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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
The Quick Comeback.
O. p GARY

Frances success IN this war" said
the close observer. "is her wonderful
comeback. No matter how hard Ger.
mauy has hit her, France has always
returned the blow with speed and
yigor.
France, I'm fact, has been as ready
as the young fellow who proposed 10
the schoolteacher The schoolteacher
said TO him scornfully:
"Do you suppose, Mr.. Doolttle, that
I'd ever marry man so benghted as
to carry great big horseshoe In his
pocket for luckr
"Doolittle paled. Then, recovering
himself quietly he gave loud laugh,
took out his horseshoe, laid II on his
knee, patted II and said gayly:
"'Well, old fellow, | guess nobodyll
ever doubt your efficacy after thlsr
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

As Plutarch tells us, at Is well to
90 for a light to another mans fire,
but not to tarry by 1t, instead light.
ing torch Of ones own" A torch OF
ones owni That Is a possession
worth having, whether IL be flaming
beacon on the hilltop or tiny taper in
the window. We cannot tell how far
a little candle throws its beams, nor
who is laying his course by It's flicker
Ing light. The most that we can do
and 1t Is also the least that we
should do--is to tend the flame care
fully and to keep 1t steady.-Brander
Matthews.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
THE ELECTION CONTEST

The contest for the office of mem
ber of the assembly from this district
occupied several hours at special
session of circuit court Saturday.
On the returns of the thirteen cleo
tion boards of the district as to their
count of ballots George Rathsack, So
cialist, was elected by two votes
Upon a recount of the ballots by the
county board of canvassers John Lor-
field, Republican, was declared to be
elected by two votes and was given
the certificate of election.
Rathsack then appealed to the cir
cult court and contends that the can
vassers had no right to recount the
ballots because the Third and Fourth
wards of the city had not wired and
sealed up the ballots as required by
law and because county board COM
mittees met in the vault unattended,
where the ballots were kept, before
lHt lcSOuLl anu Ludl DdllOlo tHuS GA
posed to tampering have lost their in
tegrity and as a matter of law cannot
be recounted.
Lorfeld's counsel claim that the
statutory directions for sealing are di-
rectory and not mandatory and that
the real will of the people cannot be
defeated by the neglect of the election
officers in details of the law respect
ing preservation of the ballots and
particularly so in the absence of evil
dence of actual tampering. If Rath-
sack can annul the recount in these
two wards he would be elected by two
votes.
No matter how the matter ter
inmates here the matter can be car
ried to the legislature as the state
constitution provides that the legisla-
ture is the judge of its own member
ship The matter was argued Satur-
day on stipulation as to the facts but
the court adjourned the case until
Tuesday of this week to permit the
testimony of the county board com
election officers and mes
sengers who delivered the ballots to
testify as to there having been any
with the ballots to their
knowledge.
Another feature of the case is that
the Fourth ward board returned two
more ballots than they had names en-
tered in their poll books as having
voted. This is feature OF uncertain
effect.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

81 at hartford, England. When writ
ing on December he was anticipat-
ing being on the way home shortly
after New Years. He speaks in glow
ing terms of the work of the Red
Cross.
Mrs. b. Murphy has not received
any word from the war department re-
garding the reported death OF her
daughter Mayme, Red Cross nurse in
france. But Mrs. Murphy received a
few copies OF "The Stars aud Stripes, y
published in France, addressed in Miss
Mayme's hand writing, this week, post
marked Dec. 2. So 1t Is very likely
that the war departments report oi
her death Is an error.
The name of Edward Shanahan, q
former Liberty boy, was listed In the
Milwaukee Sunday papers as severely
wounded. Nothing fbrther has been
heard OF him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
GOES TO GREEN BAY

Rev. j. r. O'Leary, pastor of Sacred
Heart church of this city, has been ap-
pointed by Bishop Rhode to the pastor
ate of St. Patrick's church of Green
Bay, made vacant by the death ol
Father Michael O'Brien. 1t is report
ed on apparently good authority that
Father O'Leary has accepted the ap-
pointment and that Father Hogan OF
Oshkosh will succeed Rev. O'Leary in
Sacred Heart church.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Easy TO Avoid Worry.

Worry may be compared to any
deadly disease and its victims are in
Vulnerable. And If we don't want TO
become one Of the unhappy throng We
must, wherever our lines are cast,
adapt ourselves TO circumstances,
Airing our grievances and literally
looking for more will inevitably result
In our becoming downright miserable.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

John Barnes has exhibited such
qualities as collector and assignee Of
the State Bank, that he could make a
fortune if he would only take up this
line of business. He has not had oc-
casion to sue a debtor either. If he
was a newspaper man he would find
the delinquent subscriber more than a
match for him.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Tuesday w. M. Joyce, chairman of the
inspection board of the thiH ward tes-
titled that he could not remember
whether or not the sack containing he
ballots had been sealed with wax or
not, but that he had kept the sack in
his office safe all night and delivered it
p ersonally tc the county clerk at 8 q.
M. Wednesday. He stated that the ell
ection board had returned two sacks
and that one of them had been wired
but could not say that it was the sack
containing the ballots for this office
The small ballots for the congressman
for the short term had been returned
in another sack. The large third ward
bag was opened in court and did not
contain the small ballots.
The members of the county board
committees which met IN the coun' y
clerks vault testified that there had
been no tampering with the ballots by
them, and that they knew of no one
else baving been in the vault unatten-
ded by the clerk.
The case was submitted and briefs
filed. The court indicated his intent.
ion of deciding the matter in week
or so. The term of office begins week
from next Monday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
"Dead" Brother Very Much Alive.

benjamin Bennek Of Brooklyn went
TO Cornel's morgne at Hampstead and
was positive that the body Of a man
who had died at Camp Mills Of Span
ish influenza was that Of his brother.
Louis Benuick,
The dead man had been registered
rs William Bennick, so Benjamin was
told TO 70 to the base hospital at Mine
oln to make sure It was his brothet
who had died. He went and was con.
Quoted to ward. Ills brother. about
to be discharged, jumped up from d
cot and kissed him. Then benjamin
kissed MI the patients, the doctors, an
the nurses who had not flown, and
finished up by faintIng.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses
have been issued 10y the county clerk
the past week.
Richard Brandt OF Detroit and lrma
Engel of this city; George Popp OF
Rapids and Rose Schamberger OF Mish-
icot; Hugo Sommer of Madison and
Emma Hingiss OF Kiel; Charles Meyer
Of Seymour and Lillian Graycarek OF
this city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
Strenoth Of Character.

Strength Of character Ii not mere
strength of feeling; 1t Il the resolute
restraint of strong feeling. 1t Is m
yielding resistance "a whatever would
discomfort us from without or unset.
tie us from within. Dickens.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Roman Roklimswsky, aged 81, died
at his home 1929, So. Nineteenth street
Saturday morning from stroke OF
paralysis. The funeral was held Tues
day morning from ST Mary's church.
Deceased had been employed by the
Land and Fuel Co. He Is survived by
his wife and seven children.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
SNOW.

A snow storm set in Tuesday from
the northeast, accompanied by a
strong wind Five inches OF snow fell
and there was fairly good sleighing for
Christmas.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

From what we hear, the citizens of
Sheboygan are beginning to feel queer
about business. We understand a
meeting of the merchan'se vas held
there recently to investigate matters
and propose means to keep their
produce home, as all of it was going
either to Port Washington or coming
here, One of our wheat buyers recent
ly purchased a load of produce which
was brought from a farm two miles
this side of Sheboygan. This is credit
able to our merchants, but rough on
Sheboygan. During the entire season
wheat and produce generally has
brought much higher price here
than at that city, and we are not sur
prised that farmers take advantage of
this state of affairs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Sylvester evening isn't what it used
to be when John Schuette and S. A.
Wood were sportive. On that day in
the past the two always chummed and
grew hilarious as midnight drew near.
John insisted on singing and Wood
abetted him. Neither of them goes to
a ball now as they have grown sedate
and somewhat indolent in matters of
amusement.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
OBITUARY.

Mrs. Albert Roegue, 1915 Franklin
street, died last Thursday at the hos
pital OF Pneumonia caused from inhu-
enza. She was 25 years OF age. Her
body was taken to Marinette for burial
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

The produce trade continues brisk,
and our streets are almost daily
crowded with teams from the coun
try, Eighth street being completely
blockaded on Friday. The excellent
sleighing probably accounts for a
great portion of it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
JURY LIST.

The following is a list of the names
of persons drawn December goth, 1918
to serve as Petit Jurors at the Janu-
airy 1919 term of the circuit court, for
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Last week we made menSion of the
sad experiences of Mr.. Weinschenk-
he having lost three children in one
week by scarlet feyer-who has again
been afflicted his oldest soh-the last
one, expiring on Friday last, victim
of the same rayaging disease. Surely
such an overwhelming succession of
losses seems almost too much to bear,
and we are sure that all our citizens
sympathize with the bereaved parents
in their great sorrow. The deceased
being a member of the band, his
funeral was attended by both as also
a large procession of sympathizing
friends.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26
ITEMS FROM THE PILOT FILES
F0RTY-NlNE YEARS AGO

The weather since last week has
been clear and the atmosphere cold,
Monday night being the coolest of the
season, followed by snow ON Tuesday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Judge Baensch retires from the po-
sition Of county Judge next week, aft.
er d longer period of service than fell
to the lot of any Of his predecessors
lie has discharged the duties of his OF.
flee in such manner as 10 win the
good opinion of every one. He has
been able, impartial and diligent ant
has we'll earned the title of Judge
which he will ever wear az he de
serves to. Ills successor comes to thu
office well equipped both In knowl
edge OF law aud In force of character
Judge Monseau in Ii man Of judicia
temperament, modest but firm ant
with intuitiye quickness. lie Will max,
model judge and the people OF III,
county are 10 be congratulated II
having him In that position.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Circuit court met last Tuesday
morning. The jurymen had to be dis
charged again now for the third time,
on account of irregularity in the draw
ing of them.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Daily Thought.
Ills mind his kingdom aud his will
his laW.--CoWper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

Doctor Patchen has put in an ap-
pearance again and is all ready to at
tend business after his trip.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

DR.. John Mulholland of Jordon,
Minn., spent Christmas with his
brother Henry in the city.
Miss Nellie 0'Connor, who is en-
gagged in teaching in Milwaukee, is
spending her Christmas vacation here.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Judge visited in
Florence, Wis, this week. Mr.. Judge
was called there by the serious illness
of his brother William, who is now
improving.
Marrled.-On Wednesday, Dec. 26
by Rev. Mr.. Chaplin, j. Y Miller OF
Kaukauna and Olga Seeger OF this
city.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

We learn that race is on the tapis
between Doc Easton's 'Kohnkee" and
a horse belonging to Ira Clark OF
Clarks Mills, for one hundred dollars
side. $25 forfeit money is already
up. The race is to come off soon after
January first.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-12-26

On Friday a hog was Brought to
town weighing 4S0 pounds, being the
largest which has been brought in this
season. Fred Seeger bought it, of
course, as he is always sure to get the
best, at 13 cents pound.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
DORA SPATH BECOMES
BRIDE OF WILIFRED STILES
Ceremony Performed at New London
COnnecticut-GrOOm is Navy
Ensign

The following from a Mandan, N.
D. paper, will interest many of our
readers, as the bride formerly resided
with her parents in Minot:
A wedding of interest to the young
people of Mandan took place at New
London, Connecticut, Wednesday, June
%, when Miss Dora Spath became the
bride of Wi1ifred Stiles, an ensign in
the navy who leaves for duties over
seas soon. The ship on which he is
stationed is known as submarine
chaser. Mrs. Stiles has returned to
Washington, D. c., to resume her dut.
les as stenographer at the national
capital.
They are both graduates Of the
Mandan high school, residents Of Man
dan few years ago. Wilifred
graduated in 1912 and Mrs. Stiles in
1913 She left here the following
year for Judson, where her father,
Fred Spath, was connected with a
bank for several months and later
moved to Minneapolis, where she at
tended business college. She held
position as stenographer, in Mime.
apolis following her graduation from
the business college, later taking the
government examination for steno.
grapher at Washington, D. c., and
has held that position for about a
year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
UNIFORM SYSTEM is WANTED
County Treasurers Will Aim to Sc
cure Uniform System of Account
ing at Annual Convention.

An effort to inaugurate uniform
system of accounting will be made at
the annual meeting of the County
Treasurer's Association of North Da-
kota in Devils Lake July 90 during
the Chautauqua session. A pro-
gram of unusual interest has been ar
ranged by the executive committee
among whom are Carl R. Kositzky,
now state auditor, and w. J. Prater,
now state land commissioner, but both
former county treasurers.
A. M. Powell, treasurer of Ramsey
county, stated that he expected there
would be an unusually big attendance.
Last year when the invitation was ex-
tended at Beach, it was accepted I'M
animously with much enthusiasm. All
seemed anxious to come to Devils
Lake and visit the great inland beau
ty spot of the northwest.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

ceased, pioneer Velva resident, states
that at Havre recently the crops all
dried out and that he will get no crops
whatever from his homestead this
year-not even the beans will mature
He has gone to mining Ignite. Mr.
and Mrs. Strong were blessed with a
fine 8-pound boy born June II and
consequently, crop or no crop, Sam is
feeling "first rate, thank you"
Word comes from Barr, Montana
where three former employees of the
Independent have taken homesteads
that the crops in that locality are
gradually going to the bad on account
of the prolonged drouth. Os Elliott
one of the boys, sank a deep we'll re.
Gently and obtained fine flow of ex-
cellent water. The event was cele-
brated as only Montana people are
privileged to celebrate such suspicious
events.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
Minot Hide & Tanning
Company
John Wallin Expresses Disapproval
of Unhappy Banner Display

John Wallin Expresses Disapproval
of Unhappy Banner Display
Editor Of the Independent:
Allow me to express my disapprov-
al of the disreputable stunt which
was staged by some Of the citizens of
Minot at the farmers meeting at Riv-
erside Park, June "a, where Governor
Frazier and Attorney General LANCER
were the chief speakers. Anyone
has perfect right to differ in opin-
ion with the governor. But it is GER
tainly disgrace to deliberately insult
the governor of the state when he
comes here to make a public speech.
If it has come to that-that crowd
of farmers and the governor Of the
state can not have an assembly in
town without being grossly insulted
then it's about time that the country
and the towns part company. The
city authorities had the power in
their hands to prevent this disreput-
able occurrence, but they failed to
and so for that reason the city as
a whole, gets the blame. l do not
believe that the majority of the peo-
pie approve of it, but still such &C.
currences casts reflection on the
character of the people. 1t is up to
Minot to apologize to the governor
that is the only way to set matters
right.
Yours truly,
JOHN WALL1N.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
Fifty Farmers Complete Work or
Ward County Red Cross Farm

Fifty farmers with four, five and
six horse teams, and ten men with
tractors, gathered at the Red Gross
farm four miles east of Minot, last
Friday and put The 800 acre field
in ship shape for next years big
wheat crop.
The tractors finished breaking Out
the land and the teams packed the
land with discs. The field has beer
broken to a depth of from four tc
six inches, and ought to produce 8
wonderful wheat crop next year.
The Red Cross women Of Minot fur.
nished a fine lunch during the after.
noon and the affair was pleasant thru.
out. The farmers and tractor mer
have done splendid work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
CITY IN BRIEF

Mrs. Swan, of Maddox, Ia, has
been engaged as teacher of Domestic
Science at the Minot Normal and has
already entered upon the discharge Of
her duties.
Chas. Hammond, former instructor
in agriculture at the Minot Normal
has returned to take his old position
for the summer months. Oscar
Knudson, the former instructor, left
June "a in the selective draft.
A letter from our old friend Sam
Strong, son Of George Strong, de.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

parsion to ours. Narrow little streets
and stone or brick houses. Wooden
houses are unknown, l guess.
Have made quite few acquaintance
es among the Scots. They are a
nice quiet, easy going set. met a
little lassie, called Lizzie Murray, last
Sunday e years old). They (the
kids all admire the Yanks or Sam
mics and when we 60 down the street
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
Latter Day Saints Reunion at Ora
hams Grove

hams Grove
The 10th annual reunion of the
organized Church of Jesus Christ, of
Latter Day Saints, for the North
Dakota district, will be held at M. D.
Graham's grove, six miles northwest
of Burlington, July 5 to IA.
There will be program Of gospel
sermons and good music, earnest
prayers and strong testimonies. Sun
day school and Young Peoples Insti-
tute work will be a special feature
Of the reunion. Two Apostles and
one of the Patriarchs, will attend the
meetings.
The Red Cross program will be rem
dered Monday, July 8. The Sunday
school convention and field work will
constitute Tuesdays program and the
District Conference will be held We'd
nesday.
Clyde Swigart Writes From Scotland
Mrs. F. E. Swigart received the fol-
lowing interesting letter from her son,
Sergeant Clyde Swigart:
Somewhere in Scotland,
May IL, 1918.
Dear Mother:
l received your letter couple Of
days past and this being my week
end off, and Mothers Day, it will be
good time to let you know that the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

sassss.. -, ~
every little one from to to about
IL salute us.
I Joined the Masonic body here q
week ago and will be Master Mason
by the time this reaches home. The
lodge 1 joined received its charter
before Washington was president.
With lots of love to you Mother
and to all.
Sgt. Clyde S. Swigart.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

Blonde Enjoying Vacation on Farm
A. P. Blonde, one of the Indepen-
dents staff of artistic printers. LEFT
Wednesday morning for his farm,
south of Parshall, to remain over the
Fourth with Mrs. Blonde, who is hold.
ing the fort down on the farm.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

Odd Fellows Met at Sherwood
A big Odd Fellows meeting was
held at Sherwood Tuesday, members
from Velva, Deering, Glenburn and
other towns attending. The Velva
team put on the work.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
Animal Trainer Has Narrow Escap

Captain Will Scott, animal trainer,
connected with the Johnny Jones cir
Gus had narrow escape from a hor-
rible death when "Ceaser", one Of the
fierce Nubian lions attacked Scott as
he was exhibiting the lions Friday
evening and but for the timely arrival
of the assistants would have been
killed. He was terribly injured about
the face and neck but was able to
proceed with the act after which he
was taken to the hospital where his
wounds were dressed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04
folks at home are the best in the

world.
The weather here is. dull and the
mists off the sea are heavy. This
is spring now. l have a number of
views | would like to send home but
can't do it. Will have much to tell
you all when we have got the kaiser's
goat and all come sailing home.
The towns here are funny in COM
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-07-04

SUPREME COUNSELLOR FRED J.
C. COX, of Winnipeg, Canada,
Who was elected Supreme Counsellor
of the United Commercial Travellers
of America sat the Columbus conven-
ton recently. Mr.. Cox heads an or
ganization of $4,000 members from
the United States and Canada.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-08
BIG CONVENTION
OF MERCHANTS

More than 10000 invitations have
been sent out to the merchants of
the states of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana to attend the
semi-annual Northwest Merchants
Convention, which is to be held in
Seattle, February II to 16. 1t will
be held in the Industrial Exhibition
building, Fourth avenue and Univer-
sity street, and at the same time is
to take place an industrial sample
fair" at which the visitors will be
shown completely representative
line of Washington made products
and be made acquainted with their
virtues that they may the better be
able to sell them.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-08
COOKING CONSERVATION

Most of the recipes scattered
through all sorts of publications now
a-days show the housewives how to
blow in the family allowance p. d. q.
and work harder on their cookery.