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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-08

FOR SALE--Well improved quarter
section 3 IL miles northeast of Sur
rey, on consolidated school and rural
mail routes. Good Broom house,
barn, granary; cow stable and chick
en- house. 27 acres fenced for pas
ture, balance we'll cultivated. Good
water. Price $40 per acre; terms,
No real estate dealers need answer
unless they wish to purchase out
right. C. E. Hughes, R. F. D. /.
Surrey, N. d. 1-25-tf
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fantry of that state, was married here
today by Court Commissioner Henry
Gallick, to Miss Marie Hanson, aged
20.
Shipments of potatoes have taken
on a renewed activity with the ap-
proach of dates for contract delivery.
Nearly twenty cars daily passed thru
the Great Northern Dakota division
during the last half Of the week.
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FOR SALE--A Rumley Automatic
Electric Light Outfit, consisting of
engine, dynamo, automatic con-
trolling switchboard and 15-cell
storage battery. Plant in first class
running order and as good as new
Will sell cheap as am compelled to
put in larger outfit. Just the
thing for farm plant. Address or
phone Tagus Garage, Ira D. Bush,
Prop, Tagus, N. d. 2-25-3,
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The last day of grace was the 28th,
after which penalty was attached to
all unpaid taxes.
Langdon had $4,000 fire last
week when the plant of the Cavalier
County Implement Co. burned.
The Bismarck Palladium allowed
the women to get out suffrage edi-
ton last week. The result was cred
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FOR SALE--200 acres " miles north
of Max, $50 acres under cultiva-
ton, 70 acres into rye. A good
proposition at $500 per acre, one
fourth cash, balance to suit pur-
chaser. Land is rolling but it is
good soil Reason for selling, l have
more land than ! can take care of.
Address owner, M. H. Podhala, Max.
N. ID. 2-15-4tc
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AROUND THE STATE

Killdeer's auditorium will soon be
ready.
And now they want us to peel po-
tatoes with sand paper.
Only forty per cent Of the taxes OF
Cass county were paid in by, the 25th.
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FOR IMMEDIATE SALE - Three
quarter sections; farm buildings.
worth $500; 100 acres under cult.
walton; 100 acres fenced for pas
ture; 100 acres fine pasture land
within miles Of two good towns;
Price $4,000; half cash will handle.
Box liza, Minot, N. D. 3-1-t2cg
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FOR SALE-Team of mules. medium
size, good workers; also few good
horse teams, some mares included.
Prices reasonable. w. D. Mohler,
r. d. 1, Minot. 3-8-t4@
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Money to loan on farm land, improv-
ed and unimproved. Mrs. Carrie
Kulaas, Minot, N. D. 1-25-t!
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FOR SALE-24O-acre partly improv-
ed joining town of Springbrook, IL
miles from Williston, N. D. VIII
sell for SIG per acre; worth $40 or
over. For particulars write or cali
at Henry Marshall's, 712 E. Central
Ave., Minot, N. D. 12-21-12t*
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FOR SALES horsepower Fairbanks
Morse gas engine, slightly used
This will be sold at a great bargain
as I have no fruther use for it.
Phil W. Meyers, Minot, N. D.
Stiff
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FOR SALE-At bargain, good IA
room furnished hotel with furnace
heat; close to depot. Reason, old
age. H. D. Hodges, Sawyer, N. D.
3-1-t8cg
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FARM FOR SALE-I wish to sell my
improved farm, located IL mile
north of Aurelia, N. D., and 2 miles
southeast of Donnybrook, N. D..
Write or call R. O. Stark, Aurelia,
N. D. 3-22-4-15k
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WANTED--A place on farm, only
first class grain farmer with sys-
tent need apply. Address X, hide
pendent, Minot, N. D. til
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FOR SALE-By owner. One modern
Groom house and one modern r
room house, in Minot. Phone 542
Blue or address Box 1924, Minot, N,
D. 1-4-tt
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FOR SALE-New four-room cottage,
concrete basement and cistern, with
five lots, excelently located in Logan.
All fenced with woven wire. $3.50
buys. See Shaw, Logan, N. D.
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FOR SALE-10 head Of 3 to year
old mares, 1900 to 1900 pounds, are
sound, without blemish, broke and in
good flesh. P. w. Miller, Minot, N,
Oak. Office: Minot Auto Co. 11-2tt
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WANTED-A job as engineer or
steam pillow outfit. Have had ex-
perience. Write Earl Warner, Stew
ems Point, Wis, r. No. l. 3-1-t4*
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FOR SALE-Young Toulouse gander,
price $3.50. Ray Jacobsen, 316 9Th
Ave. S. E., Minot, N. D. tx
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FOR EXCHANGE-Quarter section
improved farm land in Sask., Can;
will exchange for live stock or on
other land. Address K. A. G., care
of Independent. t1*
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Money to loan on farm land and
city property. Current rates. No
delay. c. Aurland, Minot, N. d. tt
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FOR SALE-Store and stock of gen
eral merchandise, invoicing about
$4,000. Good live town. Building
new, worth $4,000, living rooms in
connection. III health necessitates
change of climate. No agents need
answer. This is a cash proposition
and can give you a bargain. Ad-
dress "B." care Independent.
1-25-2t*tf
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FARM WANTED-In exchange for
my 7-room all modern home located
in the center of the fashionable res
idence district in St. Paul, only 1 70
blocks to the Selby Lake car line.
My equity being $4,000. Write me
for particulars and small photo. j.
C.. Lenihan, Care Leland Hotel, Mi
not, N. d. tx
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LOANS.

LOANS.
100000 to loan on improved or I'M
improved farming lands. Cheapest
rates. Call at room 9, New jacobson
Block, Telephone 498. Van Sickle
Bros. 1-18-tf-cg
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Will sacrifice 80 acres 20 miles
southwest of Minot; good barn, house,
well, pasture. Ideal for farming or
ranching, adjoining all unimproved
held much higher. Price $40. This
won't last. Write D. N, Lock Box
1915, MinOt, N. D. 3-1-t2*
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FOR SALE--10 head of full blood,
registered Shorthoin bulls, reds and
roans, good thick, fleshy fellows that
are credit to head any herd. Also
have carload of heifers to arrive in
a few days. p. w. Miller Office:
Minot Auto Co., Minot, N. D. 11-2tf
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SEED FOR SALE-20O bushels West
ern Rye Grass. Carl Herzig, Tas-
ker, N. D. 3-1-t3
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FOR SALE-Seed wheat, Marquis.
Have 600 or 700 bushels of first
class seed. F. O. Cunningham
Minot, R. F. D. No. l. 3-1-t4*
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WANTED--A large tract of raw land
to lease for breaking. Might buy
if terms are right. Address Box No.
1886, Valley City, N. D. 3-1-t3cg
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
Danger in Delay
Kidney Diseases are Too Dan
gerouS for Smyrna People
to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they so often get firm hold
before the sufferer recognizes them.
Health will be gradually undermined.
Backache, headache. nervousness,
lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
troubles, dropsy, gravel and Bright $
disease may follow as the kidneys get
worse. Don't neglect your kidneys.
Help the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
Pills, which are so strongly recon-
mended right here in Smyrna.
Frank j. Collins, insurance trav-
eler, Frazer ST., Smyrna, says: "After
| underwent an operation some years
ago, my back gave me trouble. There
was lameness and aching across my
kidneys. Dosn's Kidney Pills were
recommended to me and l began using
them, getting my supply from Clifton
& Jones' Pharmacy. They have alway:
given me prompt relief
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge
Doan's Kidney Piils-the same tina
Mr.. Collins uses. Foster Milburl
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
ADD MARBLES TO CURRICULUM
Popular Sprlngtime Pastime for Boys
to Be Taken on by University
of California.
"Fen dubs. there :"

"Fen dubs, there;"
'fKnuckle down, now Prexyw
"Say, Prof. how many taws win
you swap for my moss agate?"
These are the sporting terms in the
vernacular which soon may be heard
on the campus of the University of
California, according to the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. The spectacle of
group of bearded dignifed educators
squatting down on their "hunkers,"
while one of their number commands
their attention by the exhibition of his
skill, may be a common one.
The new course in applied science
to be included in the curriculum en-
braces the ancient problem of the ir-
resistible force and the immOvable
body. 1t has to do with the tendency
of one spherical object to impart mo-
ton by coming in violent contact with
another spherical object previously in
a state of inertia, when the first OBJ
ject is given a certain velocity and mo-
mentum.
This is done by an intricate method
| OF expulsion, IN winch Ine Spnere,
placed in juxtaposition of the first and
second joint Of the thumb, is propelled
through space by dexterOus flip Of
the member, which previously had
been held in a condition of suppressed
energy by means Of interlOcking two
or more digits.
In other words, the game of mar
bles is to be part of the university
course. The ancient and honorable
pastime, by which the vernal season of
the calendar is heralded by the small
boy, has been included in the scheme
of exercise in the gymnasium, accord
ing to the announcement of F. L. Klee-
berger, physical director.
Not only the undergraduates, but
the instructors and professors Of the
university intend to take a course. De-
grees possibly will be awarded the
most skillful. 1t is held that the ac'
tivity necessary to play marbles will
be beneficial to a high measure.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
Preserving Flowers in Wax.

1t is not generally known that pre-
serving flowers in wax is one of the
easiest of tasks. Ordinary candles
may be used. To prepare the wax, it
is only necessary to cut the candles
into chunks, being careful to remove
the wicks. The wax is then melted
in a saucepan over a flame, after
which it is ready to receive the flow
ers. Each flower should be dry on the
surface when treated; there should be
no rain or dewdrOps on the petals.
Take the blossoms separately and dip
them for a moment or so into the liq-
uid wax, constantly moving them
about. Immerse the blossoms COM
pletely and also an inch or so of the
STEM, Then take them out and hold
until dry. Do not lay them on table
or fiat surface until they are dry as
this will crush them.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
PASSED OVER BY TOURISTS
Little, Out of the Way Hamlet in
Switzerland Preserves Air Of
Medieval Days.

GruyereS is one of the few spots in
Switzerland where the tourist is few
and far between. 1t is an out of the
way little hamlet where many old Gus
toms have survived among the peas
ants, and doubtless sooner or later the
visitors will discover it and some one
will erect a hotel with 500 rooms on
the site of the present inn and parties,
will be made up in Geneva to watch
the peasant dances, and ladies from
Texas and Brazil will be taking photo
graphs of the ancient cottages on ev-.
cry corner.
The town clusters in a tiny compact
group of houses around the site of the
old castle, as is the way of towns that
were built in the day when castles
were used for protection, and not to
exort two franc tips from the visitor.
The streets of Gruyeres are narrow
and short; they run at unexpected an
giles and end in little squares and tri-
angles, where daily markets are held.
In one of these squares there is an an
cient stone carved into hollOws of va
! riOus sizes. At the bottom of each
hollow is a stone plug. This stone is
the time hallowed village measure for
grain and dry produce of all kinds,
The seller pOurs one of the hOllOws
full, and the purchaser pulls out the
plug to let the grain run into his
| basket.
The houses about the little streets
might be copies of medieval flluStra-
tiOns, and the dates on many of them
go back to medieval times. Each house
has it's little garden full of simple
mountain flowers and in the doorway
or in the garden itself the women sit
at work on the embroidery which is a
famous local product. Gruyeres is
known for it's embrOideries and its
cheeses, both of which are strong and
guaranteed to wear well.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
Japanese Champagne.

The Flowery Kingdom has, in the
course of the war, been saturated with
so much wealth that the government
brewery at Takinogawa deemed 1t a
good investment to go into the cham
pagne producing business at 0 yen
(yen, so cents) per bottle. The effer-
vescent power of the Japanese "Mad-
anne Cliquot'' is so great that by
carelessly uneorking a bottle half Of
its contents is lost op the floor. This,
at least. Is the report printed in ''The
North China Herald" Probably, O
combination Of trade Jealousy and DO
litlcal malice.-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
ICEBERG AS A SEA WONDER
Among the More Interesting Things to
Be Seen in Steamer Lanes"
Of the Atlantic.

Among the wonders of the sea there
are few more interesting things than
Iicebergs for their size, shapes and the
manner in which they array them
selves.
Icebergs exhibit a tendency to form
both clusters and long lines, and these
groupings may arise from the effects
both of ocean currents and of storms.
: Some very singular lines Of bergs,
extending for many hundreds of miles
east of Newfoundland, have been
shown on official charts issued by the
government. Two of these cross each
other, each keeping on its independent
course after the crossing. In several
instances parallel lines of bergs leave
long spaces Of clear water between
them.
CuriOusly enough, while enormous
fields Of ice invade the so-called
"steamer lanes" of the Atlantic at the
opening of spring during certain years
in other years at that season there is
comparatively little ice to be seen
The ice comes, of course, from the
iedges of the Arctic regions from the
ice-bound coasts of Greenland ant
Labrador, where huge bergs, broker
from the front of glaciers at the pOin
where they reach the sea, start OF
their long journeys toward the south
driven by the great current that flow
from Baffin's bay into the northern
Atlantic ocean.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
Oil Field at Edgemont
On West Side Of 5. D

Edgemont, June 11.-That Edge
mont Is to become the center of a new
industry in South Dakota, the pro-
duction of oil, is indicated in the strik.
ing Of additional flows in this vicin-
ity. the latest spouter being the Nor
beck-Nicholson well at a depth OF
1,760 feet. When this flow raj tapped
last week the oil shot 100 feet into the
air. This field, which in the past has
been enormously called the "Lusk
e." has been worked for the past four
years. The proposition is being
handled entirely by Edgemont and
South Dakota capital. The field Ia
contiguous to this city, and as II is
1000 feet higher, the OIL will be piped
here for gravity. Samples brought In
Friday show a good quality Of fuel oil
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
PLEASANT VALLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Deliver and daughters
were visiting at Frank Marganeau's
Sunday.
Mr. J. Yost's, MIR. G. Campbell's, Mr..
Keys and Martha Wade attended the
old settlers in N. Hand Saturday.
James Welsh was calling at Fred
Stebbin's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Thomas visited
at the Livingston home in Rec Heights
recently.
The next meeting of the Ladies'
Union Club will be at Mrs. Mathew
| Gievers, June the 2Sth.
Miss Jessie Kintigh returned Satur-
day from Bookings where she attend
| ed a weeks institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Morrow, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Goudy, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kin
tigh, Mr.. and Mrs. f.. Swab, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. Kintigh visited at the r.
Kintigh home Sunday with a cousin
from Mobridge. ]
j.. III. Yost and Willard Yost were
callers at the Lloyd Macmillan home
recently.
Horace Jones visited his sister Mrs.
C. Keys Sunday.
Bert Humphrey and family, Miss
Dena Vance, w. p. Cooke and family
G. Keys and wife and Horace Jones
autoed to the Missouri river Sunday
for a days outing.
Mrs. Hugh Clever is visiting at
Mathew and Peter Giever's this week.
J.. B. Heilman and his mother were
calling in the Valley Sunday.
Vivian Goudy visited at her grand
father Kintigh's last week.
Hazel Campbell is helping Mrs. T..
McCool while they are building a
barn.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
WEST HAND
From Rec Heights Review
James X. Berry

Mr.. James X. Berry, of Midland
township, passed away at Pierre,
Tuesday evening, June IL, 1917. He
had just passed his 69th birthday, on
Sunday, June 10th, Last March he
had sold off his stock, rented his farm
to his son Charles, and planned to
take life easier.
Mr.. Berry had been ailing for about
six weeks, and had been under the
doctors are for some time. Tuesday
noon he was taken to the hospital at
Pierre, but died in the evening.
Deceased was one of the early sett-
'lers, here, taking up land north OF Rec
Heights, and was one of the solid and
substantial citizens of this community.
Mr.. Berry was an exemplary citizen,
a consistent member of the Rec
Heights Congregational Church, and
his death will be regretted by every.
one who knows him. He leaves a wife
and v children, n son, Charles
and six daughters, Mrs. II. H.. Ware
ing, Misses Ethel and Ethlyne, Mrs
Roy Burge, and Misses Erdine and
Edith. who mourn the loss of a kind
and loving father.
N. A. Gardner, who is on the road
with his family, autoing to Arizona
had muddy roads the first few days
but after striking dry roads made goot
time, spending Saturday and Sunda.
In Colorado Springs and vicinity
sight seeing. They hope to reacl
Phoenix soon.
Clifford Steadman left on Tuesda.
evening for jefferson Barracks, Miss
ouri. where he will join the regula
army.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
Farm Help Service
Organizing in State

During the period of the war and
especially during harvest in South
Dakota, the State Council of Defense
is endeavoring to maintain a system
of labor distribution for the State. In
each county a County Committee
man has been appointed. Mr.. Glen
M. Waters is giving his time to the
work In Hand County. He can not do
II all. Therefore, he has appointed a
man in each township or town to as
sist him. These township or town
Committeeman are for the convent
ence Of the farmer to report his needs
for labor. II there is no local help,
then the County Committeeman is
asked to supply the number needed.
The County man can obtain men from
another part of the County or from
the Labor distributing points of the
state and send them to the localities
that need them. This is all donated
service. Do your part. Let each
Farmer give his needs to his nearest
Township Committeeman. Township
Committeeman for Hand County:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21

VAYLAND

The surprise party at Martin Woods
last Friday evening was largely at
tended. The evening was spent in
dancing and card playing, and a pleas
ant time was reported by all.
Grant Byers made an auto trip Sat
urday to his place west Of town, which
Is farmed this year by j. w. Tanning.
August Schilling is now the proud
owner Of a Saxon Six" purchased
last Saturday.
@. v. Gardiner, wife and children.
OF Rec Heights, formerly of vayland,
and w. p. Noble and family were
guests at c. w. Mnler's Sunday.
A sort of a reunion took place at the
Gust Oieson home last Sunday. AT
this gathering were present Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter OIeson. Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Oieson. and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Bork-
huis, Jr.
CONTINUED to last page,)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
Ambitious to Enlist
Recruit Increases Weight

The following story of a young
mans desire to become a soldier Is
taken from the Candy, (Minn.) News
and refers to Emil West, brother Of
Mrs. G. H. Sessions and Mrs. w. G
Tamblyn, of this city and who, fol
some time was a resident Of Miller
himself:
ITO begin with, the subject of the
narrative is physically light Of
weight, but Notwithstanding that, hi
has more patriotism to the squart
inch than many twice his size. Fol
some time, he has been almost con
sumed with a desire to fight for Uncle
Sam, but on account OF his size, hi
had been told ne wouldn't be accepted
However, that couldn't squelch his
patriotism. If lack of the required
avoirdupois was the only thing thai
stood In the path Of his ambition, hi
would overcome that.
HE began taking olive oil syste
H.
matically, and a plenty of it, to gair
weight and week before last, wher
the call to the colors could no longer
go ~unheeded, he enlisted and went Il
Fort Smelling with other Candy re
cruits. But he was not quite salts
fed with the material aid-the div,
oil-it vas not giving results fas
enough. SO he turned to the spiritual
And the night before our aspiring
would-be soldier boy underwent Mi
physical examination, he said h,
prayed all night, prayed as he hat
never done before, prayed that h,
would be accepted. Next morning
when the examining physician hat
gotten through with him and Gale,
out, Weight lbs pounds!' he knew
he had passed the physical demand
Of u. s. and was happy accordingly
Our recruit has since remarked tina
had he failed to meet the require
ments necessary to have joined tn
army, he never would have returne'
| to Canby.n
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-06-21
Is SHOT in LEG
FROM BROS. GUN
Son ef Milton jones, Gilbert Twp, In.
jured I'm Gun Accident

The twelve year old son of Milton
Jones, Gilbert twp, was shot and SER
iously injured Thursday by his nine
year old brother. The parents were
away temporarily, and the boys
got hold of a shot gun which they
thought was not loaded. Perhaps for
tunately when the gun was discharg-
ed the boys were some rods apart.
The load Of shot entered the older
boys leg above the knee. He was
brought to town and treated by DR..
Wallis who states that there are about
rs shot in the leg, which he said
would require an X-ray prior to ex-
traction. The load entered the boys
leg between knee and hip.