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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
Soldier Bows Will PLAY Ball.

Co. D and Co. A will play ball at
the ball park Friday evening at $3.50
and it is going to be a real game.
Corp. Hall is lining up the team for
Co. D and Sargt. Moon for Co. A. It
is probable that Co. DIS battery will
be Gillette and Munson. The COM
panies will form a line of march to
the park and an immense crowd will
undoubtedly be on hand.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
Congratulates Ward County Commit
tee.
Mr.. Dorr Carroll,

Mr.. Dorr Carroll,
Minot, N. D.
Dear Sir:
I beg to acknowledge receipt Of your
letter of the 18th and also the lists of
members of the Ward County Com
mittees and l beg to congratulate you
upon the very efficient work you have
done. Ward County certainly never
does things by halves. We take oft
our hats to Ward County for being the
banner county in this work. have the
honor to remain,
Yours truly,
F. O. HELLSTROM,
Secretary North Dakota State
Council Of Defense.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
Rev. Clifford Off for Vacation.

Rev. c. L. Clifford, pastor Of the NJ.
E. church, has gone to his summer
home, "Pine Cliff Retreat at Fern
Dell, on Mirror Lake, Wis, to spend
five weeks vacation, joining his wife
and little son. Mr.. Clifford will fish
and have good time generally. He
has done effective work since coming
here five months ago, 140 members
being received into the church during
this period.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
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MR.. AND MRS. JOHN WYNNE
DOING THEIR BIT.

, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wynne, who
, are in charge Of a dairy near Mi
not, are the parents Of thirteen
, children. Three Of the sons are
, in the army. Raymond and
James Wynne have joined a
Grand Forks company and anoth-
, err son, Clifford, is a member Of
the regular army, stationed at
present at Chickimauga, Tenn.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26

must be destroyed because black rust
germs are propagated on the leaves of
the plant. A sample of the bush may
be seen at the Independent office.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26

Glenburn. The hedge was destroyed
this week. The barberry bush is the
plant which according to law pass
ed by the last legislative assembly,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26
Price of Cattle is Down.

NJ. D. Graham Of Burlington has re-
turned from St. Paul where he ship
ped car load of fat two-year-old
steers. Mr.. Graham received 7 ga
cents pound for them, but said he
saw many good steers selling for six
cents on the St. Paul market. So
many cattle have been rushed to mar
ket that the price has dropped down.
This ought to make meat at the meat
markets cheaper, and undoubtedly
will
Mr.. Graham has 100 head of cattle
left which he will be<able to carry thru
the winter, as he has 60 tons of old
hay left and will be able to put up a
hundred tons more. He has so acres
of corn which, tho small, may make
good deal of feed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-26

Burberry Bush at Independent Office.
The Independent secured a sample
of barberry bush taken from a bar
berry hedge on the old Bart Harring-
ton homestead three miles southeast of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28
Every Saturday DiaIhma Would Go
to Visit Cola.

don his native dress and go down to
visit Cola. Miss Mason permitted
it. In fact, as did all Of us, she liked
the humble, faithful fellow, who
seemed to have no motive in life eX-
cept to toll uncomplainingly for
others.
Cola was IS; Ronald had grown
into a young man. It was not
strange that he had been attracted
by the charming girl whom time had
developed into a charming young
lady. 1t began through Dialhma TAX
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28
THE BAN OF SILENCE
BY Mary Grace Hetherington =

By Mary Grace HetheHngton
= 8 = =
Copyright, 1917, w. G. Chapman.)
I'VE all liked DjaIhma first, be-
cause he was a loyal, tireless serV-
ant; next, for the reason that he was
unique and interesting. A peculiar
history attached to him. He had ap-
peaTed in our little village one day
with a tired-Out chit of a girl,
bTOnZed with the sun Of PARKWAY
India, but bewitchingly beautiful in
eyes and features, intelligent beyond
her years, full Of hustle and liveG-
ness, a striking contrast to her close,
dusky escort, who was grim Of face,
satUesque Of form and ever silent
The girl did the talking. They
were to find Miss EUnice Mason; the
child was her niece. Everybody
knew Miss Mason, a humble but
thrifty spinster who lived in the next
town, conducting a little millinery
shop.
She is my aunt, announced the
spTightly little creature. My dear
father told me she is my only living
relative in the world. Wehave come
thousands of miles. My name is Cola
Brentwood. DjaIhma is my only
friend. He is good, but he cannot tell
you that, for he is under a ban"
"A ban?" l repeated, fully mysti-
fed, and brother Ronald, about the
same age as the little girl by my side,
started in wonder and curiosity, too.
The ban of silence" explained
Cola in her pretty, prattling way,
was placed by the Hindoo priest. /
For seven years DjahIma, for leaving
his native land, must not speak
word or he becomes an Outcast
here" and solemnly uttered the
strange child, pointing upward.
Where papa is. Djahlma was true
to his master, my father. When the
fanatics killed him and burned our
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28

and her more strange story interest
ed the country round. Cola speedily
adapted herself to her new surround
ings. There was no place for Djalh-
ma, however, and he sought work,
for he refused to leave the child to
strangers. He seemed impressed
with a loyal sense Of sacred guard
ianship over Cola. We needed a man
about the place and my father hired
Djalhma. He never regretted the act.
Every Saturday Dialhma would
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

til her death which came Saturday,
May 18th after an illness of some time.
She was very patient during her last
suffering. She was loved by everyone
and was member of the Christian
church.
The funeral services were held at the
house Saturday and conducted by Rev.
~. s. Anderson. Mrs. Geo. Marshall
sang ''The Holy City" by request
from Mrs. Freeman The choir sang
tNearer My God to Thee" and "We
Shall Gather at the River
There was an abundance of beautiful
flowers, the word Mother" was made
of flowers and placed on the side of the
easket.
She was taken to Meadows for burial,
the funeral procession leaving here Sun
day morning. She is survived by eight
children all of whom were present at
her death, Will M. Freeman, Meadows;
Mrs. Emma Clark, Meadows; Mrs.
Florence Brown, White Bird; Arthur
Freeman, Emmett, Idaho; Robert Free
man, Meadows; Esten Freeman, Mead
ows, Surrey Freeman, White Bird and
Mrs. Mary B. Meyers of this place. Mrs.
Freeman had made her home with Mrs.
Meyers for the past nine years.
The family have the heartfelt synpa-
thy of the community in their trouble.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

Miss Margaret Daubenspeck will close
her school at Garfield, June LIST, with
a big picnic dinner and program. There
will be dance in the evening. Every
one is invited to attend.
w. F. Ambercrombie who lives on the
Joseph has rented his place to Enoch
Christensen and is disposing of his
stock. He and his family are moving
overland to Talent, Oregon.
Homer Eimers from Grangevilie was
a guest of the Geo. Behean family last
week. He expects to, leave soon for
Annapolis, Md, where he enters the
naval academy at that place.
Miss Addie Behean had the misfor-
tune to spill scalding hot starch on her
arm and hand Friday, burning them
| both quite severely and causing her
much pain. She is much better at pres
ent.
| M. o. Tweedy returned from his
homestead Friday on the Snake river.
He has been there several days. Miss
Alice Gully and Roy Gully attended to
his business interests here during his
absence.
The 9Th grade county examinations
were held here last week under the
supervision Of Miss Brockman and Prof
]. w. Curtis. Those taking the exami-
nation were Nola Wilson, Alice Meade
Clara Canaan, Loren Lemon, Lee Kirk.
ham and Lawrence Foskett.
Miss Vesta Nepean and brother, Jack
from Doumecq were visiting at the Sam
Jones home north of town Saturday
and Sunday. Miss Isma Jones who Ii
going to school here went out to spend
the week end with her father.
Miss Hazel Richardson and Miss
Margaret Lyons returned from Tacoms
last week. They have been attending
school there the past winter. Mrs. T
N. Richardson and Hazel expect tt
leave soon for Long Valley where they
have homesteads in that vicinity.
| Enoch Christensen from JOSEPH
| passed through White Bird Saturda,
with a new Case tractor which he pur
chased while outside. P. H. Dye drov,
the tractor in for Chris and returne,
to Cottonwood Sunday. Chris evidentl,
means to pillow up the earth with hi
new machine.
Charlie Wilson and E. J. Nichols hav
opened an up-to-date confectionery an,
vacated by M. o. Tweedy. The build
ing has been remodeled, papered an
painted and is in first class condition
New furniture and fixtures have ais
been put in. A full line of tabocc
will be carried also soft drinks and ic
: cream.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
Mrs. H. L. Kirkham was shopping in
White Bird Saturday.

Mrs. H. l.. Kirkham was shopping in
White Bird Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen Brown and little grand.
daughter, Beatrice Harrison, came in
from the formers ranch Tuesday. They
have been over there for some time.
Mrs. Brown is expecting visit from
a niece who lives in the east soon.
Kenneth Christensen arrived homo
last week. He has been attending the
agricultural school ut Logan, Utah and
came home to help his father put in the
crops. He will receive full credit how
ever, for the remainder of the school
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Mcdonald were
transacting business in White Bird
Thursday. They report that it has COM
menced to look like spring on the
Doumecq and that farmers are busy
putting in their crops, but that this is
late spring.
The Salmon River State Bank has
arranged to represent the Hail Insur-
ance of the Hartford, every one having
growing cops of grain should be inter
ested in this, as the cost Of insurance is
small compared to what the loss might
be in case of hail storm. 52-1
The high school and pupils of Miss
Brockman s. room had n picnic Friday
at the mouth of White Bird creek. Ross
Bentz and Preston Vandeburg distin.
guished themselves as good cooks. The
| supper was cooked over camp fire and
| the menu consisted of fried potatoes
bacon, eggs and coffee and was served
in camp style. All report a fine time
Miss Brockman chaperoned the party
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Zerr from Pull
man, WASH, arrived here Friday to visit
their son, Harry. Their youngest son
Robert recently joined the navy and il
He reports that it is fine place and l!
good training for boys. Mr., and Mrs
Zerr may locate here. Mr.. Zerr is {
harness maker.
Geo. Poe passed through White Birt
Friday with bunch of cattle that h,
was taking to his ranch on Deer Greek
He has been feeding them on the prairie
since Feb. and was bringingthem bacl
to the range. They were all in goo,
shape considering the hard winter. Nj
Poe is one of the prosperous rancher
of this section and knows how to handl
his stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Swarts are visit
ing at the r. D. Swarts home. Tn
young people were recently married q
Berkeley, CAL, and are spending the sum
mer here. Sidney is well known her
and has been taking an engineer
ing course at Oakland for some tim
past. He has finished his course how
ever and is visiting his parents befor
, taking up his work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Boley were Whit
, Bird visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Boley say
J that the Salmon river is rising rapid
and that the drift wood is coming dow
Mr.. Boley operates the new Lyons ferr
! which was completed Friday. The frs
crossing made by the boat was Satu
: day when seventeen people and tie
! saddle horses were ferried across. tn
new boat was made by z. G. Brown an
, Peter Vandeburg and is great in
, provement over the old one.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

Lew BrNst a prosperous rancher from
the Joseph country was transacting
business in White Bird Wednesday. He
reports a cold backward spring in that
section and farmers are having some
difficulty in getting their crops in.
Tuesday night there was a light fall of
snow throughout the country.
Rev. Andrew Warner, Dist. Supt. of
the M. +. church of the Walla Walla
district was here Sunday and delivered
a very fine sermon to a large audience
at the M. +. church. From here he
went to Doumecq and Joseph, returning
to Grangeville Tuesday.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
News Notes from White Bird, Joseph,
higgins, Lucille, Garfield, Pittsburg and
othsr points Of interest.

-, peebles from Kennewick, Wash,
Du through here Wednesday going
P - sbe river to work in the mines.
|r Miss Margaret Daubenspeck and
O.he, Wade were in town one day last
|pro "L Miss Margaret is teaching on
|the Doumecq.
Lawrence Edward Smith, infant son
NJ and Mrs. Lewis Smith, was
|oi ,.;sed Sunday at the M. E. church
|S~ Rev. Andrew Warner.
Gill Brothers passed through White
ma W with a bunch of their cattle the
, Duu of the week. They were taking
| ,ass out to the prairie to be pastured.
"a Smith has purchased new Dodge
- which seems to run fine. Mr..
s smith expects to use his ear in livery
o sarr;re this summer. He brought it in
from Grangeville Sunday.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

John Nevin was passenger to Lucille
Thursday looking after business inter
ests there. He returned Saturday.
Nellie G. Rice passed through White
Bird enroute to Freedom, Sunday. She
has been on her homestead on Snake
river the past winter.
Arthur McSpedden, Bud and Allen
Mcdonald have leased the Mcdonald
ranches on the Doumecq, and expect to
put in a big crop there.
Miss Bridget Murphy was a passen.
ger to Grangeville Saturday to visit
her sister and family who expect to
move to Minnesota soon.
G.. w. Durham has purchased a new
piano. Mr.. Canaan brought it in from
Grangeville Thursday. His little daugh
ter expects to take music lessons OF
Miss Chloe Berry.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
DEATH OF MRS. J. M. FREEMAN.

Sally Baker Freeman was born in
Virginia Dec. Is, 1888 and in 1857 was
was born nine children.
In 1886 they came to Idaho and
located at Meadows and in 1906 she
came to White Bird and lived here un-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17

GET RID OF YOUR RHEUAGATIsM.
Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You will find Chamber
lain g Liniment a great help. The re-
lief which it affords is alone worth
many times its cost.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-05-17
FromSahnonRiuer Section

Any items Of interest from this Soc
ton win be gladly nsed u forwarded TO
frse rreas ocrsapondsnt at White
Bird, Idaho.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-14
NEW ARMORY NEED
OF SECOND REGIMENT
Present Quarters Entirely made
quate to Store New 81, 100000
Equipment
MAY USE PENITENTIARY

The Second Pennsylvania Field Artillery,
back from the. Mexican border needs a
new armory TO house The 81 100000 worth
OF material and equipment issued to 1t by
the Government s ..
This was the most apparent fact today
at Broad street and Susquchanna avenue.
where the artlllerymen ace collecting their
equipment and making other preparations
TO be mustered out of Federal service AS
guns, caissons. wagons, tents, kitchen utcn-
sils, harness and bther' stores are deposited
in the old arnory. the inadequacy OF this
Infantry headquarters for housing an ar
tlllcry regiment looms up.
'"rhe need is pressing for larger quar-
ters," said Lieutenant Colonel Ross. acting
In command of the regiment in the absence
Of Colonel Turner, who Is sick This regi-
ment, as an artillery unit. requires much
more space than II did as an infantry regi-
ment. Until larger quarters are provided
we will manage to store our material and
equipment here"
. The Eastern Penltentary was suggested
as an ideal armory Talk of abandoning
this group of buildings as penal institu-
tion encourages officers to believe that the
State may turn the penitentiary over to
the regiment. The buildings and grounds
would provide ample space for storing the
equipment and parking the guns, caissons
and wagons, which require 100000 square
feet of space. The armory floor is about
10000 square feet. o.
officers today denied reports that much
of the equipment of the regiment had been
scattered and lost during Mondays unload
ing and the welcome" parade A few odds
and ends of equipment probably are miss
ing, they said Checking up of the equip
ment Is going on today.
'Motortrucks are transporting the equip
ment and material from the three points
where they were deposited temporarily
when. upon the regiments return from El
Paso. it was discovered that no provision
had been made for housing the tremendous
amount of material that goes with an artil
iery regiment This lack of provision, it
was said. was due to the fact that no one
connected with the reception committee had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-14
Tw0.PLAT60N SYSTEM F67 X
PHILADELPHIA FIREMFx
Bill Introduced in House by Reprs..,.. 4.
ative Stern Provides Day and
Night Forces

HARRISBURG. Feb, i4.-Represer, a..
Isadore stern. of Philadelphia, in,rodua.s
in the House today bill providing for -.
two-platoon system for the nremen in Ph0s.
delphia.
The bill would amend the act Of u...
So 1915, which gave the firemen os Dr.
burgh and Scranton the two-platoon s,..
TEN. so as TO include the firemen =, q.
frst-class cities
The Stern bill provides that othe bs.s
the Department of Public Safety sbar y,
vide the officers and members of conn, ~
of the uniformed fire force emploved ~, ~
city. excepting the chief engineer anS ne
slstsnt chiefs, into two bodies or n,s,as as
one to perform day service and tha vns. o.u.
to perform night service. The hours =, v'nsr as
day service shall not exceed ten. con,..,. ~ tns
ing at o'clock in the morning tbg ghec-
Of night service shall not exceed fo,,r,sS
commencing at o'clock in the afternoses Z
In case of emergency the entire fre'1,,,'.
ing force can be assigned to contIn,,s''-'
duty but not for a longer period than ~
weeks. wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-14

an idea Of how much space would be re-
quired. The regiment was converted into
an artillery unit while on the border.
Several days probably will see the mate
rial and equipment crammed into the
armory. The vehicles and stores are housed
at Fifteenth and Huntington streets In an
old carbarn, at Eleventh street and Susque-
hanna avenue. and at the freight station at
Thirteenth and Callowhill streets, where the
unloading took place There is an Overflow
of vehicles at all these points. The unpro-
tected parts of the material are being stored
In the armory first.
Charges made by the Society for the Pre-
vention Of Cruelty to Animals that several
horses were allowed TO stand in the bitter
cold wind during Mondays parade were
answered today by officers, who said that
no one connected with the regiment was. 10
blame. The horses, they said. were surplus
animals furnished by contractors for the
parade Employees of the contractors the
officers said, left the horses standing with
out seeing that some one took charge OF
them
The 'muster-out" which will return the
regiment to State service as n National
Guard unit, is being preceded by great
amount of what soldiers call paper work"
Account must be made of all equipment,
which will be followed by inspection. Major
Haverhill. L. S. A., has been detailed by the
War Department to muster the regiment
out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-14
WILSON REELECTED
in JOINT SESSION
Formal Announcement, Ap
proval and Canvass Of Vote
Heard by Solons
ALL APPLAUSE BARRED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1i.-wcodrow Will
son was formally declared reelected Presi-
dent of the United states this afternoon.
In the presence of the Senate and the House
of Representatives. assembled In Joint ses-
sion. the choice of the voters at the NO
yember election. as expressed In the elec-
toral vote. was canvassed. registered, ap-
proved and proclaimed
When the final tally of the Senate and
House tellers had been completed the score
stood
Charles T.. Hughes. 25i. For Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall. 277; Charles w.
Fairbanks 254.
The electoral vote had been in the Vice
Presidents custody several weeks prior to
the formal counting. one by one the mes
sengers carrying the certificates from the
various States drifted into the Vice Presi-
dents office at the Capitol. The last to
arrive was that Of Utah. In the long
tourney TO Washington the vote had gotten
lost and several weeks elapsed before 1t
could be found and officially presented.
The usual formal ceremony was scrup-
ulousy followed. Spectators in the galleries
were cautioned against applause. according
TO the time -honored rule of the vlctors re-
framing from any demonstration Of exulta-
ton over the vanqushed
Acting under the provisions of a resolu-
tion agreed to several weeks ago, the Sem
the sergeant-at-arms. Members of the
House acknowledged their arrival by ris-
Ing The presiding officer OF the Joint con-
vention of the two houses took the chair
tho certificates of election of the electoral
voters were brought froward and the
telers previously appointed took their
places at the desk to begin the official
count.
The chair opened and placed in the hands
of the teIers the election certificates in the
alphabetical order of the States, showing
the electoral vote of each State.
Alabama's vote came first THE certif-
cate Of the electoral vote of the State of
Alabama seemst o be regular in form and
properly authenticated and It appears there
from that Woodrow Wilson has received
twelve votes for President of the United
States and that Thomas r. Marshall has
received twelve votes for Vice President of
the United States" announced one of the
tellers. This form of announcement was
followed throughout.
When the votes of all the States had
been counted. the telers announced the fol-
lowing summary by States: