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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-12
BRIEF STATE NEWS

John c. Hunter, prominent North
west wholesaler and majority stock.
holder in the Fargo Mercantile COM
pany, died last week of palsy.
At Neville the curfew bell is due
to ring at 8 o'clock from October 1st
A gentle reminder that 8 o'clock is toe
late and the time for the summer cur,
few to ring is over.
Three weeks after giving birth to
triplets Mrs. George Rey, living near
LaMoure, died, the cause being blood
poisoning. All three of the babies are
living and are perfectly healthy.
John Geissled of Mandan, who was
injured last Tuesday evening in dy-
Mantle explosion at New Salem at the
time Arnold Lauerman of Alexandria,
Mimi, was blown to pieces, died this
week from his injuries.
Johlie Empey, charged by Miss An
gelina Kary, IA, with compelling he1
to elope with him under threats, was
bound over to the district court last
week, charged with kidnapping, and
with criminal assault. He could not
furnish bail.
Confesslng a marriage at Virginia
Mimi, in 1910, and a subsequent mar.
riage at Fargo three years later with.
out the formality Of a divorce in the
first instance, w. H. Nolan, alias w
H. Norton, was sentenced in district
court at Fargo to five years imprison.
ment.
There was a rear end collision a,
Mimic in which cow, a buggy and ar
auto figured. 1t all came to pass IL
this wise: Pat Hughes and son Vet
were coming down the road in bug.
gy Sunday night, leading COW. FREQ
Flanders in his Franklin car approach.
ed from the rear. Pat got out of the
buggy to pacify the cow, leaving Vet
to steer the horse and buggy. Elan.
ders' eyesight was bad or the lights
were dim-or something. Anyway
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that no one would do it as a regular
pastime., 1t might be we'll also to add
that any one caught in the act of en-
tering a place of this nature are liable
to a penitentiary sentence.
A tri-state conference on the con-
troll of Red river floods will be held in
Fargo the latter part of this month. 1t
will be attended by Minnesota, North
Dakota and South Dakota officials.
The purpose is to work out definite
scheme for combating repeated floods
in the Red river district, which are ex-
pected to assume increasing serious
ness as more extensive drainage oper-
ations continue.
Losses aggregating $4,000 were
done by prairie fire sweeping the dis
trict along the border line between
Slope and Bowman counties, an i'm
mense crowd of volunteer fire fighters,
carried to the scene in automobiles
from surrounding towns and farms,
fighting the flames for several hours.
Considerable hay, several small farm
buildings and some grain in the shock
were destroyed.
The Benton Transportation COM
pany's boats and barges have all been
overhauled at Washburn and the last
barge was put into commission this
week. Two of the boats have gone up
! river to do work between Montana
! points and another one will be used in
transporting winter supplies for the
Standing Rock Indian agency. There
is large flax acreage on the Fort
Berthold reservation this year and the
wheat is good there so the grain traf-
fic is good on the river.
Fargo is to. have another detective
agency and offices will be established
as soon as a suitable location can be
secured. The new agency will be
known as the Interstate Detective as
ISOLATION, being a branch of the Inter-
State Detective association, an organ
ization Incorporated under the laws of
Nebraska and having its headquarters
in Omaha. The Fargo Office will be
in charge of H. w. Montgomery, who
is making arrangements for the open
ing of the office as soon as possible.
Labor shortage is proving a big OBJ
stacle for the Great Northern in the
construction of it's extension from
Wildrose to Grenora, N. D. Only two
miles of steel are being laid daily as
result of the shortage, being only
third of the usual track-laying opera
tions. A great many men brought to
this district by the railroad to work
on the extension fail to carry out their
contracts-only about third of those
hired in the cities actually going to
work. ..... .'
P. o. Thorson, publisher of the Nor
manden at Grand Forks, has complet-
ed deal with o. J. Sorlie whereby he
becomes the owner of the Observer
Printing company, a weekly newspa-
per. Mr.. Thorson will be the business
manager of the concern and Peer
Stromme will be the editor. The ar
rival of Mr. Stromme is expected with
in the next few weeks to take charge
of the editorial department. The pa
per will continue to be an English pub
LEGATION.
S. L. Olson and James A. Brown of
the board of control visited the state
hospital for the insane, where num-
Der of improvements and additions are
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under way. These include a new wo-
mems ward, to cost $1O1,2 an Office
and dormitories, costing S53,368; new
wings to the receiving ward, costing
S51,285, and dining hall costing S16,-
927, which indicate that insanity is an
expensive luxury for state to enjoy.
The state hospital dates back to terri
torial days, having been established
Mar. l, 1885, only two years after the
capital was moved to Bismarck. A
majority of the present buildings date
from 1898.
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companied by certified check for $50
and sent to the clerk.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order Of Board.
P. H. JOHANINGSMEIR,
Clerk.
Address RR No. 1, Makoti, N. D.
1O-5-1t
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NOTICE FOR BIDS

The Underwood School District No.
90 will receive sealed bids for building
school house up to z p. M, Oct. z,
1916. Plans and specifications can be
seen at the Bovey-Shute lumber office,
Makoti, N. D., or Office of the clerk of
this district. Every bid must be ac-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-10-12

The Ward County Land & Loan Co.
owns five quarters of good land, well
located which they will sell for $500
down, balance easy payments, at so
interest. First fair offer takes this
land as it must be sold at an early
date See w. S. Shaw, Room l, Lee
Block, MinOt. 1O-5-2tc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
TheMeddEer
If the coot fits you. put Il on"

When the town of Brattleboro
through its seleetmen and railroad COM
mittee agreed in January 1915 to a
suspension of the public service com
mission order relative to the Bridge
street overpass on condition that the
Central Vermont and Boston & Maine
railroads would complete the new sta
ton Immediately, there was another
condition which obligated the railroads
to maintain and use joint freight
station on the west side of the ,trac ks.
If The Meddler is not greatly mistaken
this condition was embodied in a stip-
ulatiOn signed by representatives of
the railroad and the town, it being gen
orally understood that the Central Yer
mont freight house south of the new
station would be used and that Joint
team tracks would be provided on the
west side of the main lines as far as
feasibly could be done.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

The Reformer has commented fire.
quently ON the sale of Vermont farms
the past year at prices ranging from
$4,000 TO $4,000. We are not sur
prisad to note that the Willard Farnam
farm in Westfcld has been sold for
$4,000, the stock and grain ON the
place bringing an additional $4,000. The
writer has visited n large percentage
of the towns in Vermont and has never
seen a farming community which pre-
sented on all sides a greater appear
mce Of prosperity than Westfeld,
which is only short distance from the
Canadian border. The farm buildings
there have the appearance of real
homes, the big barns are filed with hay
and grain. and in the summer season
the deep, rich verdurc Of the fields and
pastures is 4 pleasing sight on every
side.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
4 II r. R GIN G FIEND

The racing fend is an automobile
maniac who passes everybody on the
road except the rider on the pale horse.
Since manufacturers began to turn
out automobiles which viii travel seven
ty miles an hour on a country turnpike
and remain in an upright position part
of the time, we have witnessed the
birth of a new breed of light headed i'm
beetles who cannot see anybody two
miles down the road without setting
chase like pointer pup after a guinea
hen. This variety of speed maniac be-
gins to hammer on his horn when with
in half a mile of his victim, who is
thereby invited TO step one side or have
the ribs of his touring ear pushed in
out of sight. When the accommodate
ing driver pulls out into the ragweed.
all that he sees is a swaying streak
and a cloud of dust which would choke
n 200-barrel cistern.
Tpro4an+aI b1- The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
|DADDY'S EVENING
ElEAIR TALE 81
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER,
WELCOME, THE DOG.

'There was once an old, old Lady
who lived all alone,' said Daddy. Her
only Companion was big Dog whose
name was Fred.
Every Morning, every Afternoon
and every Evening Fred and the old
Lady would take a Walk Fred was
almost as Old for q Dog as his Mis-
tress was for an old Lady. SO they
both liked to Walk slowly and take
their time.
Put one day Fred got Sick. Oh, he
was such a Sick Doggie. He could
scarcely Wag his Tail when his Mis-
tress asked him how he was He lust
made queer little sounds in his Throat,
which in Dog Language meant, Don't
worry, kind Mistress. 1t makes me Sad
to see you SO Unhappy
But Fred only grew worse and
worse. The Dog Doctor came, and he
said Fred was Dying of old age. Poor
Faithful Fred! How he did hate to
leave his Mistress. He seemed to know
how much She would miss Him.
"A week passed by and at the end of
q long night when Fred had dozed off
and on with his Head in his Mistress
Lap, his Breathing stopped And over
his shaggy Fur the old Lady's Tears
fell hour after hour,
Now one day, some little while after
Fred had DIED, the old Lady was sit
ting nv her Window Iool-ipo, ont On thu
Village Street. There at her Door was
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
ISAAC ALDRICH 1O2.
Burke Man Cast His First Vote for
Andrew Jackson.

WEST BURKE, Nov. 23. - Up in
Caledonia county, but little way from
Willoughby lake, which has been called
one of the scenic wonders of the world,
in the town Of Burke, lives Isaac Aid
rich, 102 years old, one of the oldest if
not the oldest man to be present at the
polls and to east his vote at the last
election.
The unusual age to which this man
has attained would not be suspected by
looking at him, for he has few of the
infrmities usually incidental to many
years. His hearing and evesight are
but little impaired, while his general
appearance is that of activity and Wig
or. The combined age of this man and
his wife is los years.
If any conclusions are to be drawn,
it may be said that this couple have
reached this far milestone in life by
being temperate i'll all things. Mr.. Al
drieh has used tobacco in moderation
and is quoted as saying that in con
formitv to the social customs of the
present and past times he has not felt
that an occasional use of stimuants in
a reasonable and decent manner is
degrading or criminal.
For many years he was resident
of the town of Lyndon where he made
and repaired boots and shoes and en-
gagged in farming.
His first vote was east for Andrew
jackson. Since that time he has with
interest followed the many and varied
political questions and changes which
have arisen.
He has a rich store of historical and
other anecdotes dating back to a time
which to most persons of today is
known only by perusal of the printed
I page.
He has been a Democrat all his life,
but has never sought office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

Mayor Mitchell of New York city is
not a mere fgurehead He has been in
vestigating the exorbitant price of
coal and has reached the conclusion
that some dealers have been taking adj
vantage in the apparent shortage in
supply to boost the selling price. He
says that unless the dealers bring down
the prices he will buy coal and deliver
it to small consumers at reasonable
prices in the city street cleaning
wagons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER -, 1916.
GRATITUDE AND HISTORY.

Tie French consul general told
View York meeting the other day that
bc didn t meet neutrals in this coun-
try, but found great sympathy with
the allies In the course of his talk he
said: "Your country furnishes the one
great incident in history of a great
nation that has not forgotten what
another country did for it in its hour
Of need. This is interesting and we
hope it is correct, but it recalls one of
the queer circumstances Of the present
war.
Iiere is 4 Frenchmau referring proud
ly to the American Revolution. Now
that important event in history in
yolvrd bitter fighting against England,
with which power the French are now
so closely tied. If you are a reader of
the London Spectator which is ire
m"ndouslv in earnest in the present
struggle, you will be struck with the
number Of war parallel incidents and
eases Of British bravery that it points
to, usually ending with Waterloo,
where, as historic fact, the fighting
was between the two countries now
working together.
How does it strike Il loyal French
man TO read that the English troops on
French soil are fighting as splendidly
as they did when they whipped the
French The Russians may reflect on
the attitude of the English and French
in the Crimear war, and so on. The
| Turk has chance, too, to 10 some
thinking. All in all it shows how
strangely war alters the relations of
nations. Our closest national friends,
If they remain such, are the English,
from whom we fought ourselves free.
The traditional enemies. France and
England. are in death struggle to-
gcther. Russia, their old foe is tied
up with them. Prussia, once aided and
saved 10y England, is against them.
/ What an argument for peace, Perhaps
it is just as well that nations should
! not always remember how other ma
tioas did for them in the past.
There has been a lot of it.
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a big Dog-he looked very much like
Fred but he was young and he Jumped
and Bounded.
"'Scratch! Scratch went his Paws
on the Door, and the old Lady Slowly
got up and let him in.
"'What Doggie are YOU? she asked.
'The Dog looked at her for mo-
ment. Jumped about and then Licked
her Hand, as if to say, I am yours, if
you will have me-
''She brought him some Milk to
Drink, and gave him a Bone. While
he was Playing with his Bone, she put
on her Bonnet and Shawl.
The Dog looked up and Whined He
did not want to be left alone.
"'Come with me- said the old Lady.
But you mustn't go too fast
And along the Village Street they
went-the Dog going off on short Runs.
but always coming back to join his
new Mistress.
From House to House, from store
to store, they went, and the old Ladys
question was always the same, DO you
| know from where this Dog came?'
And always she got the same An
swer, We have never seen the Dog be-
fore. But he looks like Fred Maybe
he is one of Fred's Grandchildren-you
had better keep him.
And how happy each time that
made the old Lady. But still she wait
ed until she was sure the Dog did not
belong to anyone.
II shall name you Welcome, she
said the Dog, for you were very,
very Welcome to me. l was so Lonely
And several tears fell from the old
lady's eyes-and now they fell from
JOY.
every Day she took a walk with
Welcome. He knew she could not go
quickly, and after every Run he would
take, back he would come to her Side
| and Walk along slowly for little time.
Some time later the old Lady
learned that her Dog had chosen Il
new companion. He was n very little
Dog, and unlike Welcome who was
| very large.
"For several days the little Dog
would come to the Backyard of her
House, and Welcome would take OUT
some of his Bones to his new Friend.
But one day he brought him in and
| going up to the old Lady, he put one Of
| his Paws in her Lap.
please, Mistress he seemed to
say, this little Dog is very Lonely,
| just as you were; and just as l was
| Lonely until | came to you. Can't we
| make him Happy too?
THE old Lady gave the small Dog
! some Milk, and he too came to stay. we
| shall name him JOY she said For he
| has made Welcome Happy little Play
mate, and we have given him Joy-as
before he was all alone, too
Every day after that the old Lady
the big young Dog, Welcome, and the
little Dog, JOY, all took Walks together.
And never again did any of them know
what Loneliness was -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

along much better than | had before.
My baby was girl and weighed Ia
pounds at birth, ard / recovered very
rapidly which | am sure was due to your
medicine. | am well and strong now,
nurse my baby and do all my work. I
had the same good results with your
medicine when needed before my other
children came and they are all healthy.
My mother has taken your medicine
with equal satisfaction. She had her
lest child when nearly A years old and
feels confident she never would have
carried him through without your help,
as her health was very poor. Mrs. T.
F. CLoYD, 1856 North Gulick Ave, De-
catur, III.
Espectant mothers should profit by
Mrs. Cloyd's experience, and trust to Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Free confidential advice had by adj
dressing Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
Fa0RE RHEUMATISM
THAN EVER BEFORE
Clorgymen, Lawyers, Brokers, Me
chanics and Merchants Stricken.

Our old friend Rheumatic is having
h:s innings this year, and few words
OF caution from one who knows all
about it may not be amiss.
Wear rubbers in damp weather:
keep your feet dry; drink plenty of
lemonade, and avoid strong alcoholic
drinks.
If rheumatism gets you, or sciatica,
and you have sharp twinges, gnawing
pain or swollen joints or muscles, YOU
can get rid of all agony in Just few
days by taking one-half teaspoonful of
Rheuma once a day.
All druggists know about Rheuma
1t $ harmless, yet powerful; cheap. vet
sure, and 50cent bottle will last a
long time. Ask Wilfred F. Root or anv
druggist.
NO. 5.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

There are thousands Of voters in Yer
mont today who never heard Of Col.
Charles II. Joyce. who died Wednesday
in Pittsfield, where he had been
living in retirement the past ten years.
Col. Joyce was a distinguished officer
in the Civil war, served as speaker of
the Vermont house of representative,
and for four years was a member of
congress. He was a native of England,
but became one of the stanchest and
most loyal Nermonters, and for long
period was one of the ablest men of
this state in public life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

Once in a while some pert racing
fiend will try to pass another with the
same shaped head, and then the two
Will fight it out until they come to a
box culvert, which will rise up Just in
time to boost the mortality records a
couple of points. Death in any form
is sad to contemplate, but we have of
ten wondered why so many speed ma
Macs should be allowed to litter up our
country roads, while many a man who
never exceeds twenty miles an hour
will break a steering knuckle and lose
the use OF faithful c0llarbone.
After while every town of any
size will pen up its racing tends on the
county fair grounds, and permit them
to chase each other around the race
track with their tongues out. This NAV
cause More deaths, but they will be bet
ter distributed and cause more general
satisfaction
ns Neuspaper Cor1-ioo1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

To The MeddIer, who has repeatedly
urged more modern system of lighting
to replace the ma keshift arches across
Main street, it is more than passing
good news to learn that the Twin State
company stands ready to bear the en-
tire cost of the purchase and installa-
ton of ornamental posts provided the
village will stand the expense involved
in lighting them This looks like an
extremely generous offer-far more
generous, in fact, than could have been
expected previous to the change in
the Twin State s management. To be
sure, the company would profit from
the additional revenue for current but
1t would be many years before this in
crease would pay for the cost of install
lat1on. Estimated roughly, the cost of
lighting a system of posts extending
from Main street bridge to the federal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

There were at least two good reasons
why it was desirable to have a Joint
freight station on the west side of the
tracks. First, such a location would be
far more accessible and convenient for
local shippers. Second, the change
would lessen materially the volume of
traffic over the Bridge street grade cross
ing. These reasons are just as strong
today as they were when the agreement
was made, but so far as is known
neither railroad has made any move
toward relocating the freight station.
in view Of the fact that the sclectmen
have not yet paid over the $4,000
which the town voted to contribute to
this Improvement it would seem as if
a weapon with which to enforce the full
fillment of this condition was not
wholly out of reach. 1t is extremely
doubtful whether the voters of Brat
tleboro would have agreed to a suspen-
sion of the overpass order had they
not received assurance from the rail
roads that they would change the loca-
ton of their freight station.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
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The Reformer Is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
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c. W. Cleaveland, d. r. Cutler & Co
lEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy.
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Bertollno & BeTtolino, f. G. Winnewisser
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
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The American Wooden company
which has mills in several New Eng.
land towns and cities, has advanced the
wages Of employees 10 per cent. A total
of $4,000 people are affected. In Wi
nooski $500 people will be benefited
hy the change. The mills there are run
ming day and night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
Advertised Letters.

Men - Walter Adams. John Elliot
Bowman, Cyrus w. Dearborn, Arthur
"iard, Charlie Graves, L. Clinton Jen-
nings, Clarence Shaw, Michat Wrobcl.
Women-Miss Hazel Helm, Mrs. MAY
llurlburt, Miss Glen Kirkwood, Mrs.
Carrie Merrill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24

The death of Jack London at the aga
Of 40 is a national calamity. He may
not be rated in the years to come as d
great novelist, but he certainly could
put the punch into a story IN a way
20 appeal to ei-blooded men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-24
TO SIJRsCRIRERg

II is the aim or the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery
of the paper each night. and 1t solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission, In per-
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause OF the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied.
Usher can secure the desired service