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SUITS

Our showing of New Winter Suits 1862 has caused
siderable favorable comment from all who have seen them
1t will pay you to them before deciding your pur
chase. Young Mems PinchBacks, patch pockets and
regular cut. Special for Christmas, $40 to SIS.
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1917 Diaries at Fogg's Drug Store
also Farmers Almanacs.
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ONE 1914.7-PasS. PEERLESS, cost
$500, with extra tires and equip
ment.
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OverCOats
$40 $12 SIS SIS

Special drive for Christmas These extraordinary values will
greatly interest you All the models stylish materials
fit guaranteed The work is executed by competent taors
you invited to examine before buying.
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"Kennebec and Other Poems" on
sale at Buchanan Drug Store
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ONE 1916 CHALMERS LITTLE SIN.
carefully used and like new, two
extra new tires and rims. clock.
tire pump, chains, etc.
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ONE 1915-7.Pass. INTERSTATE, cost
$500, run 5000 miles and in un.
usually good order and elegant in
appearance.
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FOR
Christmas Gifts
Visit the
kinCaid Art Store
Morrison Mcclellan Building

New stock direct from New York and
Boston, consisting of handkerchief,
stationery, glove, handkerchief and
other cases; all kinds of books,
cards, toys, bath robes, Grand Opera
Pure Tone Cabinet Photographs and
Christmas articles. tf47
Many New Goods received the past
Woek-COme In and see them.
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ONE 1913 FRANKLIN, G.3S. starter
and electric lights, nice tires. one
extra.
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Mrs. D. ]. Greene of Water street
expects to leave after the New Year
for Albany, N. Y, where she will visit
her sister during Mr.. Greene's alb
sence in the woods this winter.
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Warren c. Merrill of Bowdoin Col
lege is going to New York City for
the Christmas vacation instead of
visiting his parents, the Carleton p.
Merrills of Skowhegan.
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Mr. and Mrs. f. o. Sawyer are
soon to leave for the South. They
will spend the winter months in
Florida and in Cuba.
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Coming Features
At The Theatres

The return of cooler weather brings
renewed interest in the attractions at
the show houses, and the local man
ayers have improved the opportun-
ity ITO put on extra attractive fea-
lures.
New Feature At Orpheum
Today and tomorrow the Orpheum
will show the first installment of q
new serial, described as the greatest
ever released. entitled. Liberty, A
Daughter of the U. S. A. The picture
is based partly on fact and partly
on fiction. Ranch life, army life and
some Of the raids along the Mexican
border are faithfully reproduced and
through it all runs a story Of thrill
ing interest. After this week the in
stallments of Liberty will be exhibit
ed Thursday afternoons and even
ings only.
At The Lyric
The Lyric Theatre has another ex--
ceptionally strong program for this
week and next;
Friday Sept. "Blazing Love" fea-
turing Virginia Pearson, A William.
Fox production. The story is one Of
loveless marriage and it is photo,
drama of heart interest.
Saturday, Sept. 9th "The Rail
Rider" featuring House Peters, In a
Williams A. Brady production.
Through the world there are thous-
ands Of engineers sitting at the
throttleside of locomotives. Men,
who in the face Of duty know no fear.
On their nerve, their judgment and
their sense Of responsibility, we rely
as on no other class Of men. House
Peters as Jim Lewis, who plays the
star in this great railroad story "The
Rail Rider" proves that the man at
the throttle is the man Of the hour
when it comes face to face with a
crisis.
Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 11-12,
"The Circus Man" featuring Ameri-
cas- foremost Character Actor Theo-
dore Roberts. A story of the life
beneath the great white canopy.
Adapted from the famous novel "The
Rose in the Ring"
Wednesday, Sept. 18th "The Bar
gain" featuring that well known
western actor William S. Hart. A
Paramount Production.
The Bargain "is great Western
story-western characters, western
scenery, laid in the Grand Canyon
Of Arizona witt typical western sit
uations.
Thursday and Friday. Sept. 14-15,
"The Eternal Sapho" featuring the
Vampire Of the screen Theda Bara.
This new film drama "The Eternal
Sapho" with Theda Bara as the star
opens with dash and go. And it
holds the interest from the first reel
to the last in thrilling story which
begins in the underworld and ends in
what in called high society. It is a
picture with strong moral.
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GOOD PATRONAGE FOR
new P0NT0ON BRIDGE
FIRST TEAMS CROSSED AUG. 81
SCHEDULE OF TOLLS--OPENS
WAY TO NATURAL PARK

The first traffic passed over the
pontoon bridge last Thursday. The
patronage of the bridge has increas-
ed steadily during the week as the
news of it's completion spread. The
expectation that the revenues Of the
bridge will prove sufficient to meet
the expense of tending and maintain
ing it already appears to be justified.
The approaches to the bridge have
been put in good condition and the
Improvement of the road across the
island continues. All who have seen
the structure are impressed by its
substantiability and it's buoyancy has
been tested this week by some heavy
loads.
Toll Schedule
James Madison who superintended
the construction OF the bridge has
been placed in charge of it by the
bridge company. The following
schedule of tolls has been adopted
for the present:
One or two horse rigs and automo-
biles, so cents.
Four horse rigs, rs cents.
Pedestrians, 10 cents each.
Loose horses or CATTLE 20 cents
each. Sheep 3 cents each.
Coupon books containing Sc. will
be sold for $5.
Yesterday the first occasion to open
the bridge arose when house-boat,
bound down stream, requested pas
sage. A hinged section was operated
successfully by hand power but
special, power apparatus will sooh be
installed.
The new bridge besides supplying
long needed communication of con-
venient sort connects the city with a
remarkably fine piece of natural park
on the south side of the south chan
nel The land belongs to Captain
Bailey who is enthusiastic over the
idea of improving a large tract for
a park and play ground. Those who
have recently crossed the river at
this point for the first time were sur
prised at what they found on the
other side
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Gas And Oil Drilling
Machinery Arrives

The first unit of the Pioneer Oil
& Gas Company's outfit has just ar
rived on track. 1t consists Of one of
the latest improved Starr Drilling out
fits, together with boiler, engine,
cables, and all drilling and fishing
tools complete to drill a we'll 5000
feet deep.
The company invites the people of
Williston to inspect personally their
camps and the erecting Of this ma
chinery, which will be started just az
soon as arrangements are completed
to haul the material to the drilling
site. The ordinance as amended
granting a franchise to the company
has now passed it's final reading, and
will be published this week. The
company now intends to push things
with all celerity in its attempt to
prove, as predicted, that the Willis
ton district is destined to be among
the largest gas producing areas in
the United States, to say nothing of
the possibilities for this city in the
event that oil is struck.
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GERMAN|C ALLIANCE
PUT ON DEFENSIVE
ALLIES VICTORIOUS ON EVERY
FRONT-RUSSIAN ARMY
FORCES BREACH

London, Sept. 2.-Victorious on
seven battle fronts at once, the arm
les of the Entente Allies are begin
ming to tighten the jaws of their
steel vice clamped about the Central
Powers.
With the summer campaigns far
advanced, the Teutonic forces have
lost the offensive on every line. Turk
ish and Austro-Hungarian troops are
in full retreat; the Moslem offensive
directed against the Suez canal not
only has been checked, latest reports
indicate, but has been flung back on
it's base, Katia, 80 miles from it's OBJ
jective; along the Balkan front, the
Bulgarian invasion of Macedonia has
come to a standstill simultaneously
with the launching of a fresh allied
offensive by Italian troops in Albania.
The Berlin war Office, while assert
ing that it's lines on the eastern front
are holding, admits the resumption
of the Russian drive toward Lemberg
and Haliez, and the piercing of the
Teuton defences by attacks Of great
ly superior numbers"
In the Trentino region, the Italians,
already within few miles of the last
Austrian lines defending Trieste,
strengthening their grip on newly
won ground are beginning to resume
their thrust to cleave "Italian IRE
denta" from Austria.
On Defensive In West
On the western battlelines also the
Germanic armies have lapsed into de-
fensive fighting, following failure of
their attempt to resume the offensive
before Verdun and the crumpling
back of their counterdrives along the
Somme.
The increased pressure on every
front is having it's effect in Germany,
The chief nation of the central al
lance is preparing to retire upon its
inner defenses, both in the field and
in it's war councils.
1t is now known that General Won
Hindenburg is not only in supreme
command of all the German forces,
but that his genius also will direct
the armies of Austria, Bulgaria, and
Turkey, in closest cooperation with
the allied Teutonic general stats.
Won Hindenburg in the future will
be the guiding brain of battles, from
Lille to Bagdad. The vastness Of his
new power is further exemplifed by
the fact that with his nomination as
chief of staff he enters the small, ex-
elusive circle of men who may be
called the highest leadership of the
German empire.
Rumanian troops won a decisive
victory over the Austrians in the first
pitched battle since Rumania enter
ed the war.
An official statement from the Aus
trian war office tonight admits an
Austrian defeat near Orsova, the
"iron gate of Hungary, after five
days of fierce fighting. The Austrians
withdrew to the west bank Of Cerna
river, the statement said, the Ru-
manians following slowly.
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SENATE AIMS BILL
AT MAN. MEDDu|NG
WOULD EMPOWER PRESIDENT
TO CALL NAVY TO ENFORCE
REPRISAL MEASURES

Washington, Sept. 5.---An amend
ment to the revenue bill. authorizing
the president during a war in which
the United States is not engaged, to
withhold clearance from all vessels
which discriminate against American
shippers; to withhold privileges from
ships of such nations as withhold
privileges accorded to other nations
from American ships and to use the
army and navy, if necessary, to pre-
vent departure of offending vessels
from United States ports, was adopt
ed today by the senate.
An amendment drawn by Senator
James d. Phelan of California was
adopted authorizing the president by
proclamation to deny the use of the
mails, express, telegraph, wireless or
cable facilities to citizens of nations
which do not accord to Americans all
facilities Of commerce, "including the
unhampered traffic in the mails"
British Interference Is Target
This amendment, it was declared,
is aimed particularly at British in
reference with American mails.
The Chamberlain amendment, pro-
hibiting admission Of halibut and
salmon into the United States except
when in bond from an American port,
also was adopted. The amendment
is directed against Canadian fisheries
on the Pacific and encourages devel-
opment of American fisheries there.
The drastic amendments to the
revenue bill, striking at the allied
blacklist and British interferences
with American mails, created con-
sternation among the diplomatic rep
resentatives of the Allies.
In allied quarters it was declared
that the enactment of the amend
ments into law would constitute moth
ing less a nonintercourse act, pre-
liminary to commercial warfare
with possibilities of far reaching con-
sequences.
Protests Are Promised .
Until the retaliatory amendments
become law with the presidents sig
nature, tho Allies technically have
nothing to protest about, but there
are assurances that representations
will be made if the amendments stay
in the bill.
Inasmuch as the government had
decided on course of Legislation to
meet the restraints on commerce
which diplomatic action has been un-
able to remove, it is generally expect
ed that the amendments will 60 thru.
Administration leaders who have in
innate connections with the govern
ment's foreign policy made no at
tempt to stay their adoption.
Violations of both proposed laws
are punishable by fines of $4,000 or
two years imprisonment, or both.
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ATTRACTIVE ENTERTA TAINMENTS FOR
WINTER SEASON, Will OCCUPY ARM0RY

Under the direction of the Willis.
ton Community Center entertainment
committee program of six splendlc
numbers has been completed for this
fall and winter. On account of the
popularity of this course the COM
mittee has leased the Williston arm
ory and auditorium for the course this
year.
The first number of the course
comes to Williston on October 4. This
date is filled by the Famous Phil
harmonic Orchestral Club, an orches-
ira composed Of fifteen members of
which Karl Scheurer the famous vio-
linist is at the head. Every member
of the club is musician of nation
wide fame and this number will with
out doubt prove to be the biggest
thing Of it's kind that ever visited
Williston.
The second number on the program
will appear some time in November.
When H. V. Adams comes to US with
a lecture. Last year the lecture
numbers of the program proved so
cured Mr.. Adams to fill a number this
to US as one of the best of his kind
obtainable in the country and this
number will be one of the most inter-
esting Of the course.
December the second musical
number of the program appears when
the Chicago Musical Club comes. This
club is composed of musical artists
Of nation wide fame. Every one of
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DOUBLE RECEPTION AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH

On Tuesday evening large part of
the members and friends Of the Meth
odist church met in a social manner
to express their goodwill and God
speed to Jay and Mildred Carpenter
who leave next Tuesday for College.
Jay will become a student of the A.
c. in Fargo while Miss Mildred will
become a student at Hamline in St.
Paul.
The other event was the wishing of
goodbye and Gods blessing to the
Irwin Family which leaves this Thurs
day for Boise, Idaho.
The church presented Mrs. Irwin
with a beautiful set of sterling silver
tea spoons as tangible memento of
the esteem that she and her family
were held in the Bible school and
Ladies Aid circles.
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HUGHES FIGHTS BACK
NERVE WINS CHEERS
HOOTED AND KISSED BY AUDI
ENCE, FINALLY SILENCES
FOES, GAINS APPLAUSE

Louisville, Ky, Sept. 5.-Charles
E. Hughes, when he passed through
Louisville today on his way to Lex
ington to speak, was an entirely diff
ferent man than the candidate who
started out to tour the country four
weeks ago.
Probably no other speaker, let alone
q presidential nominee, ever under
went such an experience as Hughes
did at the Ryman auditorium, Tenn,
last night. He faced an audience
"packed" against him and distinctly
rnfavorable to his views. The crowd
Kissed and hooted Hughes and cheer
cd loudly for Wilson, but the repub-
lican nominee, undaunted, simply
struck straight out from the shoulder
band rammed home his bitter criticism
Epf the democratic administration with
hew lines of hot shot.
|f Courage Wins Cheers
And his nerve won him cheers in
place of the jeers. .....
He ridiculed the strike settlement
recently achieved by President Wilson
and had the satisfaction of hearing
cheers and applause from the south
erners for his fighting spirit and his
determination to fight it out.
"We have, in the past, had to deal
frequently with the opposition of en-
ployer to the principle of arbitra-
tion,' Mr.. Hughes said.
"Sometimes they have refused to
arbitrate disputes. Public opinion
has been against them.
81 stand here firmly for the prin-
cipe of arbitrating industrial dis
putes, and I would not surrender it
to anybody in the country.
Il believe that anything that is
right in this country can be settled
right What is our republican gov
eminent? What are our free insti-
tutions? We have come down the
long course of history with the peo-
t pie fighting slowly, slowly-now with
defeat and now with victory-for a
recognition of the reign of reason in
stead of the reign of tyranny and
force.
"Now then l stand for two things:
First, for the principle Of fair, i'm
partial, thorough, candid arbitration; !;
and, second, for legislation on facts
s.eosding to the necessities of the
case.
DictatiOn Denounced
"And I am opposed to being die
tated to either in the executive de-
partment or congress by any power
on earth before the facts are known.
"We have a great country and a
great future. But it can only be pre-
served in one way. That way is the
way of all honest, fair investigation
and candid treatment. Show me the
way that is right and will take it;
but l won't take any way that I do
not know anything about"
The nominee then assailed the ad-
ministration for it's policy toward
Mexico.
"What would you have done?"
shouted a man in the audience.
~ would have protected American
rights the nominee shouted quick
ly, pointing his finger at the ques-
toner. The audience rose to it's feet
and applauded loudly. 1t was the
last of the heckling.
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the company being fine soloist.
On January 22 the famous Swiss
Canadian artist J. Lorenzo Zwickey
fills the bill. This number is one of
art and fun and will be of interest to
both old and young. Mr.. Zwickey is
not an ordinary chalk talker but he
is in a class by himself.
February 16 the Chicago Male
Quartet pays US visit. Many Of US
have been fortunate enough to hear
this famous Quartet and we will sure
ly be glad of the chance to hear them
again. They are very highly recon-
mended by the musical public of Uni
ted States and it will certainly be a
treat to have the chance to hear such
an organization here at Williston.
The last number of the course will
be filled by Miss Sarah Mildred Will
mer who comes to Williston on Feb
ruary 26. Miss Wilmer is without
doubt one of the greatest literary
readers on the lyceum stage to-day.
This is number that is very rarely
heard outside of the leading educa-
ton institutions Of the country and
the committee has been very for
tunate in securing Miss Wilmer for
this closing date.
The committee will make arrange
ments this year whereby the people
of the surrounding towns will be given
a chance to take advantage of this
course. An advertising campaign
will be conducted throughout the
country and tickets for all numbers
will be on sale in all Of the towns.
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"B AND T." CLUB BEGIN WORK

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. F. n
Smith was hostess to the Book and
Thimble club at her home on Second
ave. west, the day marking the be-
ginning Of the seasons program of
study.
No special topic had been assigned
for the day but the members of the
club responded to the general sub
.ject: "a trip l have made or would
like to have made" At the close. of
discussion dainty refreshments were
served.
The clubs program of work for the
season deals with "National Affairs. "
At the bi-weekly meetings such sub
jects as Washington and our Gov
ernment Machinery, The Federal Drug
Law, and Child Labor will be studied.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

List Of letters unclaimed and adj
vertised at Williston, N. Dak., for
week ending September 6, 1916:
Alvarez, Joseph; Bateman, Dick; !;
Buer, Miss Thea; Berg, Louis G.;
Cass, Gilbert; Gardusson, Jack; Gar
ret, A.: Macdonald, Guy: McGillit.
Fred; Mack, Mrs. Frances; Meek,
Earl; Paulson, Miss Greda; Perrine,
w. A. (2); Peterson, Mrs. Frank:
Post, Mrs. NJ. A.; Ross, Robt. !;
Roscher, T. c.; Smith, G. r.; Ulmer,
Mrs. E. NJ; Wallberg, Carl; William,
Mrs. Verna.
Waldo Leonhardy, P. M.
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A HOME COMPANY

State Insurance Commissioner W
G. Taylor and F. r. Marquis of Bis
marck were in Williston yesterday ir
the interests of The Provident Life
Insurance Company Of which Mr.
Taylor is president. The company
was recently organized and is now
getting a splendid line of North Da-
kota business with the argument that
it pays to keep North Dakota money
in North Dakota.
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AUGUST WEATHER FINE

The monthly weather summary for
August, compiled by local Weather
Observer shows the month to have
been ideal with about two inches of
rain and a mean average temperature
of IS degrees or about three degrees
cooler than normal. There was one
brief wind storm but the month was
without hail or frost and enjoyed 76
per cent of sunshine.
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C0UNTY'S GREATEST FAIR
MAKES PROMISES GOOD
New Standards Set In All Departments Best
Speed Events Ever Seen On Local Track
Farm Clubs Make Elegant Displays-Fine
Live Stock Shown.

Dandy Boy (Shaw( 2.
Homesteader (Ruezicka) 3.
Sheldon Lockhart (Stone) 4.
2:12 Pace
Don Quixote (Tullock) l..
Carrie Nation (Hilde) 2.
Direcho Boy (Cameron) 8.
Bronson, 4.
Quarter Mile Run
Frog Eye (Brown) l:
Closterman (Riley) 2.
Bob Verdict (Haight) 8.
Joe. Simpson 4.
Auto Race
Ford Dob Bruegger) 1.
Maxwell (B. Kuboske) 2.
Overland, 8.
Ford (Jennison) 4.
Studebaker, 5.
Smith driving an E. M. F. met with
an accident before the race started
and was obliged to withdraw.
SECOND DAY
2:35 Pace
May Bud (McIntosh) 1.
Johnnie (Hussey) 2.
Jessie Mack (Madison) 3.
Highwood Boy (Townsend) 4.
2:17 Pace
Boy Aegean (Hilde) /.
Madge B. (Newton) 2.
Syrana (Townsend) 8.
Bavalco (Madison) 4.
Half-Mile Run
Frog Eye, /.
Closterman, 2.
Misty (May) 3.
Joe Simpson 4.
E. H. Mendenhall won first in the
COW boy saddle horse race on Dick.
Pierpont owned by w. H. Denny was
second and Earl Evans Take Notice
third.
Auto Race
Studebaker (L. Kuboske) 1.
Overland 2.
A Ford, Maxwell and an E. NJ. F.
were the other contenders. The Max
well ran through the inner barrier
near the close of the race and over
turned. The driver escaped with but
1Sk%1n Svr,~v
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RECEIVE CERTIFICATES

First grade teachers certificates
have been issued to Elsie Petty of
Williston and R. E. People of Whee-
lock-
Second grade certificates have been
issued to Adeline Peterson of Tioga
and Lille B. Truax of Grinnell.