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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-14
HODGINs WILL START BIG SALE
Hester's interests in Furniture Store
Purchased and Two Stocks COM
bined-Sale Starts Feb. IS.

The Hodgins Transfer Co., in this
issu, is advertising a sale of $4,000
worth of hardware, stoves, pianos,
furniture, harness, ETC., which will
start Monday morning, Feb. 18, at
their place of business in the new Ehr
block, First street S. w.
The Hodgins Transfer Co. recent
" purchased the interest Of Mr.. Hes
ter in the Hodgins- Hester Furniture
store and has consolidated the two
stocks. 1t is necessary to make room
for these stocks and the J. P. Quinn
& Co. Sales Agency Of New York has
been engaged to take charge of the
sale, which will last ten days. The
sale ought to be good one.
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New York Dark as a Country Village.

New 1Ofk DaEk rs d NOuNtEy vhoSe'
Otto Ellison, buyer in the cloak and
suit department of the Fair store, re-
turned from an extended visit to the
eastern markets Sunday. Otto says
that New York city at night is as
dark as a small country burg on the
kerosene circuit, since the Fuel Ad-
ministration has curtailed the street
lighting and obliged the merchants to
cut out the bright display windows
which in former years have been one
of the main attractions of the city.
He says that the store buildings and
offices are cold and the portions doled
out at the hotels and restaurants are
mighty slim as compared to the high
prices charged. They have had lots
of snow in the east and severe cold
weather. He says that the better
grades of ready-to-wear garments are
hard to obtain, owing to the fact that
the government has taken over prac..
.tically the entire available supply OF
swoolen goods. He was fortunate IN
reaching the market early, however,
and placed his orders before the ma
xbrity of the buyers arrived. v-~-s'....ss
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-14

Silver Musical Huge Success.

The silver musical given by the
members of the Wednesday Musical
club last Friday afternoon was one of
the most successful affairs Of it's kind
ever given in Minot. Miss Stella
Nash arranged the program and was
ably assisted by the president, Mrs.
Guy p. Bemis, vice president, Mrs.
William Carroll, members, Mrs. Col
cord and Mrs. Boyer. Mrs. Colcord
and Mrs. Bemis ably took care Of the
guests as they arrived and helped
them find seats. There were in the
neighborhood of one hundred ladies
and the guests were arranged in a
half circle about the piano. The Jap
anese setting was very artistic-knit-
ting was in evidence during the after
noon, which proved that altho the la
dies of Minot enjoy good music, they
do not slacken their Red Cross work.
Mrs. VIM. Carroll announced the num-
bers:
Piano number, played by Miss Helen
Fisk, Concert Waltz (Moszkowski.)
Vocal solos-"Joy of the Morn" and
"Slumber Boat" - Vernon Jacobson,
accompanied by Miss Fisk.
Castle ance"-Theresa Shields
and Jean Fuller.
Violin number "Serenad e'
Drdla)-Mrs. Preston Hallman, ac-
companied by Miss Fisk.
Dance-"The Blue Bird"-by Miss
Doris Kemper.
Waltz Song-Sung in Italian, and
Valley of Laughter (Sanderson) in
English, by Miss Stella Nash, accom-
panied by Miss Amanda Hamre.
Piano solo-"Prelude in c Sharp
Minro" (Rachmannotf)-Donald Brun-
ner.
Solo-Scarf Dance-Jean Carroll.
Piano number, played by Miss Attic
Gordon.
Finale-America sung by the aud
ience, accompanied by Miss Hamre.
Every number was excellent and
thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.
Mrs. e. H. Boyer took in the silver
offering which netted a very creditable
amount for the musical club, also the
musical club dance given that even
ing was thorough success, notWith-
standing there were other social
events that evening. Nevertheless,
all those attending said it was one of
the most enjoyable Of the season. The
dance was in the New Anderson
block. Hovind's five-piece orchestra
furnished the music, which was high
class.
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entertained at $780,"

Mrs. A. A. Robinson and Mrs. Guy
A1my entertained at series of parties
at the formers home in Eastwood park
Saturday evening $500" was played:
five tables being occupied. Mrs. Hartl
consolation favor. A delightful luncheon
was served Among those present were:
Mesdames Chester Jacobson. John Kane,
J. t. Theurer. ]. e. McKoane. P. NC
I[one, Flstow McKoane. 3. f. Theurer,
T.. G.. Theurer. Flock Will Feehan, F. J.
Hartl, Abhie Stenersen, Mary Nash, j. L.
Devine. NJ T.. Dwire. r. w. Thorpe, G.
D. Colcord and the Misses Stella Nash,
Ci.Gys Scofield and Gertrude Dwire
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Manager Clapp Visited Camp Douglas

&. A. Clapp OF the Golden kule
store, returned SATURDAY. from the an 4
nual stockholders meeting Of the j.
C. Penney Co. at Salt Lake City,
Utah. In conversation with a repre-
sentative of the Independent, Mr..
Clapp said that the weather in Utah
was mild and they slept in comfort
with their windows wide open and on
the return trip encountered no snow
except in the mountain passes until
they reached Havre, Montana. While
in Salt Lake City their entire conven-
ton of 257 visited Fort Douglas, just
outside the city, and witnessed the
military maneuvers of a regiment Of
5000 men. There is an internment
camp for enemy alien near the fort
where 1900 Germans are lnterned.
The camp is surrounded by high
wire fence and the denizens are as
naughty and proud as tho they were
on their native heath. He noticed es-
pecially where picture of Kaiser
Bill had been done in colors on a rock
within the encampment and the pic
ture was one Of unusual artistic
merit.
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Leonard Van Buskirk Breaks Leg.
Little Leonard, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. L. Van Buskirk, is again at the St.
Joseph hospital with a broken limb,
having slipped while playing, frac-
turing the same limb broken five years
ago. The little lad has never walked
except with brace. The brave little
man has been great sufferer practi-
cally all his life, yet he has been un-
usually patient and cheerful. He has
been on the operating table six times.
The father appreciates the care that
the boy is getting at the hospital.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-14

The Kemper VS. lIhr suit is still on
trial in district court and in all probable
itv will occupy the attention of the court
the balance of the week. This is an ac-
ton in libel in which Fl. H. Kemper., for
suing Peter lIhr for $4,000 damages.
ii. L. Halvorson is representing Kemper
and Bradford & Nash are looking after
the interests of Ehr.
Judgment was entered by stipulation for
$50 damages in favor of the plaintiff.
In the suit of the Union Investment
Co VS. +. e. Smith, the Judge took the
case from the jury and directed YER
dict in favor of the plaintiff for $196
and interest.
The Jury brot in a verdict of S595 in
favor of the plaintiff in the action of
Iver Orton VS.. p. j. Murphy ct al.
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MISS BERRY COMMENTS ON
STYLES

Miss Berry, of McCoy's, who return
ed from a Spring buying trip to New
York City, in an interview with a rep
resentative of the Independent, made
some interesting comments on the lat
est ideas in styles in women's clothes
that will be Of special interest to our
readers. She said:
The Spring styles denote a wide va
riety. Plain tailored garments for
street wear and the more fluffy gar
ments for afternoon and evening wear.
The bolero, pony and eton jackets
are the newest effects shown in suits,
however, the plain tailored suit still
retains it's popularity. The jacket is
about finger tip length cut with a
flare and is very smart for street
wear. The skirts of the suits depend
largely upon the length of the jacket.
The eton or pony jacket allows full
ness at the top and often tunics of diff
ferent lengths and shapes are used
with this length jacket, and are quite
narrow. The skirt of the plain tail
ored suits are plain with the exception
of pockets and a little fullness at the
back, finished with belt. The popu-
lar materials used are serge, tricotine,
gabardine and chamois cloths in
shades of grey, soft light shades of
brown, beige, infantry blue, navy and
black.
The coats are generally full length,
altho some shorter models are shown
which are cut with very full flare.
"The Johnnie Coats" are cut on
straighter lines with less fullness and
are about forty-two inches in length.
Many new and beautiful effects are
brought out in the collars, pockets,
loose panels, etc. Military coats are
also featured in khaki and infantry
blue. Other colors shown in the more
dressy coats are fawn, mist, beige,
Pekin blue, navy and black. Materials
used are suede cloth, wool velour, tri-
cotine, poiret twill, silvertone and
wool poplin.
Tailored dresses of taffeta and wool
scrim are much In evidence. Serge
and foulard combinations are very
smart for street wear and are shown
with tunic and bolero effects, altho
some are very plain.
There are many fancy dresses, for
dressy wear, featuring very attrac-
tive drape effects. Materials are soft
taffeta, Georgette crepe, meteor and
foulard, in flesh, white and all the
leading shades.
| The skirts are delightfully."- different,
Beautiful wool plaids, cut narrow with
novel pockets, loose panels, TUNES
'.andr r0xanel aetss RaSonat ksktl
I the newest material used in silk skirts
in plain colors, two-tone, and fancy
figured effects. Plaid and plain tat.
fetas are also featured.
Blouses are beautiful indeed. The
slip-over "bibbette" blouse is very
new, high neck blouses to be worr
with tailored suits and fancy beaded
and lace trimmed frills are very gooc
in Georgette crepe, crepe-de-chine
and fine voile, batiste and organdie.
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FIRST McHENRY COUNTY
SOLDIER AT REST
Christ A. Brake, Who Passed Away
at Camp Pike, Ark, Buried With
HOnOrs at SimcOe Sunday.

Christian A. Brake, aged 26, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Brake, who
reside mile south Of Simcoe, N. D.,
passed away at Camp Pike, Ark,
from pneumonia and sarlet fever. He
is the first McHenry county soldier lad
to give his life for his country and
the funeral, which was held from the
Hauges Lutheran church at Simcoe
Sunday afternoon, was attended by
hundreds of friends. The Sons of
Norway, of which order the deceased
was member, attended in body, 60
members being present. The Young
Peoples Society, of which he was a
member, was also in attendance in a
body. The stars and stripes and the
flag Of Norway were displayed, The
funeral sermons were delivered by
Rev. Hanson of Velva and Rev. Ness
of the Hauges church, the latter
speaking in Norwegian.
The young man left his home last
July to do his bit for his country. He
gave his life, the most precious
thing which he had, in the service Of
his country. He was an especially
fine type Of young manhood and his
parents and other loved ones have the
sympathy Of all.
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$500 MONTHLY
FROM RED
CROSS DRIVE
Campaign Will End Sunday When Mi
not is Expected to Go Over the
Top With $4,000 q Month.

The big Minot Red Cross drive, in
which an effort is being made to Sc
cure contributions aggregating $4,000
q month to buy material to be used
~ the women Of Minot in doing Red
Gross work, started promptly at nine
o'clock Tuesday morning. Up to the
time Of going to press, $25OO monthly
has been raised and the campaign will
bs concluded Sunday with a house to
house canvas.
It is hoped that Minot will Ego over
the top" in this campaign and the In
dependent believes that she will. We
cannot afford to fail in such worthy
undertaking.
The committee has been working
hard. G. r. Van Sickle is the general
chairman and the following are men,
bers of the various committees n
charge of the work:
Committee No. IA. B. Dill, chair
man; Newell r. Olson, H. L. Winters.
Committee No. Geo. Won Media,
chairman; John J. Lee, R. w. Ken
Aard.
Committee No. 3-R. J. Piper
chairman; B. N. Lesk, R. j. Brun-
nsr. -
Committee No. Ara D. Wight
chairman; w. S. Shaw, L. H. Piper.
Committee No. 5-M. F. Mulroy
chairman; P. J. McKone, Louis Enger
Committee No. &C. H. Zehringer
chairman; Geo. Heger, A. H. Kurth.
Committee No. 7-R. M. Graham
chairman; A. M. Thompson, Verr
Tompkins.
Committee No. sc. H. Coar, chair
man; H. L. Halvorson, Paul ". Nc.
Coy. ~.
Committee No. 9-Norman Ellison
chairman, w. E. Tooley, j. H. Vein
rebe.
Committee No. 10-A. A. Robinson
chairman; Dyley L. Nash' K Ander
Commit 5 No. 11-H. E. Byorum
chairman! !3Chas. A. Grow, Fred Ward
Committee No. 12-J. F. Mcclure
chairman; G. E. Mclaughlin, 4. =
Ralyorson,s ssla s3..5..s sase,::- ssys
W Committee No. 13-Martin Jacob
son, C. D. Aaker, John w. Goodman.
Committee No. 14-Marvin Sollen
chairman; D. w. Bowker, VIM. Dun
nell.
Committee No. ia. D. MCDANIEL
chairman; F. P. Taylor, M. R. Porter
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Q . . . . . . . . . . . . Z. . (
PREFERS PRISON STRIPES
TO SOLDIERS KHAKI

> 81 would rather wear the
. stripes Of a prisoner than SOL
3 dier's khaki" declared David
> Cady, member of the firm Of The
, Cady Transfer Co., of this city
> to committee of nine before
> whom he appeared at the rooms
> Of the Minot Association Of Com
> merce Tuesday. He had previ-
; ously made this remarks some
> weeks ago to NJ. r. Porter, men,
> Der of a committee on Red
. Cross drive. Cady's utterances
> were reported to United Statse
> Commissioner R. E. Hopkins, (
> who has notified U. S. Attorney
> M. A. Hildreth of Fargo. Some
>. interesting proceedings are apt
> to follow.
8 @ o O o o o o o o o o o o o o (
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Nav Re Delay in Receipt of Merchandise

Tafe Flaten of the Minot Cloak & Suit
store returned from New York city Mon
day Mr. Flaten SAYS that merchants
are bound to experience considerable de-
lav in the receipt of goods shipped from
the east this spring One consignment
lust received has been three months on
INC road Eastern manufa cturers are
urging buyers to make all shipments by
o~nress and in spite of this added eX-
Dense there is more or less delaY. ne
SAYS that the markets are in feverish
state and it is hard to place orders with
crv degree Of certainty of their being
aillcd Manufacturers are Hooded win
orders and manifest no concern What-
ever whether you take their goods or
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L. P. McAneny Taken to Hot Springs.

L. P. McAneny Taken to Hot Springs.
L. P. McAneny, state bank exam
iner, who has been i'll with rheuma-
tism for several weeks, has gone to
Hot Springs, Ark, accompanied by
his wife and his father, w. N. Nc
Aneney of Cando, N. D. Upon his
return, he will make his headquarters
at Devils Lake. The work in this ter
ritory will be in charge of Gilbert
Semmingson, formerly Grano bank
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ARREST FOLLOWS
SHOWING OF
WAR FILMS
Attorney General LANCER Causes the
Arrest of w. S. Shaw, Member of
Town Criers Committee for
Showing Pictures Sunday
Action Dismissed

The first series of War Films, pre-
pared by the government Of the Unit
ed States, to educate the American
people and to instill them with pat
riotism, was given at the Orpheum
Theatre Sunday afternoon. The at
tendance was very large, 1896 people
by actual count, attending. An admis-
sion of 25 cents for adults and Is
cents for children, was charged. John
N. Wilson, owner of the Orpheum,
gave his house for the afternoon to
the committee in charge, at cost, and
after allowing small amount to the
State Council of Defense to help pay
the expenses for the films, there was
a good sized sum to turn over to the
Red Cross.
F.. o. Hellstrom, secretary Of the
State Council of Defense, and Dorr
Carroll, the chairman, met with the
Minot Town Criers Club and requested
of that organization that it take
charge of showing these films in Mi
not. The club appointed committee
to take charge of the work and that
committee conferred with the various
show houses of Minot. Inasmuch AZ
they had contracted for other films in
advance and considering that no one
privately was to gain cent from the
films, and inasmuch as the pictures
were prepared especially out of patri-
otic principles, the committee decided
to show the first films on Sunday.
Attorney General LANCER, learning
of this, telegraphed Sheriff Nedreloe
Saturday to arrest any person, per-
sons or organization that attempted to
show any patriotic pictures on Sun
day, and be sure to see the films.
A warrant was issued for the arrest
of w. S. Shaw, who was member OF
the Town Criers committee and the
arrest was made shortly before the
pictures were given. Shaw put up a
500 bond to appear the next day LII
court. The complaint was filed be-
fore Justice John Lynch. At the pre-
'sainainary hearing, the action against
Shaw was dismissed. States Attorney
Herigstad appeared for the state and
/ B. N. Lesk, of the Town Criers Club,
appeared for the defendant.
f. O. Hellstrom, who was located at
New Rockford, appeared as witness
( for the defense.
Mr.. Hellstrom showed that he, as
the secretary Ol Ine otaCe Souiieil VI
/ Defense, had been appointed by the
government as special representative
of the Film Division of the Committee
on Public Information of the National
/ Council of Defense, and how he had
requested the Town Criers organlza-
ton to take charge of the work for
Minot. The pictures were not shown
for private gain, but for the war, he
testified. The pictures were produced
by the government and for the govern
ment and before shown to the public,
we're given before President Wilson
and members of Congress. 1t appears
D.. that these pictures are pet hobby OF
President Wilson himself.
The committee announces that the
next pictures will be shown week
from Sunday at the same hour.
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State Checker Tournament.

The North Dakota State Checker
tournament will be held in this city
Feb. 81 and % at the Association of
Commerce rooms. Peter Vandenoever
is one of the states crack players, but
he does not expect to participate in
the tournament and he will be busy
entertaining the visitors.
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McCrills Under Arrest.

Ward and Tom McCril, brothers who
have been in trouble more or less, have
been arrested charged with arson. 1t is
alleged that after their joint had been
closed by injunction, they caused the
place to be set on fire. Firemen found
the house burning in four different
places and there were evidences Of sat
llra ed rags,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-02-14
Teachers' Examination.

The examination of applicants Tor
teachers certificates is now in progress
at the offices of County Superintendent
Wcndt There are six applicants writ
ing four for fourth grade and Two Tor
third grade certificates. The following
arplicants were present: Bernice Car
ter. Minot Normal; Edna Dahl, Minot
Normal: Anna Jordre, Deering! A. y.
Smith. Selz: Edna Ward, Minot Normal;
Sadie T. Webber, Blaisdell. The last
named applicant was the first county
superintendent Of schools in Ward
cOlIntV
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w. w. Horton Ill in Minot.

w. w. Horton, we'll known Willis
ton contractor, arrived in the city yes
terday and will remain here for some
time, receiving treatment from spec
ialist. Mr.. Horton is having serious
trouble with pains in his head and his
many friends will hope for his speedy
recovery.
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In Aviation Service.

Seven young men departed for Van
couver Monday night, having enlisted
in the Signal section of the aviation
corps. They are: Frank Petit, Far
go; Vivian Tillotson, of the Tillotson
Jazz orchestra, Hope; Verne Moon,
Herman Huesgen, Elmer Morris, Lyle
Prescott and Mr.. Peterson of this city
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Trading With Germany After the
War.

The referendum committee of the
Minot Association of Commerce has
reported on a referendum from is
parent body, the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, upon set
of resolutions relative to trading with
Germany after the war. A mass
meeting Of the members of the Mi
not Association of Commerce has been
called for Feb. % at the Assembly
room and the matter will be discussed.
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Halbeck Settles Case.

VIM. Halbeck, who brot suit against
Willis township for $500 for a road
thru his land, settled with the town
ship board Wednesday for SITS. The
case was to have gone to trial today.
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Minot Soldier slightlV wounded.

wounded by a German missile while
fighting in France. His wounds are said
to be not serious. Iinnley went to
France with Co. D, of which he was a
m ennher.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

MARHIAIfE LLCENSES.
Erick A. Nelson and Ellen M. Ander-
son.
Tom Gerly and Olena Erickson. Noun
trail county.
John A. Anderson and Ethel Berglund.
Eddy county.
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De. 1acs soldier Wounded in France.

Private Joe Pekas, son of well
known Des Lacs, N. D., farmer, was
Slightly wounded in France Feb. S: Joe
was member of Co. D and he had
brother in the same company. They
accompanied the Minot company to
Camp Greene. The father, John Pekas,
received a cablegram giving information
concerning his sons injury.
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Noonan Alien Arrested in Minot.

NoOnan Alien Arrested in MinOt.
VIM. Harr, of Noonan, N. D., Ger
man alien, appeared on the streets
Monday night and told several his
opinion of President Wilson. He is
spending five days in the city Jail and
was compelled to register as an alien.
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1t is intimated that workless days
will not make patchless trousers.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-27
TO SECURE SUPPLY
OF PRODUCTS FOR
FILLING WAR NEEDS
c. D. Garretson Appointed Sub
Regional Chairman for City
of Wilmington.
WORK THAT is TO BE DONE
Special Dispatch From Every Evenings
Washington Correspondent.

Special Dispatch From Every Evening $
Washington Correspondent.
Washington. Aug %. {. ID, Garrct-
son. has been appointed sub-rcglonai
chairman for Wilmington III the Phlla-
delphia district of the resources and
conversion section of the war industries
board He will represent business men
and business interests for Wilmington
under the program of the section for
asccrtaining industrial conditions through
out the country, in order to procure the
quickest and most efficient supply of
products for the country's war needs.
Ernest L Trigg of Philadelphia is
regional advisor for the district which
includes Delaware. southern New Jersey
and eastern Pennsylvania He is the
direct representative Of the section in his
district. and the sub-rcgional chairmcn
will report to him
Conditions reported by the chairman
TO the regional advisor are promptly
forwarded To Washington. When gov
ernment purchasing agents wish supplies
they will be able 10 refer 10 a complete
ANALYSIS OF the industrial conditions and
industrial capabilities Of various sections
and firms.
The prompt and effective answer which
the manufacturers Of the country will
be enabled 10 make 10 the demands of
the government IS however to he but