The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1917-05-31
Registration Day
Comes TUESDAY,
Boys Between Ages and 81 Must Register Registrars Depuzed
at Oakes to Take Absentees

By nine o'clock on the evening of
Tuesday, June 5th, something like ten
million men of the United States be
tween the ages of 81 and 80, and liable
to conscription to the. army of the
United States, will have registered for
military service, according to tele-
gram received by Sheriff w. D. Huff
man from Governor Frazier
Immediately upon receipt of the tel
egram the county committee was
formed, with Sheriff Huffman as chair
man, to be assisted by County Auditor
Misfeldt and Doctors Maercklein and
Lynde of Glendale, ]. P. Brastad of
Oakes, and H. R. Gundermann of
Monango. This committee is to have
charge of the registration of eligibles
only; and just how the work of pass
ing on exemptions will be handled is
not yet known. In the carrying out
of their work, Messrs. Huffman and
Misfeldt began the work Of appoint
ing precinct registrars Tuesday morn
ing, completing the work last night.
The precinct registrars appointed are
as follows:
Bear Creek, c. H. Roney; Clement,
S. P. Anderson; Yorktown, c. H.. Cur
tbs; Porter, Jos. Pazandak; Keystone,
G. L. Gesme; Merricourt, G. w. Sulli-
van; Whitestone, E. A. Colwen;
Spring Valley, Chas. Pfromer; Elm,
L. B. Anderson; Elden, VIM. Town
send; Ellendale, w. Fleming; Kentner,
H. E. Jury; Hudson, G. A. Grady; Port
Emma. ]. d. Root; Lowell. Earl
Stearns; Albion, John Michaelis; Ada,
John Wallace; Van Meter, w. w. Han
son; Kent, F. J. Higgs; Wright, G. A.
Montgomery; James River Valley, ].
Oscar Olson; Valley, Fred r. Hall;
Riverdale, T. B. Roberts; Albertha, T.
r. Shimmin; Grand Valley, w. H.
Haas; Lorraine. Norman Keyes; Pots
dam, Chris Gebhardt; Hamburg, John
Gebhardt, Jr.;a German, g. IF. Monta-
ney; Maple. C. G. Dickinson; Glendale
City-Ist ward. L. S. Jones; End ward,
F. M. Walton; 3rd ward, A. G. Will
son; Oakes City-1st ward, Alex. R.
Wright; End ward, DR.. J. A. Logan;
3rd ward, E. P. Stock.
1t will be the duty of these regis
trars to register the name of every
citizen in each precinct who is be-
tween the ages of 81 and 80, and the
matter of exemptions will be taken
up later. The registration is mere
ly intended as census. of those in
the country who are eligible, and the
failure of any person to comply with
the registration rules makes him Ii
able to arrest and imprisonment, with
out q fine alternative.
The registering is to take place at
the regular polling place in each pre-
cinct, and the registering office will
be open from a. m. to p. m. The
work is to be completed in this one
day, for haste is imperative. A sum-
mary of the county registration is to
be telegraphed by the sheriff to the
governor on the day following the
registration. The governor will sum-
marize the results of the state, and
telegraph the result to the Provost
Marshal, General at Washington. The
completed returns are also to be mail
ed to the office of the Provost Mar
shall General, as are the registration
cards. after copies of them have been
made.
Posters giving instructions >as to
how to answer the questions on the
registration cards will be posted in
each registering place. These instruc-
tions, which are printed herewith,
should be carefully read, to facilitate
registration:
I. Name in full. Age in years.
This means all your names spelled
out in full.
State your age today in years only.