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The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-03-27
Uncle Sam is telling Brother John about the American Red Cross Society.

Tho Red CTCs ss wss conceived by Henri (Dunan), a Swiss philanthropy ist, who had secn how Florence Nightengalc, a trained nurse, organ ized a corps of women in the Cri- mean war His efforts resulted in an International Conference at Gen eva, Switzerland, in 1864, which two years later resulted in the Treaty ot Geneva, sometimes cal!cd the Rcd Cross Treaty. The American Rcd Cross Association was formed the same year GS66) and the United States Government signed the Gen eva Treaty in 1892.
 The American Red Cro;s is vol untary association of American people, authorized by an act of Congress. It's task is to give relief to sufferers from disasters oi any kind, the world over. In time of war it supplies comfort to our arm ed forces, especially by supplement- ing the medical service.
 The organization and management are in the hands of Central Com mittec of IS. The President of the United States appoints six of these, including the Chairman of the Com mittee. who at present is Hon. Will jam Howard Taft. President Will son is now the Pesident of the Red Cross.
 The Red Cross War Council was appointed by President Wilson for this war. This Council established nat oral headquarters at Washing ton with thirteen divisions tn 'ough- out the country, each division tak'r, charge of Local Chapters.
 Any man, woman, or child may become a member of the Rcd Gro by payment of the following dues.
 NCIuOtarV carVicQ ic also welcome
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1918-03-27

responsibility for the families left at home.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
FROSAKER BROS. BUY
IMPLEMENT HOUSE
Well Known Bowbells Concern Takes
Over Interest of Minot Implement
Co. From c. B. Swanson

Frosaker Brothers, prominent i'm
plement dealers of Bowbells have pur-
chased the entire stock of the Minot
Implement company and leased the
company's business block on Third
street southeast and will continue the
business, handling automobiles in con-
nection with their implement business.
The Frosaker Brothers, Knute and
Ole, have been in the implement busi-
ness at Bowbells for the past nine
years and are young men of first class
ability and the strongest integrity.
For the present at least the younger
brother, Knute, will manage the Minot
house and will move his family here
at an early date and make Minot his
home. Knute has wide acquaintance
throughout this territory, having at
one time represented the DeLaval
Cream Separator company in North
Dakota. Ole will remain in charge of
the Bowbells house at the present. The
Minot Implement company has grown
into one of the largest and best known
institutions of it's kind in the city, and
while the Independent regrets the fact
that C. B. Swanson, the affable man
ager of the concern, has seen fit to
sell his interests we are glad to know
that the Minot Implement company
will be succeeded by concern of such
high standing as the Frosaker Broth
ers. In conversation with repre-
sentative of the Independent Knute
Frosaker stated that they would con-
tinue to handle the old reliable John
Deere line of farming machinery and
would also handle the Paige and the
Chevrolet automobiles and Republic
trucks. He said no changes would be
made either in the sales force or the
office staff as the present employees
were all capable and efficient and held
the confidence of the trade in every
particular. They will Immediately en-
ter upon an active campaign for bust
ness and are bound to succeed. They
are especially anxious to meet the old
customers Of the Minot Implement
company and will welcome all whether
they come to inspect the stock or make
purchases.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
HANS HANSENMEfTS
Terrible DEATH
Great Northern Carpenter Run Dow,
by Switch Engine Tuesday Eve
ming and Life Crushed Out

Hans Christian Hanson, aged 4f
years, resident of Minot and Surrey
since 1901, was instantly killed on
the tracks of the Great Northern a
few feet east of the crossing near the
Minot flour mill, shortly before six
o'clock Tuesday evening, when he was
run down by a switch engine, backing
west in charge of Engineer Nels Nels-
son and Fireman Sever Hall.
Hanson, IN company with Severt
Hanger, with whom he had been
working on repairs at the G. N. ice
house, had started for the tool house
to put away the tools for the night.
The men were walking on the track
when freight train pulled in from the
east. They stepped off onto another
track and did not hear the switch en-
gine which came backing towards
them at six miles an hour. The en-
gine struck rod which Severt Hanger
was carrying on his shoulder, knock
ing him off the track to the ground,
without hurting him much. The en-
gine, however, caught Hanson square,
cutting his body diagonally, complete
ly in two, from the right shoulder,
down across the intestines, and COM
pletely severing the left leg at the
hip. The man was killed instantly.
Pedestrians who came along minute
later saw the mans body lying there
with no signs of life. The engine was
stopped within a few feet and the
engineer got out of his cab and rush
ed to where the man lay. He had
seen the two men on the track but pre-
sumed that they had kept out of the
way of his engine The body was tax
en- to the Van Fleet undertaking rooms
where coroner's inquest was held be-
fore Coroner Pence Wednesday after
noon. The jury. Rev. w. C. Hunter,
H. C. Rasmussen and Geo. M. John
ston, found that the man had come to
his death by being run over by a
switch engine.
The funeral will be held from the
Van Fleet Undertaking Parlors at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon and will
be in charge of Minot Lodge No. as
l. o. O. F. Of which the deceased was a
member. Burial will take place in the
Hauges cemetery on the north side.
The funeral will be in charge of Rev.
P. w. Erickson.
Mr.. Hanson is survived by his wife
and six-year-old daughter, resident on
the South Hill, Minot. Mr.. Hanson
was born in Denmark and when II
years old came to America, locating at
River Falls, Wis. He first lived with
an uncle who died just two weeks ago,
with pneumonia. He lived for years
at Hammond, Wis, and while there
was engaged in the butcher business
with H. C. Rasmussen of Surrey, his
lifelong friend. He came to North
Dakota with Mr.. Rasmussen and filed
on quarter 21a miles south Of Sur
rey. adjoining the Rasmussen quarter,
living there for five years. He worked
for the G. N. in Minot as a bridge car
penter and for two years resided at
Aurelia. He was regarded as good,
steady man and was highly respected
by all. The bereaved members of his
family have the sincerest sympathy of
many friends.
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
EXTRA LEGISLATIVE
SESSION OPENS
Nine Bills introduced ON Opening Day
Hope to Get Through With
Work by Saturday Night

The special session of the legisla-
ture opened Wednesday morning and
legislators hope that their work will
be completed by Saturday night. Gov
ernor Frazier delivered his address
making his recommendation as fol-
lows:
First: Amendment to seed and feed
bonding act to insure maximum crop.
Second: Moratorium for soldiers
and sailors to protect civil rights while
in service.
Third: Legalization of state coun-
that home guard will be taken care of
in this measure, probably being made
associate members of the council.)
Fourth: Establishment of active
state militia.
Fifth: Ratification of federal pro-
hibition amendment.
! Sixth: Amendment to state grain
grading act to remove jurisdiction of
state railroad commissioners over in
spection department.
Seventh: Increase of maintenance
f, fee for inmates of state asylum paid
by counties. (1ncrease proposed is
from $1S per capita, fixed by last leg
islature, to s24. This is to cover loss
! in revenue in 1919
Eighth: Appropriation to make op-
erative state bank deposit guaranty
law to be repaid by funds from banks.
Nine bills were introduced in the
house on the opening day as follows:
No. Maddox, Mountrail county,
amending the seed grain act; No. 2, by
Walton, appropriating $4,000 for the
guarantee Of deposits for commits
sion; No. S, by Olson of Bowman, for
reinstatement of corporations; No. 6,
| by Peterson of Towner, increasing the
levy for patients of the insane asylum
from SIS to S24 and providing that
the state treasurer advance $4,000 to
the asylum to put it on cash basis;
No. 7, by Lageson, making the grain
grading department independent of
the railroad comission and retaining
|; it at the Agricultural College; No. 8,
, by Harris, ratifying the federal con-
stitutional prohibition; No. 8 by Kurtz
moratorium for soldiers.
The house adopted resolution of
respect for the late Representative
Wiley.
The league men have no bills for
giving the absent soldiers the right to
vote but Representative Reishus of
Minot has such a measure ready for
introduction.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24

raising any crops, they became dis
couraged, rented their farm in Okla
homa, and emigrated to Ward county,
North Dakota in the spring of 1902,
and filed on homestead miles
southwest of Des Lacs. They have
one of the best improved farms in
that part of Ward county, on which
they still reside. They have added to
their holdings till they now own $50
acres of very valuable farm and pas
ture land. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams are
blessed with family of three chill
dren, two boys and one girl, the oldest
boy, Roy A., is now attending the A.
G. at Fargo. Very early in life Mr..
Williams allied himself with every
movement that had for it's object the
advancement Of the farmer to his
proper position, socially, politically
and financially. He was at one time
secretary of the Farmers and Labor
ers' Union of his native state. He
has held many positions of trust, as
member of school boards, township
boards and elevator boards. He is
now treasurer of Rolling Green town.
ship, director of the Oes Lacs Farm
ers Elevator, and member of the
Des Lacs Special School District
Board. He was one of the pioneers
in the Grange work in North Dakota.
Was elected Master of Rolling Green
Grange at it's inception in 1914, and
has been reelected at each succeed
ing annual election. Has srved two
years on the State Executive Board
and held other important offices in
the state organization.
His plans for the future of the
Grange have not been definitely out
lined, further than this: Their pur-
pose is to organize a sufficient mum.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
WALKER ENGAGES
IN SEED BUSINESS
Minot Greenhouse Buys an Additional
Ten Acres for Trial Seed Gardens
Prepared for Immense Business
This Season

Walkers Greenhouse recently bot
a ten-acre tract of fertile land in the
valley near the 31-acre tract upon
which the immense greenhouses are
located and will devote this extra land
to trial gardens for seed and for the
production of flower and vegetable
seeds.
This concern has contemplated for
a long time engaging in the seed busi-
ness and has now started in full force.
Quite tract of their land was devoted
to seed purposes last year and fine
lot of seed sweet corn, beans, peas, etc.
was secured. This is all hardy north
ern-grown seed and guaranteed to
grow This is the farthest north seed
house in the United States.
Special attention will be paid to the
vegetable plant business, such as cab
bage, tomatoes, etc., and fully as great
attention will be paid to the flower
business as ever.
The Walker greenhouses have won
an enviable reputation. George E.
Walker, the manager, is a hustler from
the first water and he knows the bust
ness thoroughly. He has surrounded
himself with a corps of experts in
their lines and eleven are now employ
ed at the green house proper, besides
four are employed in the uptown
sales and display room and offices.
This has grown to be one of Minot's
largest industries.
Some idea can be gained as to the
size of the plant when one considers
that during the past year forty cars
of coal were consumed in the heating
plant.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
CUR RS JOY
OY STER S u p p E II

Nearly eighty curriers' sat down to a
fine oyster supper served at Manson's
new Tea Rooms at 1890 o'clock Tues
day. The supper was debt paid by
the vanquished to the victors in the
recent bonspiel.
Some time ago the rinks headed by
President A.. A. Robinson challenged
those headed by Vice President J. G,
Smallwood for a series of games
Smallwood's rinks won out by total
of 33 points. There were eleven skips
on each side, forty-four players pay
ing for the supper of like number.
Following the supper matters of
business pertaining to the Association
were discussed and arrangements were
made for sending Kinks to the Moose
jaw bonspiel.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
MILLIONAIRE |NSUR-
ANCE MAN ARREST
Ed AT CLENBURN
President Chase of the Union National
Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg
Taken From Train and Re-
turns to Nohall as Witness

President Chase of the Union Ma
tional Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg,
Pa, was arrested at Glenburn, N. D.,
Wednesday while on G. N. train try
ing to make his getaway from North
Dakota to avoid being held in a wit
ness in the 120 drouth cases brought
by Renvilyle county farmers against
his company.
President Chase Chase was found on
the train by the city marshal, George
Christopher, and while the marshal
did not display any artillery, no one
knows just how much hip hardware
he had in his pockets. The millionaire
president appeared peaceable enough,
however, and suffered himself to be
taken into custody after inquiring if
the marshal had warrant for his ar
rest. Chase was arrested on a bench
warrant issued by Judge Leighton,
after the Glenburn marshal had been
notified by wire to hold the man.
Chase is now back in Mohall and there
is no telling how long he will have to
remain.
One hundred and twenty Renville
county farmers insured their crops
against drought last summer and now
claim damages aggregating about
$140,000. 1t cost them about 70 cents
an acre to insure their crops and they
claim damages for $500 an acre,
which is total. The company, it is
understood, agreed to settle for IS
per cent of the claims. The farmers
took out the insurance in good faith
and realizing that the company is well
able to come through, insist on getting
the full amount.
Judge Leighton ruled that the COM
pany would not introduce evidence to
show that the crops We're q failure
when the insurance was taken out. 1t
was shown that some of the farmers
insured their crops up to the frost
Eperiod.
!: Two cases have been tried the plain
Etbf fsegetting the full amount asked
For. President Chase, seeing which
way the wind was blowing, thought it
better for him to blow as well, so left
for home, where it is understood he
has urgent business. He had been
served with subpoena to appear in
court Wednesday. 1t is understood all
of the cases will be tried. Those of
81 900 or more will be tried in district
court and those of less in the county
court.
Martin Haugen, the sheriff, whose
case was first tried, received verdict
for 81 200, with interest at 6 per cent
from Nov. I.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
h|N0T CURRIERS' IN
k00SEJAW B0NSP|EL
Twenty-Five Local Players Will Leave
for Canadian City Sunday Night
for International Event

twenty-five players from the Minot
Curling Association will leave early
Monday morning over the 500 for
Moosejaw, Sask., where they will par
ticipate in the bonspiel. On Wednes-
day the international event will take
place and the Minot players will be
entered in this event.
Five Minot rinks will play. j. c.
Smallwood, Fay N. Fuller, Archie D.
MCDANIEL and R. E. Barron will skip
four of the rinks and fifth one is
being formed.
When the Moosejaw curriers' visited
Minot recently special invitation was
given for a return engagement and
the local players are looking forward
to great time. They will be joined
at Portal by two rinks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24

ber of subordinate Oranges in close
proximity so as to have a buying and
selling association in many different
parts of the state.
The Grange has already AT local
organizations in the State, and with
the $1,000 they expect from the Nat
ional Grange for extension work hope
to add many more this year.
Mr.. Williams has promised to con-
tribute to Grange department in the
Independent occasionally and this
week one of his very interesting ar
ticles appears. Mr.. Williams is the
right man to lead the State Grange
and the Independent predicts that in
his quiet, unassuming way, he will be
able to do great deal Of good to-
wards binding the farmers together
for better things.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
new IMPLEMENT
COMPANY FORMED
C. H. Withers and M. p. Montgomery
Take on the Lines of the North
ern Rock Island PlOw Co.

C. H. Withers and M. P. Montgom-
cry, we'll known implement men, have
formed partnership and will handle
the lines of the Northern Rock Island
Plow Company. They have secured
the old Rumely, quarters, opposite the
Russell mill, which are being remod-
eled and which will be used for the
present. Later they intend to erect a
large, modern machinery building for
the sale and transfer of machinery.
They have placed orders for several
cars Of Heider tractors and one car
will arrive early next week. This is
an ideal one-man tractor and the COM
pany will undoubtedly do big busi-
ness in this line. Mr.. Withers himself
has broken more than 10000 acres of
land on the reservation with tractors
and knows this phase of the business
from every angle. During the past
few years 12O Heider tractors have
been sold out of Minot.
The company will handle the Alamo
lighting plants for farms as we'll as
all the other we'll known lines of the
Northern Rock Island Plow Co.
Mr.. Withers has been engaged in
the farm implement aud automobile
business at Parshall for five years and
still retains his business there, which
is one of the best of it's kind on the
reservation. Mr.. Montgomery is a
thorough implement man, having been
connected with the Minot implement
concerns for years. They will un-
doubtedly succeed we'll.
ager of the Rock Island Plow Co., was
in the city Tuesday comforting with
Robert H. Proctor, Minneapolis man
Messrs. Withers and Montgomery.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24

month, and Information" the high
est paid local operator, received $3.50
per month. The girls have been work
ing from six to eight hours.
"We simply could not get along on
the wages we have been receiving and
figure that we must receive $40
clothes. Two of our girls have been
renting a room for $3.50 month and
do light housekeeping. BY being eco
nomical, they have managed to buy
their food for both for one dollar a
day. This Goes not leave much for
clothes. Shoes cost US $500 a pair
and when shoes are worn out, then
there's dresses to buy and everything
costs so much. 1t costs US 80 cents
a dozen for washing and ironing. Girls
who eat at the restaurants have to
pay on an average Of dollar day
for their food"
The following statement regarding
the affair was made today by l.. J.
Palda, attorney for the Northern
States Power Co.:
81 have been asked for a statement
in connection with the discharge Of
some of the telephone girls. In re-
gard to same, state that SO far as we
know there has been no strike, but
simply discharge of some II or Is Of
the ladies by the manager of the tele-
phone company on the grounds of in
subordination. There had at no time,
up to the discharge of these operators,
been any demand for an increase in
wages, and the manager feeling that
telephone service was the most i'm
portant service in this country-both
in aid of military operations and for
protection Of the homes and property
of it's citizens, and being of such i'm
portance, he could not tolerate insub-
ordination on the part of the oper-
ators, even in the slightest degree.
The question of wages was not and
is not at issue, as Mr.. Mcclure volun-
tarily increased the schedule of wages
for the operators so that at the pres
ent time Minot operators are receiv-
ing perhaps the highest wages in this
section of the country.
''There has been some talk of S25
salaries. 1t is true that the girls
learning the business for the first
month or two or until they show some
qualifications received the minimum
wage of $500 but this is much more
than is paid the teachers who are pre-
pairing themselves for their work, Or
milliners who are learning the trade,
or dressmakers who are apprentices,
or that is paid to girls without special
qualifications in any line CT business.
However, this is simply a minimum
while they are learning the business.
The operators who are working for
the company seem perfectly salts
fed, both with the wages paid and
conditions under which they work, so
that there is nothing at issue; there
has been NO STRIKE and there is
none at the present time.
The manager of the telephone COM
pany is willing at all times to give
its operators the very best of wages
consistent with good business, and
has never refused any of them a con-
ference or due consideration Of any
demand. 80
The operators discharged were dis
charged for cause and the incident is
closed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
GIRLS
CLAIM STRIKE
Twenty -onc Operators of Northern
States Power Co. Asking for In
crease in Wages of $1,000
Per Month

Twenty-one operators of the North,
ern States Power Co., quit work Sat-
urday, giving as their reasons that
they struck for an increase of ten dol
lars a month in the wages. Three of
the girls have gone back to work and
operators from nearby towns have
been brought in to take the places of
the strikers and several other mex
perienced girls have been put to work.
The Northern States Power Co. dis
claims any knowledge of a strike,
stating merely that the girls were
discharged for insubordination.
While the work on the local ex-
change has not been seriously crippled,
the girls have gotten tremendously
busy and have interested large num-
ber of our citizens in their behalf and
hope to win recognition from the
company and eventually be returned
to work at an increase in wages.
They have formed a union with 25
members, the officers Of which are:
President, Miss Nellie Malley; Secre-
tary, Miss Beulah Smith; Vice Presi-
dent, Miss Margaret Ubleman. They
have applied for a charter.
The girls have called mass meet
ing of the business men of Minot to
meet this evening to consider their de-
mands.
A committee of the girls visited the
Independent office and made the fol-
diving statement for publication:
The operators have been getting
from $25 to $40 per month; $25 for
beginners, with raise of $3.50 per
month every six months. Three of
the toll operators received $40 per
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
MASTER OF NORTH DAKOTA
STATE GRANGE.

T. M. Williams, the newly elected
Master of the State Grange, was born
in Gentry county, Mo-, in 1871; was
reared on the farm where he was
born. Was married in 1894, moved to
Martin county, Mimi, in the spring Of
1896, and took up farming in that
State on a rented farm. Having made
good they moved to Oklahoma in the
fall Of 1900, and bought farm in
Lincoln county, near Stroud. The
year Of 1901, being very dry and not
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-01-24
Quested Won BIaisdell Case

The jury in the case of I. M. Ques-
ted VS.. the Blaisdell Farmers Coop
erative store for the amount of his
contract wages, was decided in favor
of Quested yesterday. The case of
VIM. Whorley VS.. VIM. Mccormick
was decided for the defendant. The
last case is now being tried, that of
James J. Duffy VS.. SEVERN johnson.