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Judge Amidon Says Witnesses Must
Testify.

Judge Amidon of the Federal court
has ruled that witness before the
grand jury must tell all that he knows
and dare not refuse to answer a ques-
ton on the grounds that it might in
criminate himself. When a witness,
who is custodian for Minot lodge
hall, refused to answer, claiming his
privilege, the jury was dismissed and
U. S. District Attorney Hildreth brot
the matter before Judge Amidon. The
Judge ordered the man to testify or
receive sentence for contempt of court.
The judge, it is understood, granted
him indemnity from federal prosecu-
ton, but it is claimed that there would
be no reason why the state could not
go ahead and prosecuteunder the state
law. This places a witness in rather a
queer predicament. e " T.,
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Visit From Judge X. H. Grace.

Hon. R. II. Grace, judge of the state
supreme court, arrived from Bismarck
today, enroute to his former home,
Mohall, to visit old friends for few
days and to attend to some business
matters. Judge Grace is one of the
hardest working members of the su-
preme court. That body has been very
busy considering cases and today
there are but three cases ahead that
are ready for argument Members Of
the supreme court are required to put
in many hours at hard work each day
and they seldom get vacation.
81 have worked every day and every
night until midnight or after, since
going to Bismarck the first of the
year," said Mr.. Grace.
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Your Own Weiuht.

DR.. Harvey G. Beck Of the Universe
ty of Maryland told the Los Angeles
County Medical association a simple
way to calculate what one ought to
weigh. First. he said put down 40,
then subtract 5 feet from ones height
and multiply the number Of inchp hat
remain by 5ia. Add this product to
the original 40 and the sum is ones
ideal weight.
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The Husky,

Husky is the name by which English
knew the Eskimos who live there or
spend the greater part of the year
there fishing and catching seal. The
name has been transferred from man
to the dog and today it is the common
name for the woiflike dog of both the
white and the red men of the far
NOrthland.
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NOTICE FOE BrDs.

Notice is hereby given by the school
board of Margaret School District No. So,
Ward county, that bids will be received
for the furnishing of hot air heating
plant for the new school building which
is to be built. Bids submitted to be ac-
Ira l.. Rush, and to be seen at his office,
Samuelson block. Minot, N. D. Bids will
be received up until Friday. Aug. II,
fS at oGioc a M ceft ne check
company each bid to insure the faithful
completion of the contract. Board re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids.
BY order Of the board.
r. j. FREUND, Clerk,
7-26-t4 Wolseth, N, D.
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1REASURER'S REPORT
For Torn ing School District, No. 1902 County c
Ward. State of North Dakota, for the yea
lgl6-l9l7:

For forming School District, No. 1o2. County of
Ward. State of North Dakota, for the year
19l6-l9l7:
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand including sinking fund. at
beginning of schoo. year July |, 1916 IS 1207.27
Total amount received during the year
from the apporsionment of the State ~. ~
Total amount received during the year
ty Tuition Fund 655. rs
Amount received during the year
from Taxes levied by tho District
School Board including outstanding
warrants redeemed or endorsed in
the col!ectit of IT, xes --------------- 1896
other sources 69.O5
Total receipts for the year nclud-
ing cash on hand July l, 1916 IS i363.54
EXPENDITURES
Amount paid duria the year for School
Houses. Sites and Furniture-$ $1,000
Amount paid during the year for APP
paratus Fixtures etc-----------.----- 1882
Amount paid during the year for Teach
Amount paid during the year to County
Treasurer on account of Teachers
Retirement Fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1882
Amount pa d during tho year for Ser.
vices and Expenses of Schoo! officers $40
Amount paid durins the year for Inter.
est on Bonds and Warrants - -- 59.72
Amount paid during the year for trans.
portation of pupils $500
Amount paid during the year for in
cidental ex penSes observation-disclosures 232 ii
Total expenditures for the year $2365.25
Cash on hand including sinking fluid,
June 30, 1917 Observation-Disclosures 1929
Grand Total, Expenditures ard Gosh
on Hand. to balance above Total
Receipts MISREPRESENTATION 1854
RELATING TO SINKING FUND,
Amount of Sinking Fund in Treasury
July !, 1916 -------------------6 O3 80
Amount received into and transferred
to the Sinking Fund during the year 1888
Total ----.$ 676 IS
Balance in sinking Fund June 30,
L T. LARSON.
Treasurer of forming School District. No lO2.
Approved this 18th day of July A. d, 1917.
By order of the District School Board.
PETER NYBAKKEN, President.
Attest: D w KING. Clerk.
CLERKS STATEMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS OF
DISTRICT
Whole amount of Warrants Outstand.
ing June 80 1917 ---------$ 1900
Whole amount of Londs outstanding
June 80, l9l7---- 1?OO w
Total Indebtedness of District June
~. -Sl2l2.UU
Approved this 10th day of July A d. 1917
BY order Of the District School Board:
.e.tq. DIV. KING, Clerk.
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TREASURER'S REPORT

For Mckinley School District No 36, County of
Ward, Stat. of North Dakota for tho year
l9l6-19l7:
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand including sinking fund at
beginning of school year, July l, 1916 SSH 81
Total amount received during the year
from the apportionment of the State
Tuition Fund 636. IS
Total amount received during the year
from the apportionment of the Coun-
ty Tuition Fund - 34l 70
Amount recei ,.d during the year from
Taxes levied by the District School
Board. including outstanding war
rants redeemed. OF endorsed in the
collection OF Taxes --.-------- 1880 O6
Amount r celved during the year from
othor sources 3434
Total receipts for the year includ-
ing Cash on Hand July l 1916 IS 4253.9l
EXPENDITURES
Amount paid during the year for School
Houses Sites and Furniture 80 %
Amount paid during the year for APP.
paratus Fixtures, etc --- ga 20
Amount paid during the year for Teach
Amount paid during the year to Co
Treasurer on account OF teachers re-
Amount paid during the year for Serv.
ices and Expenses of School Officers 1885
Amount paid during the year for Incl
dental Expenses - - 1853
Total expenditures for the year IS 1888 80
Cash on hand, including sinking fund,
June 30, 1917 1864 IS
Grand Total Expenditures and Cash
Hand. to balance above Total
Receipts 1853 81
r C Peterson,
Treasurer of Mckinley School District o. SO.
Approved this 10th day of July, A. D. 1917
BY Order OF the District Scheo Board:
G. G. JONE President.
Attest: g. s. TITLE, Clerk.
Approved this 10Th day OF July A, D. 1917
BY order Of the District School Board:
g. S TITLE, CLERK.
I Subscribe for THE INDEPENDENT
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An Unkind Remark.

Professor-"The boys were so en-
trancad this morning that they re-
manned in my lecture all through the
dinner hour" His Daughter-"Why
didn't you wake them up?'
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When ancmic persons have to take
iron tie best form in which to admin
lister it is spinach. cabbage, green
chicory, asparagus, lcntils. carrots and
peas. all of which contain much iron.
IA ~ q d.
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Come to Our Store

Side; score 6-1 and Ga, giving South
Side Is points and North Side 5 points.
Singles-Miss Heffron of the North
Side defeated Miss Rude of the South
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Side 6-2 and 60, giving South Side z
points and North Side 10 points.
Total points for first day-South
Side 20 points; North Side % points.
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Logan Farmer Has Valuable Stock.

All. Stredwick, one of the we'll
known Logan farmers, was a Minot
visitor Saturday. ALT has 80 two
year-old steers, as sleek as mole, be-
sides twenty others which he is going
to turn off in the fall at fancy prices.
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; SONS BORN TO TWIN
= FATHERS Ia HOURS APART

= George. Heger, a prominent
. Minot banker, and Joseph Heger,
= well known Forest River, N. D.,
= banker, are twins. Sons were
= born in the two Heger families
= but fourteen hours apart, a
= bright little youngster making
= his appearance at the Heger
y home Friday morning at 2 o.
. clock, while son was born at
. the Jos. Heger home at IL o.
q clock Thursday noon.
. q 9 @ o 9 9 8 (. {. (. &. {. 9 {. (:
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SHOES HAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE
1t Will Pay You to Repair Them.

have been a shoemaker for 40
years, twelve of them in MINOT; and
during that time have mastered the
art Of fine Shoe Repairing. | have
worked in the largest shoe factories
in the East, and as result of that
experience am particularly we'll quail
flied to do your work.
The newest ideas; the most modern
machinery and the very best stock
that can be bought, are used in doing
your work.
You will like my work and find my
prices very reasonable. LET ME
REPAIR THAT NEXT PAIR.
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New Member of Normal Faculty.

NeW WeHDeT Ol 4NOIHldI t dCu1Iy'
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. James Macarthur Tuesday night.
Mr.. Macarthur has charge of the ag-
ricultural department of the Minot
Normal.
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TREASURER'S REPORT

For Frost School District, No. l27 County
of Ward. State of North Dakota for the year
. 19l6-19l7: ....
.''" "''@!'.'' RECEIPTS
Cash on hand including sinking fund at
beginning of school year. July /, 1916 S 1926 Sc
Total amount received during the year
from the apportionment of the State ,-. 40
Tuition Fund 3l3 81
Total amount received during the year
from the apportiooment of the Coun.
ty Tuition Fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 200 0S
Amount rec ived during the year from
Taxes levied by the District School
Board, including outstanding war
collection of Taxes 1912 10
other sources. 2O7 Is
Total receipts for tho year, includ-
ing Cash on Hand July /. 1916 IS 1850 50
EXPENDITURES
Amount paid during he year for school
houses. sites and furn lure---------- 23l So
Amount paid during the year for
apparatus fixtures etc.. ------ S72O
Amount paid du ing the year for Teach
ers' Wages observation-disclosures 1l75 10
Amount paid during the year to Co
Treasurer on account of teachers re-
tiremeDt fund -- $50
Amount paid during the year for Serv-
ices and Expenses of School Officers lcl50
Amount paid during the year for Incl
dental Expenses observation-disclosures 81 So
Amount pal during the year for pur.
poses not before mentioned ----.--.-.-- SO 90
Total expenditures for tho yearS 2Oi2 60
Cash on hand, including sinking fund.-
June 80 --1 1907 go
Grand Total Expenditures and Cash
on Hand, to balance above Total
Receipts $3.50 -
Fl A. MYERS,
Treasurer of Frost School District No. 1911
Approved this 10th day of July a. D. 1917.
BY order of the District School Board
C o. LAWSON, President,
Attest: ALBERT S. JOHNSON. Clerk.
Approved this 10th day of July, A. D. 1917.
BY order of the District School Board:
ALRERTS JOHNSON Clark
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For Frost School District, No. 1877, County
. of Ward. State Of North Dakota. for the oar
19l6-19l7:
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w A N T Al DIS
For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, Taken Up, Etc.

FOR SALE-640 acre square section,
Sec. 80, Twp. 1888, Renville coun-
ty, North Dakota; Over 500 acres
under the pillow. Good buildings and
the best of water. Price $500 per
acre. Address "H," care of indie
pendent, Minot. 7-26-t3cg
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FOR SALE-Several good young
(. fresh COWS, fresh lately. Inquire at
Malinda Blocher farm or write Joel
B. Wray, Surrey, N. D., r. D. 1.
Price will be right. 7-26-t8cg
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FOR SALE - Raudenbush piano as
good as new-a bargain for cash.
Inquire "W,' care of Independent.
t1#
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FOR SALE-Stallion Shetland pony, 3
years old, sound and gentle. A. j.
Parks, Surrey, N. D., R. D. l.
7-26-t4*
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HANS HANsON's SHOE HOSPITAL

Under McCoy's Department Store
Box 122
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For Burt School District No. 1928, County O.
Ward State of North Dakota. for the yeal
191619I7
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. SMART SWEATERS ARE
9 A SURE SUMMER SIGN (

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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
COULD HARDLY
STAND ALONE
Terrible Suffering From Headache,
Sideache, Backache, and Weak
ness, Relieved by Csrdui,
Says This Texas Lady.

Gonzales, Tex Mrs. Minnie Phil
pot, OF this place, writes: Five years
ago l was taken with a ra'a IN my
left side. it was right under my
left rib. 1t would commence with an
aching and extend up into my left
shoulder and on down into my back.
BY that time the pain would be so
severe l would have 20 take to bed,
and suffered usually about three days
III suffered this way for three years,
and got to be a mere skeleton aud was
so weak | could hardly stand alone
Was not able to SO anywhere and had
TO let my house work yu...f suffered
awful with q pain IN my back and l
had the headache a!l the time. just
was unable to do q thing. Ny life
was a misery, my stomach got IN an
awful condition, caused from taking
so much medicine. / suffered 50 much
pain. | had Just about given up all
hopes Of our getting anything to help
me.
One day a Birthday Almanac was
thrown in my yard. After reading
its testimonials / decided 10 try Car
dui, and am SO thankful that / did,
for l began to improve when On the
second bottle. II an now a well
woman and feeling fine ard the cure
has been permanent for 1t has been
two years since my awful bad health.
] will always praise and recommend
Cardui." Try Cardu today. E 7S
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services in that branch of the army
would probably be more effective
than in any other, and because the
training they would receive therein
would be likely to serve them in
good stead in after years when
practicing in the engineering pro-
fession.
Fourth. BY granting Govern
ment aid to those youths of evident
special ability in technical lines
who are unable to raise the money
necessary for a course of instruc-
ton.
If these steps be taken, the uni
que opportunity referred to will not
be lost; and this country will then
become the leader of the world in
activity, effectiveness, and wealth.
Let me, therefore, most earnestly
implore all youths who are ready for
college this Fall, and who are not
in any way untitled for technical
careers, to take up some branch of
engineering or technology; and let
me entreat the parents or guardians
of such youths to exert their in
lluences so as to induce the boys to
choose that line of study for their
life work. Remember: it is not only
for the good of the country that ]
make this appeal, but also for the
ultimate benefit of the young men
themselves
Some reader of this communica-
ton may remark that such an APP
peal would possess more force if it
were to come from a national engi-
neerlng society than when emanat-
ing from an individual engineer.
Very true! But until quite lately
there has been no engineering So
ciety which draws its membership
from all lines of technical activity;
and the one which is now being
formed, viz. the American Academy
of Engineers, has not yet received
from Congress the National charter
for which it has applied. Were that
association today fully organized
and duly recognized by the Govern
ment, it assuredly would make such
an appeal as this; and, in my opin-
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ion, that appeal would Immediately
be responded to by the nation, for
the American people certainly are
sensible enough to heed seriously
any words of warning coming from
a select body of the most practical
men in the land.
1t is true that such an appeal
might readily be made by the old
and well-established Society for the
Promotion of Engineering Educa-
ton; but, if so, it would generally
fall upon deaf ears, because it would
Immediately be remarked that the
professors were simply trying to re-
cruit their classes and were "root-
ing" for their schools. On that ac-
count, at the meeting of the Society
l refrained from offering a motion
to the effect that it officially make
this appeal, which / then had in
mind. However, the Society is 60
ing to do what it can to help the
profession by publishing and circu-
lating widely the speeches of Secre-
tary Baker, Brigadier General
Black, and DR.. Stratton hereinbefore
referred to. These addresses will
coroborate what l have said in
this letter; and l trust that they
and my earnest entreaty combined
will result in augmenting materially
next September the attendance at
the technical schools of the United
States.
Respectfully submitted by
]. A. L. Waddel,
Consulting Engineer
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ADEQUATE TRAINING A
PATRIOTIC NECESSITY

Mr.. J. A. L. waddell, one Of the
most prominent consulting engineers
of America, has just written to
Dean F. Paul Anderson of the Uni
versity of Kentucky, a letter urging
young men to qualify themselves as
engineers. Mr.. Waddell's argument
in favor of young men taking up
engineering as a profession is pre-
sentv, in very comprehensive way
in the following letter:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-08-21
ARE you NERvOUs9
Maybe There is a Cause for it That
You Can Correct.

Many who suffer from backache
and weak kidneys are unnaturally
irritable, fretful and nervous. Not
only does constant backache "get
on the nerves." but bad kidneys fail
to eliminate all the uric acid from
the system, and uric acid irritates
the nerves, keeping one con edge"
and causing rheumatic, neuralgia
pains. When suffering so, try Doan's
Kidney Pills, the medicine so we'll
recommended by Mt. Sterling people.
Read this Mt. Sterling residents
statement:
Mrs. L. B. Wren, III Locust St.,
Mt. Sterling, says: Several years
ago, / had an attack of kidney
trouble. suffered with my back
and felt dull and tired. l had dizzy,
nervous headaches and my kidneys
acted irregularly. l read of Doan's
Kidney Pills and used them as di-
rected. They helped me by reliev-
ing the backaches and other symp-
toms of kidney trouble"
60c, at all dealers. Foster Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, n. Y.
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BIG GAS WELL REPORTED
IN OLYMPIA FIELD

The eyes of the local oil concerns
are again turned to the Olympian
Acids, in Bath county, since The re-
port that Stoner & Miller, of Mt.
Sterling, have brought in a big gass-
er on the VIM. Armatage farm, sew
en- miles southeast of Olympia Sta
ton, at a depth of 425 feet, reached
here. Estimates on the production
of the well vary, but it is believed to
be good for perhaps a million feet
per day. Great difficulty has been
experienced by the operators in
Gaping the well, and extra precau-
tons to prevent the flow from ignit-
ing have been taken. There are
now seven producing wells in the
0lympian field. The first oil to be
sold from these wells was shipped
by rail last week. The work of
drilling on the William Hart farm
has been abandoned at $50 feet,
there being no indication of oil or
g&s. TIE rig has been moved to tie
r;ley Ingram farm on Salt Lick.
Another well has been drilled in on
the ]. n. Marcum Oil & Gas prop
erty and it will produce % or 80
barrels per day. This is their Sec
ond well; the first well flowed at the
rate of 200 barrels per day for 40
days and is now being pumped. On
the adjoining lease owned by Me-
Carthy, Thompson & Fox, are four
producing wells of high quality, two
of them flowing. As soon as a
switch is put in at that point, all
wells in that section will be operat-
ed to fullest extent. B. F. Roberts
is now drilling on the Shultz lease,
which is located one mile from the
above wells.
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/ bell boy in a New York hotel
had his automobile stolen recently.
It's time these idle rich quit leaving
their baubles around loose to tempt
the eupidity of less fortunate folks.
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New York City,
August Is, 1917.

August 10, 1917.
Dean F. Paul Anderson,
University Of Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky.
Sir:
There is an imminent matter Of
vital Importance to the American
nation concerning which very little,
if anything has been said in the
newspapers-hence the presentation
Of this letter, and with it an urgent
request for its publication in your
columns and, subsequently, for
wide circulation through copying by
the public press of the entire coun-
try.
l refer to the depletion of the
classes in technical schools, first,
by widespread volunteering for the
army and navy, and, second, by con-
scriptiun. This subject received
much attention at the Washington
meeting, on the 9th and 9TH inst,
of the Society for the Promotion of
Engineering Education, an organiza-
ton of twenty-five years standing
and composed of most of the leading
American instructors in all lines of
applied science, and also a few
prominent practicing engineers.
The meeting was addressed by such
distinguished men as the Secretary
of War, the Chief of Engineers of
the L. S. Army, and the Director of
the Bureau of Standards. The five
sessions held by the Society on
those two days were devoted almost
exclusively to questions of public
principally connected with
the war, its subsequent conditions,
and its anticipated problems.
As / attended all of the sessions
from start to finish and took the
deepest interest in the entire pro-
ceedings, l feel justified in making
the following statements, and in
claiming that they express the
opinions of 1t number OF the most
profound thinkers of America:
First. The largest part of the
civilized world will have to be recon
structed after the war, not exclud-
ing our own great railroad system,
which undoubtedly will have deter
iorated on account of over-use and
lack of adequate up-keep.
Second. Such reconstruction is
almost exclusively the work of
engineers.
Third. The European technical
men have been killed off by thous-
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Insure with the Hurst Home In
surance Company. Call ]. T. Coons.
Phone No. 456-W. TIT
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