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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
N0NPART|SAN LEAGUE
PRECINCT MEETING
Final Instructions Given at Meetings
Held All Over the State Tues
day Afternoon

The nonpartisan league over the en-
ire state held precinct meetings on the
afternoon of Oct. 81. The meetings
were open only to members Of the
league and they were not at all secret
The league merely called the meetings
to give final instructions concerning
the campaign. Cards were issued
showing the list Of the league
candidates that have been endorsed fol
the various Offices. No action was
taken on United States Senator, mem
ber Of congress or judges of the judi.
cial districts and the county ticket
was not considered at all.
The league hopes to get out it's COM
plete strength and if this happens
practically all Of the candidates en-
dorsed by that organization will be
elected next Tuesday. The state ticket
from Frazier down will be elected by
a big majority.
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secure lower rate to the Pacific
coast, so that another outlet would be
gained for our growers. This effort
has been crowned with success at last.
During the Panama-Pacific-I -Interna-
tional Exposition at San Francisco,
Larimore, this state, put on a baked
potato day, and right after that event
the market for North Dakota spuds
was ready and waiting, but the freight
rate was prohibitive. Callfornians
never ate such good potatoes before,
and they wanted them and wanted
them bad, because they tickled the
palate of the most particular potato
epicure.
The Association of Commerce has
maintained all along that 75c per 100
pounds was an ample rate, for the
main shipment of spuds from this
state to the coast would occur when
the fruit shipment was eastward, and
the railway company, instead of send
ing fruit cars west empty as they
have been doing, would be able to haul
them back loaded with the best pota-
toes that grow. This week the Sec
retary of the association received the
rev tariff, which provides for the rate
OF 75c per 100 pounds between points
in Minnesota, South and North Dako-
ia to San Francisco, California. This
tariff provides the following: Pota-
toes, including sweet potatoes, car
load, minimum weight 10000. No
charge will be made for stoves and
Innings used to protect carload ship
ments from October 1st to May 1st,
the maximum allowance in weight
therefor to be 14OO pounds. Stoves
and Innings so used will be returned
free to original point of shipment.
This new rate goes into effect De-
cember 3rd, and while it may not af-
feet shipments this year, it will have a
great bearing on shipments in the fu-
ture.
The Association of Commerce sug-
gests that in making shipments to San
Francisco or intermediate points, that
the potatoes be graded as 20 weight
and color, wrapped and packed in reg
ular apple boxes. In this way the
top price for the potatoes can be Sc
cured, for people nowadays like their
eatables put up in neat condition.
The Association of Commerce does
not consider it's work done in the mat
ter of this new potato rate, and the
organization stands ready at all times
to cooperate with all growers in this
part of the state who desire to ship
west instead of the low market in the
east and south, which fuctuates so
much.
Potatoes in Ohio at the present time
are selling for $3.50 per bushel. Good
potatoes on the coast will bring that
much or more, and if packed in the
right manner there is no limit to the
price that can be secured for fancy
stock. Baked potatoes in San Fran
cisco sell at from zoe apiece upwards,
so it can be seen that the market will
be good one
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
A>%% 8 o o o o 9 9 9 8 o O o 9
g INDEPENDENT WILL RE-
@ CEIVE ELECTION RE- :
q TURNS BY DIRECT WIRE

= The Independent will receive
Q the election news of the county,
q state and nation on the night Of
o election. At considerable expense
O we have arranged for direct
o wire with the east which viii! en-
9 able us to secure the returns from
@ the various counties of the state
O as we'll as the reports from the
O several states. We will secure
O the returns from every county in
. North Dakota and by the means
@ of tabulating these returns, we
o will be enabled to give all who are
@ interested, fairly authentic re-
. port. We expect to receive our
. first reports at 8 o'clock in the
o evening, possibly sooner, and will
9 continue to receive them during
9 the night.
8 We will be pleased to answer
9 all inquiries and those who live in
. the country and surrounding
o towns will be given the inform
. alton cheerfully. Our informa-
O. ton will be secured through the
9 Bell Telephone Co.
= The Temple Court Cigar Store
o will also be connected by direct
9 telegraphic wire that night with
8 Minneapolis and such bulletins
o as are received by the Independ.
o ent and by the Cigar Store will
8 be displayed on the bulletin
9 boards at the cigar store.
900 o . o 100 o o o 900 o
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
SECURES Low POTATO
1 RATE TO THE COAST
Potato Raisers of North Dakota Car
"A Now Ship Three Ways Out of
the State.

The Minot Association of Commerce
has at last succeeded in securing a
new potato rate to the Pacific coast,
via the Great Northern railway.
The only potato rate up to this time
was 80 1-2 cents per 100 pounds
nearly one cent pound. AS conse-
quence potatoes have always been
shipped east and south, the growers
taking whatever the dealers there
would give them. For long time
North Dakota grown potatoes have
been used for seed as far south as
Texas, and as far east as Indiana and
Ohio. But upon a number of occas-
ions the North Dakota growers have
come out at the little end of the horn,
because when they arrived in Kansas
City or Chicago the market was way
off, and they took loss. In order to
open up another market the Minot AS
scciation of Commerce undertook to
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739 pounds. The Major says dairy
cattle are high in the east. The poor
est registered cows sell for $500 and
any old grade cow brings $lOO. He
saw a 3-months-old bull calf that sold
for $1,000.
The Major doesn't think much of the
farming land in the east, a large part
of which consists of lodges Of rock.
The farms appear to be mostly worn
out and there are any number Of farms
that can be bought for the cost of the
improvements. Dairying and poultry
raising are the chief occupations and
feed is scarce and high. We waste
more in North Dakota than they raise
on their farms, he says.
Boston is a miserable dirty city.
There is no fresh air and the build
ings look dirty from smoke.
At Valley Forge he saw a house
built in 1922 which is still well pre-
served. They visited in New York
Philadelphia and Washington, going
out to Arlington cemetery.
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VIM. CR0WDFR
SHOT ALBERT n.
OLSON At ROSS
Prominent Retired Farmer Fatally
Wounds Old Time Foe Who Is
Expected to Die-Now in Jail
Special to the Independent:

Special 10 the 1HuepcNucMC.
Ross, N. D., Nov. 1.-William Crow
der, a prominent citizen Of Ross, shot
and fatally wounded Albert n. Olson,
aged 35 years, a we'll known farm lab
orer of this place, at Z o'clock this eve.
ming. Crowder gave himself up and
was taken to Stanley by Sheriff
Slaughter where he remains in jail
awaiting the outcome of Olson's in
juries. At this writing Olson is I'm
conscious and doctors say that he can
hardly live during the day. Before be-
coming unconscious, he signed a STATE
ment that Crowder shot him without
lust provocation. Olson is married
man and the father of three children.
Crowder is about 60 years of age
and has resided at Ross for nearly 10
wears. He filed on a homestead near
this place during the early days and
recently sold his farm, coming tc Ross
to reside, building and renting houses.
He has a wife and five children.
Crowder shot Olson with .32 cali
ber revolver, one bullet penetrating
the intestines and the other going thru
the mouth and coming out the side OF
the face under one of his ears. Inc
wound in his head is not necessarily
fatal, the more dangerous one being
that in the abdomen. Doctors are
working hard to save Olson but state
that he has not one chance in a hum
dred.
No charge has been filed against
Crowder, who is held in the county jal!
at Stanley without bail. In case OF
Olson's death he will be charged with
murder. :.
The men were enemies for years it
is said. They were neighbors when
thew resided on their farms and had
trouble years ago. Just what led up
to the shooting is not known as Crow
der refuses to make any statement.
Crowder visited Stanley week OF
two ago and purchased the revolver
which he is said to have used on o.
son. stating that he needed it for 9
fellow, but failing to mention any
names.
Crowder gained considerable prom
inence years ago when he started the
action against Major J. S. Murphy. in
the famous railway road tax receipt
case. He has been regarded as ma:
with an ungovernable temper.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
CONCERT AND DANCE AT LOGAN

CONCERT AND DANCE AT LOGAN
The Velva band, an excellent music
al organization, will give a concert and
dance at the new hall, Logan. Friday
evening, Nov 10. Admission to the con-
cert will be so cents and dance tickets
will be $1.0O.
Miss Ola Stromrud, one of Minot's
sweetest singers, and H. Soniu, xylo-
phone soloist and drummer, will assist
in the concert. The band music will
be fine as the entire band of twenty
FIVE pieces will play for the dance.
The band gave a concert at Velva
last Friday night to crowded house,
pleasing everybody.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
BABY FALLS ON STOVE

Wyndmere, Oct. 31.-Wriggling out
of her mothers arms and falling on a
hot stove, the five-months-old child Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Math Reiland of this
place was seriously burned. The moth
er had just completed the baby's bath
and was about to dry the youngster
when she gave a sudden lunge, slip
ping from the mothers arms onto the
top of the stove. The baby will live,
although she will be disfgured for life.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02

office and Luce has promised to make
a number of the checks good Saturday
night. The Blair woman says the
checks were given by Ollie Berg fol-
services rendered. They were issued
on the Scandinavian-American bank OF
Grand Forks, but were made out on
Minot checks which had been changed
The Independent holds one of these
checks for $40 and we'd like our mon
ey. We'd also like to see the color of
Ollie Berg's hair, if such party can
be produced.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
NEW CORPORATIONS
FILING ARTICLES

Bismarck, Oct. 31.-Recent corpor-
ations which have secured charters
are: Mohal Improvement Co., $25,0O0;
$25, 900; Myers Shock Loader Co., Mi
not, $4,000; Northwest Theater Co..
Williston, $4,000.
Cooperative corporations: Eckmar
Farmers Telephone Co., Eckman, $25
900; Lostwood Farmers Elevator Co..
Mountrail county, $4,000; Grenora
Farmers Elevator Co., Grenora, $780,
600.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02

Mrs. Peter McKone, Sr., arrived
from Westby, Mont, this morning and
will spend few weeks with relatives
in the city. She was accompanied
by her grandson, Master Claire Nc
kone, who will resume his studies in
the Minot schools.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
HERE'S PROOF OF PROS
PERITY OF THE STATE

Bismarck, Oct. 30-Conclusive proof
that North Dakota is enjoying sub
stantial prosperity is found in the fact
that although notes for $250,G00 worth
Of twine purchased from the state pen
itentiary are not due until Nov. l, only
a few thousand dollars remain unpaid,
the vast majority of buyers, who con-
sist of farmers in every county in
North Dakota, having found it conven-
lent to take their discount.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
SEVENTH SEEKS DIVORCE

Grand Forks, Oct. 31.-Claiming she
accepted him as her seventh husband
when he believed that he was the first,
William B. Williams, residing near Ar
villa, asks for an absolute decree of di-
vorce from Gertie May Williams in
district court before Judge c. M. Cool
ey, charging cruel and inhuman treat
ment and desertion.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
Issued Worthless Checks

A number of checks, amounting to
about $1OO, issued by Ollie Berg to a
Mrs. Olive Blair, employed by Luce,
the detective, have been turned down
and several Minot parties are trying
to get their money. The matter has
been reported to the states attorneys
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
He has made good as G0Dern0r of this state
He has made good as United States Treasurer
He UU make good as United States Senator
PDL AdU.

district court; O. B. Herigstad, states
attorney; R. w. Kennard, county aud
itor; William Murray, judge; Fred A
Weatherwax, county treasurer; H. C.
Frahm, county surveyor; DR.. J. R..
Pence, coroner; C. B. Bach, public ad-
ministrator.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02

Nine high school boys were arrested
in Fargo Halloween night for playing
pranks and destroying property. Their
daddies found them in Jail in the morn
ing. An auto was started and aban-
doned, allowing it to run by itself sew
eral blocks down the street.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
Negro is Recovering.

s"Goldie" Brown, colored, true name
Ed Golden, who was shot during the
disgraceful row in the Harris joint
last week, will recover. One bullet
which plowed a hole seventeen inches
long from the hip, lodging in the knee,
has been removed, altho the bullet in
the mans neak has not been removed.
Brown will face serious charge in
connection with the death Of Frank
Gregg.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
JOHN EHR.
GOOD SET OF CANDIDATES

UVOD OEI Vt CANDIDiAIE I'D
Ward county is normally republi-
can by great odds and the republicans
having nominated one of the best tick
cts Ward county has ever known,
there is little question but what the
entire ticket will be elected. With such
candidates holding the various county
offices as the following, the affairs will
be looked after in an economical, cap
able manner: John j. Nedreloe, sher-
iff; Martin j. Engeseth, register of
deeds; T. N. Henderson, clerk of the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

I am candidate for county COM
missioner from the First Commission
er's district. was regularly nomi-
mated on the democratic ticket at the
primaries and if the voters of Minot
are satisfied that will look after the
business interests of the county in a
capable manner, l will be pleased with
your support. l will give the business
my closest attention if elected, realiz-
ing that this is one of our most i'm
portant Offices. l was county COM
missioner for ten years and will be
pleased to have anyone refer to my
record.
InUA1 EIp
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Refused to be Elected From Printing
Office

D. R. Craig of Fargo, representative
of the Western Newspaper Union,
smashed J. C. Hoff, old-time newspa-
per publisher, a stinging blow this
morning after Hoff had taken hold OF
him trying to eject him from mis- office.
Hoff is now engaged in publishing a
Scandinavian paper in this city and
Craig had called on him to collect a
SIS bill for plate furnished while Hoff
was publishing papers at Palermo and
Ignite. Hoff repudiated the debt.
One of his printers stepped in and
saved the editor from more serious
consequences.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02

Jamestown.-In an attempt to raise
the sophomore flag on the campus pole
Spurel Heard of Rugby, student Of
jamestown college, slipped and fell,
his left leg in two places.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
LICENSED TO WE'D.

Mary Gertrude Susak and Benedict
Solor.
Edith Eunis and VIM. B. Shell.
Miss Ragnhild Hoset and Nils Fore
sen.
Miss Christina Fryeruland and
Christian Larston.
Miss Bertha J. Boughton and John
L. Madding.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-11-02
Specialist in Diseases of the
SfOmach Locates in Mil

DR.. J. C. R. Charest, formerly of
Thief River Falls, Wis, has located in
the city, with offices in the Sons of
Norway block next to DR.. Mykelstad' s
Offices. DR.. Charest is specialist in
stomach diseases.
The doctor is a graduate of the La
va medical college at Montreal and he
has been practicing for a good many
years. He comes to Minot with the
best of recommendations.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09
KEENE AND REINHART
WILL REACH SALEM
FOR SUNDAYS GAME
Ex-High School Twirler viii
Be Welcome Addition to
Pitching Staff

Roy Keene, the eX-Salem high school
twirler who has been starring in col
r-iege baseball in the east will arrive
in Salem Friday night with Bill Rein
hart, who has also hammered out Il
mich in the hall Of baseball in the col
legiate circles. Both of these men will
undoubtedly prove a good boost to the
Salem stock Reinhart has been play
ing first base with Keene on the mound
and both have made an euviable record
according to the press dispatches which
have reached Salem from Missouri.
Manager Otto Klett is taking no
chances ON being short of pitchers for
sSaday S game against the St. Hclens
team and AIDE Siebcrts, the O. A. G..
moundman, will be on hand for the
coming game. Cole will also be here
and with Keene, Cole and Sieberts all
ready and willif& to shoot their shoots
it is Il settled fact that the loss of one
pitcher more or less will not handicap
the team in the next game.
A double header was first announced
but it was stated today that only one
game would be played Sunday in the
Inter-City league in Salem between ST.,
Helens and the Loius. The first game
scheduled between st, Helens and Sa-
+ lem was postponed on account of wet
grounds and tomorrow's game will be
the first appearance of the st. Helens
aggregation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09
Refrigerating Plant
at Slaughter House

Salem has the only plant in the Will
lamette valley in which the refrigerat-
ing rooms are part of the slaughtering
plant Until a few months ago all cat
Tie slaughtered for home consumption
were killed, placed in screen rooms and
later brought to the cooled rooms of the
~ markets in the city.
When the meat market owners Of the
city could not get together on building
q $4,000 abatoir, on account of there
being doubt as to whether the city
would extend the sewer TO the plants
owned by Steusoff Bros, the PROPOSE
ton of bringing their slaughter house
ZIP to date was taken up by the firm.
In order to do this, the firm spent
close to $4,000 in Teconstrueting their
. plant about two and a half miles south
east of the city through the installing
of an automatic refrigerating machine
that alone cost $3.50.
By the action of an automatic ther-
mostat, the temperature Of the first
cooling room is maintained at from 40
to 80 degrees. When the temperature
gets above zero the temperature requir-
ed, the thermostat cuts off or increases
I the action of the electric machinery by
(which cold air is forced through the
pipes of the cooling room. =,
A second cooling room is also used, in
which the temperature is low, ranging
from SO to 81 degrees, and here again in
this room the temperature is maintained
at the exact degrees desired by the ae'
ton of the automatic thermosta.
While the plant is not exactly in Sa-
lem, yet it is one of the many improve
ments that are being made indicating
the progressive and up-to.date spirit of
Salem business men.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09

teaching at Moscow, Idaho, is home to
spend her vacation with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Young
Ed Blakeley left Monday for North
Bend where he has accepted a position
in the Everett pharmacy Ed recent
ly passed q successful pharmacy exam
ination in Portland and received his
first papers He intends to take the
final state examination later
The revival meeting at the Chris
tian church under the leadership Of
Evangelist Ware Of st. Johns, Wash,
is increasing in interest night by night
The meeting will close Sunday night.
We learn that Korinek & Mielke, the
well known hardware firm Of this city,
have dissolved partnership. The bust
ness will be conducted in the future by
Mr.. Hielke. It is not known just yet
what Mr.. Korniek plans TO do.
The work Of constructing a fine
crushed rock road leading into the city
from West Stayton was completed this
week. The citizens are greatly reioiced
over the fact. They are at the present
time repairing the road in the same
manner between here and West Stay
ton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09
HayesviIIe Items
Capital Journal Special service.)

lCapltal Journal special SerVlce.)
Hayesville, Ore, June 9.-An excel
lent program is being prepared for Chill
dren's day which will be held next
Sunday, juno II
Mrs. Mary Pruitt is quite i'll.
Misses Anna and Martha Denny are
at home from their school duties Mt
Mill City for the summer vacation.
Miss Ida Denny is i'll at her home.
The Loyal Berean class met at the
home of S. Willis on Friday evening
for a class social. Light refreshments
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs +. Tyrell spent Thurs
day at Pioneers visiting Mrs, Tyrell 3
brother ana family, Chas. Wendenhall.
Rollin Armstrong was caller in
Hayesville recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rotzien, of Sa-
lem, visited the formers sister Tues
day and Wednesday.
Frank and Joe Fits left Wednesday
a. m. for Oregon City and Portland to
visit relatives and attend the Rose fes-
tival.
Miss Rotzien and Mrs. Willis left
Tuesday a. m. for Portland 10 attend
the Rose carnival on Saturday, Miss
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-09
StaytOn Notes
(Capital journal Speciai seryice.)

iAdlAldl oNAl huA - 'NNNAhA 'aNA fAR'sI
Stayton, Ore, June 0--Last Thurs
day night the graduating exercises were
held in the high school auditorium. A
very excellent program was rendered
before the largest audience cxer gath
cred in the new building.
Prof. Berchtold, of the English de.
partment, in the o. A. c., delivered the
timely address before the graduating
class and their friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos Fisher and their
son, Norval, who were victims in the
West Salem auto accident when Robt.
McCrow's machine turned turtle last
Sunday night, are at home. They were
quite badly bruised up, but nothing
as compared as at first reported. Word
comes daily that the others are rapidly
recovering from the shock.
L. B. Lockhart pastor Of the NJ. L.
church, is a visitor at the Rose festival
in Portland this week. Other attend.
ants at the festival are: c. A. Beau
champ and wife, j. W. Mayo and fam.
lily, Miss Della Harold, Mrs. W. F.
Klecker and daughter and y. L. stew.
art
Miss Vivian Young, who has Deen