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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
WEALTH MUSE PAY FOR THE
WAR SAYS JOHN BAELi

St. Paul Dispatch. July 23-John
NJ. Baer, of Fargo, recently elected
to congress from North Dakota, as
the candidate of the NonpartisaD
League, was in st. Paul today on
his way to Washington. He con
siders his vote, which was greate'
than the total of his six opponents
an emphatic endorsement OF the
League and its platform.
''In this crisis my constituent"
aIe not concerned with questions o.
patronage and partisan politics.
said Mr.. Baer. ''i'iloy are cor
cerned with tho firm establishment:
of human rights.
"In the United States we hava
imperialists fatten:ng upon the
worlds misery. No people a:t
more loyal to this country and lis
flag than the people of North IA
kota. We are determined that th-
patriots who go to fay down thai-
lives in the! trenches shall not h'
robbed of freedom and democracy
at home, and the survivors shall NOT
carry the money coss oe :he wa7
Wealth must pay
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
Mrs. kate 0'HaPe, Lecturer,
Arrested By !. s. Officials

Fargo, N. D., Aug. 2.-Following
an indictment returned by the fed
eral grand jury Saturday. and a
bench warrant issued late that af-
ternoon, Mrs. Kate Richards O'Hare,
twenty years chautauqua lectur-
er, and for the last seven years edi-
tor of THE Social Revolution"
published at St. Louis, formerly
known as the rip Saw" was ar
rested at Devils LAKE Sunday morn
ing
The bench warrant for her ar
rest charged violation Of the act of
June Is. 1917, in obstructing en-
listment service. She was taken in
to custody at the Great Northern
hotel in Devils Lake before she had
a chance to deliver lecture in that
city. The indictment was return
ed largely On face Of evidence from
recent address she made at Bow
man, N. D. 1t is said that in her
speech she referred to the volun-
teers in the Uniteo States army as
"only fit for fertilizer, and that
"American women who did not re-
sist the taking of their sons into
the United States army were no bet
ter than brood sows.''
United States Deputy Marshal C.
r. Wattles made the arrest and
brought the prisoner to Fargo Sun
day afternoon. Arraigned before
Judge Charles F.. Amidon OF the
federal court at II o'clock this
morning, she entered a plea Of not
guilty through her counsel, Attor-
ney B. G. Tenneson. Bail was fix
ed at $1,000. which she says she
will furnish. Two attempts to get
an interview from Mrs. O'Hare re-
suited in Attorney Tenneson in
structing his client not to talk, and
that he did not care to "try the
case in the newspapers"
Mrs. O'Hare is an elderly woman,
very talkative and seems little con-
cerned regarding her experience
with the law. and the federal off,
cials.' She declared to the deputy
marshal at the time of the arrest.
it is said. that she expected to be
arrested after leaving St. Louis.
Mrs. OHare Is the mother Of four
children who. with thMr, father. are
in Florida. s. 49,,
Mrs. O'Hare left St. Louis on May
27 on a speech-making tour. She
visited Ell Paso. Tex, other cities in
the south, swung around to Los An
geless gave talks at other cities on
the western coast. and then started
home. Friday, June 20, she was at
Bowman and ga~e her address
there. Sunday she was scheduled
to speak at Devils Lake, but federal
officials interfered.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
MAN OUT
TO BEAT DR0UIH

Minot, N. D., Aug. "A. Lin
baugh, who owns large farm six
miles south of Berthold was in the
city today on business. He is one OF
the farmers Of the county who will
have a good crop if the hot winds OF
Friday and Saturday did not injure
his prospects. He has 200 acres OF
wheat which was good for twenty
bushels to the acre up to the time
the hot winds set in. Whether 1t
was seriously injured by these winds
can not be told yet. That is about
the only piece of grain in the COM
munity which is good, however, and
he does not want it stated that 1t
is a sample of the crops as whole.
Farmers in that part of the county
who have never failed in crops be-
fore are pasturing their grain with
cattle now in order to save what is
available.
Mr.. Linbaugh's good crop is large
ly on land that was planted to pota-
toes last year. He accounts for the
ability to Withstand the drouth to
this crop rotation. He is farmer
who uses his head as we'll as his
hands. In 1911 when there was
an almost total crop failure he Sc
cured twelve bushels to the acre.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
WIFE REFUSES TO
COME BACK HOME

Bowman, N. D., Aug. 2.-When
his wife, whom he brought here
from her home at Elizabethtown, N.
c.. on the strength of wire false
ly reporting the serious illness of
mother, declined to consider a rec
oncilation. Phillip Smith committed
suicide by firing a revolver bullet
into his brain. Before taking his
life, he wrote his wife a pathetic
farewell note, which he tucked into
a pocket of her apron. hanging near
where his body was found.
Smith married Miss Hanson years
ago in Portland. Later convicted
of forgery and sentenced to the PEN
itentiary, his wife divorced him,
but after his release remarked him.
leaving him last March to attend
normal school at Portland with
view to fitting herself for teaching.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
COUNTY OFFICERS
/. LIABLE TO DRAFT !

Bismarck, ND, Aug 2.-Coun-
ty officers between the ages of ri
and 80, inclusive, are not exempt
because of their official capacity,
from draft. "a
This news will come as a shock
to- county officials all over the state
who have been resting on their Of
fetal rights and believing them
selves exempt. Governor Frazier
last night wired f provost :. Marshal
General Crowder that under the
laws OF North Dakota any county
office may be filled by appointment
for the unexpired term, and asking
whether under these conditions it
was not true that men of draft age
serving as county. o21cers would not
be excluded from the classes held
I constitutionally exempt. General
Crowder replied that Governor Fra
zier's construction Of the regula~
etions in this respect is correct.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

messages which otherwise could not
be sent over the co nn.ercial wires.
He also adds that carrier pigeons
carrying bands have often been seen
but that for one to have more than
three numbers on the leg is un-
usual.
Chief Deputy John Gammons read
ing and will order that tn" pigeon
be either interned or else that the
bands be removed and the bird
freed In the meantime It is neld
as a Suspect"
"Flying pigeons IN North Dakota
and other points in the United
States has been a good sport for
many years, but a person who flies
birds at this time in the crisis Of
this nation. is a poor sport" said
the deputy.
The carrier-p1geon system Of get
ting information from one point to
another is an old one. Pigeons are
cared for in one spot for Several
days or a week, are then taken to
some other point, messages placed
with them, and are known tn make
a direct route for the place they
left.
Carrier pigeons have been known
to have been kept in one place Tor
two days, taken 5000 miles away
and returned.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
HAY CROP "GOGD"

The Shafer Record says: Judg-
ing from reports one would suspect
that the hay crop in this section OF
the state has been better than it Is
this season. One man reports that
he moved one entire day and didn't
get enough hay to prime his hay
rake. Another reports that the
distance between the windrows on
his hay field is 50 great he has to
use his fliyver to go from one to the
other to keep from getting footsore.
Another says haying this season re-
minds him Of gathering fog with a
table fork. Still another says a
wagonload of hay this season is
three ounces lighter than cork.
Despite the fact that a barbed
wire diet this winter is apt to cause
many a once gay and festive bovine
to lie down in the shade of a snow
drift and be lured into animal heaV-
en- by the siren song CT the coyote,
these men are optimistic. to say the
least.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
AUTO PLUNCES into
RIVER; BRAKE FAILED

Minot, N. D., Aug. 2.-M. Nelson
who lives near Deering, his wife
and child, and woman said to be
Mrs. Olson and her baby, had mar
row escape from drowning at Wild
chine which was driven by Nelson
and IN which the others were riding,
plunged over the bank into the
Mouse river opposite the bathing
beach, and at a point where the riv-
er is about twelve feet deep. The
beach was filled with bathers at the
time. and in order to see the sport,
automobiles are in the habit of
driving up on the opposite side of
the river. The Nelson machine was
being driven up to the brink of the
river where the occupants could see
the bathers. In some manner the
brake failed to work when it was
applied by the driver and the car
continued to slide towards the river.
The driver held to the wheel and
made a desperate effort to throw in
the reverse but in the seconds that
were available and in the excite
ment of the moment this was I'M
possible, and the car went into the
water. :. Mrs. Olson with her baby
o's!:lpisd the rear seat and in some
manner she managed to leap, from
the machine with her baby before
it more than hit the water. The
occupants of the front seat could not
get out and they went into the river.
The car fortunately landed on a
submerged stump and did not turn
over as it would have done ha.! it
not hit the obstruction. The other
occupants were rescued without SER
ious injury except the scare Had
the machine not struck the stump
as it did it would hyae turned turtle
and caught the occupants beneath
it in the water. 1t would have been
impossible to have removed the ca1
in time to prevent the imprisoned
people from drowning. While there
are ample provisions at the park for
rescuing. any one under normal con-
ditions, such accidents as that Of
Sunday have never oeen anticipated
and there was no immediate avail
able means of rescue. The depth
of the water would have made it
almost impossible to have lifted the
car before death resulted.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
CH|L0'S LEGS ARE
GUT OFF BY MOWER

Noonan Miner: The three-year-
old son Of Clifford Lasham, a farm
er, four miles west OF Gilby, lost
both feet when his father ran into
him with a mower while moving
weeds. The accident happened on
the Lasham fal m, about 6 O'Clock
last evening. The lad. had been
playing in the vicinity of the weea
patch and was too small to realize
the danger of the mower. The
father, while driving the machine
was unable to see the child, because
of high weeds, and was unable to
stop the team before the sickle
blade had completely severed both
of the child's feet. The left foot
was cut off at the ankle and the
right, about three inches above the
ankle.
Late this afternoon the child was
resting easily, although he was
very weak. due to the loss of a great
deal of blood. The condition OF
the child was so serious that it was
thought best not to move him to a
hospital and he will be kept at the
farm home for treatments
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
POLICE MAKE TWO ARRESTS

Kenmare News: The police ar
rested Frank Cashen and w. ]
Cunningham last night. They were
arraigned today before Police Mag
istrate Griffith charged with help
ing themselves to three boxes OF
dynamite from G.. A. Bodmer's pow
der house. They have signed state
ments admitting their guilt, waived
examination and were bound over
to the district court, and sent to Mi
not where they int;mated that the,
would plead guilty to the charge.
Sam Skoen, who has enlisted il
Company ga" and is with this COM
pany at Minot, Was also charged
with being implicated in the crime
and will probably be arrested at Mi
not tomorrow.
These men have, been working
on the Cunningham Dray Line, but
although one of the men is of the
same name he is no relation to the
Cunningham family. ..
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

Washington, Aug. 2.-The mas
ter lists of the army conscription
drawing were in the hands of a
number Of local exemption boards
yesterday and were on their way to
the more distant boards. The call
ing up of twice as many men as the
actual district quota for physical
examination began yesterday in sew
eral regions. Meanwhile details OF
the machinery for the actual call
ing of the accepted men into the
service and the sending of them to
the mobilization camps is being
worked out. They probably will
be assembled first in their selection
board headquarters for practical
distribution among The sixteen can
tonments.
No information has reached Gen
eral Crowder indicating that there
will be any need to summon the
second draft during the present
year. General Crowder said as
soon as man is posted by the 10.
cal board he is subject to the min
itary law and failure to appear when
called will bring the military
forces in a search for the man and
a trial before a court material.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

The publishers of Burke county
newspapers seem to be more lucky
than people engaged in any other
line of business in the drawing for
the army draft. Only four pub
fishers of the county were eligible
to registration, and three of. these
will be compelled 20 answer the
first call. Those whose names were
drawn to insure them of being in
cluded in the first call are Publisher
H. B. Myers Of the Columbus Re-
porter, Carl V. Torngren of the Lig-
mite American and B. A. Stefonow-
icz Of the Bowbells Tribune. The
only other publisher that register
ed and was not drawn for the first
call is F. C. Hoyt of the Portal In
ternational. No other trade is as
we'll represented in the list for the
number who registered as the pub
fishers.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
STRANGER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Donnybrook Courier: Last Fri
day morning our marshal, K. L.
Besteland, picked up a stranger in
a 500 box car who had apparently
been trying to end his life. His
head was badly cut and bleeding
and it was discovered that he had
been butting his head against the
wall OF the car 's2repeatedly. The
marshal took the man to the jail
and gave him what care he could
and later he was attended to by Dr..
Moffatt. He was quiet and had
nothing much to say about himself
and his injuries were not serious.
AS circumstances indicated that his
mind was unbalanced it was decid-
ed to take him to Minot> and let the
county authorities take him in
charge. Mr.. Besteland and Con
stable McVeety escorted him to the
county seat. The man gave his
name as John Green and stated that
he had been employed by the 500
in planting trees along the line.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
CROSSINGS; MUST
Be 20 FEET WIDE

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. "A
seemingly unilnportant ruling an
nounced by the railway commission
Wednesday is really Of vast import
ance in the expedition of North Da-
kota's grain harvest. Heretofore
railway companies have made a
common practice OF plankiNg cross
ings only 16 feet vide. The tread
of the average binder requires a
20-foot right-of-way. The railway
commissions ruling is that all
crossings hereafter built or renew
ed shall be 20 feet wide.
Secretary j. II. Calderhead states
that many of the repairs found me-
cessary to binders and mowers have
been caused by the jolting OF the
machines over railway crossings
which were not planked wide
enough to give clear passage.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
C0urt|naPda| For Drafted
Men Who Fail 10 Report

peg, Canada, where he will spend a
short time visiting relatives, before
returning to the capital city.
There are a number of things
in connection with the work of the
last draft which make me think
that the men who had charge of it
are planning another one for the
near FUTURE" said Mr.. Borswan
BLANKS and orders have been is
sued which will be of absolutely no
use until another craft is called
for"
MEN have been registered right
along since June S, who were un-
able to reach the proper place at
the time. Recently an order was
issued not to include any who reg
lister after July 10 in the first draft
"Roughly speaking, I think the
next draft will include all between
the ages of 1S and 40. 1 think the
time is not far away, barring OF
course, the scant possibility of an
early ending of the war;
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
PORTAL YOUNG MAN
BROWNS IN CREEK

Portal, N. D.. Aug. At. D
Fischer was drowned in Short creek
thirteen miles west Of here. Mr.
Fischer, in company with four
friends, went to Snort creek in the
evening for swim. Venturine
into treacherous part of the
stream he was seen to sink, and, In
an attempt to save him, Leo Bald
win almost lost his life. The body
was recovered shortly after, and
taken to Danube. Minn., for burial.
The unfortunate young man was
about rs years Of age, and had
been employed in the Portal State
Bank here for several years.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
COSTLY CHICKEN

A couple of Minot young men en-
route in an auto to ssome place In
Montana, saw nice covey OF
chickens near Ray and just to see
whether the Colts pistol they car
ried was any good, one of them
pointed it at chicken and off came
it's head. A motorcycle from !;
nearby farm house came up and g
young man said, "Pa wants to sec
YOU" He was informed that they
would dine in Ray and that 'spa'
could see them there. "Pa" was
on hand-and it cost them exactly
$23.75. - ..- e..
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

A, large number Of farmers start
ed harvesting their winter rye this
week, and every last one of them
admits that the yield will be a great
deal larger than what was expect
ed, the heads being long and we'll
filled. A month or six weeks ago
any of the fields which are now be-
ing harvested with promising yields
could be purchased for little OF
nothing, ana it was generally be-
lieved that they had been practical
ly destroyed either by the frost the
latter part of June or by the, drouth.
From present appearances we would
judge that the winter rye crop will
make the best yield Of any Of the
small grains seeded this season.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

owner with pair of calves. When
five years old only one calf was born
but recently, in her sixth year, she
gave birth to another set of twins.
Mr.. McBriety refuses to set price
on this wonderful COW and even her
calves cannot be bought. Even tho
she gave no milk whatever, this COW
would be we'll worth keeping. 1t
one had a few head like her, it
would not take long to accumulate
a good sized herd Of cattle.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
YOUNG GIRL SHOULD .
GET CARNEGIE MEDAL

Minot, N. D.. Aug. 2.-Little Miss
Merle O'Brien, a twelve year old
girl, deserves a Carnegie medal for
heroism in saving the life Of two
year-old Margaret Teschner, the
baby daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Teschner, who reside on Fourth
street N. w, when the little one
fell into the M ouse river yesterday.
The baby was playing about the
home and wandered to the river
where in her ba. way searching
for something to do y she climbed
out on the lmb 81 tree which
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
CARRIED BRANDY
FOR HEALTH SAKE

Fargo, Aug. 2.--Lawrence Dab
ner, who claimed he had come from
Minneapolis to wolk in the North
Dakota harvest fields and had tax.
EN- along few bottles of brandy
"for his health, was held not to
have violated the "bone dry law
when his case was brought before
the grand jury yesterday afternoon
He was promptly released.
Dabner was arrested yesterday
by the Fargo polico charged with
bringing liouor into prohibition ter
ritory His case was reported to
the federal authorities and taken
before the grand jury without do.
lay.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
NEW VENTURE: :::RA|S:
ING FOXES FOR FUR

:, St. Johns, N. D., Aug. 2.-Travel-
ing all the way from the Athabasca
river, 200 miles north of Edmonton,
ten silver gray and black foxes ar
rived here in custody of M. D.
Chase to stock the new "Fox Farm y
Quarters already had been pro-
vided for the foxes, and North Da-
kota's most unique industry was
promptly launched.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
ANOTHER DRAFT rs PREDICTED

. 4s East Grand Forks, Aug. Be
fore the expiration of many months,
american citizens i may be called
\ upon to register for another draft.
This is the OPINION Of Walter
sBorswan, government clerk in the
war department Offices Of Washing
ton, who passed through East Grand
Forks yesterda en- route to- Winni-
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03

Country newspapers are cheap at
5000 per year. If they raised their
subscription rates Ill proportion to
prices now charged for other things,
they would charge $500 per year.
Not worth it, you say; certainly not.
Neither are other commodities that
have increased 100 to 500 per cent,
but we have to pay it just the same.
Bangor (Wis.) Independent.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1917-08-03
.B|RDSAOT TAKEN
FROM BOYS LEG

Mandan, N. D., Aug "A cup
full of birdshot was extracted from
the fleshy portion Of Nick Berger's
right leg when the bov was brot
here from Center after stopping
charge from q gun accidentally mr.
ed by q friend while Il the CHAINS
were out cunning for Jack rabbits.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-21
Moorhead News
STATE May TAKE
ON PROHIBITION
AS WAR MEASURE
Public Safety Body of Gov
ernor Likely to Act in
the Matter

Minnesota may be ''bone dry over
night. The Minnesota Public Safety
| commission may issue an order pro-
hibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating. liquor within the state at
any time, or a special session of the
legislature may be called by Gov. J.
A. A. Burnquist to pass a prohibition
law effective Immediately.
A constitutional amendment passed
at the legislative session of 1917 will
be voted upon at the general election
of 1918 and, If carried. will go into eff
feet on July /, 1920.
There has been so much complaint
of blind plugging throughout the state
that the commission has issued the
following statement:
THE commission at its session
Tuesday found itself overwhelmed
with complaints from different sections
Of the state, rural and municipal, in
regard to violations of the liquor laws.
Scores of blindpigs were reported and
the commission urged to inaugurate
drastic action to stop the evil.
THE commission has not approach
ed the question either from the stand
point Of prohibition or moral reform,
as such. The steps It has taken to
date have been actuated solely by the
necessity Of the situation, to insure
peace and order and to carry out eff
ficiently the legislation and policy of
congress.
THE commission, with its many
other important duties, Of necessity
cannot fritter away its time prosecut-
ing violations Of the license laws Of
this state.
THE situation has reached a point
where 1t is up to the manufacturers
and licensed dealers in intoxicants to
see that the law is observed. If they
continue to encourage and sustain
blind pigging there is no recourse left
to the commission but to issue an or
der prohibiting the manufacture and
sale Of liquor in the state or to urge
the governor to call an extra session
Of the legislature to pass a bone dry
law. If that is done, under existing
congressional legislation which pro-
hibits the shipment Of intoxicants over
interstate railways into dry territory,
the state will be dry and there will be
no more blind pigging."