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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
ALL RACES HELP
IN "A MANS MAN"
Difficult Task to Get 5000 Soldiers
for Great PhOtOplay.

The selection of the five thousand
soldiers who are used in "A Mans
Man." the sensational 100000 photo
drama featuring Warren Kerrigan,
which will be shown at the Lyceum
Theatre Friday and Saturday Of this
week, was no easy task for Oscar APP
fel, who directed the production.
"a Mans Man" is an adaptation
Of Peter B. Kyne's popular novel and
the scenes are laid in Central Amer
lea, with a revolution as one of the
principal features.
In the selection Of the soldiers none
but dark complexioned races would do.
Los Angeles and it's immediate vicin.
ity was literally comoed to secure
dark soldiers. All the available Mex
leans, Hindus, Italians, Portuguese
and other dark types were secured for
the revolution scenes. An interpreter
had to be secured for each race, and
Director APPEL had hard time get
ting his orders executed in staging
the scenes where the soldiers stormed
the executive palace.
When at times Director APPEL grew
angry and shouted somewhat rudely
at his army for not obeying orders,
considerable time elapsed before the
soldiers, through their respective in
terpreters, were acquainted with the
Fact. By this time the antics of his
army would generally have Director
APPEL in good humor. Upon being
told by the Interpreters several times
that the "chief was very angry with
them," and then looking up and each
time finding him laughing, one dark
soldier said what was later translated
to the fact that "the chief was very
much hot air."
"a Mans Man" is the initial offer
ing of the newly launched Paralta
Company, which is overlooking no
care or expense in producing the best
pictures in the field.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
5000 MONTHLY FOR RED CROSS
Campaign to Start in MinOt Soon to
Raise Large Monthly Sum for the
Boys Who Are Fighting for Us.

Arrangements are being made by
The Minot Red Cross Chapter to Sc
cure sufficient funds to insure
monthly income of at least $1,000 dur
ing the period of the war. This mon
ay will be used to purchase the raw
material from which the many articles
supplied by the Red Cross society will
be made. The work of making these
articles is purely voluntary but the
Chapter must provide some means of
securing funds to purchase additional
supplies of raw material from time to
time as their needs require. The Mi
not Town Criers Club at a special
meeting held Tuesday afternoon ap-
pointed a committee on publicity
whose duty it will be to prepare copy
for advertisements which will appear
in the local papers informing the unb-
lie regarding the particulars of the
big drive for pledges which will &C.
cur on Lincoln's birthday-Febru
u. The Minot Chapter of the Red
Cross holds the record for the state
of North Dakota in the amount of
goods shipped to headquarters. The
report for the present month shows
that material to the value OF nearly
$4,000 was made up during the month
and it is altogether probable that dur
ing the coming months the demand
will be still greater. There should
be no let up in this splendid work, and
as the women folks are doing practi-
cally all the work in preparing the
material it is up to the men of this
community especially to see that they
lack no supplies. Let everyone agi-
cate the question and do everything in
his power to assist the committee
IN securing pledges of support. When
one takes into consideration the fact
that we are living here in perfect Sc
curity and affluence while the "boys"
stationed at the various environments
and "over in France" are undergoing
hardships and exposure in order that
our country may be safe from the
barbara Huns, it is very little, indeed,
co require of us that we merely fore
30 passing pleasure or luxury and
contribute to the American Red Cross
society which is doing SO much for
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
WiIliston Farmers Will Irrigate

Williston farmers have organized a
company and hope to take over the
reclamation service from the govern
ment in the spring. Some ten years
ago big irrigation system was install
led near Williston and for two years
the farmers used the water but found
the expense so great that they did not
feel justified in continuing the service,
Since than the plant has been idle. The
farmers have again taken the matter
up with the government and have re.
ceive concessions which they hope will
enable them to use the water for irri-
cation purposes at profit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
MINOT And VICINITY

Minot Shriners are contemplating
holding Red Cross benefit ball some
time during the present season.
The Eastern Star will give one of
their pleasant dancing parties at the
Masonic Temple Friday night.
C. E. Smith of Bentley, Alta, who
has been visiting relatives here, left
Saturday for st. Paul.
The annual convention of the North
Dakota Society Of Equity will be held
at Valley City Feb. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Jevnager re-
turned Friday from visit with rela-
tives at Tasker.
Claude Mcintyre, Donnybrook's the
atrical magnate, was visitor to the
city Wednesday.
G. H. DAZZLE of Minneapolis has
bought the Erickson barber shop in
this city.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

Miss Ruth Larson, adughter of Mrs.
T. Larson, who was employed at the
Shirley grocery store as cashier for
years, is now attending the Minneap-
oils School of Business. She is pro-
crossing with her work nicely and ex-
poets to return to Minot when she
completes the course.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Tempting Natives to Work.

Tempting natives Of British New
Guinea to work was a process which
was explained during the hearing OF
case in London recently. A man who
has lived many years there said that
he had solved very difficult labor
problem in New Guinea. The men
could not be tempted to work for
money, and he hit upon the idea Of Of
fering them beads, gaudy cloths, dogs
teeth and musical instruments. To get
these they worked for twelvemonth
and then induced others to do likewise.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
TAPS Sounded for Underwood's First
Soldier.

Ira Solenberger died at Camp Pike,
Ark, from cerebro spinal meningitis.
The body of the young soldier was
brot back to the old home, Underwood,
N. d., for burial. He left for the
camp last September and his was the
first death among soldiers from Nc
Lean county. Ira was the youngest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. N. w. Solenberp-
er, old time residents of Mclean coun-
ty. He is survived by his parents and
two brothers, Hugh Of Mclaughlin. s..
D., and Harry from near Douglas, N.
D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
BARRIERS Union Organized.

The Minot BARRIERS Union was or
ganized last night with the following
officers:
Frank Erickson, president.
Elmer Howard, secretary-treasurer.
Mr.. McGillon, vice president.
There are % members and every
shop in Minot will be unionized.
Shaves will soon be increased to rs
cents and hair cuts to SO cents.
l.. O. Gilmore, organizer for the
American Federation of Labor, as
sisted the BARRIERS with their organiza-
ton work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

First Step in County Seed and Feed
Ward county commissioners have
sent out to the farmers of the county
post cards to be returned to them, CIV.
ing information as to the. number OF
acres of the various kinds of grain
they expect to SOW this season, with
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

Kemper Returns From Kentucky.
Harry H. Kemper has returned from
Frankfort, KY, where he spent the
past year and he will remain here
until after the Kemper VS.. Ehr case is
tried in district court.
Mr.. Kemper was just recovering
from an operation when he left Minot
but he has completely recovered.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

the number of bushels of seed on
hand and the number Of bushels Of
seed they have to SELL. There is also
column to indicate the number Of
bushels of the various kinds of seed
which they hope to get through the
assistance of the county funds, set
aside for that purpose, by the $250,0O0
bond issue.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Great Motion picture Play.

That great motion picture play,
"The Whip" will be presented at the
Hippodrome two days, beginning Fri
day, Feb. 8. Many local play goers
may have seen the stage production
of this great play.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

had discovered the secret Of driving
an engine with natural power, was
called to Washington, D. c., by the
government, and left this afternoon.
Mrs. Holt was furnished round trip
transportation and took with her the
drawings and models belonging to her
father.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31

our soldier boys. Practically every
soldier who writes home praises the
benefcent work of the Red Cross. Let
us be prepared when the time comes
for pledging our support to set aside
such amount as we can afford to give
each month for the support of this
splendid work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Cold Weather

North Dakota is experiencing some
real winter weather this week. The
thermometer Saturday morning regis
tered 81 below zero, Monday 26 below
and Tuesday 80 below. The trains
have been late and Monday No. 2 on
the G. N. was annuled. The Bismarck
Minot trains We're annuled that day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Trapping Pays Well

J. P. johnson of this city spent a
couple of weeks at his farm near
Douglas recently and while there he
trapped nuskrats, which paid him
well. He secured the hides of 300
muskrats, selling them at an average
of SO cents each. P. A. Lindgren from
the same locality trapped 200 musk
ats
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Emil A. Butenschoen Surnrise.

Emil A. Butenschoen Surprised.
About thirty relatives and friends of
Mr.. Emil Butenschoen gaze him
surprise on his birthday the 9th Of
January. The ladies all brot we'll
filled baskets with very nice supper
included. The evening was spent in
card playing, music fortune telling,
ETC., and everyone enjoyed them
selves.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
Hoffman's Daughter, From Minot,
Called to Washington.

Mrs. Marvin Holt, Of this city,
daughter of ]. H. Hoffman, who was
arrested at Washington, D. c., trying
to convince the government that he
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-31
FOR UNIVERSAL DRILL
National Army at Camp Grant
Favors Measure.
Vote 4,601 to 1886 for the Military
Training Of All Boys Of
Nineteen.

Rockford Ill.-The Eighty-sixth d.
vision of the National army emphat-
ically advocates universal military
training for young men. BY the "di-
vision" is meant not it's officers but
its enlisted men-its privates, SER
geants, and cOrporals-men taken from
civil life in the last three months I'M
der the selective service act.
The first sergeants Of 35 companies
and batteries have polled their men
on the question and have reported the
results.
The question asked was:
do you think all young men should
have at least six months military
training when they reach nineteen
years Of ageT
The return cards show these totals:
Number Of men favorable, 4,6O1.
Number Of men opposed, 1875.
One side of the card was left blank
for further information or remarks"
What was written there showed the
reasons for the vote. The emphasis
was about equally divided between the
benefits to the men receiving the train
Ing and the protection of the nation.
The geographical source Of the unit
whether it came from the cOngested
areas of Chicago or the open hills Of
Wisconsin-seemed to make no diff
terence. !
The question was put before the
men on it's own merits and without
argument.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
:. !. : ********a
OVERLAND DEALERS !
MEET HERE TO :!
CLOSE CONTRACTS !;


Olympia being the central point
for this section. Overland dealers
from Aberdeen, Oakville and Shell
ton gathered at the garage cf the
local Overhead representatives. the
Bronson Motor Car company,
Wednesday. and conferred with A.
r. Theisen, branch manager at Seat
tie, and John w. Widrin, Wholesale
manager for this district, cl0siag
their contracts for the coming year.
w. e. Bronson, proprietor OF the
local agency, said that the meeting
probably would become an annual
affair. Messrs. Theisen and Widrin
leave for the Overland factory. n
Toledo, Ohio, the last of the week.
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CALL SPECIAL ELECTION.
Continued from Page One)

inequalities, but will give the farmers
first-class road over which they can
transport their products to Camp
Lewis and it's big market in all kinds
of weather.
Maintenance Expense Increasing.
1.-THE traffic over the road is grow
ing steadily. The expense Of main
tanning the unpaved part of the road
is constantly increasing. If only a
part of the road is paved it means a
tie up each year when improvements
are being made, and the old Nisqaul-
ly hill road will have to be used dur
ing the tie up. No part of the paved
road can be used during these periods
and the money spent for paving will
be of no use use to the users of the
highway while these tie ups are in
effect. There is absolutely no way of
making detours on the st. Clair por-
ton of the road.
at is admitted by everyone that
this pavement must be put down
within the next three years. Every
person who has Investigated the mat
ter Is agreed upon this. The best plan
is to do the work now, have It COM
pleted when the new bridge is ready
for use and then Thurston county
will have made a substantial contri-
button toward increasing the eff
cheney of the Camp Lewis army post
as well as having helped every resi-
dent ,of Thurston county. On Feb
ruary 10. the date set for the special
election, there should be very few
votes cast against this proposition.
The verdict should be overwhelming
ly in favor of the 100000 bond
ISSUE"
Dodge Also Urges Approval.
Commissioner T. Ives Dodge also
issued statement calling upon the
voters of the county to approve the
bond issue, declaring that. in his
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
SAYS TALK Of GASOLINE
SHORTAGE IS HARMFUL
Passenger Auto Is q National Econ
omy As Well a. Great Utility.
Manufacturer Says.

Business men seriously interested
in the governments efforts to- pre-
serve public confidence and stimulate
a more general feeling of optimism.
have no sympathy for gasoline
shortage" alarmists.
An official of Dodge Brothers, De-
troit motor car manufacturers. re-
Gently expressed this idea when he
said:
1.-THE automobile owners all over
the country, ! believe, are responding
to the spirit of conservation. They
are taking more and more Of their
purchases home from the stores, thus
relieving the retail delivery services
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
Public Library Reports.

The Thurston county public library
bought 823 new books during 1917
and loaned 24,655 volumes from the
of the librarian. Miss Sattherthwaite,
and the board, shows. The total in
come was reported at $4429.76.
this city are maintained at Tenino.
Yelm. Rochester and Little Rock
After hearing the report, the city
council Tuesday night adopted res
olution commencing the librarian
and the board on their conduct of the
institution.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18

judgment, 1.-The best opportunity we
will ever have to complete the hard
surfacing of the main highway of
Thurston county is at hand. 10
"It will take until next October at
least" he continued, ito complete the
new bridge over the Nisquallyerive
for which the contract was let this
week by the state and Thurston and
Pierce counties, and the commission
ers have decided that this is the op-
perfume time to complete the paving
of the highway, so that all could be
thrown open at the same time"
Dodge also pointed out that unless
the bond issue is authorized. the
county could not take advantage of
the $4,000 offered by the govern
ment. "The federal money cannot
be used for any other highway in
Thurston county" he said. "anf I'M
less the people nail this opportunity
the funds will 60 somewhere elSG. and
Thurston will lose more than Is per
cent Of what the paving would cost.
Necessary as this improvement
is" he continued, "the commission
ers, after counting the county's cash.
decided that the improvement could
not be considered for one moment
without bonding. The bonds Will be
issued for 10 years, and 10000 and
the accrued interest will be paid on
each year. That means a 1-mill levy
for the first year and less each sue
ceeding year, as the interest is re-
duced by the payments on the prin-
cipal.
Highway Commissioners Friendly.
1.-THE completion Of this paving ia
absolutely essential. That highway
connects our county with the great
est market in Western Washington
Camp Lewis. If the people let this
chance slip 1t may be years before
they have another one. We are very
fortunate in having state highway
commissioner, James Allen, who is
friendly to the county's highways. II
we let this 60 now, It might be that
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
If thousands of huge burden each

of thousands of huge burden each
month.
THUS the passenger automobile is
playing its part in conserving the ma
tons resources. 1t is releasing men
for other duties. 1t is taking some
Of the burden from the railroads, the
interurban trolley systems and city
street railways.
"The passenger automobile is ma
tional economy. as well IS being a
utility Of the first order. The gaso-
line it consumes is more than COM
pensated for in the labor, the time
and the coal 1t actually saves"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
Lewis and Kotick Supervisors.

John Lewis and Frank Kotick were
elected supervisors of the Black
River drainage district, at the special
election last week. The call for bids
will be issued inside of the next two
weeks, it is expected, and the con-
tract let so the work can be started
before the end of next month.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18
we would have in the future q COM

we would have in the future q COM
missioner not SO friendly.
This seems to me to be the psy-
Geological moment. All parts Of the
county will benefit by issuing these
bonds, for that highway has got to
be paved in one way or another, and
If we take the money from the road
and bridge fund every year, all the
other districts will suffer, for we
won't have any money to spend on
their roads,"
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~. f~s's 49, = si.r7s1 ~ =. =
City. Employees Get "Raiss.s

Ivy, AsAsAk'AOS1O 49, SAsVl18
City Engineer Wood, Chief Of Po-
lice Cusack and Fire Chief Barnes III
got raise and the employees Of
these departments and the city water
department as well, ct the cornell
meeting Tuesday evening. while the
council also instructed IT. committee
to figure out plan whereby the city
clerk and and treasurer could be-
given higher salaries.
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WEST rHILNDELrHIA

BEIMAR TERRACE HOMES. 57th to 5sth
st.-s26oo. splendid location: SIS monthly
bath: all convcn iences: sample hous" omen
every dav: handy to Rcminrton. Westlrg-
house and Hog Island plants: inspect while
they last: ! corner house at S31Oo: end
house AZ $500. L. II. APSLEY, 5Sth and
Springfield ave.
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LoGAN-5132 N. Hutchinson st-2-sty.,
bedtms:. twin 25-tt. front: will cell right
TO QUICK buyer on easy terms; inspection In
v!ted 45s4 N. 18TH st. bedrrs.. alright.
Gehlhaus Dallas 47Oe n. Broad. wyo sTi
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MERTON

New houses SO 500 and up. o. Merton ana
the station; :.old II week; ! FOR N2. 500
JAMES r. SCOTT, phone Mer!on 500.
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PHOIOPLAYs

oANAV IQDAY-LAer TINES
MARY plCkFORD
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FOR RENT-FURNISHED
WEST PHILADELPHIA

Av.. 532l-Furn. 2-sty house:
3 bedrms.: southern expos. large, cool
porch with awnings: large yard. W'd. 2n22.
PRIVATE FURNISHED HOUSE W. Phila.,
central location; June ] to Sept lO adults
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29
OLD GOLD

OLD gold, silver. platinum. plated ware. OLD
stylr jewelry. teeth plates bought FOR casn.
CASH PAID for old gold, silver antique
clocks Rogers. 45 s. nth st. Locust l2ls.
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FOR SALE
BARy coach. Blo.f made lat. 1918 mod: re-
versible gear: spec. SIG 80: value $50: com.
BILLIARD AND POCKET TABLES, new
and secondhand bowling alleys and sup
plies, monographs and auto tires. BruNs-
observation-disclosures Co. 1902 Arch ct.
BILLIARD. pool. connb'tn. 2d.hand bought.
cold. rented. exc: keafer. 500 Grad ave.
DIcTA9sHoNE,, colYma oY,h! somp; csn, With
OFFICE FURNITURE
Large line desks. safes, files. cabinets and
general Office furniture, store fixtures.
We Buy, Sell and Exchange
PATTEN FURNITURE CO.
LOCUST 1910 1927 ARCH 81: RACE esoe.
SAFES. f-epro9f.. also With thin walls: clos
Ing OIL. go sl!shtly used hars: Y y. Fen.tn.
WAX BAGS paper drinking cups. tooth
picks, envelopes. Ezra Levinson. 90 S. bth.
sii5--LADY's TIFFANY diamond ensa asement
ring. set in platinum. weighing about
RIEpER's LOAN OFFICE. 12s Market 81:
LARGE ROLLER COASTER and large pa
vi!on: about So 900 feet of lumber used:
price 5000; also large engine, boiler ana
siio-GENTs s:stone diamond ring; pure
R1EpER's T9sE sA'Io LOAN OFFICE. las Marke. st.
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LAUREL SFR1NGS--Gien and Locust aves. :
- story frame: cleo, gas; lot 1Hoxlh0'
poul, house l2x2i: conv. to train and troll. :
$500 Barrick. 1911 Chestnut Walnut ss0S.
MALAGA. N. J.
old-fashioned house. rooms. good condi-
tion: acres: old shade. State road IN vii
lage: price $500
- MISS LEX SMITH. Owner.
PlTMAN-.Modnrn bungalows and fine dwell
ings. all city conveniences: some with ga
RACES. GRISCoM. 21OO Catharine st.. Phila.
BUY LOTS NOw-BrII.D LATER
L1PPlNCOTT LOTS AND HOMES
HADDON HEIGHTS. n. ].
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FOR SALE

NEW and secondhand bicycles: ti.es $40
up Andrew +. Birchett sos 3. 22d.
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HORSES

FOR sALE-;saddle horse. 4 years old. bay
woman: we'll trained, strong up to and car
rying over 1s5 pounds; winner OF third prize
Phila Indoor Show. 1918 p 41s. Ledger
Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29

9fPlsT wanted; experience in stenography
not required. The Moore & White Com
oany. 18th at. and Lehigh ave.
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1IAEKEEPER for general clerical work on
Ledger Central.
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PRINTING

SAMPLES OF ENVELOPES: CARDS. LET
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PROMPTLY AND INTELIIGENTLY HAN
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