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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

serve as flats for DR.. Kermott and
family. The building will be provided
A complete vacuum cleaning system,
complete laundry, etc., are already in
stalled. There will be an electric con-
troll system for the front door from
each apartment. The building is fire
proof and sound proof. The exterior
will be finished to match the existing
front, with large stone cornices and
frieze, and the roof will be known as
a Mansard, with dormer windows.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

one Of the best constructed buildings
in the state. Robt. B. Stacy-Judd, the
Minot architect who had charge Of the
plans and construction of the present
block, is now working on the plans for
the additional three stories and the
picture shown above is sketch drawn
by Mr.. Stacy-Judd showing the build
ing as it will appear when completed.
The additional three stories will be
constructed into modern flats, while
the east half of the fifth floor will
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15
Will Soon Publish Tax List

The copy for the Ward county tax
list will be placed in the hands of the
printer some time next week. Those
who do not desire to have their names
appear in the list, should pay the
taxes Immediately for after the copy
is once in the hands of the printer, it
is impossible to change the copy. The
list will be published this year in the
kenmare News.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

DR.. L. H. Kermott is preparing to
add three stories to his magnificent
new block at the corner of Central
Avenue and First Street southwest,
work to start early in the spring. The
block now covers 50x140 feet and is
two stories high and when completed
it will comprise five stories. The total
cost of the lots and building when
completed, will be $15O,O00. The new
Central Block, which was COM
pleted only few weeks ago, is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15
Masonic Election

At a meeting of Star in the Wes
Lodge, No. 33 A. F. and A. NJ, the
following officers were elected:
G. R. Van Sickle, w. M.
Albert Lowe, S. W.
R. w. Pence, j. w.
A. D. Hagenstein, Secretary.
H. E. Bvorum, Treasurer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15
CORONER J. R.
PENCE RESIGNS
Ward County Official Who Will Go
Into Medical Corps Gives Up
POsitiOn-Dr. r. w. Pence
APPOINTED

DR.. J. r. Pence, coroner Of Ward
county, has resigned and the county
board of commissioners appointed his
brother, DR.. R. W. Pence to serve in
his stead. DR.. J. R. Pence resigned
on account Of his having enlisted in
the medical corps of the United States
Army. The doctor has been notified
to hold himself in readiness to leave
on short notice and is governing him
self accordingly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15
Raub Woman Claims She Saw Airship
Mrs. Jacob Raub, well known

MIS-. JACOB RauD, well known
woman residing at Raub, N. d., on the
Berthold reservation, claims that she
saw an air ship very plainly Sunday
night. The Raub children saw what
they thot was peculiar looking shoot
ing star and called their mothers at
tention to it. Mrs. Raub says she
saw the outlines of the airship plainly
and heard the humming of the motor
1t is not so surprising that an air
ship should come this way for at the
rate that they can now travel, one
easily could travel to this state from
a Canadian or American base. Only
a few days ago, government airship
made a trip of more than 1000 miles
from Newport, News, Va. to Duquoin,
ILL.,, with two passengers in ten hours,
carrying a young man to the bedside
of his mother who was dying.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

Boston Transcript: Host Here, sir,
is some whiskey I've had in my cellar
for twenty years.
Col. Bluegrass Well! well! How
did it get lost?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

The Berthold schools are having a
two weeks vacation to give the pupils
an opportunity to assist in the potato
harvest.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-15

Granvilleites did not take we'll to
"Tess of the Storm Country" on ac-
count of the smutty songs and jokes
pulled off between acts.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

the journalistic voice of the people,
Quite often, it's very weak voice, subject
to queer variations, and sometimes to quite
mysteriously far-avay political and corpora
ton hypnotism, but still it is the royal voice
Of the community, and the feeble editor is
eve"
But the preacher, also-be it reverentlv
spoken! is middle-man: he stands in front
of the layman, as a guide; and, in a certain
sense, between the congregation and the AL
mighty.
The Roman Catholics 90 much farther on
this line than we do, for, to the average
Catholic, the priest is the personal representa-
tive of God
In the eyes of the Catholic the priest cam
not sin, and has the power to pardon sin:
necessarily therefore the priest is the very
door-keeper Of Heaven, and has the authority
to say who shall enter.
We Protestants do not go that far, but we
go good ways.
Generally, we leave it to the preacher to
find out what's in the Bible, and to tell us
what it means If the preacher in the pulpit
tells us that God wants us to do this, that,
and the other, we never rise to say, "Taint
sol"
If we did, there'd be a riot, and we'd oct
thrown out of the window, and the next
grandeur would indict us for disturbing
public worship.
The good preacher does noble work: he
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

that all Of us ought to know, it is, that the
average man cannot be trusted q0ith too much
p0ocer.
He wouldn't be human, if he did not abuse
it.
We have seen the oppressiveness and
cruelty of arbitrary power, as displayed in
every field of human activity.
Give the Boss too much power at the Con-
Wet Camp, and he whips the helpless convict
to death-as was most brutally done near
Savannah few weeks ago.
Give the Boss of the mine, or the coal-field,
too much power, and he drives the workers
to desperation riot, and murder
Give the Floor-walker in the Department
store too much power, and he will abuse it,
10 debase the girls qchoso jobs depend on him.
Give a political Boss too much power,
and he will prostitute it, to whoever will pay
him the best price; and then, when some
younger man aspires to the Boss-ship, and
wakes too strong for him, he will gather up
his millions and retire-say to Ireland-to
enjoy his loot.
Give Military Boss too much power, and
ne will do as Won Kissing did in Belgium
order woman shot CATER she had nursed
German woundedD because she had helped
three or four English boys to escape back
home to their mothers.
1t won't do to give men too much power,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

As you look out upon the field of life, you
see the Middle-man occupying a pro1ni-
nent place, and often most useful one
The merchant is the middle-man between
the manufacturer and the consumer: the rail
road is the middle-man between shipper and
consignee: "the butcher, the baker, and the
candle-stlck maker" are all middle-men
In sense, the lawyer is middle-man,
doing for his client that which the client can
not so we'll do for himself.
Ii you are as smart as Mrs FELTON, YOU can
go into the courthouse and win your own
cases, as she does, but there are not many
Mrs. Feltons.
So it is with the doctor: he is nothing but
a mlddleman, for if you can cure yourself
without him, that's your privilege; but, as q
rule, we place the doctor between us and the
disease, and leave them to fight it out
Frequently, the sick man-if he had lived
and had had another chance-would have
preferred the physic himself; but then you
never can tell.
The editor is middle-man: he is supposed
to represent the community and to voice its
opinions; and that's why a real, sure enough
editor always refers to himself as "we"
Perhaps, you never understood why an
ordinary mortal, in charge of paper, alludes
to himself as 1--WE" and our"-after the fashion
of kings and queens: but you'll know now
why it is it's because that John Henry Jones,
after becoming an editor, regards himself as
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

and orr q0hoze system Of government qcas
framed on that idea.
The Executive used to be the King, and the
King was often tyrant: therefore our
Fathers put check upon oar Executive, so
that he could not abuse the presidential
power.
The Judicial and Legislative branches of
government have also been known to become
usurpatory and oppressive: hence, in our sys-
tenn, each of the three Departments IS checE
upon the others.
No one of them is superior to the others:
they are all three coordinate.
Judge Lambdin said, during my trial, that
in some respects the U. S. judiciary is the
superior of the other two departments.
He was mistaken. The U. S. judiciary, at
an early PERIOD usmped the power to
nullify legislative and executive action; but
Congress and the President can, at a7y time,
eXpel the Judiciary from that usurped posi-
ton.
In fact, bill is now pending in Congress
to do that very thing, and I hope it will
pass
Not only did our Fathers guard each gov
ernmental department against the others, but
guarded the citizen against all three.
The States insisted upon those early
Amendments to the U. S. Constitution which
CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

consoles the sorrowful; he befriends the
friendless; he visits the sick; he cheers up
the old folks, and he has kind words for the
young.
His light shines upon the community, and
everybody loves him. he gives time to thought
and research, when you are engaged in your
daily toll; and then, when Sunday comes, he
can benefit you by discoursing upon the sub
jects of his thoughts and researches.
His idea of religion is, that it elevates
what's best in a human creature, making him
or her, more patient, forbearing, compassion
ate, charitable and good-hearted.
He believes that Christianity is not real,
unless it leads to being right, living right,
promoting right, defending it, and advance
ing it.
Such is the preacher that all Of us admire,
listen to, and learn from: we give him the
warm welcome when he comes among us, and
we are sorry when he has to leave.
But if you were a preacher, would you do
any Of these things?
(1.) Would you take advantage of the
pulpit to abuse public man whose works
you had never read, and whose position you
only knew by hearsay?
Wouldn't you be fair enough to see for
yourself what the man had been saying and
doing, before you got up in church and de-
nounced him?
(CONTFNUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-01-18

7 Asst week, the City of New York was
- thrown into state of excitement by the
news of young man, not of age, who had
incurred the high displeasure of military
martinez, named Hines, and who, at the order
of Hines, had been seized, stretched out upon
a wheel, and dashed to it, with his arms and
legs spread as far apart as they could be
pulled
In this excruciating position, the boy was
fastened, for four hours.
Any law for it? None.
Any trial by court-martial, or otherwise?
None
The order of the irritated officer was
enough. He acted as witness, Judge, and
executive.
lie was the whole thing.
He was Authority, embodied, irresistible,
arbitrary, and brutal
Tn other words, he was the American edi-
ton of the Prussian drill-sergeant.
No wonder this medieval and European tor
ture of the American v0Zuntcer, excited COM
motion in New York.
If mere boy, q volunteer, can be sum-
marily treated in so inhuman manner, by
mere order of the officer, what may the con-
scrTpted man expect, when the new law goes
into operation?
Col. Hines is probably no worse than the
average man; but if there is any one thing
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
With the Fingers!
Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain


Sore corns. hard corns. soft corns
or any kind 81 corn can shortly
be lifted right out with the fingers
II you will apply directly upon the
corn a few drops OF freezone. says
a Cincinnati authority.
IL Is claimed that nj small cost
ono can get quarter OF an ounce
OF freexone Mt any drug store.
which In sufficient To rid ones feet
of every corn or callous without
pain or soreness or the danger OF
infection
This new drug In an ether com.
pound. and while sticky. dries tho
moment Il ia applied and does not
lnflame or oven irritatc the sur.
rounding tissue
This announcement will interest
many women here. for II is said
that the present high.heel foot.
wear Is putting eorns on practical.
ly every woman's feet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
Use Cocoanut Oil
For Washing Hair

II you want 10 keep your hair In
good condition. be careful what you
wash II with.
Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali. This
dries the scalp. makes the hair
brittle. and Is very harmful. Just
plain mulsified cocoanut oil (which
Is pure and entirely greaselessl. Is
much better than the most expen.
sive soap or anything else you can
use for shampooing. as this can't
possibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub II in. One or two
teaspoonfuls will make an abund.
ance OF rich. creamy lather, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thor
oughly. The lsther rines out easily.
and removes every particle OF dust.
dirt. dandruff and excessive oil.
The hair dries quickly and evenly.
and II leaves ii fine and silky.
bright. fluffy and easy TO manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut
oil at most any drug store. II "a
very cheap. and a few ounces IL
enough to last everyone In the fam
fly for months.-Advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
Continued From Page I

very bad today | am going mp to
the hospital. and won't be back
today. II you want mo. YOU know
where YOU can get me- lie did
not come back again"
According to Wardell. he war.
delD called on Powers IN his OF.
flee February 9.
"Wardell came In several differ.
cnt times. Evans testified on
cross. eXamination. Sometimes to
zee the chief and sometimes to see
Powers"
Evans oorrohorated Carleton y
story of how Carleton had come
from the chiefs office. looking for
Powers.
polieewoman Called
The defense next summoned Mar.
garet Rchan. Miss Rehan takes
Evans place In tho antercom at
police headquarters. she said. while
Evans Is out TO lunch.
Who was In the anteroom on
the afternoon OF February 81. about
23O?" quess Fulton.
"Wardell was there and also an.
other man and Sergeant Carleton"
was tho reply.
Wardell Waited
Ho was there when YOU left for
dinner on MIR Evans return said
Fulton
Yes" replied Miss Rchan.
The witness said she saw three
men outside Ia the hall
They were psrading back and
forth while Wardell was waiting
In the anteroom she testified.
Did YOU know they we're deputy
shcritisf queried Fulton.
No"
Powers Not There
Now about February g. said
Fulton. was Inspector Powers
thereg
He was not His nephew was
very sick and did not see him dur.
Ing the day AZ all
What fixed The day In your
mind ?" asked Ellis. taking the Wit.
peAs for REORGANIZATION
The hoy was worse that day.
Miss Rchan told the court.
Driver Testfios
Conrad Howaldt. patrol driver.
followed Miss Rehan on the stand.
Ha said he had driven Powers TO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26

considered my duty to the peo-
pie OF the city" said Putnam.
Mayer Gill said Monday tina,
he would consider Putnarrs
case after the Mike Powers
bribery trial 10 over" Putnam,
without the knowledge Of the
chief Of police or the mayor.
tested the susceptibility" Of
mia superior officers.
1t Is the province OF the mayor
TO chastise tho police" says Put.
nam. But haven't heard that |
was to be punished. and really
haven't considered the matter
fully"
Putnam says Wardell. the private
detective he hired with money fur.
nished by DR.. Mark A. Matthews.
OF the First Presbyterian church. To
attempt TO bride Police Inspector
Mike Powers. gave valuable free
service 10 the city as a booze spot.
ter.
He was responsible for the raids
on the Washington Annex. the
Metropole and the Old Crow bar
and a dozen other places" saws
his former boss. lie also pinched
lot OF bootleggers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
STRENGTH
And How to Gain Il
INSTEAD or EXERCISES. PATENT
p'DDp~ AND MEDICINES.
TAXI puDsru WITH
NDtu MEALS

The demand today Is for men
and women who are strong In
every sense % the ord--possess-
ing the physical strength neces.
sary TO endure hRrdships and ia
tlgue: the mental strength to
grappie with difficult problems.
the nervous force which endows the
body with vigor and vitality. the
wili power 10 triumph over adj.
versity and turn defeat into vic
tory. But such glorious strength Is
impossible so long as your nerves
are weak and exhausted. and there
fore " you would be really strong
you must first care for your nerves.
Weak. exhausted nerves need
food. and for this purpose physi-
clans strongly recommend the use
~ the organic phosphate known
among druggists as bitro-phosphate
which most druggists stock in 5gr.
compressed tablets. so that II you
feel your strength Is failing from
any cause. YOU should get a supply
OF these bitro-phosphate tablets
and take one with every meal.
Practically all of the minor ait.
ments affecting mankind. as well
as many Of the more serious mala.
dies. can be traced 10 nervous OK.
haustiOn and lowered vitality. and
probably this explains why such a
remarkable improvement In the
general health Is invariably notice.
able when bitro.phosphate Is taken
IA directed. and the nerves are
thereby reyitalized and made
strong.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26

gate, and soon the battle between
the two was on.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
BRITISH NAVAL
PLANES DEFEAT
GERMAN RAIDERS

LONDON. June 2s.--Three Brit.
ish naval planes fought ten Ger.
mans In an aerial battle above
Roulers. shooting one down In
flames and probably destroying two
others. an admiralty statement to-
day declared.
The British machines were pa
trolling the air. The oermans ap
parentiy were starting out for a
raid. Notwithstanding the euemys
superior numbers. the British flers
entered into an immediate engage
ment The fight lasted rs min.
utes.
All the British machines we're IN.
harmed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
MARTIAL LAW MAY
END SPAIN PLOTS

MADRID. June 2e.-Suspension
OF constitutional guarantees was
announced today. The ministers
explained that widespread political
intrigues necessitated this step. in
effect establishing martial law
turnout the nation
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
LIGHT HEARTED WOMEN

\ cheerful. light.heartcd woman
Is the Joy OF a mans life Beauty
will fade. good figure will change.
bat the charm Of health and cheer
fulness will cndur. TO the end Hut
how can a woman be cheerful and
happy when dragged down by some
female arrangement. with back
ache. headache. aud often on the
verge OF nervous breakdown
Lydia T. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound Is the standard remedy
for such ailments. During the last
90 years thousands OF homes have
been made happy by this woman's
great remedy for womAu's Ills.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
Ex.C0MvlCT SHOT

PORTLAND. June 2s.-Ciarence
l.. Amsbury. eIconvict. clerk in
the office OF the Portland Employ
ers' association. IL near death to
day. after a midnight revolver duel
with r. W. Hobak. in the rear OF
the Hobak residence. In South
Portland
Hobak was slightly wounded.
Amsbury said today he was sent
into South Portland to find boot.
leggers. Hohak. hearing Amsbury
In his back yard. started TO investi.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
DEFENSE SCORES in TRIAL
OF INSPECTOR mike POWERS

/ Providence hospital on February
20.
After iIoWaldt. Motorcycle Driver
!. ] kush was called
Did you tako Powers Ia Prov.
dcnco hospital"
Yes. on February at 10 o'clock
In the morning"
Made Trip Record
lie fiNtd tho date because II was
the day before payday and he was
short of money and tried TO draw
his money early.
Il made n record OF the trip on
the trip sheet" replied Kush In
cross examination.
Did you look at the record be.
fore YOU came mp here" asked
Lundin.
Yes. yesterday" replied kush.
a single question, put by
Deputy Prosecutor Ellis. open
ed the way for the defense In
the Mike Powers bribery trial.
Monday afternoon, to present
evidence showing that G. M.
Wardell. the private detective.
who ls Powers acouser. not
only operated gambling
house. but 6old booze Illegally
for profit, and was In league
with a bootIeealng drug store.
Light also was shed on the dis
position OF the profits OF the
gambling and liquor selling.
Wardell alleges Powers took
$50 from him In return for
gam bling protection.
Combined with the testimony Of
Or. Waldo Richardson. Wardelrs
physician. that Wardell Is suf
ferer from progressive and In.
durable disease" which affects his
mind, "impairing his mentality by
a desultory effect on his moral ma.
ture and a loss OF sense OF shame
and loss OF the power 20 tell the
truth" the testimony OF J. W
Duren. Nardell's partner In the
gambling house at 2l2is Washing.
ton at. made Powers case infln.
itely stronger. according TO court
attaches
Ellis Makes Slip
Judge Ronald had repeatedly sus-
taincd the objection of the state
10 Attorney Walter Fulton'a at.
tempts to show that Wardcll sold
booze without the knowledge OF his
employer. Sergt Putnam. OF the
dry squad Then. after Fulton had
gained permission TO allow Duren
10 testify In the matter and had
turned the witness over 10 Ellis for
cross-e1amination. tho states at.
torncy asked the simple question
which paved the way for the de.
Tense
Something has been said
about little booze you had
when the place was ralded."
said Ellis. That was only
little bit for private use,
wasn't tT''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
VENIzELOS NOW
CREEK PREMIER

ATHENS. June 25.--King Alex.
ander formally announced today he
had entrusted former Premier
Elutheros Venizelos with the task
OF forming new cabinet.
Ncnizelos. who left Athens and
founded a government for Greece
Mt Salonika after the former King
Constantine had refused 10 carry
out the policies demanded by the
Greek people. was expected to
reach Athens shortly.
His selection as premier Is ex.
pectcd TO bring together all ele-
ments In Greece and to signalize
the institution OF reforms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26

Breakfast Sets IN this assort-
ment that has been re-
duced for a quick clearance.
The set consists OF a separ-
ate skirt and blouse, and is
made OF light figured, plain
white and plain pink, blue
and lavender percales. Sizes
medium and small only. Reg
ular Sl.25. Special for
Wednesday, choice .60c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
PUTNAM UNWORRIED
"Why Should Gill Chastise Me?" He SAYS

Sergt. Putnam, head OF the
police dry squad. who may lose
his Job or be sen, to the
woods" by Mayor Gill or Chief
Rockingham when lhe Powers
bribery case IS over. didn't
seem worried Tuesday.
Il don't know why should
h chsstised FOR doing what /
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-26
lce-Mint For
Tired, Burning Feet
Wonderful Relief for Sore. Aching.
Tender Feet. Painful Corns
and Callouses.

Rub little. soothing. cooling leo Mint on
those poor tired. swollen. burning feet. All
WhAt . relief
Hov cool. easy and comfortable IL makes
them fec4 Under the soothing. COOLING In
luence OF fcc-Aint. corns and painful cal
eousr~ stop hurting and you viii want 10 danc-
for Joy. No hunbux just Try fcs~Nlns
enre IL VII make your poor old tire-i fc-t
frcl 70 cool essy and comfortable that you
viii just siHh With rwhef corns and painful
saiiouscs Arr Strangers TO the friends OF Ioc-
Mint