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COURSES Of STUDY
OUTLINED FOR YEAR
COMMERCIAL, COLLEGE AND
GENERAL COURSES OF STUDY
OUTLINED FOR YEAR

The following courses Of study have
been arranged for the Senior High
School. Pupils will select their Course
and then follow the subjects recon-
mended in that Course. A Normal
Course is in preparation and will
probably be ready by the opening Of
school. Arrangements will be made
concerning it in the convocation Mon
day morning:
COLLEGE COURSE
Freshman Year
*English l.
*Algebra. ...
*General Science.
Sophomore Year
*English II.
*Geometry.
*Latin II.
*Ancient History.
Junior Year
*English III.
Latin II. or French l.
*Americar History.
*Civics.
Biology.
Higher Algebra Offered l91a-1S).
Solid Geometry (offered l9lS-19).
Physics (offered 1918-19(.
Chemistry Offered 1919-20).
Modern History.
Psychology.
H. S. Grammar.
H. S. Arithmetic.
Manual Training.
Cooking.
Sewing.
Senior Year
*English Nv.
*Latin w. or French II.
*Economics. .....-
Physics. (offered 1918-19l9).
Chemistry. (offered 1919-1920).
Higher Algebra (ofered 1918-19).
Solid Geometry (offered 1918-19).
H. S. Grammar.
H. S. Arithmetic.
Biology.
Psychology.
Cooking.
Sewing.
MAnU8l xE8lHlIlks
NOTE: Subjects marked 4, are
required subjects. One unit Of Science
other than General Science must be
taken during the Junior or Senior
year.
COMMERCIAL COURSE
Freshman
*English I.
*Algebra.
*General Science.
Elective
Sophomore
*English II.
*Commercial Geography h.
*Commercial Arithmetic k.
Science1 unit.
Elective I. .-=
Junior
*English III. s..a -..
*Typewriting and Shorthand l.
bookkeeping l.
*American History II.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
Willist0n Lad
Lo0ses Leg

Mrs. M. S. Howe received a letter
from his son Lester who left here last
year with Company E. stating that
he had lost one of his legs during the
present drive on the American front.
Lester who is but twenty years of
age will return to his home here as
soon as he is able to travel.
This brings to US again what our
brave sons are going through over
there that we may live in peace and
happiness and enjoy freedom and de-
mocracy.
Below is a copy of Lester's letter
which was written to his Mother here:
Somewhere in France, July %.
Dear Mother:
l am going to write a line or two
to-day. How is everything at home
this summer? Well you can look for
me home in a few weeks. have lost
a leg by German bullet. Hope to
be around before very long. Am in
a French hospital now. They sure
treat a person fine here. Well there
isn't room for much writing so will
stop for this time. Good bye.
Lester E. Howe.
Co. H. 26th U. s. Inf.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
y To Camp Grant
On September 6

twenty-five men will entrain here
on September 9Th for Camp Grant at
Rock Island, Ill. This is the first
large call to be received by the local
draft board for September. Four boys
who give their addresses as Willis
ton leave with this call. Those that
leave on the above date are as fol-
lows: ..
Roy w. Habein, Ray; Henry Maxim,
Brainerd, Minn.; John Lene, Hamlet;
Otis Anderson, Epping; Karl E. Olson,
Williston; Carl Sletten, Grenora; Ar
thur johnson, Wheelock; Geo. Strand,
Benson, Minn.; John Ebensteiner,
Brooten; Harold Hicks, Espler, Minn.;
Laurence Nelson, Williston; Wilhelm
Strand, Williston; Edward Hagen,
Marmon; Edward Kiffe, Mankato,
Mimi; Theodore Larson, Temple;
George Hayden, Williston; Mathews
Hickle, Ray; Albert Koolmo, Tioea;
Oscar Bakken, Tio9a: Martin Tofte,
Spring Brook; Carl Formo. Dalton,
Mimi; Tosten Shillehaug, Saskatoon,
Canada; Leonard Bean, Wheelock;
Frank Roberts, Hanks.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
GERMAN FRONT IN SOUTHERN
P|CARDY BREAKS AS R0YE FALLS
OVER THIRTY VILLAGES TAKEN FROM THE ENEMY-BRITISH
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE BUT MEET WITH FIERCE RE.
SISTANCE BAPAUME

German forces in Southern Picardy
are retreating over a wide front.
After the capture of Roye by the
French yesterday, the German front
has crumbled. The lines which have
held back the French and British for
the last two weeks are giving way
and today's official reports show the
French on all lines less than three
miles west of the Somme river and
canal.
Thirty villages have been captured
by the French in the advance which
was started early Tuesday morning.
Chaulnes, the center of the German
line between Roye and the Somme
river, as it flows west through the
battlefield, has been captured and
many other vital points have been
taken from the retiring enemy.
While the French have been smash
ing the enemy's front along tho
Chaulnes-R -Roye line, the British have
swung forward in the sector east Of
Arras. North of the Arras-C -Cambrai
road, they have reached the outskirts
of the villages of Haucourt, Remy
and Boiry Notre Dame, about mile
east of the positions where they were
known to be yesterday and we'll east
of the Hindenburg line. South of
the Somme the British have taken
Foucaucourt, while north of the river
they have gained nearly all of Trones
wood.
In the Flanders area the British
have advanced their line over front
of four miles astride the Neuf Ber-
quin road. This is the area from
which the Germans have been retir-
ing for the last three weeks.
Dispatches from the Far East tell
of the Allies successes against the
Bolsheviki forces.
The battle in Picardy and Artois
continues with undimished violence
Allied troops, particularly on the nor
thern and southern wings of the e.
mile line from north of the Scarpe
to south of Roye, are pressing the
Germans steadily eastward.
Every means known to modern war
fare is being used by the enemy to
stay the onrush of the British and
French, but the allied machine moves
on. Heavy reinforcements have been
thrown into the fray by the Germans,
mostly in the center around Bapaume.
The one desire of the enemy appears
to be to find line where he can
stand long enough to make an order
ly retirement.
Marshal Foch, however, is giving
the enemy no rest. There is no letup
in the allied pressure, and each day
the active fighting front is being ex-
tended on the north and south. Each
extension is marked by further gains,
adding to the peril of the enemy CEN
ter, which fights desperately to pre-
vent the British from breaking thru
Through Hindenburg Line
On the north astride the Scarpe
the British have broken through the
Hindenburg line on front of ten
miles or more and continue their
push after an advance of three miles
Tuesday. They have reached Wis
en-Artois, in the rear of the Hinden-
burg lines, and have broken through,
or almost reached the reserve line
known as the Queant-Drocourt switch
line.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
Is Men Registered
Last Saturday


Fifteen young men who had be-
come twentyone years of age since
June 9Th. registered here in Williams
county last Saturday. Questionnaires
are being mailed to those that regis
tered this week by the local draft
board. Those that registered in the
county are as follows:
Robert Walker, Williston; Abvord
Mathson, Williston; Lester Tussline,
Trenton; Henry Sutherland, Willis
ton; Ernest Milito, Williston; Edwin
Delaney, Williston; Oscar c. Bvoke,
Bonetraill; Clifford Menus, Bonetraill;
John Vermedahl, Hanks; Friedrich
Kaltzel, Bonetraill; Leon Wheeler,
Grenora; Lucas Jacobson, Bonetrai11;
Louis Gilking, Tioga; Sever Breckey-
Tioga; Hans Engen, Temple.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
Hdyle Receives
Letter From SkOvhOlt

A very interesting letter was re-
Sceived by Sam Hyde this week from
1t. H. T. Skovholt, NJ. r. c., written
from a base hospital somew-here-in
France. Rr. Skovholt left here this
spring and has been in active service
at the front for several months. He
mas been stationed in close to the
front line dressing station and saw
most OF the great drive that the
Americans recently made. He was
wounded in the left shoulder but ex-
poets to be back into active service
soon.
France, Aug. 4, 1918.
Dear Friend Hyde:
Since last l wrote you | have been
through the hottest part of the awful
battle that has been raging on this
western front. Can't describe it. Can
only say that it's all that General
Sherman ever claimed for war. l
am truly thankful to God for being
still alive
Very few last long in battles like
these. Am glad to say that we. have
been getting the best of the Germans
and turned their offensive into re-
treat.
l was wounded in my left shoulder
the morning of the 9th of July. The
wound | got is quite large but is not
q bad one owing to its location.
will have no permanent bad results
in any way. Hope to be good as ever
in few weeks. l am up and around
nearly all the time. l do not know "
how long it will be before l am back
in the line again. l may be reas-
signed so please make my address to
this hospital.
Yours,
Skovholt.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
IRRIGATION ELECTION
TUESDAY,, sept. 3RD
VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALL
VOTE WILLISTON NEEDS
THE PROJECT

Perhaps the most critical period
in the history of the Reclamation Ser
vice in this section, and of the Will
liston Project in particular, will close
next Tuesday, September 3rd. On
that day an election will be held to
authorize the irrigation district offi-
GERS to execute. contract with the
Secretary of the Interior.
The details of the contract have
been worked out during the summer
and have been advertised during the
last three weeks. Copies of the con-
tract will be at the polls and are also
subject to inspection at the Reclama-
tion office or at the Office of the irri-
cation district secretary at the Safe
Experiment Farm. The Secretary Of
the Interior has granted everything
asked by the directors of the Water
Users Association and the irrigation
district board, among which are:
The first announced construction
cost to remain in effect and no pay
ment to be required upon the same
until the sixth year following begin
ming of irrigation operations;
Irrigation of the project to be con-
Quoted on an operation and mainten-
ance basis for perior of five years,
the first operation and maintenance
payment of $1.OO per irrigable acre
not to be required until March l, 1920;
Any profits on commercial power
contract with the City of Williston
to be applied to reduce irrigation op-
GRAFTON costs.
1t is generally known that these
terms mean the charging off Of a
large item of construction cost and
of past due operation and maintenance
costs. For a time it was thought
that the Secretary of the Interior
could not authorize that profits on
the power contract be applied to fe-
duce irrigation operation costs, but
he has done so. The further conces-
sion of 500 charge for the first year
for irrigation water and that not to
be payable until March l, 1920, is an
important one and granted by the
Secretary in the knowledge Of crop
failures due to rust and drought, Civ
ing the water users an opportunity
to make their first payment out Of
the irrigated crop.
How the Vote May Stand
The vote in April was nearly three
to one in favor of the formation of
an irrigation district and now that
all of the formalities of organization
have been passed and q satisfactory
contract submitted, it is believed that
an even larger majority will vote to
authorize the contract.
The Last Chance
There is no doubt that this may be
the last step on the part of the Gov
ernment to give the people a chance
to save the project and that if the
contract is not authorized the work
will be abandoned and the plant and
equipment sold. The principal items
of the Buford project have already
been sold and shipped away.
Remember the election date-Tues-
day, September 3rd. The polling
places are Odd Fellows Hall for Divi-
sion l, the Lyon and Sorenson Farm
for Division 2, the Palmer School
House for Division 3. Polls open from
1 P. M. to $3.50 P. M.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
SENATE PASSES on
new DRAFT BILL
ALL EFFORTS TO CHANGE AGES
OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
YEAR CLASSES FAIL

Washington, Aug. 21. The. mar
power bill bringing within the army
draft all men from 1S to 45 years old
was passed late today by the senate
with a modified work or fight clause
An amendment by Senator Sterling
Of South Dakota, providing that men
below 10 should not be called upon
except for training, also was voted
down viva voce. ...
All efforts to change the age limits
or to direct separate classiications
of youths under 21 failed, and the
measure now goes to conference be-
tween the house and senate with no
differences for serious controversy ex-
cept the work or fight provision.
The senate was recorded unani-
mously for the bill. Senator Gore of
Oklahoma, who case the only mega
tive vote on the roll call, withdrew
it and was excused from voting.
Final Vote Applauded
The final vote in the senate. was
recorded among unchecked applause
from the galleries filled with specta~
tors, who attended today's session to
witness final congressional action on
the measure that will add approx
mate 100000 men to the potential
military strength of the nation.
In conference the differences in the
drafts of the bill as passed today by
the senate and as enacted Saturday
bv the house by a vote of 1886 to 2,
are expected to be compromised
speedily, and the bill in its final form
transmitted to President Wilson for
his signature late this week. Prepara-
tions being made by Provost Marshal
General Crowder to carry out the
provisions of the measure are expect
ed to insure the registration of all
men within the ages of 18 and 81,
and 81 and As, within a week or ten
davs after the president attaches his
signature. I
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
White House Hotel
Changes Hands

A transaction took place during the
last week by which Mrs. Amanda
Stahl became owner of the White
House Hotel of this city. Mrs. Stahl
purchased the property from P. H.
Corcoran who fitted up and started
the hotel last year. Mrs. Stahl viii!
endeavor to conduct the management
of the hotel in the same high class
manner as it was run formerly.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
Mexico Is Sorry

Nogale, Ariz., Aug. 28.-Regret
for yesterdays clash between Mexi-
can and American soldiers were ex-
pressed by General Elias Gales, nil
itary governor of Sonora, TO. Brig.
Gen. Derosey Cabell, in a telegram
received from Gen. Gales early TO-
day. Gen. Gales stated he had been
ordered to proceed to the border by
Pres. Carranza to express these re-
grets personally. He is scheduled to
arrive here this morning. General
Cabell arrived at a. m, from Doug
las. The conference is to be held in
Nogales, Ariz., today. -
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Everything is practically in readi-
ness for the opening of school Mon
day morning, September End. The
buildings have been put in excellent
shape and all indications favor a sue.
cessful school year.
Pupils will report to their grades
of last year and from there will be
formally promoted to their advanced
grades. Pupils who have been pro.
NOTED from the sixth grade to the
Junior High School will report to thu
Junior High School without first re-
porting to their former grades. Pupil.
of the Senior and Junior High Schoo
will assemble in the Gymnasium Al
9 o'clock for general convocatio,
where the announcements pertaining
to their work will be made. The facult,
for the coming year is as follows:
Clarence E. Blume, Williston, Su
perintendent.
Miriam Davies, Sioux Pass, Mon
tana, Secretary to the Superintendent
Laura G. Cooper, Casseltin, N. D..
Supervisor Music and Art.
Senior High School
Elizabeth Gill, Williston, Principal.
H. K. Brown, Salem, Va, Science.
Agnes Tennison, Monticello, Minn.,
Latin.
History.
Mary Bullock, Milwaukee, Wis.,,
Selma Braem, Alma, Wis.,, Com
mercial.
Blanche Tennison, Monticello, Minn.,
English.
Lucy Torson, Moorhead, Minn., Do
mestic Science.
Mrs. Gertrude Winterfeld, Mime.
apolis, Minn., Mathematics.
Pearl Kaufman, Ladysmith, Wis,
French, English, etc.
George A. Rye, Aurora, Minn., Mar
ual Training.
Junior High School
E. Kareen Swenson, Fairmount,
Minn., Principal. Grammar, Reading.
Nell Davidson, Williston, Arithmetic
Helga Peterson, Williston, History,
Geography.
Central School ...
Adelaide Gallagher, Benson, Minn.,
First Grade.
Edith Tillsoth, Moorhead, Minn.,
First Grade.
Della Hardin, Breckenridge, Minn.,
Second Grade.
Clarice Pfund, Ada, Mimi, Second
Grade, Principal.
Viola Lawson, Fairmount, N. D.,
Third Grade. g.
Clara Folkstead, Kasson, Minn.,
Third Grade. ...-.-:-..
Emma Kesley, Seattle, WASH, Fourth
Grade.
Alvina Anderson, Kenyon, Minn.,
Fourth Grade.
Rae M. Dutee, Valley City, N. D.,
Fifth Grade.
Mable Neimeier, Mayville, N. D.,
Sixth Grade.
Alta Reynolds, St. Cloud, Ninn.,
Fourth and Fifth Grades.
West Lawn
Anna Kittelsby, Decorah, Iowa,
First Grade.
Zilpha Monroe, Lamont, Iowa, First
Grade.
Alice Lonman, Crookston, Minn.,
Second Grade.
Vera Mahon, Inkster, N. D., Sec
ond Grade.
Ethel Fowler, Whitewater, Wis.,,
Fourth Grade, Principal.
Neva Lowe, Williston, Third Grade.
Hilda Goughnour, Portland, N. D.,
Fifth Grade. .- ...
Ethel Saunders, Glendale, N. D.,
Sixth Grade.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Henry Pagel came from Laporte,
Indiana, the first of the week to look
after his wheat harvest and was much
disappointed to find hail had dam
aged his crops on his farm to such
extent that his services were not
needed.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
WillistOn Girls
Brother Killed

Miss Cora Robinson, bookkeeper at
the Gamble Robinson wholesale house
of this city receiver word the latter
part of last week that her brother
had been killed in action somewhere
in France. Miss Robinson's home is
in Missouri and the news of her
brothers death was sent here to her
by her parents who live there.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
Two Men Sent
To American Lake

The local draft board announced
that they will send two colored men
to American Lake, Washington, on
Sept. 1st. The names of the men are
Frank Bond of Ray, N. D., and Wal
ter Sain of Detroit, Michigan.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29

Esther ad Ruth Moen and Neva
Morehead spent Tuesday afternoon
playing in the Indian tent at Ruth
Hart's.
Williston graphic., 1918-08-29
BLOODY FIGHT At
MEXICAN BORDER
THREE AMERICANS KILLED AND
% WOUNDED - MEXICAN
LOSS ABOUT 200

Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 2s.-An agree
ment by which further trouble would
be avoided was executed to result to-
day from a conference between Amer
ican and Mexican officials who were
here when fighting at the interna-
tional line late yesterday between
American soldiers and Mexicans re-
suited in the death Of three Ameri-
cans and the wounding of 28. The
Mexican casualties in the fighting
are variously estimated at from $50
to 200.
Brig General DeRosey Cabell COM
mander of the Arizona military dis
trict, hastened here from his head
quarters at Douglas as soon as word
of the troubles reached him, and Cen
eral P. Elias Gales, military gov
ernor of Sonora, Mexico, was re-
ported en- route from Hermosillo by
special train. .+
A revised list of the casualties suf-
fered by the Americans shows that
one officer and two enlisted men were
killed and % soldiers and civilians
wounded. Three of the wounded are
reported seriously hurt.
The American officer killed was
Captain Joseph D. Hungerford, who
commanded troop of negro cavalry.
Among the Mexicans killed was
Felix Penaloza, mayor of Nogalos,
Sonora, the Mexican town opposite
here.
Among the Americans wounded is
Lieut. Col. Fredrick Harmon, COM
mander of the border patrol. His
condition is not serious.
How Fighting Began
The fighting began at 4:15 o'clock
yesterday afternoon when Mexican
attempted to cross into the United
States. A.. A. Barber, United States
customs guard, twice ordered the
Mexican to halt and when the latter
failed to comply with the command,
Barber drew his pistol but did not
fire. .s- s.s@ II
The Mexican customs guards, ac-
cording to BARRIERS account, resent
ed his interference with the Mexican
seeking to cross the line and opened
fire.
The bullets missed Barber but
struck Corporal Barney Lott, in
charge of the American guards. Lott
was shot through the arm and the
lungs and rain to the Western Union
Telegraph Office nearby on the Amer
lean side, shouting for assistance
He fell unconscious at the door and
was removed to the base hospital
where he died.
AS the Mexicans' bullets struck
Lott, Barber returned the fire and
felled the Mexican guard who had
mortally wounded the corporal. ...
Firing Becomes General
The firing then became general,
Mexicans appearing suddenly in the
doorways of houses, on the roofs of
buildings and in the surrounding hills
and shooting across International
avenue, the principal street of the
twin towns and which forms the
boundary line.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Allies to Reopen
Settlement of the
Turkish Problem,
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

NOpeCut HlSpUtcb 10 me 1f1Oune)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Develop-
ments in the war have made obsolete
the tentative plans for the solution of
the Turkish problem, and fresh cx-
changes of views are to take place be-
tween the Allied powers on the sub
ject.
1t was stated by diplomatic author
ity here to-day that the final adjust
ment of the question will be in con-
sonance with two fundamental prin-
ciples. first, the open door, and second,
the institution of police system
wherever the nationality inhabiting a
territory is not ready for self-govern-
ment.
Some aspects Of the problem appear
already to have been solved. The with
drawal of Russia from the war and the
unlkelihood of the powers being able
tc dispose Of Constantinople to the
Satisfaction of all, that city will be left
IN the hands of the Turks, but the Dar-
danelles and Bosporous will be opened.
lnasmuch as Asia Minor is inhabited
principally by the Turks, it will remain
the major domain of the Sultan, ex-
cepting possibly the granting of a
strip of territory near Smyrna to the
Greeks
Palestine is to be created into an in
dependent state, probably under the
protection of Great Britain. 1t is in
tended by the Entente powers to per
petuate the independence of Arabia,
which exists at present under the name
of the Kingdom of the Hedjaz.
Because of the remoteness of Ar
menia and the loss by Russia of her
claims to protectorate over that coun-
try, it is believed that Armenia also
Wlll become independent, the more so
that It's inhabitants are now engaged in
resisting the advance of the Turks.
1t IS admitted that the most serious
difficulty arises over the question of
spheres of influence. which diplomats
pelleve necessarily must be created
england under any such arrangement
you'd ponce Mesopotamia and France
SYRIA, the latter being historically the
protector of Christians in SYRIA.
Italy entered the war after the dis
cusslons between the Entente powers
regarding the settlement of the Turk
ish question had taken place. but in
the renewal of the discussion she in
eVltably would take part owing to her
position in the Mediterranean.
diplomats assert that the Turkish
problem is not likely to be settled short
of years discussion, and that the So
luton sought must be in harmony with
the principles declared by the Allies in
this war. 1t is owing to Americas de-
sire not to become involved in it that
some international experts believe ac
counts for the failure of the United
States to declare war on Turkey.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
u. S. Relaxing Bar
On Selling Agents
Government Departmental F ind
Some Dealings With Middle
men Desirable

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Under in
sistent urging by purchasing agents of
various government departments, the
Department Of Justice is relaxing
some what its demand that government
contracts contain q clause eliminatirl
all dealings with an agent or middle
man working on a commission basis.
The War and Navy departments and
TIE Railroad Administration probably
will be allowed to make exceptions to
the rule in contracting for articles
handled habitually through selling
agencies. it was said to-day
The War Department now is per-
mitted to buy textiles through selling
agencies in existence before the war.
A similar exemption is sought by the
Railroad Administration for purchas-
ing railroad supplies, many of which
are made by small manufacturers who
DO not maintain sales agents in Wash
lngton and other cities
Despite the contingent fee clause
now inserted in government contracts.
commission agents are reported still
busy in Washington. In hundreds of
cases, however, statesmen formerly
working on a commission basis have
arranged for payment of a fixed SAL
ary.