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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-20
COUNCIL AWARDS
PAVING CONTRACT
]. ID. Ryan Company OF Davenport
Will Surface Thirteenth and Ninth
Streets With Asphalt.
COST Is IN EXCESS OF $4,000
Iowa Concern Wins Job in COMPETE
ton With Two Other Bidders
Board Meets at Noon Today.
COST Is IN EXCESS OF $4,000

Two large contracts for paving were
let by the Moline board of local I'M
provements at noon today to the ID. j
Ryan Construction company of Dav-
export, the lowest bidder on each pro
ject.
The two projects involved the
Ninth street and Thirteenth street as
phalt jobs. Bids were as follows on
the Ninth street project:
Caughlin Company High.
F. B. CaughIin Construction
company ..............S SIG, 329. It
Mccarthy Improvement COM
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All the news all the time-The
Argus.
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WAR Vets FAVOR
ADMINISTRATION
Edward KittiIsen Camp Expresses
Willingness to Participate in
Preparedness Parade.
IMPORTANT ISSUE Is DIscussFn
Believe Nation Should Make Ready IN,
Possible Conflict, Bio Have M
Sympathy for Agitators.

Edward kittilsen camp No 81
United Spanish War Veterans Mas
expressed its willingness to psrfici-
pate in a preparedness parade in Mo.
line. The camp does not desire IN
take up the initiative. but all members
were unanimous in the expression that
if such a project should be under,
taken they would be willing to assist
in every manner possible.
Demonstration which the veteran,
have in mind is one similar to that
conducted in New York. Several other
cities of the middle west have taken
up the idea and are endeavoring 10
arrange parades.
Discussion Of the preparedness
question as it is now confronting the
citizens and voters OF the nation also
came up. The preparedness creed
which the Spanish veterans accept. as
set forth last evening. is that they de-
sire the kind which will secure a dol
lars worth OF value for every dollar
expended, and that they ignore the
personal desires of munition makers
who are, they assert, boosting the
movement for personal good.
In accordance with the idea of pro-
noting harmony among all military
organizations of the city, plans were
launched for a picnic of all patriotic
bodies some time early in the summer.
George Gould declared for coopera-
ton of all organizations He also
offered his river drive property as
picnic grounds. Decision was also
reached to enter the July parade
with float.
Delegates Named.
Harry ]. Crowder and G. J. Benson
were elected delegates to the state
encampment, commencing June Is.
Other delegates who go from here BY
virtue of being officers of the camp
are Frank Haynes, Emil Freeman and
August Laughline, while Marvin Lyon
L. R. Gaylord, George Gibbs, Frank
Clendenin and Edward kittilsen will
go in the capacity of past command
"rs. Mrs. Franks and Mrs. G. J. Ben
son were elected TO represent the new
ladies' auxiliary at the sessions OF
that body, and Mrs. D. ". Bouslog
mad Miss Lena Crowder are alter
mates.
Harry J. Crowder, who has beer
one of the most active in organizing
the auxiliary here, has been named
godfather of that organization. Boil
the camp and auxiliary will meet the
first and third Mondays of each month
henceforth. instead of on Fridays.
A number of the Spanish war vet.
Grams have volunteered to assist the
G. A R, in erecting seats for the mem
orial day exercises in Riverside GENE
terry.
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WILLIAMS HELD FOR
White SLAVERY
ALASKA LECTURER HELD UN-
DER $1,000 BONDS TO FEDERAL
COURT CHARGED WITH BRING
ING GIRL TO MINOT FOR I'M
MORAL PURPOSES.

M. G. Williams, Alaska lecturer
was bound over to the federal court
under $1,000 bonds by United States
Commissioner r. E. Hopkins, at a
hearing held in the Federal building
Wednesday morning. Williams is
charged with the violation of the
Mann white slave act, that of bring
ing a St. Paul high school girl of fif-
teen years from Minnesota to North
Dakota for immoral purposes.
Margaret Keller, Plain City, Utah,
school teacher, and friend of Williams,
who faced a similar charge, has been
released.
John Carmody, assistant United
States Attorney, appeared for the
government. The defendants had no
attorney, Williams cross examining
the various witnesses and both himself
and the Keller woman took the stand.
The girl, whose name we have been
asked to withhold on account of the
prominence Of her parents, highly re-
spected citizens Of st. Paul, arrived in
Minot from St. Paul and was the main
witness against the couple. After
their arrest several weeks ago, the
girl accompanied her mother and a
detective who had tracked the trio to
Minot, back to her home in St. Paul,
but promised to return for the hear
ing. She was accompanied by her 20
year-old sister. The complaining wit
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NOTICE or ExPIRATION or TINE
OF 1EDEMPTION.
061cA of Comfy Andiknr

State Of North Dakota. County Of Ward,
= So; Minot + y. D Pm May 9Th, 1915;
18th ST., Philadelphia Pa. the person in
in Ward County, North Dakota, and
heaeit, DESCRIBED now appears Of
Deeds Of Ward County. and which said
Real Estate was assessed in the year
1911 as follows:
to the City Of Minot Ward County. N.
Oak, said Real Estate being assessed
in 1911 to Robert Dumphy.
above described Real Estate was sold as
provided by law. at the annual sale of
lands upon which taxes had become de-
linquent after advertisement thereof, as
at the Auditors ONCE at the Court
House in the City Of Minot, County Of
Ward, State Of North Dakota, on the
amount 81 the deiinauent TAX d aea upo oe
the property aforesaid at the date Of sale
was Six and 47-100 Dollars; including
penalties, costs and interest, to make
then and there sold as provided by law
for Six and 47-1O0 Dollars and Ger
tificate Of said sale was issued to the
seal sea Of the Auditor Of said w Ward County,
owner and holder OF the Certifcate 50
ssned has the to the
and demanded a deed for said property
as provided by law: and said Certificate
being and remaining unredeemed and
and unpaid thereon and there appearing
no legal objection why q tax deed should
not be issued as demanded. You are
Dollars; exclusive Of accruing costs and
property from said sale, and that unless
the said amount. interest and costs Of
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CxHAYI01.

CITATION.
State Of North Dakota, County Of Ward,
So. In County Court. Before on VIM.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Knut o.
Ornefjeld, deceased.
Mrs Julia Lone, Petitioner,
All persons unknown claiming any
estate or interest in or lien or in
cumbrance upon the property de-
scribed in the petition or against the
estate Of said decedent.
CITATION. respondents
The State of North Dakota, to the Above
Named Respondents and all Persons
Ornefjeld, Deceased:
Notice Is hereby given. that Mrs. Julia
Lone has filed in the County Court Of
said County OF Ward duly verified pc
the right Of succession to the estate q
Knut o. Ornefjeld, deceased, to-wit:
Southeast quarter lsEa) Of Section
Four 81, Township One hundred fifty
9Th P: NJ. Ward County, North Dakota,
containing One Hundred Sixty acres and
that Friday, the 23rd day Of June, 1916.
at 10 o'clock A. M. of said day, being q
wit: Of the June Term, A. D. 1916, at the
County Court Room in the City Of Minot,
County of Ward, North Dakota. has been
and place for hearing said petition s tor At
which said time and place any and all
persons interested may appear and show
cause why the prayer Of said petition
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
3rd day Of May, 1916.
WILLIAM MURRAY,
Gleenleaf, Wooledge & Lesk,
Attorneys for Petitioner,
Minot, N. Oak. 5-11-t4
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another to the Keller woman, making
them out under fictitious names Of
Stella Brown and Margaret Williams.
Williams had told the girl that she
could never learn much around home
and advised her to go with him. When
the girl was introduced to the Keller
woman, Williams told her Margaret
Keller was going to her home in Mon
tana and would accompany them part
of the way. The girl said she thot
they were going alone, but Williams
said he had made other arrangements.
The girl accompanied the woman to
the hotel, where they got Williams
vicious Siberian wolf hound, and they
left St. Paul at 1O:45 for the west.
Williams got one berth for the three.
The two women occupied it for a part
of the time, Williams and the Keller
woman a part of the time and Will
liams lay down with the girl for a
short time. He evidently knew how to
make his money 60 long ways. Will
liams checked his dog on Margaret
Keller's ticket to Williston, not
checking the animal thru to Poplar,
Mont, the destination named on the
two tickets furnished the women. It
is impossible to ship any animal from
Minnesota into Montana without an
inspection. AS they neared Minot,
Williams told the girl that as he did
not have much money, he would stop
off and give lecture. Arriving in
this city, the trio got off the train and
went to rooming house near the G.
N. station, but could not get a room.
They went to the Home hotel, but were
no more successful, and finally got
room at the Great Northern hotel.
They all occupied the one room the
night Of April 16, lying down on the
bed. Williams and the Keller woman
undressed, but the girl declares that
she did not. That evening, they went
to the Lexgniton hotel, getting a room
on the third floor. Williams register
ed as Fred Ernshaw and registered for
the women as Irene Ernshaw and sis
ter. The three occupied the one room
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NOTICE o. ExPnAT1oN oT Tnn
OF 08081RY1oN.
once Of County Auditor-

sta al OF M; North Dakota, County Of Ward,
70 Jos saSPj y Ti R;i Nay St. 6th 1915
Pa, Jr, the persons in whose name Ger
tain Real Estate situate in Ward County.
Nortn Dakota, and hereinafter described
the Register Of Deeds Of Ward Conntv
and which said Real Estate was assessed
IN II, the year 1911 as follows: Lot 10 in
~ 1ioS M,no OF HMrooklyn Addition to the City
Joseph finder. -
ab 19s d sse hereby By. pq.lsa that said
proylded by law, at the annual sale Of
nnanent, after advertisement thereof, az
at the Auditors Office at the Court o
House in the City Of Minot, County Of
1Nah state Of North Dakota, on the
amount of the delinquent tax due upon
IN me property pro- aforesaid at the date Of
SAFE SAFE was Seventeen and 51-10O Dollars;
N I,sa penalties. costs and interest,
was then and there sold as provided BY
and Ia a Certificate Of said sale was issued
and sale Of the Auditor Of said Ward
county, and you are hereby notified that
the owner and holder Of the Certificate
Undersigned as Auditor of said County.
ana demanded a deed for said property
as provided by law; and said Certfficate
t p,elng and remaining unredeemed and
lars; due and unpaid thereon, penalties
and interest, and there appearing no le-
gal objection why a, tax deed should not
pc ISSUED as demanded. You are there
lore notified that Twenty-Five and 75-1OO
Dollars, exclusive of accruing costs and
interest Is necessary to redeem said
property from said sale, and that unless
the said amount interests and the costs
OF this proceeding are paid on or within
ninety days after the service of this
notlce upon you tax deed will be is
sued therefor as provided by law.
Period Of redemption expires ninety
notice. ~ s'
this 9th day Of May, 1915 ri
e(SEAL) l.. j. TOMPSON,
Auditor of Ward County,
North Dakota
BY R. w. Kennard, Deputy. 5-11-ts
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ness, although only girl of fifteen,
appears fully matured and could cas-
lily be taken for young woman Of
81 years. Yet, her baptismal record
was introduced as evidence, showing
that she was born in 1901. Diplomas
concerning her good record given by
her school, were also introduced.
The girl took the stand and told the
following story:
She said she was walking along the
streets of st. Paul one evening in
April, when Williams, total stranger,
accosted her, asking her where she
was going. She replied that she was
waiting for friend. They made an
appointment and met near the spot
later in the evening. The girl told
him her first name and gave him her
telephone number. At another meet
ing, they went to the Buckthorn Cafe
where Williams drank two glasses Of
beer. He showed the girl pictures of
Alaska and Siberia, telling her of his
lectures on those countries. The girl
said she wanted to get out in the
world and make her own way and thot
some Of going to San Francisco. He
advised her to keep away from that
city, citing her to the bread line. AS
she is a singer of more than ordinary
ability, Williams thot she might go
with him and earn money in that way.
He proposed that she accompany him
to Alaska and they would stop in Mon
tana to lecture. Without notifying her
parents and leaving only short note
for a young man who had been paying
her belongings and her purse, contain
ing IS cents, and accompanied Will
liams to the Union depot. He told
her that she could have half of any
money he might make. At the sta
ton they met the Keller woman and
this was the first that the girl knew
there was such woman in existence
Employment tickets were produced
thru the Lee employment Agency for
s35, Williams putting up the money.
He gave one ticket to the girl and
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Fined for Disorderly Conduct.

"Yankee" Robinson, a teamster en-
ployed by Cady Bros, was arrested
Tuesday morning on charge Of dis
orderly conduct. He was fined SIS
and 81 costs, or ten days in default
Of paying the fine, by Judge Lynch.
Robinson, Mrs. o. B. Olson, and
others, had attempted birthday
party in the city and left at 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Robinson accom-
panied Mrs. Olson to her home, paid
for her bus fare and followed her into
the house. Five minutes later the
husband, who came into the city on
an early train, walked in. Robinson
said he had moved the woman's fur
niture two weeks before and happened
to remember that she said she had a
bed to sell. He stopped in at 3 in the
morning to have look at the bed. The
Judge thot his actions were not those
becoming to gentleman and assessed
him heavily.
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for the night, all undressing She
declared that at one time, Williams
and herself were alone in the bed, that
he put his arms around her and kissed
her, attempting to take undue advan-
nothing to do with him. Margaret
Keller got an adjoining room, connect
ed with bath, telling the girl she
could not make any money as long as
they had but one room. She told of
one man coming up to see her. He
gave her 81, remained in the room
about ten minutes and left, but said
that nothing wrong occurred. She
gave the money to Margaret Keller.
The girl declared that the Keller wo-
man gave Williams 500 and smaller
sums at odd times. She told the girl
she got the money by "hustling." The
bell boy, she said, had told the Keller
woman when men called, a number of
times. They were arrested when the
girls mother arrived.
Williams examined the girl and she
admitted that he had never asked her
to meet any men.
The Keller woman took the stand.
She said she had gone to st. Paul with
Williams expecting to marry him, but
learned that he had escaped from an
insane asylum. She said she expected
when leaving St. Paul to work as a
lanudress at Poplar, Mont, and want
ed another girl to accompany her, as
there had to be two girls for the place.
She said she advised the girl to 90
back to her home before getting on
the train at st. Paul. She said that
she was the third party and it looked
as tho Williams and the girl wanted to
get rid of her. She said she had
taught school for three years in Utah
until last fall and that she had been
married, but her husband got a di-
vorce.
The girl took the stand again and
said that Williams had told her in st.
Paul that girls could make great
deal Of money by meeting men in
Alaska.
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this procedure are paid on or within.
ninety nn days after the service Of this no.
there for as provided by law.
Ierlod or redemption expires ninety
"a! AFTER the date of the service Of this
Gwen under my hand and official seal,
ms 9th day of May, 1916. >''
(SEAL) L. j. TOMPSON
Auditor of Ward County.
North Dakota.
by X. w. Kennard Deputy. 5-i1-ta.
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It improves the blood, cleans the
stomach, regulates the bowels, helps
the appetite, livens you up. You work
better-feel better look better. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea, real
Spring tonic. 35c. Mccoy Drug Co.
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HOUSES and LOTS
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lots in all parts Of the
city-size from so #. to 200 ft.
front Grow Realty Co.
FOR SALE Houses to seven
rooms, in all parts Of the city. On
easy terms. Grow Realty Co.
FOR SALE-Acre Lots-one to five
acre lots adjoining the city Of Mi
not on the south. Ideal for garden
ing. Easy terms. Grow Realty Co.
Grow Realty Co.
Citizens Bank bldg.
Phone lol Minot. N. o.
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l have an inquiry for a good i'm
proved farm within miles of Surrey.
If you want to sell, give me price and
terms by return mail. w. s. Shaw,
Min0t. 4-27-tf
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BY R. W. Kennard Deputy. 5-i1-ts
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-07
and the fault is soon perceived
Exchange.
Why lne.ians Are Red.

A German doctor has evolved q
queer theory about the coloring of
the human race--that the tint Of
the skin is determined by the food
eaten.
Originally, he declares, the hui
man species was black, because our
primitive forefathers subsisted on
fruits and roots containing manga
nese. The American redskins owe
their color to the consumption Of
raw flesh. The Mongols are yellow
because of their descent from a
tribe which consumed great quanti-
ties of herbs rich in chloride, and
the Caucasians have to thank the
salt, for which they have SO great
liking, for their dainty pink and
white or delicate brunette complex
ions.-Philadelphia Record.
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Grammar and the Lords Prayer.

A party of gentlemen were dis
cussing literary subjects when one
asked another to point out the
grammatical blunder in the Lords
Prayer. Half a dozen tried. Some
thought it lay in the words (which
art in hcaven;" others placed it
elsewhere, but not one detected it
in the expression, "For thine is
the kingdom, the power and the
glory To be perfectly correct the
word "is'' should be ''are,' but peo-
pie have used it in the present form
SO long that they never think of re-
garding it as blunder. There are
teachers who say such an expression
is right because it sounds right, but
reverse it and say, "The kingdom,
the power and the glory is thine"
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open your watch until you secure
some sort of dish into which to
place it and also enough kerosene to
cover it all over. Any old tin can
will do. Open your watch case, both
front and back covers, and carefully
move it around in the kerosene un-
til you have filled it with oil. Al
low it to remain in the kerosene I'M
til you can have it cleaned. 1t will
come out of the oil without any Of
the parts rusting, thus saving much
expense and the watch.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-01-07
CHEAP LIVING IN NORWAY.

Norway is a land where peace
and quiet and cheap living rule.
Wages and salaries are low as COM
pared with ours. The royal house
hold is allotted $4,000 year, the
prime minister receives $4,000, the
secretary for foreign affairs, who is
the entertainer among the officials,
receives $500, and the other men,
bers of the cabinet, $4,000. The
bishop of Christiania, the head of
the Lutheran or state church,
though he is, he says, only primus
inter pares, receives $4,000 year.
The other bishops-there are six in
all $4,000 to $4,000, and the
clergy, of whom there are 800, from
81 900 to $1,000.
An income of $4,000 a year means
every comfort. An income of $780,
900 includes more than all the
luxuries that the small towns afford,
and $4,000 means wealth and
places a man we'll outside the realm
Of expenditure of his neighbors in
Christiania or anywhere else in
Norway.
Cooks are paid Sc a month-a
good one sand a certain diplo-
mat who pays his cook $13 gave us
dinner that his chef in Paris
would find it difficult to improve
upon. Housemaids and the like re-
ceive SIS month. In one of the
smaller towns | was told on the good
authority of a leading citizen that
families with $500 to 5000 year
keep at least one servant, who re-
ceives, say, $50 year, and where
the income is from 81 900 to $1,000
there are two. Nobody, in short,
works too hard.
On the farms the servants are
more or less members of the family,
and women of small officials and
others sometimes go into service,
and very often take employment as
clerks, stenographers, secretaries
and the like.
The wife of foreign diplomat
was asked for an evening off by her
maid the night of court ball. The
mistress demurred, as she needed
her maid on that particular even
ing, but discovered that the maid
also was going to the court ball, be-
ing invited as the daughter of a
small official in the town.-Price
Collier in Scribner's.
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O4707
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Missoula, Montana,
Dec 6, 1915. Notice is hereby given
that John T. Combest, of Poison,
Montana, who, on March H. 1913,
made nd entry No 04707, for Unit
J, SW4 SW14, Section 8, NW4
NWh, Section 10, Township
2l NJ, Range Fl w. M. NJ,
has filed notice of intention to make
communication proof under new law to
establish claim to the land above
described before E. H. Rathbone, U.
S. Commissioner, at Roman, Montana,
on the 18th day of January, 1915. Claim
ant names as witnesses: Marguerite
Owings, Henry Turner, Morris May
nard, John Tar, all of Poison, Montana.
FRANK M. McHAFFIE,
dec 10 JAM Register.
Non-coal land. Flathead Project.
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FORBES GREAT FEAT.
His Newspaper Story Of the Last Days
of the Commune.

or the commune
One morning after the siege OF
Paris, when the city was believed in
London to be still in the hands of
the commune, Sir John Robinson,
manager Of the Daily News of Lon
don, reached his office to find the
late Archibald Forbes lying on the
floor asleep, his head on postof1ice
directory, while the printers were
hard at work on his manuscript,
the story of 'fParis In Flames,"
most vivid description of the last
days of the commune.
''Forbes had telegraphed from
Dover announcing his coming" said
Sir John Robinson, S'the printers
had been waiting, and thus the
country heard of those terrible days
for the first time.
"London was ablaze with excite
ment. Bouverie street was impas-
sable through the newsboys Shrek
ing for copies, and in parliament
Mr.. Gladstone was questioned that
afternoon and could only say he
hoped the story was exaggerated.
"Whcn Forbes Weakened from his
slumber amid all this turmoil what
a spectacle he was! His face was
black with powder, his eyes red and
innamed, his clothes matted with
clay and dust. lie was a dreadful
picture. He had been compelled TO
assist the communists in defending
triangular space upon which three
detachments of the Versailles troops
were firing and had actually taught
the citizens how to build a barri-
cadc."
By aid of dummy dispatches ad-
dressed to Lord Granville and the
queen Forbes escaped from this
threatening triangle and wrote all
the way to England, being the soil
tary passenger on the mail boat.