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The Detroit times., 1916-08-21
We have In mind this ball player.

We have In mind this ball player
Unquestionably you have like case
In mind-the case perhaps, of the little
fellow who used to play around your
neighborhood, and who might have
grown to become successful business
man or lawyer or doctor or carpenter or
machinist or engineer or fireman or a
stone mason.
Maybe you have in mind the wedding
when the belle of the neighborhood be-
came his wife; how prettily the house
was decorated; how beautiful and how
happy the bride looked, and how every
body threw rice when they left for the
train to take them on their honeymoon.
Then you may recall how a year or
two slipped by and you noticed the light
had gone from a young wife's eye and
the worried look that had come into her
face, and how you wondered what had
come over her.
Pretty soon, somebody came to you
with the sad story.
Somebody came and said to you
"Her husband is drinking, heavily"
Later you heard that he had lost his
position, or that he had failed in bust
ness. or that he had fallen in his profes-
sion until men no longer would trust
him.
You must have some case Of the kind
In mind, because cases like il are COM
mon.
No neighborhood is without one.
No small town is without several of
them.
You can think OF half dozen in no
time. just among your own acquaint-
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

The saddest part Of the sad story that
is so common-the story Of the ball
player being only one in thousands upon
thousands the fact nlat the blame
rests always with the state.
1t rests entirely with those who look
On, witnessing young men 80 down a--.
witnessing the wrecking Of lives, Of ia-
lures and of homes; Witnessing t--
tears Of mothers and wives and sisters.
II rests with those who remark how,
pitiful il is-and THESE, IS The people
Of the state, ARE To BLAME.
And theirs Will be the guilt un'. they
rise up in their might, with their votes.
and Danish the monster for all time by
closing the saloon and putting an end o.
the manufacture Of alcoholic drinks,
The people Of Michigan Will have .aa-
opportunity this fall.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21
Sarcastic

During a railroad strike a yo1nl
and green engineer was put on Ca
run a train on his FIRST trip out
he ran some distance beyond a sta
ton he was 10 stop az. and on back
Ing up he ran az far The other way
Re was about 20 start forward FOR
another attemp., WREN tho station
master shouted "Oh. thunder
Stay where you are and wen move
the station. Boston Transcript.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

ances Maybe the case comes nearer 70
you than that.
The start is always even, and, really,
that's the great trouble
The opportunity TO drink beer and
whisky is everybody's WHERE BEER
AND WHISKY ARE LICENSED AND
ADVERTISED AND SOLD.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

A splnster may imagine that mar
r.ages are arranged In heaven, bu,
a married woman knows better.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21
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The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

Il takes woman with nerve 20
carry SO purse wffA nothing in
70 bat safety pin and few dry
goods samples.
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21
Wells AND NERVOUSNESS.
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The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

Why Not a Blank fern Something Ike This
For Use In Our Police Stations
The Detroit times., 1916-08-21

Il looks as n they may have reached the
limit. The price Of sole iestoer is Sc h.gr
man has 20 step now ard figure whether ne
car afford 20 20 sfoot
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-11
FARMS DEPARTMENT
The Republican Pays 81 Each Week for an Idea
on What You Have Planned to Increase
Your Crop Yield or Make Home More
Beautiful---City Lot or Farm

Editor The Idaho Republican:
Early last spring l decided to try
my luck at raising flowers. I did
not take much time and work be-
cause l thought flowers would not
grow on the desert. But anyway I
planted the seeds. The soil was very
poor, but in a short time the plants
were peeping thru.
When they were about an inch
high a frost killed almost half of
them, now some of them are bloom
ing just the same.
The flower garden is small and not
very good looking for it has wire
around 1t to keep out the chickens
and burlap for a windbreak.
Next year l expect to have a larger,
prettier garden and have 1t we'll TAX
en- care Of.
I think to dig up the soil about
two feet and mix we'll with a good
fertilizer is the best way to start.
Then have some arrangement about
it. To make it in the shape OF a
dish with flowers planted so as to
give an appearance of a natural
bouquet would be very pretty; and,
also, to have the larger plants in the
middle with smaller ones to the edge.
l shall fence it with wire to keep
the stock away and make a wind
break of heavy burlap. You will hear
of my success or failure which ever
it may be.
MARY KING,
Taber, Idaho.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-11
PEOPLE ATTEND TO POLITICS
How Platforms are Written and Parties are Put
on Record. What People Should do in Their
Respective Precincts to be Properly
Represented. Work for this Month

of September, they should all have
in mind the particular person they
are going to vote for for precinct
who compose the county central COM
mittee. The people have that one
chance to create such committee, and
failing to do it then it Is done by
appointment a few days later. Each
precinct should determine during the
present month what type of man they
want to represent them and their
party in all it's deliberations and
transactions, and arrange matters SO
the people would SO cast their votes
that somebody would be elected as
the capitalization of their own study
land expression.
Referring again to the delibera-
lions of the state committee In 1914,
they spent about a day longer than
was expected, in celebrating the
liquors plank, and there were many
adjournments and recesses while
members of the committee went down
town and conferred with powers that
were desired or feared. Evidently
the committee did not know just
what it wanted, or, knowing what it
wanted, it was undetermined how
to proceed to secure it. We believe
the press has never yet been inform
ed, and the people, if they had any
curiosity about it, have forgotten.
In the committee meeting of 1915,
when the matter of liquor legislation
was presented, calling for the adop-
tion of the constitutional amendment
forever barring the manufacture and
sale of liquor, it was adopted as Don
as it was read, and in all the con-
%vention there were only two or three
votes against it's adoption. In this
case it was plain that the delegates
as we'll as the committee knew what
they wanted or that they knew what
the people wanted and they proceeded
with it's delivery.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-11

implements. He came home at inter-
walls to visit and provide for her, and
while he was away earning money
she was doing what she thought was
her part under the circumstances.
She was by trade a tailor, but rather
than go to some city or town and
work at her trade she kept the home
and grubbed sage brush and piled
it up and set it afire. Each day she
worked her allotted time and was
sweet and cheerful over the pros
poets. The mattock was thick and
dull, but she kept a file to trim up
the edge at times, and when we came
across a settler who had an anvil and
forge we mentioned that thick dull
mattock and he said he was glad
we mentioned it; that he would send
over and get that mattock and draw
it out thin and sharp like it ought to
be and send it back. We observed
that this same man was good to his
wife and his cow and his horses and
the dog.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-11
A Relative Quantity

The expression "at home" is a rela-
tive quantity with the dry farmers.
A shack may be empty because the
owner is a bachelor and he is out
working on the claim. He is at home
but not at the house. The next man
may be considered at home because
his family is there, tho he may be
working at American Falls. The next
may be said to be away from
home because he has a leave Of abb
sence for five months and is working
in the beet fields on Snake river. A
man may have been away five months
and returned when the time was out,
and if you ask a neighbor if he is at
home, you may be informed that he
is, tho he is at Blackfoot today.
Again you may enquire If the next
neighbor is at home and be told that
he Is and on going to his place you
may find that he has just gone for
this morning, You look around
for the we'll and are told that it Is
over the divide even miles away and
that he is due to be back in four
hours. Most Of the men are away
part of the time and the women stay
alone on their respective claims. Per-
haps husband leaves a loaded gun
and wife has more or less experience
in handling it, or she may be content
to receive some instructions and then
entertain the FEELING that she is more
of the gun than she will be
Of anything or anybody that comes
We called at a house one day
and the lady spoke Of the grand sun
shine and fine climate and said the
dust blows but that she was trying
to get used to it. She remarked that
she had become restless the night be-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-08-11
Bonnie Scotch Names

Some of the settlers located where
there are patches Of rocks that have
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
new ROCKFORD
CAPITAL FIGHT
PROGRESSING
CITIZENS CONFIDENT THAT Is
PER CENT OF THE VOTERS IN
so PER CENT OF THE COUN-
TIES WILL SIGN PETITIONS.

DR.. Mclaughlin and w. H. Carson
prominent New Rockford citizens
were in Minot Saturday. The doctor
is a brother-in-law of F. B. Lambert
Thirty-five citizens of New Rock
ford have been touring the state dur.
ing the winter, getting signers on
their petitions for the capital remov-
al. In order to give the voters an op-
portunity to vote on the question in
November, rs per cent Of the voters
in so per cent of the counties of the
state must sign petitions and it ap-
pears that this will easily be done.
The petitions may be filed May 7. If
the proposition carries by a majority
vote in November, the matter is taken
before the legislature. If that body
refuses to pass law providing for
the removal of the capitol to New
Rockford after July /, 1922, the ques-
tion will be referred to the people,
who may vote again on the question
and in case it secures a majority vote,
the bill becomes a law.
New Rockford has raised about
$4,000 and the citizens are ready to
put in much larger sum if neces-
sary.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24

Moss rural credit bill now before con-
gress, because this bill is deliberate
and premeditated attempt on the part
Of Wall street bankers to fasten upon
the farmers counterfeit rural credit
law, one that would retard the getting
of favorable rural credit laws for
years to come.
Fifth-That in so far as the market
ing Of farm products is a national
problem, we demand of the federal
government the establishment Of pub
lie warehouses in the different Sec
tions of the country, where the pro-
ducts Of the farm can be stored and
handled, thus ipsuring farmers the
highest prices for their products and
at the same time offering to the con-
sumer his necessities at greatly re-
duced cost, and we further demand
federal grading and inspection of
grain and farm products.
Sixth-That we are opposed to the
reciprocity law offering to grant free
entrance of grain from Canada into
the United States when said offer is
accepted by the Canadian government.
That we deem this law to be detrimen-
tai to the interests of our farmers in
asmuch as it tends to depress grain
prices in our country so long as this
law is in force and the offer stands
open for acceptance by the Canadian
government, we, therefore, demand
that this law be Immediately repealed.
Seventh-We demand that the gov
ernment own and operate railroad,
telephone and telegraph systems.
Eighth-We recommend to our sem
ators in congress the Endorsement by
thin of Louis D. Brandeis for justice
of the supreme court.
We further recommend that in so
far as our attention has been called
by Congress to the fact that the rec
concentrations of the farmers and 9TH
er organizations of the producing class
would receive much closer attention,
if at the time the recommendations
are made, bills embodying the said
recommendation were submitted to
them. We therefore recommend to
this convention that the attorneys Of
this society be employed to draft bills
for putting into operation as soon as
possible he laws so recommended.
Respectfully submitted,
Grant S. Youmans, Chairman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
NOTICE TO FARMERS.

The Independent has made arrange
ments with a reliable employment
agency in Wisconsin, whereby infor-
nation concerning men to work on
farms or to do other work may be pro-
cured. We will be pleased to furnish
this address upon application, either
by letter or by your calling at this
office. This work will be done without
any charge on the part of either the
Independent or the employment
agency. At present the agency has
applications from stationary or trac-
tion engineer; experienced bank clerk
and bookkeeper; 3 men for farm work;
2 cement workers; married men who
want work on farm, their wives to
do the cooking; young man wants
clerical position in bank or other in
stitution; experienced salesman, mems
clothing and furnishing and young
man experienced in auto repair work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
SCHOOL BOARD
RECEIVES PLANS
ELEVEN ARCHITECTS APPEAR
IN PERSON TO DELIVER PLANS
FOR NEW HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING, BESIDES SEVERAL
RECEIVED BY MAIL.

The members of the board of educa-
tion of the Minot Special school dis
trict met Monday night to look over
the plans for the new high school
building which they propose to build
during the coming summer.
Eleven plans were delivered by ar
chitects in person and several were
sent in by mail. The board is consid-
ering the plans this week and will not
decide definitely on any of them before
Saturday night of next week.
Among the architects submitting
plans were the following:
R. B. Stacy-Judd and R. T. Frost,
of Minot; Horton of Jamestown; Nc
Farlane of Valley City; Keith of
Grand Forks; Fuller of Colorado
Springs, Colo; Lockheart and Guyder
Of Minneapolis, and Hulse and Gun of
St. Paul.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
deer SLAYER
ON SNOW SHOES
GAME WARDENS HAVE STRENU.
GUS TIMES-BAD ROADS, DEEP
NOW AND SWOLLEN
STREAMS MAKE WORK Diff.
CULT.

E. B. McCutcheon, chief game war;
den, returned to Minot yesterday from
Walhalla and Langdon, where he has
been for the past week, investigating
some complaints regarding deer kill
ing. 1t had been reported that deer
tracks were much in evidence as we'll
as many blood marks on the snow, and
a trail leading up the side of the
mountain, as if a deer had been kill
ed and dragged along. The chief had
no difficulty, by following the river,
to locate the spot, and an examination
revealed plenty of deer hair along the
trail, as the ravines in the Pembina
mountains are filled with snow, in
many places ten feet deep. Horses
had to be abandoned and the trail fol-
lowed on snow shoes. 1t was follow
ed about mile, thru dense brush and
timber, finally fetching up at the home
of Alex Langie, where after a little
real Sherlock Holmes work, the deer
head was found, buried in the manure
pile at the barn. This resulted in the
arrest Of Langie, and after following
the trail for two miles more, the chief
came to the home Of Peter Sharette,
where the skin and remaining portion
of the venison were found.
Both men were taken to Walhalla,
and Langie was convicted and fined
SlOO, but it was found that Sharette
had to be taken to Langdon, as his Of
fense was committed in Cavalier coun-
ty. 1t was a long 35 mile drive to
Langdon, over very bad roads. At
Langdon Sharette pleaded guilty and
will serve out his sentence in the coun-
ty Jail.
Deputy Sull also arrived in the city
yesterday and reports the arrest and
conviction of party in Mckenzie
county for killing beaver His source
of operations were down along the
Little Missouri, about 30 miles south
of Schafer. This was also hard trip
to make, as the coulees are filled with
water, and the party got into several
bad holes, once the whole party, war
den, driver and prisoner, getting
bad soaking as the water came up to
the top Of the sleigh box, when the
sleigh broke thru the ice on the Lit
tie Missouri. The prisoner, Rodericks,
pleaded guilty and will be sentenced
today by Judge Fisk.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
ATTY. ELITmRPF:
LOCATES IN N|NO1
MONTANA LAWYER OPENS Of
FICES IN LEE BLOCk-RESID-
ED IN MINOT YEARS AGO.

Atty. L. M. Ellithorpe has opened
law offices in room 5 of the Lee block.
Mr.. Ellithorpe is not stranger in
the city, for years ago he lived here.
He attended the Minot schools, gradu-
ating with high honors in the class Of
1905, the second ;, graduating class
from the Minot High school. He then
attended the Union University of New
York, graduating from that ,institu-
ton. For four years he practiced law
in Montana, where he was successful,
but he has always liked Minot, where
great many of his friends reside.
Mr.. Ellithorpe is a bright young at
torney who is sure to make a success.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
LECIS[ATI0N IS
REC0NNENDEDBYT THE
EQUITY CONVENTION
EMPHATIC ENDORSEMENT OF
RURAL CREDITS AND POSTAL
SAVINGS BANK EARNINGS -
URGE REPEAL OF CANADIAN
RECIPROCITY LAW.

The recommendation of the legis-
lative committee of the Equity con-
vention reported to the convention late
Friday evening and the recommen-
dations were adopted without change.
The declaration on rural credits was
emphatic, both in its constructive pol
icy and it's opposition to the Moss bill.
Among the other prominent questions
upon which the committee spoke en-
phatically are government ware
houses and the repeal of the Canad-
ian reciprocity law. The full text OF
the report follows:
Whereas, No two authorities are
agreed as to what constitutes fair
and just rural credits system; and,
Whereas, the banking fraternity
will corrupt any legislation that might
have tendency to furnish relief to
the farmers; and,
Whereas, The national government
should function for the good of all by
owning and operating all the indus
tries upon which the people as whole
are dependent.
Therefore be it resolved:
First-That the functions of the
postal savings banks be extended so
as to do a general banking business,
and that the rates charged the public
be just high enough above the rate
paid depositors to cover the expenses
Of handling the business.
Second-That we are absolutely op-
posed to the so-called preparedness
program now before congress. We op-
pose such preparedness because it in
evitably leads to war, the very thing
which it is supposed to prevent, and
we are especially opposed to the pres
ent preparedness program because it
is an attempt to fasten heavy tax
upon the public for the benefit Of the
munition manufacturers.
Third-That we demand that the
government manufacture all muni-
tions of war.
Fourth-That we are opposed to the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
NEW ROCKFORD FARMER
VICTIM OF BRUTAL MURDER

Geo. Rottel, the New Rockford
farmer who was shot down in cold
blood by his hired man, Nick Chenros,
Feb. 10, died in the New Rockford
hospital. The murderer was arrested
and will be tried this week. Mrs. Rit-
tel, the only witness for the state, told
a gruesome tale of the murder from
the time her husband found the re-
volver in the pocket of the hired man
until the time Of the shooting, which
occurred in the morning at half past
five. The doctor for some reason was
not called until shortly after dinner.
There will probably be some sensa-
tional developments, the story being
that the home life was not ideal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
Y0UNANS REPRE-
SFNTS FARMERS
AT WASHINGTON
MINOT MAN OFF FOR CAPITOL
CITY TO HEAD FIGHT AGAINST
PASSAGE OF MOSS RURAL
CREDITS BILL.

Grant S. Youmans, who was selected
by the American Society of Equity of
the state of North Dakota to 90 to
Washington, to represent that body in
its fight against the Moss rural cred
it bill, left Tuesday afternoon for the
Capitol City. He is also representa-
tive of the Equity society of Montana
and Wisconsin, besides the representa-
tive of the partisan League. Mr..
Youmans thus represents about 10000
farmers and will at least get re-
spectacle hearing. He will have an
opportunity of placing the members of
the House and the Senate from the
northwest on record and goes with
strong letters from representative
businessmen of the northwest
The Moss bill is said to be not at all
what the farmers desire, being vicious
in more than one particular.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-24
More-Wirtars Wedding.

At the Presbyterian manse yesIer-
day afternoon the wedding of Mr.. Al
bert Moore and Miss Maude Winters
took place. Rev. P. w. Erickson Of
fciated with the ring service. Miss
Winters was attended by Miss Stein
metzer and Mr.. Moore was attended
by Mr.. Ralph People, both of Ross.
Mr.. Moore is connected with the Con-
sumers Power Co., Of this city, and
Miss Winters is a Grand Forks girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moore will make their
home in this city after a short we'd
ding trip.