,
merchants are in the habit of charg-
ing five cents for an article which
would sell for q cents were such
coins in circulation. He thinks this is
particularly true in the West where
it is quite unusual to find articles for
sale at prices between one and five
cents. Mr.. Bacharach is one Of the
leading republican members of the
committee on coinage, weights, and
measures and will call his bill to that
committees attention at the first OPP
portunity.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
BUSINESS
man N RUSSIA

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-There is plen-
ty of room and a welcome for the
American business man in Russia
today. And clean cut business meth
DDS will get him much in the land Of
the Cossack as in his own United
States. The business man who wants
to be "babied" had better stay away.
Sitting on the door step of a Russian
ministry waiting a handout of juicy
orders, will bring only an order to.
beat it. No use either working on
the theory that n has to "culti-
vate." The American who tries to
bride his way there is a chump.
There is a huge demand for manu-
featured goods. The demand is large
now and, as Russia is comparatively
an ~uTdeveloped country, the demand
will grow. For complicated ma
chinery this demand will last for a
long time. In the a of most sta
pie articles sold on a small margin,
the Russian market will be attract
i've for only a limited time. Russia
will o o supply herself with these
products. She must do SO to become
economically independent. She has
the raw materials and a huge home
market. livery effort will be made
to develop home industries, includ-
ing a high protective tariff. Despite
the high tariff for years vast guam
titles of manufactured products will
have to be imported. Before the war
many of these goods came from Ger
many. Even if after the war there
is no trade combination Of the allies
there will be for awhile a sentiment
against Germany. Russia especially
wants Americans to establish factor
les in Russia. American concerns
are going to make their big money
in Russia out of Russian branch fac
tories. Although Americans and
Others will be encouraged to estab-
lish such factories, yet certain re-
strictions will be put upon them. For
Russia has learned something on this
point. Before the war there were
many German owned factories en-
ploying only Germans. The war
came on and these shut down at
once. In future Russia will prob
ably require every foreign own
ed concern to employ a certain pro-
portion of Russians in every depart
ment. However, there is an abund-
ance of Russian labor-good labor
too-and plenty of available admin
istrative and technical experts.
American capital is especially wei
come because Russia believes that
such capital does not come as the ad-
vance political agent of a foreign
government. While the op%portuni-
ties for Americans and American
capital are inconceivably large, there
are no easy pickings. And Russia
is no place for second-raters or cast
offs,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

According to government reports
Iowa leads all the rest" in the pro-
duction of oats last year and was
second only to Illinois in the pro-
duction of corn. Our oat crop ~
1915 reached 200,4OO,0 900 bushels.
The corn crops total production was
2SS,S5S,O 600. Dr. George NJ. Chap
pei, Of the Iowa weather and crop
service, puts the Iowa oat crop for
this year at ISL, 900 bushels,
valued at s90,OOO,OO and the corn
crop at 346,193,OOO. bushels, value
at s2SO,400,OOO. The total value of
this years Iowa farm products. ex-
Guiding stock, poultry, butter, eggs,
etc., reaches the enormous sum of
$597,165,000 a gain of 46 per cent
over last year. The total products
of Iowa farms this year, including
cattle, horses, poultry, hogs, ETC.,
are valued at more than 1000, 000,-
900, which means on the average
better than 10000, 900 to the coun-
ty. That is going some, for a fact.
It might be remarked in passing that
among all of this agricultural coun-
try, the best in the world, Hamilton
county contains the best township in
the state.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Virginia is more liberal than any
of the other old Confederate states,
During the past four years Virginia
has elected one republican congress
man. Hurrah for the old common
wealth of Gen. Lee.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
SCOTT TOWNSHIP.

Boone News-Republican: The
Webster City Freeman-Tribune de-
clares that Scott township, the ex-
IRENE southeast corner of Hamilton
county, is classed by high authority
as the best six miles of agricultural
land in the United States.
If Scott township is the richest 36
square miles in the United States,
and therefore in the world, it is be-
causes it has probably very little
waste land, and the land all about 1t
is undoubtedly as good, though not
so universally tillable, as this town
ship. Scott township has no rail-
road, though it is close to the mar
kets. This helps make every inch
tillable, and has something to dc
with it's reputation as the richest
thirty-six square miles.
Fifty years ago land in what is
now Scott township, Hamilton coun-
Ity, could be bought for slips pei
acre. Then it went to $500 and ev-
en- as high as $1,000. Now the land
ranges from $225.00 per acre up tc
getting possession of it by chloro-
forming the wners,
And they say we do not cultivate
our land adequately in Iowa. We
Ishould have intensive farming or
something. What would Scott town
ship be if it We're really cultivated
lup to the highest possibility?
Verify, of all that is good, Iowa
affords the best.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

An interesting side light on the
methods employed by the newer
members of the Democratic party in
the Senate to gain their ends was
furnished on the second day OF II
session when the credentials OF Sem
ators elected to fill vacancies were
read. Senator Reed of Missouri NOV
ed to refer all the papers to the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections,
contrary to the established usage OF
years. Inasmuch as two Republicans
and one Democrat were waiting to
take the oath of office the success OF
the motion would have resulted in
indefinitely depriving the Republl-
cans of votes to which they were en-
titled as a result of the November
election. The motion was defeated
by a vote of 80 to A, largely because
the "old line" Democrats refused to
assist in upsetting the ~precedents OF
the Senate to gain a minor point.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The fact that Woodrow Wilson
was born and passed the years of his
young manhood in the south makes
it hard for him to get away from
the prejudices which bind him to
states rights! w. J. Bryan is con-
fronted by no difficulty of that kind.
He was reared in a republican state,
where voters do their own thinking
and vote as they please.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

1t would look queer for the demo-
cratic national platform to favor
woman suffrage when there is not a
democratic state in the union that
has given the vote to women. But
the democratic party is capable of
doing queer things.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

1t has been a long time since a
governor of Iowa made a serious at
tempt at economy in the expenditure
of public money, but the indications
are that Gov.-Elect Harding has in
mind doing that very thing. He has
said repeatedly that extravaganza
should be cut out and there is NO
reason to do otherwise than take
him at his word.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The solid south will be for the
democratic party with or without
prohibition. The south doesn't both
err it's head about issues. 1t just votes
her straight and lets it go at that.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

How can a government that can
not save its own citizens from be-
ing murdered save citizens of an
other country from being enslavedg
Topeka State Journal. y
That is a mean question. This
government could save it's citizens
from being murdered if it wanted
to, but it's too proud, you know.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

1t is as hard to tell what Greece
will do next as it is to figure out
what President Wilson will do to-
morrow
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The Fort Dodge Messenger is back
in its accustomed place on the fence
and it looks natural to see it there.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

One might be lead by this cold
weather to think that winter is here,
but such is not the fact. Winter
doesn't begin until Dec. %. This is
merely a counterfeit, but it does have
the appearance of the real thing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The report that Germany had ev-
en- suggested a basis Of peace negoti-
ations brought the price of wheat
and stocks down with a rush and
many spectators were caught and
crushed. There was really no indi-
cation that peace was in sight, yet
the mere possibility that II side to
the great European conflict has in
.dicated that the time was ripe for
peace considerations upset the mar
ket and caused the widest scenes in
stock exchanges and board Of trade
pits throughout the country. Wheat
dropped ten cents a bushel in a few
hours and other values went down
in proportion. One cannot but Won
der what would happen if peace SEEM
ed to be an assured thing. No doubt
there will be a panic when the end
of the war appears in sight, but it
will be of short duration. The mar
kets will soon recover, temporarily,
at least. The real slump in business
and commerce will come gradually
and continue until we get back to
normal conditions. Values are alb
normal at present and must seek leg
itimate levels after peace is restored
in Europe.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Roumania would like to have
peace upon the territorial basis as
they existed last summer.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Up to yesterday it had not been
reported that President Wilson had
changed his mind about states
rights. What today will disclose in
that direction is unknown.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

The people of Greece still want to
fight for the allies, but the king and
a large portion of the army want to
join the Teutons. The people know
they owe their existence and their
liberty to England.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
Wilson Helps Pay Deficit.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 1S.-
President Wilson has sent a check
for $4,000 to Treasurer w. w.
Marsh of the democratic national
committee as his contribution toward
meeting the deficit in the commit
tees campaign fund.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Some of the items in the "Esti-
mates for Appropriations" which
were available for public inspection
on the opening day of the session,
are most instructive as giving illus
trations of Democratic economy in
actual operation. The figures for
the Post Office Department are es-
pecially illuminating in this respect.
Salaries for employees in the Rail
way Mail Service have been cut in
the aggregate almost $650,000; the
Rural Mail Service, which has prov
en- itself such a boon to people liv-
ing at a distance from post Offices,
has been pruned to the extent of ov-
er "a, 1000, 900; and a slight reduc-
ton has been made in the total OF
salaries paid to the clerks in the
Post Office Department in Washing
ton. The four assistant pestmasters
general, however, all of whom were
appointed by Wilson as a reward for
political service, have an increase
Recommended in their compensation
of $4,000 each, or about Al per cent
more than they have been receiving.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

not help but increase unless a speedy
return is made to the policy of pro-
lection.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Things are not to be done by the
effort of the moment but by the
preparation of past moments.-Rich-
ard Cecil.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
MISTAKES AND PENALTIES.

st. Paul Dispatch: A New York
editor made a personal statement
that contained more wisdom than
appeared in any of his printed po-
litical opinions. He told Bache's
Review:
81 wasted my vote on Taft and
shall waste it on Hughes. Nothing
can beat 2O-cent cotton, 81 wheat
and two hours wages for nothing.
We do not vote on public issues any
more. Nobody thinks of principle.
Mr.. Wilson did not the condi-
lions for which he will be reelected
and cannot cause their continuance.
The worst thing that will happen to
him will be to be given the job of
cleaning up the things he has start
The prophecy was fulfilled, but
whether Mr.. Wilson will undertake
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19

Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays
to virtue.-Rochefoucald.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-19
NATIONAL PROHIBITION.

The New Republic: Mr.. William
J. Bryan, himself a believer in pro
hibition, is confident that prohibit
ton will break into national poll
tics. He wants the democrats to
seize the issue so as to prevent it
from being appropriated by the re-
p%ublicans. He may be right; but we
doubt it. National prohibition is a
dangerous subject for any RESPONSE
BILE party to put in it's platform. The
advocacy of it would shatter or at
least profoundly disturb the exist
ing political organizations of both
the democrats and the republicans
There has been a national prohibit
ton party in this country for more
than a generation but in spite OF
the triumphant career of state pro-
hibition, the agitation in favor OF
Matchmaking the issue has not made
any Roadway. American parties in
stinctively fight shy of a reform
which, while it Gus lively differ
ences of interest and conviction can
just as we'll be left to state action.
They will probably continue to fight
shy of prohibition until it takes pos
session of a substantial instead of
only a bare majority of the states;
and if they eve take it up they will
take it up together instead of separ-
ately. A reform which requires for
it's adoption an amendment of the
federal constitution makes an indi-
gestible diet for party politics. Fed.
eral amendment requires the sup
port of not one, but both parties.