The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-11-01
Will CONDUCT
TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE SCHOOL
Association of Commerce Will Take
Over Work for War Department
For This District.

On Tuesday forenoon DR.. H. r.
Brush, chairman of the Educational
Committee Of the State Council of De-
Tense, met with number Of our prom
inent men at the Association of Com
merce Offices and outlined the work
expected Of Minot in the matter of
conducting a telegraph, telephone
and lmemen school in this city for
drafted men who wish to enter the
Signal Service Corps of the United
States army for service in France
instead of taking up other army work.
Minot is to head a district composed
of the following counties: Ward,
Burke, Renville, Bottineau, McHenry
and Wells, and the Association of
Commerce general committee that
was appointed by Chairman Will f..
Holbeln OF the district are to devise
ways and means for the upkeep Of the
school for the next twenty-five weeks.
The government wants $4,000 tel
egraphers, telephone men and linemen
for the army, and has no fund that
can be used for training these men.
North Dakota's quota is 800 men, with
40 men for the Minot district. A meet
ing OF those interested was held sew
eral weeks ago, and all present felt
favorable towards the project, in fact,
felt that whatever the government
wanted them to do was right, and thai
they should sacrifice a great deal to
accommodate the government Mr..
A. r. McLane was appointed to see
all the telegraph operators in the city
and find out if they would give of
their time off to teach young men who
will attend this school. Without ex-
ception Mr.. McLane found that all
telegraph operators in the city would
be only to glad to give time for this
service. .
The railway companies, the COM
mercial telegraph companies and the
Northern States Power Company Of
fered to do all in their power for the
project. The meeting Tuesday set
tied the matter definitely, and the fol-
lowing assignments were made:
General Chairman-Will E. Holbein,
Secretary of the Association of Com
merce.
Secretary Treasurer - John w.
Goodman, Secretary of the State Nor
NAL School.
Chief of Instruction-A. F. McLane,
insurance man and veteran telegraph
operator.
Chairman of Finance Committee
J. F. Mcclure, Manager Northern
States Power Co. a
Commandant-A. S. Blakey.
The following gentlemen compose
the general committee that has got
ten behind this important matter and
will see it to a successful conclusion:
George Won Media, President Asso-
citation of Commerce.
A, F. McLane, Insurance.
D. A. Swenson, Ticket Agent, 500
Line Ry.
Will E. Holbein, Secretary Associa-
ton of Commerce.
II. J. Kielty, Manager 500 Line Tel
J. F. Mcclure, Manager Northern
States Power Co.
B, R. Cole, Manager, Western Union
Telegraph Company. .
Bruce Francis, Supt. Minot Public
Schools. w.
A. G. Steele, President State Nor
NAL School. ,4
John w. Goodman, Secretary State
Normal School.
w. c. McHugh, General Agent, G.
r. A. Mills, Wire Chief, Northern
States Power Co.
Geo Balch, Supt. of Construction,
Northern States Power GO.
Thos. Shier, Manager, Relay ofnce'
G.. N. Railway.
Fred Anderson, Ticket Agent, g.
j. G. r. Belanger, General Agent
Co T. inc Railway.
&C Cant. A, S. Blakey, former captain
III = l. Meservey, Chief Dispatcher
G. N. Railway. a r. NJ poll
C. f. Mclaughlin, Supp, W. ~ i~'ii-
Men subject to draft between the
.ges Of is and 81 years, with a gooo
e ~ school education, will be Ell.
r;hla 10 entering this school. Iultlo1
E free but all applicants must pay
tbair own board and room, and otnel
u. EXPENSES. Everything else
E furnished. DR.. A. G. Steele OF the
Hor1na1 and Prof. Bruce Francls, o.
tho public Schools will see to it tha1
the students at this school have tn 1N
tachnica1 training necessary. a.
McT,ane and the other telegraph oP
arators of the city, will see to the tel
eoranh end of the course, while Oht
Northern States Power Co. will SCI sex
tn teaching the men the practlca
th;nrs in telephone and line work. A.
s+ated Mr.. McLane will have actlVe
charoe of the telegraph school, ant
will see that all students have al
The Signal Sorps is one Of thE
most popular branches Of the army y
and Il is expected that within weel
the fifty men for the school will b
The telegraph school proper will b.
conducted in the assembly room {. 9
the Association Of Commerce, whll'
the military training will likely o