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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15

Mystery surrounds the death by
burning Of Mrs. VIM MADEIRA and her
infant child at the farm home six
teen miles south of Napoleon.
Mr.. Madeira was away from home
at the time. The hired man had gone
to neighborhood store, not far dis
tant, to purchase some sugar. On his
return he discovered the house to be
in flames. A neighbor saw the fire
and hurried to the scene, the two
men reaching there about the same
time, but too late as the house was a
mass of flames.
The second story of the house was
filled with flax. 1t is thought by
some that before Mrs. Madeira dis
covered the house to be on fire the
floor of the second story gave way,
burying the victims. Others believe
the mother had been doing chores
outside when she noticed the flames
and rushing in to save her babe and
was caught under the flax as the
floor broke. Their ashes were found
in We debris.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15

All questions as to whether the
Northern Pacific Railway company
would build their proposed new shops
here this year, has been dissipated.
Positive information has been Sc
cured that the Northern Pacific has
asked dozen or more of the great
er contractors Of the nation to bid on
the Mandan plant.
1t has also been learned upon re-
liable authority that the N. P. pur-
chasing department has let contracts
for $4,000 worth of machinery for
the. shops.
The new Mandan plant will be the
largest car and locomotive repair and
building works on the Northern Paci-
file system; will be greater than the
shops at Brainard, Livingston or Tao
oma, and will cost between $1,500,0OO
and $2,O00,000.
Four large factory buildings LOOK
$50 are contemplated and company en-
gineers have laid out the sites.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15
SOUTH PRAIRIE ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Putney were
shopping in Sawyer one day this
week.
Fred Taylor spent few days at
Forbes and Boden homes in Logan
before leaving for Kenmare, where he
is spending the week with his sister,
Mrs. J. w. Deemy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson and family
and Miss Lindbloom spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. 0. Anderson.
Miss Irene Sillman began her
spring term of school in the Larson
school Monday.
Floyd Cline and James Rusk were
visitors at the c. Taylor horne Sun
day.
Irene and James Sillman attended
the Lyceum number at Sawyer Fri
day evening. i.
Mrs. E. o. Anderson spent the. at
ternoon with Mrs. P. Thingstad or
Monday.
Miss Elizabeth King spent the weeE
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15
end with home folks.

end with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorwald Larson are
moving back to the farm after a
years absence.
The Stringtown Ladies' Aid will
meet in three weeks, March 20, with
Mrs. Ray Zorn.
Mr.. Ole Anchorson was a Sunday
visitor at the liver Grothe home.
Neighbors are helping move live
stock, machinery and household goods
for Mr.. Widell, who shipped three
cars from northern Illinois. South
Prairie is glad to have new settlers
come in this way for it looks as if
they were going to make homes
Here is a welcome for new settlers
the more the merrier.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15

Dunn county, with 1888 new acres,
leads the list, with Billings, whose
contribution is 31,475, close secand
Others which did we'll are Morton
with 26,630 acres; Mountrail, 2O,715;
Mckenzie, 2O466; Golden Valley, TO-
1913; Slope, 17,176; Bowman, IL, GIL;
Mclean, 10,929, and Mercer, 1869.
Other Increased acreages range
from 38 in Barnes to 8,476 in Stark
The actual aggregate of all new
lands patented in 1916 is 254,852
which is quite a fair sized chunk.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15

Court formalities which are neces-
sary for the adoption of a child have
been brought to close, and little
Master Paul Raymond Ward, aband-
oned in an apple box on the back
doorstep of the Geo. Will home of Bis
marck during the holidays, now has a
home. William G. Hoffner and wife,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15
brady

Who said brady was frozen off the
map? Well, / guess not.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Blom have re-
turned from Sunny California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dillon have the
sympathy Of the community in the
loss Of their infant son.
Born To Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Hur-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15
MINOT SETS RECORD.

St: Paul, Mimi, March 12.-Feed-
ers set a record at South St. Paul to-
day when a load Of cattle from John
son and Johnson, Minot, N. D., sold
at 1910 per hundred weight.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15
Mrs. Ida Hoffner, of Solen, N. D..

Mrs. Ida Hoffner, Of Solen, N. D.,
have adopted the child.
When George Will stuck his head
out of the back door of his home into
30 degrees below zero weather dur
ing Christmas week, he saw box,
and, thankful to Santa Claus, he took
the parcel inside and then rubbed his
eyes in amazement Bedded in sew
eral layers of blankets was the three
weeks old infant.
1t was Birmarck's first baby aban-
dOnment case.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-03-15

Ironing with an Electric Iron really be-
comes pleasant pastlme.
In hundreds of thousands of homes Elec-
trio Irons are taking all the hard work out of
ironing. They aiding thoughtful house
wives to do perfect ironings in one half the
time required by the Sad Iron method
WITH AN ELECTRIC IRON
both dainty shirtwaists and heavy flat pieces
are roned with equal ease. No sooty marks
or unsightly creases to soil or mar the beauty
of linens snowy white.
An Electric Iron can be attached to any
light soc ket-wherever you wish to iron.
GET YOUR IRON TODAY
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
HARTFORD LOSES HOYT.
National Commission Ends Controver-
sy Between McGraw and Clarkin.

New York, Jan. 20.-Waite C. Hoyt,
one of the most sensational high
school pitchers the game has ever
known, Will accompany John j. Nc
Graw and his Giants to Marlin, Tex.
for spring training next month. Hoyt
was officially awarded to the New
York National league club yesterday
in decision Of the national commits
sion. The case of Hoyt was one of the
most important put before the Tri-
umvirate in many years
The Hartford club, of the Eastern
league was sorely pressed for pitchers
last mid-season, and begged McGraw
for any kind of man that could get the
ball up to the plate. Hoyt begged to
be sent out for the experience. Nc
Graw finally consented to let the boy
go to Hartford. but explained to the
minor league club 1t should not com
promise him In any way that entailed
signing minor league contract.
Hoyt also promised not to subscribe
to any new document,
The Hartford management, however
soon prevailed upon Hoyt to sign a
contract. When this instrument was
promulgated McGraw ordered Hoyt to
report back to the Giants. Hartford
youngsters title and suspended him.
The case was Immediately laid before
the national commission.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
ONE PARTY, ONE MAN.

Surely no one would blame the
Democrats in the General Assem- bly,
from going out on strike if the pro-
posed rule for killing unfavorable bills
IN committee passes the lower house.
The very best than can be said of
such a measure is that it is undemo-
cratic. 1t has already passed the
senate under suspension of rules. If
it goes by the house the Democratic
members of both branches of the Leg
islature might as well pack their bag
gage and go home. Under the work.
ing of such measure certain mem
bers of the General Assembly would
Nhave no more idea of bills considered
by the various committees than the
court knows in advance what verdict
jury will find. The claim for the
proposed rule is that it will expedite
bushes The trouble is that business
of this kind has been expedited and
executed too much to suit the general
public. There are some members Of
the General Assembly who once they
secure their seats become firmly of the
belief that the state and all that goes
with it belongs to them The people
are supposedly their chattels. The day
is coming when these men will be
taught lesson. No matter what par
ty is in power it has no right to run
rough-shod over the rights of the mi
nority, or the people sthe minority
members represent. Such tactics
might have prevailed in the earlier
days of the Republic, say before the
war; but today, never! The purpose
Of two parties contending for the
right to conduct the government of
the cities, states, and nation, is to do
away with anything that borders on
monarchial form of government. If
one party, why not one man? Such
tactics as those in vogue at Hartford
might be good Republicanism. The
fall far short of being good American
ism.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
BILLY" SUNDAY DISCUSSIONS.
At the Methodist Church Tomorrosy
Evening.

Those that are in favor Of Billy
Sunday and those opposed will do
well to attend the meeting in the
Trinity Methodist church tomorrow
evening when Rev. Warren F.. Cook,
pastor of the church, will discuss the
great evangelist. Such questions "a
the following will be answered. Do
you believe he is sincere Do you be-
lieve he is in it for money? Do you
believe in his theology? Do you like
his language and style? Do you think
his results will abide?
Mr.. Cook his heard Sunday on var
ious occasions before mixed audiences,
before men alone, on the lecture plat
form and before college students He
has studied his methods and results
and has heard his converts and
therefore is we'll qualified to talk on
the man. The meeting will be open
and at any time those who wish may
ask questions. The service will be
conducted at 1880 o'clock
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20

on for dreary years, pursuing the
will-o'-the-wisp of some fastastic good
fortune. In one little boarding house
in a seedy side-street halfway toward
the capitol there lately lived no less
than three inventors of perpetual
motion! "Cranks" as we call them.
wander vaguely to and fro in all
the shadows Of the Washington pic
ture like harmless, amiable ghosts,
for the most part-half comic, half
tragic. Som etimes, however, the
"crank's" eye is lit with some smold-
ering hate-already in the Washing
tonian annals his murderous bullet
has put the nation In mourning-the
clouds along the murky horizon are
lit occasionally with lightning. This
queer, obscure world, this mere pc
,numbra of the government, is always
present to the imaginative Observer
Harrison Rhodes In Harper's Maya
zine.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
VALE /!

sghteen years ago Admiral Dew
victorious homecoming from the
Ike of Manila Bay was the occasion
ane of the greatest demonstrations
staged in the nations capital.
morning his funeral cortege
ding from under the capitol dome
swed the same course over historic
hsylvania avenue. At the same
the battleships of the United
lis on the seven seas fired the ad-
lFs salute of nineteen guns, while
n on buildings throughout the
TRY draped at half mast. All
K of the federal government was
ended for the day. The hearts OF
hundred million Americans cher
\ love andf honor for the nation S
hest naval commander. His pass
marks merely the end of a career:
name will live Just SO long as
American nation holds intact, so
| as. there are officers modelled on
Eane lines as George Dewey, who
no brief for militarism, who
khe no spirit of conquest, who
only when the honor and the
|y of the nation demand action.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
The Cricket.
civilian Cowper)

W1lndnl Low pei
Wretched man. whose years are spent
Little inmate, full Of mirth
Chirping on my kitchen hearth,
Wheresoe'er be thine abode
Always harbinger Of good,
Pay me for thy warm retreat
With a song more soft and sweet;
In return thou shalt receive
Such a. strain as I can give.
Thus thy praise shall he expressed.
TnoffenIve, welcome guest!
While the rat is on the scout.
And the mouse with curious snout.
With what vermin else infest
Every dish. and spoil the best;
Frislling thus before the fire,
Thou hast all thy hearts desire.
Though in voice and shape they be
Formed as II akin to thee.
Thou surpassest, happier far,
Happiest grasshoppers that are:
Theirs is but a summers song
Thine endures the winter long.
Unimpaired and shrill and clear,
Melody throughout the year
Neither night nor dawn Of day
Puts q period to thy play:
Sing then-and extend thy span
Far beyond the date Of man.
Wretched man, whose years are spent
In repiring discomfort.
Lives not aged though he be.
Half a span, compared with thee.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
Where Men Once Hunted
Tor the Golden Fleece

Washington, D. c., Jan. 90
"Sinope, one of the seaports Of Asia
Minor upon which a. Russian fleet
descended recently with disastrous
effect on the Turkish ships in it's har-
Dor, unquestionably would be one of
the most important trade centers OF
the Black Seas southern coast were it
not that the forest-clad mountains
hem 1t about SO closely as to make
access to the fertile plateau Of the in
terror most difficult" says war
geography bulletin issued by the Ma
tional Geographic society. Unfortun-
ately for this section of the Ottoman
possessions, the advantages of the two
rival ports of Sinope and Samsun are
not combined, for while the latter is
connected by an excellent road with
the rich Sivas valley, the Erzerum and
Angora regions, but has an unsafe
harbor, the former has the finest road
stead between Constantinople and
Batum, at the Eastern extremity of
the great inland sea.
"A movement was begun a quarter
Of a century ago to build a carriage
road from Sinope to Amada. but it
was never completed. Should the pro-
ject ever be carried out it is probable
that the seaport's present population
of 5000 Moslems and 1000 Christians
will be greatly augmented
There are two legends concerning
the founding Of sinope, one of which
attributes the city to Autolycus, a
companion of Hercules and one of the
argonauts, while the other bestows
the honor upon the Amazons. The
place was named, according to some
authorities, after the nymph Sinope,
a daughter OF the rivergod Asopus and
sister of Antiope, the latter famous In
Greek mythology as the mother Of the
twins Amphion and Zethus.
"Herodotus thought that the CHM
merians were the original colonists
but other historians have claimed that
the Milesians were earlier settlers.
"At the time Of the retreat Of the
5000 Greeks, immortalized in Keno
pron's 'Anabasis,' Sinope was a
fourishing city, On one occasion
Pericles sent 500 colonists here and
the port grew to such proportions that
1t began to send out colonies of its
own along the Euxlne coast. while its
navy became mistress Of the inland
sea as far west as the Cyanean rocks.
(These were the famous cliffs which,
mythology says, were wont to move
upon their bases, crushing all ships
that attempted to sail between. Ii
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
England's Two Millions.
(New Evening Evening Pos,

(New Evening Evening Post)
The present strength of the British
army in France is placed at two mill
hon men by the semi official Havas
News Agency. Publication of the
numbers is unquestionably intended to
placate that part of French opinion
which has been calling upon England
Tor greater effort. There has been
no serious attempt made to conceal
the fact that French resources have
begun to feel the strain Of mum bers,
eho IL mas been openly stated in the
ohalno ers that the English must take
over much larger portion Of the
front IMAM they have hitherto held.
but II Sir Douglas Haig has two mil
non men oehlnd him, the Implication
IS pain mat the unequal division Of
.he irolt between the Allies has not
oeen que to British reluctance or in
suniclency In numbers, but has been
part OF strategic plan. 70 speak
SIMPLY OF the fact that the British
still hold less than one-fourth Of the
western battle-line Is to overlook the
very important consideration that
mere extent of front Is a subsidiary
matter: British concentration along
their traction of the battleline has
compelleo similar concentration by
the Germans. If the British army
keeps one-half of the kaiser's forces
busy'lt matters little along how MANY
miles the eHort Is distributed
10 the Two million British troops
IN france we should probably add an
other nai1-m1llion for the forces In
the balkans' Egypt, Mesopotamia,
India and the beginning of the war
must no" De close to a million and a
half, with Probable permanent de-
duction OF one million. Add finally
the nome troops, the armies still In
the making, and the heavy drafts
That have gone into the navy. and we
are very close to the five million men
which was taken as the measure of
England's EFFORT some time ago. But
this still does not come up to the mag
nitude of Frances effort. That coun-
try has brought into the war one ont
of every six Of her population, or be-
tween six and seven million men. By
that reckoning the United Kingdom
should contribute eight million men.
with another million from the COL
onies II the war Is to be fought out
to the bitter end, a British army of
three million men in France is more
than likely. With such masses of
men may come new developments in
strategy. Heavy battles may be
fought simultaneously at more than
one focus of contact. Two battles of
the size Of the Somme going on at
the same time, at distance from
each other, might open the way for a
higher generalship than the mere
brute process of thrust and counter
thrust.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20
Always in the Sun.
portland Oregonian)

If we acquire possession of the
Danish West Indies. the United
States will be also to assert truthfully
as Great Britain has done for CEN
turtles, that the sun never sets on Its
territory. With our possession or the
Philippines and Porto Rico, we al
ready extend over alrr ost $50 degrees
Of longitude, which would bring the
dawn Of morning on the little island
Of Culebra only 1 minute and y and
2-10 seconds later than the begin
ming of twilight on the western shores
of the Philippines. This gap Is to be
closed by the acquisition of the island
of st. Croix, the easternmost as we'll
as the southernmost Of the Danish
islands, concerning which negotla-
tons are now pending. for the east
ern shores of st. CroiX extend some
80 miles farther east than the present
eastern limit The little islet of
Culebra is practically part of Porto
Rico.
Porto Rico and the Danish West In
dies are within a few degrees of the
same latitude. The length Of a de-
gree in that latitude is approximately
Sc miles. One degree makes differ
ence Of four minutes OF time, and by
adding SO miles in an easterly direc-
ton we add within fraction Of
second of two minutes and a half to
the period Of simultaneous daylight
under the Stars and Stripes. This
more than carries US over the ~
hour period, with more than g. minute
to spare. But night falls quickly in
the tropics once the sun has set, and
we need every second of the time to
make the measure good.
There is way in which we can
figure ourselves Into trif1e more of
American daytime, and that is by TAX
ing advantage Of our presumed SOW
ereignty over the waters to three
mile limit in their direction. This
would give us about a ninth of a de-
gree more or about 81 seconds. There
will then be nearly two minutes dur
ing which persons on board ship in
our Philippine waters and a company
m board another vessel off st. Croix
could see the sun at the same time
one as it sets in the west, the other
A. 1t rises in the east.
For ages Great Britain has been the
on,v nation that could boast that the
sun never set on its dominion. II tho
Danish senate takes the action pre-
dicted by those who know the situa-
ton In Denmark Americans will be
able to make the same boast.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-20

was the Argonauts who outwitted the
evil genius of these rocks by releasing
a pigeon which flew ahead Of the
Argo,' and after the bird had been
crushed and the rocks had begun to
swing back into vertical position
the vessel bearing the golden fleece
hunters dashed through unscathed.
Since that time the rocks have re-
manned fixed)
For many years Sinope was a pos
session of the Pontic kings, and 1t
was here that Mithradates Euergetes
was assassinated by his courtiers at g.
banquet. The murdered kings son,
Mithedates vi. Cthe Greatly was born
and reared here, and it was during his
ascendency that the seaport reached
its highest degree of prosperity. This
king built harbors on both sides Of the
narrow isthmus on which the city is
situated, erected arsenals, and con-
structed great reservoirs for the
pelamy's "a kind Of funny fish which
Sinopians.
After It's capture by the Roman
general Lucellus in 70 B. c. the city
was almost totally destroyed by ire,
and six years later the body OF Its
greatest benefactor (Mithradates V1o
was, by Pompey's orders, brought here
for interment in the royal mausoleum.
This inveterate but unsuccessful
enemy Of Rome, having failed in his
attempt to poison himself, finally in
duced a Gallo mercenary to kill him,
an example followed twenty-five years
later on the field Of Philippi by Brutus'
colleague, Cassius.
I'm the middle ages Sinope was sub
ject to Trebizond under the Greek
emperors, but in 1851 1t became q
part Of the Ottoman domain. During
the Crimean war Russian feeS bonn
barded the town and destroyed several
Turkish warships, anchored in the
harbor.
mo account of Sinope would be
complete without reference to the
citys most famous native son, Do
genes the Cynic.' he who spent his
days, lantern in hand, going about the
streets of Athens in search Of an
honest man. and who when asked by
Alexander the Great If there were
some boon the philosopher would like
granted, replied, Yes, you can step to
one side, so as not to stand between
me and the SUM-, a retort which, far
from angering the mighty soldier
evoked the praise, Were I not Alex
ander, I would be Diogenes.'