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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-03-14
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Nathan Smith is wearing a smile
as big as slice out of a Missouri
watermelon, all on account of an'8-lb.
boy that came to gladden. his home
Friday, March 8. Mother and son are
doing fine. Mr.. Smith has now ceased
to worry about high-priced hired men,
for now his trouble is at an end, as
he has boy.
Trace M. Palmer spent a portion
of last week taking in the sights at
and taking in the movies at night.
Hank Loomis spent the entire week
with his brother David of Minot and
attended the tractor school. His father
went down Saturday and brought him
home.
Fred Hamilton and family moved to
Minnesota last week.
M. Chambers and Paul Klimple took
John Fitzgerald and his gray team to
Garrison, N. D., Sunday and returned
the following Wednesday with Cham
,bers and Smiths buckskin pony. Also
Mrs. E. E. Diehls Shetland pony,
which had been taken off the range in
Willis township by the Klinesasser
brothers and traded off to some par,
ties living eleven m les southwest of
Garrison. Mrs. Diehl's pony came
back branded and she can now identi-
fly him the next time he is stolen, by
s,he big J. f. he now carries.
f. r. Walker spent the week end
Lin Minot on business transaction.
Louis Gadbow has given up moving
to Plentywood, Mont, and will start
"a blacksmith shop at the South Pra-
irie store in the old stand that was
vacated by w. G. Coield last fall. Mr..
sGadboW expects to meet all his old
customers and many new ones, so
thring in your pillow work and avoid the
rush.
0. B. Wallace will SOW the wheat
land pail the cows for the next eight
months for N. D. Welty at $4,000 per
month.
Louis Redding secured a house
Keeper from Calgary, Canada, last
Thursday by advertisement in the
Ward County Independents want col
a7lmn.
Clyde Nelson and wife and E.. E.
Diehl were in Minot Thursday and
put in their applications before the
board for seed and feed.
John Bolden has returned from Ne
braska, where he has been since early
in November. He gave the writer a
friendly call last Wednesday,. John
has entirely abstained from the use Of
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tobacco in all forms, to which he was
slave, and is now as fat as shoat.
John has leased 5O0-acre farm ten
miles south of Minot and will make
things hum when the robins come. i.
Ray and Arley Irwin were in Minot
on Wednesday for two loads of lum-
Der for Arlie's new house.
Earl Walker has secured a posi-
ton at Moore Bros garage in Minot
and began work March 4.
John Coons has ordered his third
car of hay from Mcleod, N. D.
Roscoe Beighle and wife were in
| Minot Wednesday and Thursday and
brought home an immense load Of
feed.
Earl Sassa has returned from Mon
tana, where he has been acting asS
cook in lumber camp since early in
the fall, and will now assist his father,
Fred Sassa, with his spring work.
Ira McNoll and David Burnett were
in Minot Thursday for 200 blu. of seed
oats.
The cold spell has caused business
to pick up pretty briskly at the Bel
CHILE mine the past several days. Har-
vey Gadbow was obliged to secure the
services of his brother Lewis, for a
few days, as they were obliged to load
from q to 80 teams per day.
Adolph Klimple and wife were Saw
yer and Minot visitors Friday, max
ing the trip in their Overland car.
Mrs. E. E. Diehl entertained the la
dies aid Thursday of this week.
Nose w. Putney had the misfortune
to lose valuable COW last week, leav-
ing young calf.
Guy Sharar captured huge grey
owl some days ago and was keeping
him for a mascot in his granary, but
Mr.. Owl got hold of some gopher pois-
oned oats, which suddenly stopped his
clock and Guy wears a pretty wry
face nowadays.
Paul Klimple had a number Of men
assisting him in moving granary on
the M. Chambers farm, vacated by
Chas. Lowe April Is, last year.
Carl Swenson informs us that he
has secured two reliable hired men
and That he will be ready for business
when Jack Frost goes out of the
ground two inches or so, so that he
can drag and seed.
Frank Long sold a cow in Minot
one day last week that brot him 1921
dressed.
Andy Lewis is using fertilizer on a
porto nof his farming land.
A number Of the farmers are con-
templating attending the E. Patrick
farm sale Monday, March 10. i
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| Roscoe Beighle had two Of his men
engaged in hauling coal for three
school houses on Friday and Saturday
last.
There was wrestling match at the
Beighle mine last Friday between
William Klimple and Sam Reed, Mr..
Klimple being the winner.
John Peterson was trying his Ford
Sunday and had four blow-outs in 60
ing Sd of mile.
Louis Gadbow expects to have his
blacksmith shop started up at the
South Priarie store by March rs or
April LIST.
The Farmers club meets at the
home of Everett Bunker Saturday,
March IS, but without a doubt the
Nonpartisan league meeting at Saw
yer that day will affect the attend
ance.
A number of our farmers are en-
gagged in hauling their feed oats from
Sawyer this week and are liking ad-
vantage of the good roads.
Alder Klimple bot sixty bushels OF
barley at the Britton sale at SITS per
bushel and brot it home Monday.
Arthur Price has given up farming
for himself and will do breaking for
John Tofflemire, using horse power
on his breaking pillow. He has sum-
mer's job if the weather conditions
permit.
George Hill has hired out to William
Harding for eight months at very
good salary. George is a good boy
to work and when you get one to beat
him you will have to 60 some.
Adolph and Walter Klimple at
tended the Britton sale Tuesday.
Mrs. Glen Wedding and Miss
Shones we're visitors at the home of
Mrs. E. E. Diehl Saturday.
Mr.. Shuss, teacher of the Beighle
school, will give Red Cross enter
tainment at his school Friday night,
March Is.
Wedding & Nelson are engaged in
hauling their feed and. seed from Lo-
gan.
E. Bivins and son Clarence and E.
R. Walker were Sawyer visitors on
Saturday and Harvey Gadbow acted
as mule skinner at the mine during
Clarence Bivins' absence. Harvey
said it was the longest day he ever
put in.
Lyle Thompson has leased the AL
Simpkins 24O acres Of farming land
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Rode Likes It in Montana.

The following interesting letter was
received recently from J. w. Rodea
now a resident Of Poison, Mont, and
formerly of this city:
Was much pleased to read in the
Independent communications from our
friends Champlin and Weatherwax,
but while they were enjoying fine wea-
Their in California and Idaho I should
like to have you know that we have
not been far behind in the Flathead
valley this year, though even the old
residents will not undertake to guar
antee the same brand of weather.
every winter. Up to about the 10th Of
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of crops every year. Land is selling
all the way from $500 to about ~
or more per acre, according to q1a6ty
and location. The N. P. has just sen-
pleted branch line into Poison and
we are now enjoying railroad se4-
munication with the outside wsGld.
Steamboats, have also been Iun11g
all winter, connecting with the G. N.
through Kalispell OF course, n Or
binary winters, navigation elesss
about New Year.
Kindly remember me to the e9iee
force and other friends WHOM yeu
might meet.
Sincerely yours,
j. w. RODE.
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formerly farmed by Stewart Reed and
will hire it plowed with a tractor and
will seed it himself.
Harvey Gadbow, wife and daughter,
Miss Mabel, spent Sunday visiting
with his brother Lewis and family.
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A Few Pounds of Oil Meal
properly fed at this time Of year wiz
save that horse. Cash Feed & y1el
Store. 4o12
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Dealing With Sedition

Agents Of the Federal Department
OF Justice have seized in recent weeks
fors OF pSpera, pamphlets and CORE
pondence that point to the existence
of nationwide propaganda Of disloyal
lid sedltlous sentimr nts. 1t is asserted
mat, despite the numerous warnings
gwen to the pro-Kaiserites and defeat
sts, resistance to the draft act and
other legislation essential to tbs Wig
orous prosecution of the war has been
systematicauy urged and encouraged
oy certain organi1ati ons-
The Department OF Justice, of course.
VIII be heartily commended by all loyal
Americans for every Intelligent, legal
erort made By it to stamp out active
dls4oyalty, treason and poisonous prop
aranda The United States govern
ment is not fEhtinE any radical opin-
iors or doctrines as such, provided they
arc expressed in lawful form and do
not involve the advocacy Of criminal
action. But social rad --calisrn cannot
oe permitted to serve as cloak for
sedltion or treason. The verdict Of the
Jury in the recent l. ". ". trial was
pronounce against men who had used
tneir positions OF authority and in
fuence In a radical organ izat ion to OBJ
struct the government in it's necessary
military and industrial activities The
people are in no mood to be tsifed
with or to tolerate defiant abuse of
ne freedom Of speech and the pub
iication enjoyed iu this republic.-Chi-
cago News.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Electrified Seed q Success
Treated Oats Showed Increase
of 81 Per Cent in Yield

The results of the first two thrash
ings of electrified grain are announced
by II II. Dunn, seed specialist. OF
Salisbury Mere than two thousand
acres have been planted with electri-
fed seed.
The electritication consists Of soak
ing the seed in weak solution Of
common salt or calcium chloride, pass
ing a comparatively small electric cur
rent through the grain in soak for a
few hours, and then slowly drying it in
a kiln.
Wheat grown at Ford St. Cleer, Lis
keard, Cornwall. Mr.. Dunn says,
showed % per cent increase on grain
and 40 per cent on straw. Oats grown
at Moreton, near Dorchester, showed
a gain Of 81 per cent on grain.
tinental Edition of the London Mail
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
u. Unsinkable' Shin
Lucia, Sunk, Is Report
buoyancy Boves Failed Wh.n
o-Boat Struck, Shipping
Circles Hear

--AN ATLANTIC :. !.A,NNI!C PORT, Oct. 1e.~An
report was current IN Tho
shipping district yesterday that tho
steamship Lucia had been
SUNK oS submarine. She was
equipped with buoyancy boxes and
was supposed to be unsuitable.
oihcials of the navy in Washington
SAID they had received no information
concerning the reported sinking.
The Lucia, formerly au Austrian
f.relghtcr of the same name. left AN
A'lantic port with cargo on Octo.
per IL. The vessel. taken over at Mo
nilc, Ala, when the United States en-.
tered the war, was equipped at cos,
of more than 100000 With an Gun
sinkable" device. approved by naval
onicials Tor experimental purposes.
The freightcr had made several trips
without incident, and the submarine
attack which, it is said. sent her to
the bottom was the first attempt to
sink her.
A vessel of 6.744 gross tons, she was
built in Austria in 1912 and piled be-
tween Austrian and American Gulf
ports in the cotton trade before the
war
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Auto, With Woman
At Wheel, Kills Two
Men Repairing Car
Three Standing in Flush.
ing Street Run Over
at Crossing

Following an automobile accident on
Broadway. the main street of Flushing,
Long Island, yesterday afternoon,
which resulted in the death of two
men and the injury of two others, Miss
Edith Mortimer, the daughter of Stan
ley G. Mortimer, OF tho exclusive
Wheatley Hills section at Roslyn, L. L.,
was locked up in the Flushing police
station on charge of homicide. Miss
Mortimer will be arraigned in court
this morning
Those killed in the accident we're
Morris De Mato, thirty three, Of 81
Frost Street, Brooklyn, and Nathan
Wasserberger, fiftyhve, of Maurice
Avenue, Maspcth, l.. I. The injured
are Frank Rich, twenty-nine, of 113
Frost Street, Brooklyn, aad Abraham
Wasserberger, thirty-one, Of the same
address as Nathan
The four men had stopped their ma
chine on Broadway. near Linden Ave
nue., because Of trouble they were
having with the automobile horn. All
but Abraham Wasserberger got out of
the car.
Brewery Truck Blamed
While the three men stood close bv
one side Of the car a heavy brewery
trucy, driven by Charles Murray, of Is
Chauncey Street, Brooklyn, came down
Linden Avenue and turned into Broad
way. At the same time an automobile
driven by Miss Mortimer, and in which
was riding at the time Captain Mercer
Pordee, Of the 36th French Infantry
and of the French commission, came
along Broadway at fair speed.
Miss Mortimer told the police later
that she thought the brewery truck
was going to cross Broadway. When it
turned in front Of her she swung her
machine to one side to avoid striking
the truck and crashed into the standing
car.
Miss Mortimer's machine lost little
Of its momentune and before any of
the three men could get out Of the way
all were knocked down and run over.
lir. De Mato was killed instantly. Mr..
Wasserberger died on the way to the
hospital.
Auto Hit Tree
The automobile driven by the young
woman was thrown on to the sidewalk
and eventually came 20 a stop against
a tree in Flushing Park Neither Miss
Mortimer nor Captain Pordee suffered
more than severe jouncing.
AS soon as her car had stopped, Miss
Mortimer ana Captain Pordee sprang
out and went to the assistance Of the
four men The French officer rendered
first aid to the two men who escaped
with injuries, and accompanied Miss
Mortime rto the police station, where
she surrendered herself to the auth orr
ties.
To the police. Captain Pardee, who
wears the Croix de Guerre with palms,
said that he had been once captured
by Germans and later exchanged. He
absoved Miss Mortimer from blame
and insisted that their machine had not
been travelling at fast pace when the
accident happened
Mr.. De Mato was a we'll known
Brooklyn contractor, and Mr.. Wasser-
berger was one of the largest mona
ment dealers ON Long Island.
The police, after taking the testi-
mony of several eye witnesses to tie
accident. decided to hold Miss Morti-
mer for examination, and also placed d
the driver Of the truck under arrest
on charge Of violating the traffic
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Brooklyn Men
On Distinguished
Service List
Cook Shefrin, With Feet
Blown Of, Directed
Rescue Work
Six Given Cross
Sergeant Sell Bore Note
Across Shell-Swept

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1o.-The Com
mander in Chief, in the name of the
PRESIDENT, has awarded the Distin-
gulshed Service Cross to the following
officers and soldiers for tho acts of
extraordinary heroism described after
their names:
First Lieutenant Joseph W. Smith.
l66th Infantry "For extraordinary
teroism in action near Saint Baussay,
northeast of Saint Mihiel France, Sep
tember IL, 1918. Finding that his
platoon would be under heavy fire Of
enemy machine guns while crossing the
Rupt de Mad, Lieutenant Smith, rather
than permit the advance to be delayed,
unhesitatingly plunged into the stream,
crossed it under heavy fire, ascertained
the exact location of the enemy.
brought his platoon through the river
by a protected route, and with it
thanked and captured six machine guns
and nineteen prisoners" Home ad-
dress: Mrs. Rita l.. Smith, mother.
l704 Congress Avenue, Austin. Texas.
First Lieutenant Charles O'Brien. de-
ceased, 3O6th Infantry. "For cXtraordi-
nary heroism in action near lie Cen
orlcre Woods, near the Aisne Canal.
September 6. 1918. Lieutenant O'Brien
lea has platoon forward toward the lie
Cendriere Woods under heavy shell fire.
When wounded in the left leg one of
his men urged him to stop and have
the wound dressed. He answered.
Never mind that; they can't stop US
ana led his platoon through the woods
TO the bank of the Aisne Canal. where
"nlie piacing his men in position, he
vas vas struck again and killed. HIS daunt-
less courage presented an inspiring
example to the men of his platoon. 3
Next Of kin: Mrs. NJ. O'Brien. mothcr
- North Main Street. Wilkesbarre'
Penn. wa .
Braved Shell Fire
First Lieutenant Leon Marchand
zo2d Infantry, French Army, attached
to Both United States infantry. "For
extraordinary heroism in action dur
ing the, battle of the Marine, july Is.
1913; Lieutenant Marchand repeatedly
dlsplayed superb courage by volun-
tarlly proceeding from the regimental
command post dugout to an observa-
ton post on the edge of the woods
through intense Shell fire, in order to
OBSERVE the progress of the action and
obtain information necessary for the
commanding officer. The superb cour-
age OF Lieutenant Marchand was an in
splration to the men of the regiment
to which he was attached"
Interpreter Alfred Dubois, French
mission. attached to headquarters 9th
fleld Artillery. "For extraordinary
heroism near Missy au Bois, France.
July 18. 1918. He voluntarily exposed
himself to heavy shell fire while car
ry!ng wounded men to place Of
safety"
Brooklyn Boys Heroism
First Sergeant Herman NJ. Sell. Com
psny A, 306th Infantry. "For extraor-
dinary hcroism in action in La Cen
drlere woods, near Vauzere. between
the Vesle and the Aisne, France, Sep
tember 6, 1918. First Sergeant Sell
volunteered to deliver a message of
great Importance to his battalion com
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

mandcr after six runners who had
been sent with the same message
failed to return. He voluntarily
crossed 600 yards of open field swept
by shell and machine gun fire, reached
his destination. accomplished his mis-
sion and returned to his company with
information of vital importance"
Street, Brooklyn.
Cook William Shefrin, deceased,
Company C, 306th Infantry. "For ex-
traordinary heroism in action in tho
Ravinc de L'Homme Mort, near Vaux-
core, between the Vcsle and the Ainc
rivers, September 5, 1918. After both
of his feet had been blown of by q
bursting shell Cook Shefrin, although
mortally wounded, coolly directed the
work of rcscuing and caring for other
wounded men Of the kitchen detach-
ment who had been wounded when his
transport was struck" Next Of kin,
Nathan shefrin. father, 21O Seven
tcenth Street, Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
The Annual Overcoat Contest

The annual fall overcoat contest BE-
tween Willie and his mother is on.
1t is accentuated this year by Spanish
influenza germs which mother sees
crowding the atmosphere by millions
with wide-open jaws.
Willie still is sticking to his sleeve
less, gauze underwear. He considers
wool next the skin as the brand Of a
Sissy" and would rather snufhe his
way through a month Of bleak, raw
days than surrender to it's cffeminizing
touch.
An overcoat he holds to be the in
sigma of "super Sissy" and resolutely
rejects 81 can't run fast in it, an l
can't throw a ball." he complains Bit
tcrly. Once or twice when he has
donned it under compulsion he has been
discovered playing ball on the corner
lot in a north wind with the coat de-
posted on brick pile.
Each morning he quietly slides for
the front door in the freedom of over
ooatless boyhood. Every time he is
Wilie is cSme S' Back and d's put 'e on That that
overcoat; the paper says colder; there
are five cases Of influenza in this block
and Larry Smith hasn't been to school
for a week. Look at George Brown
going past. He's got his overcoat on"
SO runs the protest as mother stands
in the hall presenting the ignoble gar
ment.
"oh. shucks!' says Willie, "l'm warm
enough; Pm sweating already TN
make me late for school if I wear that
thing cause l can't run fast enough
TO get there on time. Who cares what
George Brown does? He's simp any
way"
And so the dialogue goes. Sometimes
Willie surrenders. Then the suspicious
maternal eye, following to the corner,
like as not sees him doff the degrading
badge and carry it over his arm. FREE
quently mother gives in through lack
of breath and despairingly throws the
coat over chair with a final: Don't
blame me if you get pneumonia"
But youth is enduringly warm
bloodcd and Willie comes through with
nothing worse than chronic snufAes
which the family comes to regard az
his normal condition.
Willie is hardening himself for the
trcnches.-Detroit journal.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Fighting Now, Asserts Sir
Thomas Miles, Is Just
"The Cleaning Up"
War Heroes in Party
Canadian Aviator Drove Ma
chine Seventy Miles With
Fingers Shot Of

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. ia
British liner that had taken an un-
usually long course across the Atlantic
to avoid submarines arrived here to-
day, day late, with 320 passengers.
Among her travellers was Sir Thomas
Nyles, of Dublin, Kings surgeon in
ireland, who journeyed to this country
10 attend a clinical congress Of the
American College OF Surgeons. He was
informed on arrival that the congress
lad been postponed, and announced
oheerfully that meanwhile he would
make trip to Washington to confer
With the surgeons of The arms, navy
and Public Health Service.
SIR Thomas, who is specialist on
high fractures, said he had made a
rip over the Western front held by the
British, and was pleased to announce
.tst I'VE have the Germans on the run"
.h> fchting now, he said. is just the
eHaine-up process. Sir Thomas was
panied by Sir Berkeley Moyna-
~ Aairman of the board Of consult
-geons OF the British army
Hciped Bottle Up Zeebrugge
Another traveller was Lieutenant
H. T. c. Walker, r. ~, who lost an
arm in the operations against the u
BOA. base at Zeebrugge. He was one
Ct the officers in charge of the sinking
OF the old British warship Vindictive
4 the ha1bor channel, and ten minutes
after the enterprise started his arm
vas fractured by shrapnel. He brought
over 500 colored photographs of the
leebrugge operations, which will be
exhibited here before naval men.
A Canadian flyer, home on leave.
Lieutensnt l. B. Curtis, was in the
air raid on Mannheim. He was ordered
back to make photographs of the areo
destroped and was caught in a barraee
which the Germans laid down about
he time he was returning with his
photographs He was wounded in the
egs, the thumb and forefnger of his
light hand we're shot off and his OBJ
server was killed Steering with his
eff hand he piloted his plane to his
own hanger, seventy miles away, and
rss awarded the Distinguished FLYING
corp, medal.
Germans Fight Like He'll.
Lieutenant Bud Fisher, ca,toonist.
Who had been for eight months with
ne British General Staff, said he had
observed the Germans fighting few
weeks ago aud made this observation.
Don't get the notion that the Ger
mans are quitting. We have them or
ne run, it is true, but they are fight
.ng IKE he'll, and don't let any one tell
Ton anything to the contrary
flfteen officers and men from Aneri
csn destroyers in the North Sea. who
nave oeen on station year, returned
10 10 ea1o over sevral new destroyers.
They brought over 81 sheep dog mascot
allied "Sturdie,' which they describe
- the luckiest dog sailor ever had
Also On the steamship were fourteen
representatives of Austrial and New
Zealand newspapers who had made oh.
.e1-vation trips to the British Grand
.leet and along the entire western
front. va u
rnong them vas J. ]. knight editor
and publisher OF ''The Brisbane Cour-
err He said the party had been away
or SIX months, having made the trip
nat tho Australian press might give
o It's readers first~hand resume Of
what Britain was doing in the world
Nar
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
Boys Suits and Overc0ats
School OvercOats

Sizes 10 10 IS Years
Heavyweight wool fabric OF
splendid wearing qualities. Heav-
lily lined. Some wool lined with
Venetian yoke. Convertible collar.
Half belts. s2S