The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-06

~. Jne lowest registration re-
ported to date is five in precinct j..
No. 2. It is expected that all re ~:
turns for 6urteish county will be
In Tomorrow rs -'' ''Sf u.
Eight hundred and fifteen Bismarck
men trudged through the mud and
drizzling rain to their polling places
yesterday and signed up for service
in Uncle Sans first select army of
100000. The number of registrations
exceeded by Is the Trfbune's origi-
nal estimate Of $50, and by 125 the
number predicted generally at the
opening of the polls yesterday. Every
ward did its share, but the Fifth
maintained it's leadership established
early in the day and nosed over the
line with total Of 1870.
The wards, their registrars and
their quota follow:
Ward i, 70; registrars, B. E. Jones,
Bruce r.. Jackson.
Ward 2, 154; registrars, A., E. Pres
ton, Harry Sims. s~.Em-N. : ~ i
Ward q, l05; registrars. Melvin G
Hagen, G.. B. Allen. 2-">f. .s-t
Ward 4, AS; registrars, Chris P.
Yegen; T. E. Snyder. S. 4 =.
Ward 5, 1870; registrars, H. P. Knap-
pen, E. H. Dummer. ..4l
Ward 6, .142;; registrars, S. w. Fer
ny, Frank Mccormick. ..,. 2
Registrars Worked.
1t was real work for the regis"
trars, tedious, painstaking labor with
hardly a moments let-up throughout
the long day, from 700 in the morn
ing until 900 at night And it was
considerably later before the summing
up could be completed and belated
lunch enjoyed. Eut the registrars
all enjoyed it. The response was so
much better than anticipated, and
everyone was so good-natured about
it that it was real fun.
For Exemptions.
A surprisingly small number of ex-
emptions were claimed by any aside
from those with actuar, dependents.
In one ward sheriff French was hoti-
fed of two Instances in which candi-
dates for Select service dug up on
short notice hitherto unsupported
families of respectable proportions.
The sheriff, before the county board
makes it's final returns, will look into
these families. In another ward a
surprising number of apparently hus-
ky, able-bodied young men confessed
serious stomach trouble. "Perhaps,'
said one of the registrars, cts too
much rich food, Maybe if you tried
course Of ihAahqd}a9k, bacon ana beans
'twould straighten you up"
The Girls Enjoyed It,
The girls who had the pleasant
duty of pinning badges on the arms
of candidates thoroughly enjoyed the
experience.
"You see," said one fair miss, this
gives us some valuable inside infor-
nation. It's very easy for us to
glance over the card and discover
whether he's married or single, and,
of course, we're extra nice to the sim
gle ones, because they're most likely
to be called"
I'VE had one bashful boy in here
today advised another. when I
stepped forward to pin a badge on
him he made for the door, and if it
hadn't CHANGED to be open he would
have taken glass, sash and all with
him. I'll just bet, though, he makes a
dandy soldier. He had such nice
hair
IF we had thought of it in time,"
said dainty damsel at another
booth, I'VE might have written our
names and addresses, and even our
telephone numbers inside the khaki
arm bands. You see some Of these
boys are going to worry about the
draft, and they'll be lonesome, and
anyway great many of them are
really nice looking. But"-with a
sign-"we never thought of it until
just moment ago, and most of the
incest of them are gone'' She refer
red, of course, to the arm bands.
Major Gets His.
Major Wright, who is much too
good looking for anybody but Rich
ard Harding Davis soldier of fortune
and like many of them, is married
and quite sedate, wasn't allowed to
escape from Ward Two registration
place without an arm badge, which
looked very nice on his khaki uni
form OF ofncourse,' the major, being
already in federal service. did not
need to register, and besides he may
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