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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
reau of this city. The club then
appointed Mr.. C. N. Cox as chairman

reau of this city. The club then
appointed Mr.. c. N. Cox as chairman
of the committee to take care of the
necessary work of publicity required.
B. N. Lesk, the newly elected presi-
dent of the Ward County Relief As
sociation then addressed the club
concerning the work Of the War Re-
lief Association and asked for the as
sistance of the Town Criers Club to
further the publicity of the same and
the club at once took steps to do so.
The committees will be announced
later.
Then came the work of organizing
the forces to put on the publicity for
the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive. En-
thusiasm ran high when plans for big
things We're being discussed and the
public may look for one of the biggest
affairs of it's kind ever seen in Minot.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
General Chairman-Leo P. Golisch.
Literature and Distribution - Nor
man Ellison.
Special Features-A. F. Bacon.
Newspaper Advertising - G. A,
Hassell.
Civic Affairs-W. S. Shaw.
Military Affairs-Orrin M. Pierce.
Speeches-B. N. Lesk.
Music--A. P. Blonde.
Finance-Marvin Solien.
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M|N0T MECHANIC
INSTANTLY KILLED
Cecil 1nnis, Employed by Fuller Mo-
tor Co., Killed in Auto Accident
Near Knox

Cecil Innis, an employe of the Full
ler Motor Co., of this city, met in
slant death when the auto which he
was driving turned turtles Tuesday
afternoon, a few miles east of the
village of Knox. Mr.. Innis and three
young men were enroute for Grand
Forks with some Dodge automobiles
which were being transferred from
the Minot house to the Fuller Motor
Co.'s branch in that city. He had
been chosen by the management to
take charge Of the party as the other
drivers were young and inexperienced
and it was felt that a good steady
hand should pilot the party. Two of
the cars, one driven by James Fuller
and the other in charge of Will John
son were in the van with Dillon Nc
Hugh, driving a car following the
one driven by Innis. McHugh was the
only witness to the accident and he
states that they were driving along
at fair speed when he looked up and
saw the Innis car swerve into a wheat
field and as the car turned back into
the road he saw it buckle and turn
over When he arrived upon the
scene he tried to lift the heavy ma
chine off the PROSTATE man but failed
and then went for assistance. He
secured a couple of men working in
an adjoining field and they finally sue
ceeded in releasing the body. An
examination disclosed the fact that
death had in all probability been in
Simultaneous as the neck was broken.
The body was taken to Knox and brot
tO the citv vOn Mo. / that nipht.
The remains were prepared for bur-
ial in the Weinrebe undertaking par
lors and shipped to Williston, the for
mer home of the deceased. The
heartbroken wife together with her
parents and a few intimate friends
and associates Of the deceased accom-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
The New Steel Viaduct
Will be Completed by
The Last of October

Chicago on Saturday of this week.
One big derrick car from Sioux City,
Iowa, and another from Kansas City,
are on the way. A. H. Hoagland,
chief engineer of the Great Northern
is expected to be present and attend
the celebration which is being plan
ned, to mark the raising Of the first
girder. Other notable among the
officials Of the two railroads will be
invited guests. Resident engineer
w. f. Stevenson will be in direct
charge Of the work as supervising en-
gineer, aided by his capable assist
ant, r. e. Yeomans. Considerable
preliminary work is necessary before
the commencement Of actual opera
ton upon the viaduct proper. The
labor connected with the removal OF
the present structure will be consider
able but at that this will be small
item as compared with the magnitude
of the work necessary in constructing
the new viaduct.
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Threshing by the bushel--Complete
crew and cook car: Wheat and rye,
zoe per bushel; oats, IL cents; barley
lac; flax, 30c.
Machine crew furnished Wheat
and rye, Sc per bushel; oats and bar
ley, &c; flax, 15c.
Wages to be paid-For harvesting,
$3.50 per day; for threshing, $3.50 per
day; bundle team and wagon, per day
$3.50.
Whereas, the crops in Ward county
vary in localities, it would be i'm
possible for this body to set fair
price by the bushel. Therefore, the
hour system is the only system that
will be fair to all concerned.
1t is agreed that should any thresh-
er break the foregoing rules, that for
each offense, such thresher should pay
$4,000 to the Ward County Red
Cross. Be it further resolved, that
these resolutions be published in State
and county papers of North Dakota
and that copy of same be posted
on side Of separator.
All state and county papers, please
copy.
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Des Laos Cooperative Elevator
ODenS.

The board of directors of the Des
Lacs Farmers Elevator Co. held a
business meeting at Des Lacs last
week and decided to open their eleva-
tor to the public on August Is. They
have engaged Frank Morlan, prac-
tical grain buyer from Minnesota, to
manage their property during the
coming year. The Des Lacs concern
is one Of the largest and most pros
porous elevator companies of the
State. the membership at this time
consisting of 81 influential farmers
and businessmen Of that progressive
community. The officers Of the COM
pany are as follows: D. H. Wagon
er, president; P. T. Berg, vice presi-
dent. j. E. Borud, secretary, and j.
Z. Clark, treasurer ~ "1a& 2&
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15

Letters From Two of Our BOys-One
Says Germany Bit OFF More Than
She Can Chew

Atty. J. j. Coyle received a letter
from Roy Farris, of Minot, a member
of Co. D, stating that he was gassed
while in action a couple Of months
ago and has been in a hospital in
France ever since He was blinded by
the gas but is recovering slowly and
hopes to soon be with his Company
again.
He also received the following let
ter from William Denoyer, son of
Attorney Joseph Denoyer, formerly
of Minot, who is a member Of Com
pany A of this city:
Plattsburg, N Y, Aug. 8.
Dear Jack:
How is the world treating you my
way? l haven't heard from you for
quite while AS you will see by the
headline of this letter I am back in
the States. l am in hospital here at
Plattsburg at present. The doctors
over in France told me | would be
discharged from the army. Well, |
haven't been discharged yet and hope
| will be sent back to France again,
as the Job isn't finished over there yet.
Perhaps you would like to know what
I think Of the war. Well, Germany
surely bit off more than she can chew
when she started this scrap. The only
possible ending of this war will be a
complete victory for the Allies and l
would certainly like to be there at the
windup, but from the looks of things
at present, don't think I will be there.
I am getting tired of laying around in
hospitals. l have been in eight of
them already and I sure hope to be
out of them pretty soon. have $3.50
back pay coming. I will have quite a
pile to start on if l am discharged.
Well, Jack, as it is nearly chow time
I will have to close. *
VILLAIN B. DENOYER,
Post Hospital,
Plattsburg, N. Y.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
NIN0T BUSINESS MEN
ANXIOUS TO HELP
OUT THE FARMERS
War Service Club of Minot Holds It.
self in Readiness to Furnish Help
for Farmers.

Several inquiries for men for the
farms adjacent to Minot have come in
to the War Service Club of Minot,
and it is we'll to call attention to the
fact that all inquiries for these town
men to help in harvest and threshing
should be directed to the United
States Employment Office in the
Flatiron building. If they do not
happen to have available men they
will call on the War Service club to
furnish them, so that in any event
the farmers will have all the help
they need. Call 1853 first.
The War Service club has available
over 800 men that can be sent out
for one day, two days, or three days
at a stretch, but they will have to
have a little notice of when they are
to go so that they can arrange their
business to get away. The club will
send three or four men in each gang,
so that farmers who desire the ser
vices of these men should have at
least one days work ahead, so that
three or four men can complete the
work. If there is work the following
day for three or four men, others will
be sent out.
The farmers can assist greatly if
they will cooperate with the club to
the extent of giving ample notice of
when they need men, and when they
make up their mind on this point, to
call the U. S. Employment office
Phone 1853, and give full particulars.
All members of the War Service
club will hold themselves in readi-
ness to go into the harvest fields upon
telephone call from the Minot Asso-
citation of Commerce, under whose
auspices the War Service club was
organized and maintained.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
RED CROSS PICNIC
NETS sum Of $500
Lieut.. Hills Speech and Ball Game
Between Men and Women Main
Features.

Over a thousand people attended
the Red Cross picnic on South Prairie
last Thursday which was held in the
beautiful grove on the Fjelde farm
near Kavanaugh's store. An auction
sale netted around $3.50. Lieut.. Hills
address was the main feature, his re-
marks being replete with anecdotes
and inspiration. Lieut.. Hill has the
faculty Of inspiring his audiences to
greater efforts in behalf Of the free
dom Of mankind and the righteous
ness of our cause in this great world
war than any other speaker who has
come to this section of the country
since the war began.
The ball game in the afternoon be-
tween the men and women was one of
the most enjoyable features of the
gathering Those of the male per-
suasion meeting most ignoble de-
feat at the hands of the gentler sex.
The score stood % to 5. Over $500
was realized for the South Prairie
Red Cross as the net result Of the
picnic.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
TWENTY THREE CARLOADS
OF STEEL FOR NEW VIADUCTl
Workmen Expected Saturday When
Work of Tearing Down Old Struc-
ture Will Begin. Celebration
Planned to Mark Raising
of First Girder

Work will begin on the erection OF
the new steel viaduct on Second street
leading across the Great Northern and
500 tracks within a few days. AL
ready fourteen carloads Of steel have
arrived and three carloads Of equip
ment are on the ground in readiness
for the commencement Of operations.
Nine additional carloads of steel have
arrived at the yards in the outskirts
of the city and as soon as Messrs.
Kelley and Atkinson, the Kansas City
contractors in charge, arrive, opera
tion will begin. A crew of erect
ors are expected to arrive from
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
Michigan People Like Dakota.

Mr.. and Mrs. 3. o. Goss of Rock
ford, Michigan, who have been the
guests of their son, Judge E. B. Goss
and family on Eighth Street N. E. for
the past week, left for their home
Tuesday. The Judges sister, Mrs.
Lloyd Becker, who also resides at
Rockford, accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Goss on their trip to Dakota
this year. After spending delight
tul week with the Judges brother,
Byron Goss at Westhope, they came
to Minot for a visit with their dis
tinguished son, Judge Goss, formerly
Judge of the North Dakota supreme
court Judge Goss' parents make fire.
quent trips to Dakota and he says
they never tire of Boosting of the in
vigorating climate Of the west when
they get back to Michigan. T.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
MEETING OF THRESHERMEN
Threshermen Adopt Schedule of Prices
for Machine and Day
LabOrers.

The meeting of the Ward County
Threshermen's Association was held
last Saturday evening, and was well
attended by threshers and farmers
and great interest was shown in the
proceedings. A committee of seven
which included two farmers were ap-
pointed to draft schedule of prices
for threshing and labor, and did ex-
cellent work in the few minutes al
lotted to them, and after some dis
cussion a few minor changes were
made in the schedule and was then
adopted by the Association and is
as follows:
Price List
Per hour threshing-36-in. cyl. or
larger with ten teams, two spike pit
chers, and cook car; fuel to be fur
nished by thresher and hauled by the
farmer, $26.O0 per hour. $3.50 per
hour to be added for each team over
ten teams and $1.50 per hour to be
deducted for each team less than ten
teams. $3.50 per hour to be deduct
ed for each spike pitcher not used.
Moves between farms to be made on
threshers own time. Time to begin
on the farm the thresher is moving
to. Breakdowns and stops Of fifteen
minutes and over on account of
.threshing outfit to be deducted from
threshers own time Meal hours are
to be deducted from threshers time. Z
Threshing by the hour. Thresher
to furnish machine crew. Fuel fur
nished by thresher and hauled by the
farmer: 36 inch cylinder, S11.00 per
hour; 81 inch cylinder, $1,000; 80 inch
cylinder, $500; % inch cylinder, $500
per hour; "a inch cylinder, $500.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
Important Meeting of Minot Town
Criers 7.2

On Tuesday evening the Minot
Town Criers met and in their usual
spirited style assumed the publicity
work Of three important war acti-
The first concerned the National
Campaign, now going on under the
direction of the Department Of Labor.
The aims and purposes Of this cam
)paipn were outlined by Mr.. Holden
of the U. S. Labor Employment Bu
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oanying the remains.

panying the remains.
Mr.. Innis was 36 years Of age and
had been married but few months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Innis resided with the
parents Of Mrs. Innis who live at 425
Fourth Avenue S. E. The deceased
leaves a father and one brother. The
father resided at Wolf Point, Mont,
where he is in charge of the round
house for the Great Northern railway
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-15
Sandberg Children Eat Poisoned
Candy

The little nine year OLD daughter Oh
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sandberg, is lying
at the point of death as result of
eating what is supposed to have been
poisoned candy while on fishing trip
to Canada, about three weeks ago.
Chas. Sandberg, the we'll known Great
Northern engineer and family had
spent the day at Lake Carlyle and
were on their way home when they
stopped at the little town Of Alame-
da and purchased some candy for the
children. Shortly after the little
nine year old girl was taken with vio-
lent pains and vomiting and only af-
ter heroic action on the part of the
attending physician was the little girl
brot back to consciousness. Since
this she has suffered from periods of
absolute coma, with high fever, the
attacks recurring at frequent inter-
walls. Typhoid fever set in and for
days the life of the little sufferer
trembled in the balance. The attend
ing physician today pronounced her
out of danger. The little girls broth
er and the father ate of the sus-
pected candy, the father suffering no
i'll effects but the boy was attacked
by violet vomiting which in all prob
ability was all that saved his life.
The case is puzzling the authorities
and steps have been taken to investi-
gate the circumstance.
Special serxjse ;r!na Men Leave for
Nineteen young men who had en-
listed for special service in Uncle
Sans army left the city Wednesday
1r,1,o
special training at the State Agricul-
tural College, under instructors which
the government supplies. Ward
county's quota according to the or
ders received from Provost General
Crowder called for nineteen men from
Ward county and this number would
have been doubled by enlistments here
had it been permissible. The Town
Criers Fife and Drum Corps and the
Minot Musicians Union Band turned
out and the boys were addressed by
E. A. Long, president of the Asso-
citation of Commerce and Rev. P. W.
Erickson, both speakers delivering
speeches, ringing with patriotic fervor
and wise counsel.
The young men who left over the
Great Northern on No. 80, were:
Clifford r. Ash, MlnOt; Morris ko-
paid, Minot; Louis Sitner. Minot; Fred
Jewett, Minot; Herman L. Westlake,
Kenmare; A. M. Michaelson. Minot;
M. L. Johnson, Kenmare; Louis S.
Hatlestad, Minot; John H. Childer,
Ryder; John Huizenga, Minot; Alton
jacobson, Minot; Arnold Torgerson,
Des Laes; Harold Chambers, Voltaire;
Milton King, Donnybrook; Kenneth
Ward, Minot; Carl Nadrud, Minot;
Harry M. Noren, Kenmare; Arvid
Backlund, Minot; Elmer Weinberg,
Donnybrook.
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FOR SALE CHEAP = One lumber
wagon. H. j. Melos, 900 Valley
ST., Minot. 8-15-tf
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
FEET TOO BIG TO
GET INTO. ARMY
Two Negroes Given Honorable Dis
charge Because They Wore
Size IL Shoes, p.

Size Is; Shoes.
Dallas, Tex. March 25.-While
some exemption. boards have been
weighing the claims of directors to
military serviceswho had revived long
forgotten dependents. at least two
Texans willing to serve have received
honorable discharges because the
army decided it would put too great
a strain on the United States govern
meut to keep them in shoes.
The recruits recently were dis
charged from Camp Travis at San
Antonio because of the high price of
leather. Both were negroes from the
Texas bottoms and both were valiant
in their wishes to get" the German
emperor. II either could have step
ped on him. it would have ended the
war. Each would have worn shoe
number Is if the army could have
supplied them. 1t was estimated that
shoes would have to be made to order
for them at a cost of $50 a pair and
SO they were sent back to the farms.
Some;of the exemption claims have
been freakish. In Dalls. a fearful
grandmother II his support were re-
moved. An investigation proved she
had been dead twenty years. and in
the opinion Of the board members, 1t
was the first time the ,objector had
thought of it. He was arrested and
is still in Jail.
Only a. few Texans now ask: Sex-
emptions OF conscientious grounds.
Training, camp customs are bee0iatIg
familiar to persons in all partaapf the
state and the CONSCIENTIOUS. OBJ:
%jector" k4Mpws he is sure of a5spfe, II
not savory. job with theIs kitchen
police. ssT ~
A Dallas negro, suspicious sof .tha
virtue Of written claims. took ~ ssvts
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
IOCM|P'ATRlOTlS
GIVE ]. {. n. 40
-
PAIR GLASSES
- SfsEAt.t ~ B.IU
Very Good Collection Of
Binoculars Given by
Grand Forks.

N-L s.. -
The people Of Grand Forks and
community have responded very lib
orally to the call for Eyes for the
Navy.,' jewellers. of the city. who have
had charge Of the collection. reported
today. n
Forty glasses have been collected.
Including about fifteen pairs of en-
ceptionally fine binoculars and several
very good telescopes and field glasses:
The glasses are to be sent to the
national headquarters Tuesday. This
will give people n more day TO bring
in their contributions. 4,
The following is a list of those who
have given glasses: DR., S, A. Saun-
derson. j. c. Sheppard. a. l. Widlund.
Mrs. a. j. Anderson. Thomas Porte.
Mrs. V. +. johnson. Mrs. Russell
DENIS. A. r. Turner. Ole Omland.
Paolo Conte. Martin Jensen. Rev. n.
j. Lohre. a. y. Briggs. East Grand
Forks. Mrs. Mary Dickson. a.. J.
Pierce. Mrs. Clara Green, Mrs. T. S.
Routzahan. Robert Green. Jr.. Mrs. a.
d. Baughman, O. S. Wroolie. Gunner
Peterson. Mrs. r. NJ. Pierce, Oscar
and Hartick Stem, Il. L.. Goodman.
Mrs. L. f.. Morey. ~. II. Fink. r. b.
Griffith. NJ. Gaulke, r. NJ. Jensen.
Norman %F'allsanger. Richard Hohbey.
Frank Richek. w. II. Brown, y Cora
Griffin, c. r. Sylvester, W. c. Wells.
Elmer Umlauf. S. S. Titus. Q. j..
Barnes and James (;resS.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
Weapons MustsBe
! Registered With The
Sheriff III Montana

(4rss-R"sFs - So. "l-- .NfE 4
Helena. Mont, March s5.-undera
! ERNeWY. Ian; passed by the special session,
q ssst6kaaegislature. reqntrtpEsssshatiss1I
weapons be registered with the county
EsEeri9s.%tmany historic shfeaTnis and
swords are being brought totlight in:
one q: these ln reeaSferedshsr wass i
f,single-shot,s Misunderstanding derripger.
which Colonel WsflbtfaIt.a Sanders, a,
| p~ioneer%of this state, carried in the
Vigilante days here. and with twas
! the sword carried by Colonel Sanders.
in the Civil war. !
Another gun brought in was pur-
chased inrNew York state in 1877, and.
is declaredsto have seer service in the,
Revolutionary war, the war of 1872.
and the Civil war. It has been in this;
state 35 years. -, , "is ~:
An old dueling pistol,-in<the posses
sion of the family of the present
owner for yer 100 years.. brought
from France in I742.. also was reg.
istered. and the sword carried in the
war of 1912 by Major General William
Henry Harrison, afterwards president,
was brought in by his great grandson;
j.. Scott Harrison of this city. ; 4
Among the guns registered at. Dill
Ion is m that belonged to Henry
Plumer, the sheriff-bandit of. pioneer
days in this state. When he: was
hanged it was turned over to- one of
Plumer's creditors. A collection OF
firearms also was registered at Dillon,
4 which includes guns dating as far
faback as thegdiscovery Of America.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-25
Millions OF Salmon:
In The Yukon River
! Saved For The North
Government Ruling. is Made to
this Effect in Alaska-Fish
Cannot be Sold.

Fairbanks. Alaska. March oa.--Mil-
lions of salmon run every summer in
the Yukon river. Alaska's great inland
water way. not a cannery dots the
hundreds of mites of shore line on
the American side of the Yukon
boundary.
Alaska's interior river salmon are
and the sleigh dogs OF the north and
are not to be exploited commercially.
the government has ruled. The same
orders are enforced on the Canadian
side of the Yukon boundary, it is be-
lieved here.
Although the fish may run free
without thought Of cannery nets or
trap they are caught in thousands by
the hundreds of creaking fish wheel
traps operated by the white residents,
the .Siwash Indians. the natives of in
terror Alaska Smoke from, scores of,
fish curing camps rise along the river
banks every summer.
The Yukon is closed the greater
part of the year by the ice. but
enough fish are caught in the summer.
months to feed the dogs the year
round and the inhabitants during the
open months. The portion of the
catch not consumed isl cured e
open fires and stored away for use as
winter dog feed. $50
a fish, diet is said to form not only
the cheapest food for dogs but is also
the best food for keeping them in,
good condition for their winter work
of pulling sleds on the snow trails.
Recently it was reported a Seattle
fishing company intended to establish
a cannery at Andreafsky, on the lower
Yukon. w. H. Smith. federal fish
commissioner. wrote the firm regard
ing the truth of the report.
There issa strong prejudice against
the establishment of .~canneries. on the
lower Yukon as it would mean the
cutting of or greatly reducing, the
supply Of salmon up the river. the
result. of which would be 4 great
privafion and hardship to the people
of that district" Smiths letter said:
Therefore. under present conditions
the. Yukon should remain .undisturbed
COMMERCIALLY ar its production of
salmon save for local needs.
#ta.Aah1oush there are quite good
runssofs chinook. coho and chum:
salmon upsthe Yukon. it, does not APP
pear, that the establishment of cam
neriesS would be profitable or advis-
lable.#' The lack Of transportation ia
c%ilities. and the high cost of putting
up, a pack would not justify the un-
| deftaking:"'" - !.