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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-17
COUNTY LINE

Dewey Anderson traded his Ford
to Mr.. Swensrude for a well boring
machine.
James Philamalee did threshing for
Oscar Halgrimson and Aug. DeKooper
the past week and is at present
threshing for Arne Engen.
The Bauer, Dilley & Hebig machine
wound up threshing last week We'd,
nesday at Con Loegering's.
While during the past few weeks
some of our men have done the work
at times of three, everywhere the wo-
men were also there with the goods,
some pitching bundles to the ma
chimes, while others were at home do
ing most of the chores, including the
milking of up to 16 cows. Surely
there are no slackers in this part OF
the country.
Grain so far threshed has yielded:
wheat, from to 16 bushels; rye, 5
to Is; some flax as high as Is; oats
and barley, IL to 80 per acre:
The shipping association shipped q
car of stock to St. Paul last Friday.
On account Of the busy season, the
Grange has skipped two meetings, but
will hold it's next regular meeting
Saturday evening, Oct. 26th. Remem-
Der the date and don't forget your
dues.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. D. Bush spent Sun
day afternoon at the Hebig home.
1. M. Dilley has purchased an Ov-
erland car from Aug. P. Nelson.
Most of the neighbors were busy
the past week digging their potatoes
which are yielding fair and the quail
ity is fine.
A new general store was opened re-
Gently at Blaisdell, by M. C. Luccas-
son, former manager of the Peoples
Store at that place.
When we raise and sell wheat that
has some rye in it, it cuts the grade
from No. to No. 2 and 8, but dld
you ever know of that wheat coming
back from the mills as No. 2 or 3
flour? And say, do you remember
that about a year ago we sold our rye
at about $165 per bushel, and if we
ate any rye flour last summer we paid
at the rate of $3.05 bushel for that
rye, after the mills got thru with II?
And now that we have again some
rye to sell, somebody says it's worth
only 81 40 per bushel? It is said that
supply and demand regulate or make
the price Of the different products.
Now that may be 50, but in this grain
| market case, we must believe that the
grain combines are both the suppliers
and the demanders; we are obliged
many times to dump our grain on the
market, regardless Of the price, in the
fall, because most Of VI have obliga-
lions to meet, and in many cases must
meet them, and have to take the price
the big fellows are willing to pay ~.
then if we want to buy back some Of
this produce later, We are supplied,
provided we pay the price they Dc
mand. It is also said that there shall
be no profteering, bus what would
you call this? l6
Andrew jacobson, living northeast
Of town, came near being crnushed TO
death one day last week, when hi
Ford car, which he was driving, turn
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-17
Home Service Committee Has import
ant Work. %

] 0Wt VVHAs A EH \
The Home Service work conducted
by the Civilian Relief committee OF
che American Red Cross Association,
has accomplished much in rendering
aid and giving information to the
friends and relatives of our soldier
boys in this county. This committee
has handled a large number of cases
which has been the means of giving
aid and information to those entitled
to receive the same. But there are a
large number Of people in this County
who are not familiar with the work Of
the Home Service committee. It il
the duty of the Home Service COM
mittee to look after any matters which
may be of interest to friends or rela-
tives of soldiers in the service. A
number of the things which come pc
culiarly within the work Of this COM
mittee are as follows:
Giving information to families Of
soldiers and sailors.
Looking afer allowances and allot-
ments.
Protecting civil rights Of enlisted
men.
Caring for discharged men who are
physically unfit.
Looking after insurance.
Caring for dependent relatives Of
soldiers and sailors.
If dependent relatives are i'll and
in need Of medical aid, call on the
Home Service committee and medical
aid will be rendered Immediately. Any
one residing within the city of Minot
will call on the committee appointed
to look after the Minot territory, and
anyone looking for information, resid-
ing outside Of the City Of Minot, will
call on the chairman Of the county.
The following named persons have
been appointed by the Ward County
Chapter to look after the Civilian Re-
lief in this county:
Hon. E. B. Goss, chairman, Ward
county.
For the city of Minot, the following
committee has been appointed:
Chairman, A. M. Thompson, office
Jacobson Block.
Mr.. Henry Wilson, care of Interna-
tional Oil Co.
DR.. R. w. Pence, Lee Block.
Mr. Eldon White, care Of White Ice
Cream Co.
Mrs. L. J. Palda, care of her resi-
dence.
In addition to the committee in Mi
not, visiting committee has been ap-
pointed, and, by calling on any one of
these you will get in instant commun-
ication with the committee:
Mrs. H. H. Walker, Floraldale Ad-
dition.
Mrs. w. E. Henderson, 621 Seventh
Ave. N E.
Mrs. o. A. Malm, II Third Street N.
w.
It is the desire of the Red Cross
organization that any persons seeking
information or aid in any way to get
into immediate touch with the Home
Service committee All matters COM
ing before this committee are treated
as strictly confidential. Any aid given
is not charity, but is simply giving
to. the wives and children of soldiers
what they are entitled to receive.
The committee will be pleased to
have you call upon them at any time.
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Northern States
Power Company
POI Main ST., So.
Mrs. Campbell Sets Saturday, Oct. 26,
as Tag Day for Charities.

Mrs. John Campbell, chairman Of
the United Charities of this city, has
designated Saturday, Oct. 26, as the
annual Tag Day.
She is selecting her committees and
the women of Minot will be stationed
all about the city, raising funds to be
used in making the poor people of
Minot comfortable during the coming
year. Last year six or seven hundred
dollars was raised and the amount
this year will practically equal it.
The poor we always have with us and
the funds raised by these good women
will be spent judiciously.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05

CHARLES SHREVE, retiring
president of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Association; careful and close
reader of these columns; real estate
agent, attorney-at-law; wide-awake
and energetic.
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GEORGE HAMILTON, president Of
the Capitol Traction Company and
distinguished lawyer; has made his
street railway a model for others
throughout the United States; diplo-
mat Of the first water; plays fair and
square all the time.
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The Federation of Citizens Associations is clearing
house for public opinion in the District The delegates of
the various citizens associations go there to represent
their respective bodies and they do it faithfully Mr. West
lakes policy to have each constituent body hresh
questions before it and be prepared to make known its
views IN prompt manner thus holding debates down in
the Federation and enabling the latter to in business
like manner. =
Mr.. Westlakes op portunty is good one. Important
questions affecting Washngtons welfare have been tempo
rary laid aside the concentration of all energies and ae
tivities for the winning of the war.
When Congress is freed from war legislation it can and
should devote time to the District and the upbudng
of the Federal Capital There ought to be civic
ton OF the closest sort in presenting that body peoples
wishes Mr. Westlake seeks this co-operaton this COM
bnaton of all organizations for the general good of the
community.
Fortunately Mr.. Westlake is strong advocate of suf
rage for the District direct representation of the people
IN Congress and in the Electoral College The Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association, of which he has been pres
dent for two years. stands back of the bill in Congress for
suffrage.
Mr.. Westlake deserves praise for accepting his new
post Members of every association in the District realize
what it means. The president will give hours and
days of his time without pay and at financial loss to him
SELF for Washington The officers with him deserve equal
praise. It is sacrifice for ALL
Charles shreve, the retiring president and his fellow
officers to be congratulated their splendid work
with the organization for this city They did not plan and
strive for themselves They followed the best traditions of
democracy represented the will of the people
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A GIRL who is in terror of
~ being an old maid has
= ,,,,.;+tan ,,a q lattar

A GIRL who is in terror of
~ being an old maid ha
written me a letter.
She is, / take it, in the early
twenties. She lives at home with
her parents, and has a little
homework to do, and a little
dressmaking, and a little church
committee work, and she has a
most unwholesome amount Of
leisure to set and brood in.
She isn't engaged to be mar
ried, she isn't even receiving the
special attentions of any young
man, and she knows that both her
sisters were married when they
were younger than she.
And she isn't pretty.
So she is living in a wretched
panic that is growing blackier
and stormier every day, and she
begs with all her might for de-
liverance.
It's pitiful, on the face of it.
But don't you see what simple
case it is?
No girl who had a job that she
was interested in, and who had
learned the joys of doing useful
practical work and being financial
ly independent, and who had begun
to get an idea Of woman's real
place in the modern world, ever
wrote such a letter as that.
A girl who is proud of being a
woman, and who has gloriously
busy. happy time being a human
being, doesn't have nightmares
over the "old maid" idea. The
foolish words have absolutely no
terror for this sensible type Of
girl, and you couldn't possibly use
the old-fashioned taunt in such a
way that it would wound her.
In fact, all the sting went out
OF the words from the time that
girls stopped waiting passively at
home for somebody to come by and
marry them and sturdily began to
flock into trades and professions,
offices and factories.
Ever since women began to
learn how to look out for them
selves, ii has ceased to be a serv-
ice on the part of man to ask
woman to marry him. 0l the con-
trary, he's asking one.
And apart from the woman's side
OF it, | should think a man would
feel a good deal more cheerful to
have a girl accept him on his
merits, because she's honestly in
love with him. than to be fran
tically seized upon as Q release
from spinsterhood and as q pro
wider" for the home.
Particularly at this moment,
when a jObless girl is a hard thing
TO find, it's rarely that one catches
an echo OF that tormenting uneas-
mess that girls used TO feel when
they didn't see marriage as a
definite prospect Immediately
ahead OF them.
Poor things, they had to marry,
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Questions and Answers.

Just an American SpInsteF, That's
An.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
truly believe IL Roman Matron
were a real American matron she
would have more sympathy foe the
war-working girls in Washington.
She started out twenty-five or
thirty years ago to make something
OF herself, and from her letter she
Is quite pleased with the result. but
from my point OF view the result
pivots on such a small point and
radiates such a little area that the
whole life OF Roman Matron can be
summed up in four letters. E LF.
When Roman Matron started out
to work she found conditions IN
Washington very different from
what they are today, the profiteer.
gouEer, shark. ct al. were unknown
to this city. One could get very
comfortable room with board for
$40 per month. and a dollar a week
for laundry was high.
Imagine a war worker of today
who shares a room with one, two.
three. or possibly four other girls
trying to study or improve herself.
III Nllt ~ d1 ENoElAH aAdlTOn SukkeELEs
what would happen II she tried to
improve her music by playing the
piano until IL o'clock at night?
And where would she put the pianO7
l have three relatives in France
fighting as they should fight: one
was seriously wounded last week,
as thousands of others have been,
and thousands have given their
lives: these wounds are the most
sublime decoration a soldier can
wear for distinguished service.
have seen a number OF Croix de
GuerTe decorations. but when l see
a wounded soldier l bow my head
with reverence.
want 80 tell the little war
worker from the Middle West Cwho
shocked Roman Matron) II she
never does or says anything worse
than "fourrest" fres she need not
lie awake nights worrying. Roman
Matron should ride in her limousine
or taxi and avoid the shocking Eng
lish Of not pronouncing the vowel
20" round and "fourrest" hres cor
rectly. Surely these are serious
items Of great thought during dis
tressing housing conditions and
high price OF food. for which the
war worker nine times out OF ten
is the victim.
AMERICAN sPNsTER
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and marry young. That was the
test Of a woman's success or fail
ure. All her future happiness and
usefulness depended on it. And
from every quarter of her little
world, shrewd or jealous or loving
eyes were steadily bent upon her
to see whether or not she was, in
the old sense, making good"
No wonder that girls put all the
energy they could command into
being charming and attractive so
that they might be engaged as
early as possible. Nobody wanted
to be an old maid in those days-
despised by the world at large and
grudgingly supported by some I'M
willing relative.
OF course, nobody really thinks
that since the bachelor maid was
invented, and suffragists began
to take a capable hand in the
worlds affairs, and feminists came
mysteriOusly into being, women
have lost any of their ancient ca
pacity to love and to compel love.
Women haven't gone off" any as
sweethearts or wives or mothers.
0n.y they've learned how to be
ether things. too, helpers of each
olher and of the world.
The girl who has a regular oc-
cupation outside her home SIT
therefore any less desirable as a
wrfe than the almost CuigrJwn
;ype of girl who simp,' sits at
hame and waits. And she IS IT,
fni c. better prepared to accept
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'Once-Overs
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ARE YOU ONE OF THESE KIND OF PEOPLE!

mush mpersuadabe individuals get
violently whenever Of their kind?
So you are'no one of that kind" Ell?
why furiousfghting mad"as expressed
opinions knocked in the head by
body just unyng
a whisper.
positive about anything
There there the ruled seeseem much
of
gesions
HURT the fact that had
strongly favor Of that certain something to the who
hearing opposite openly with judgment
Andhey rather silent you had emphaticay
politely noddng approvahich
you much in the belief that right
involved rather in to
thinks when have expressed
nently beligerently a you do sometimes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05

CAPT. A. ]. HENDERSON, District
boy; commanding coast guard yes
sells for the last fifteen months in
foreign waters in the chase Of sub
marines; glad to visit his old home
again; nothing to say about what Is
going on in the barred zone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05
TODAY'S TOPIC
THE TERROR OF OLD-MAIDISM.

the tate Of cd maid" AID enjoy
life in spite of it than il she
had never learned how to support
herself and contribute to the work
of the world.
The woman-destiny, the wife
misunderstanding, is not for
every woman. But mere failure
to marry happily doesn't stamp Il
woman as outcast and disgraced.
She can, if she wishes to, and has
the gifts for it, live a life q great
deal richer and deeper and more
important than that Of most mar
ried women.
Many of the most important
positions in the country are filled
by unmarried women of all ages.
According to our present more en-
lightened way Of looking at the
matter, a woman's having married
or not married is strictly her own
concern. Her usefulness to So
ciety is understood not to depend
in the least on whether or not
she is that often extremely cheer
iul and delightful creature, an
"old maid"
II is all for these reasons that I
want to urge the girl whom the
phrase "old maid" has still the
power to make miserable. to take
thought with herself. To think
over the things she can do. or
those she could do with little more
training. To determine to At her
self for some occupation that will
be an outlet for her own energy
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Writes Workers
Especially for Washington Women

and a service to the community at
the same time.
I'm sure that II she does this she
will ind herself, at the end of six
months, living in a totally new
world. a world Of hope and con-
fdence and happiness. A world
where "old maids" are no longer
bogeys.
Nobody wants to face a lifetime
Of drab days and solitary even
ings. with perpetuslly aching heart
and empty hands.
But nobody needs to.
II it's your destiny to be an old
maid don't be that kind.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05

Ten minutes walk recently brought
me into touch with many men who
have made or are making local, ma
tional, and international history:
ROBERT J. WYNNE, Postmaster
General under President Roosevelt
Washingtonian to the bone; charter
member Of the Gridiron Club; news
paper writer par excellence; sixty
nine years old; ruddy-faced and
happy; aroused over the political
situation and todsy's elections
sore because he cannot get into the
melee; deep-dyed Republican; never
liked the Democrats
CHARLES A. DOUGLAS, whose
fees as an attorney make him pay q
big income tax; once a struggling
young lawyer in South Carolina; now
turning over cases to less fortunate
lawyers; legal representative and
adviser to President CarranZa, OF
New Mexico, that bewhiskered old
gentleman, who has survived many
ambitious Mexicans far under the
Sod
COL. R. n. HARPER, banker and
voter in Virginia, although for
thirty years identified with large az
fairs in the District; author Of 4
mighty interesting history OF the
second inauguration of President
Wilson, which he had charge of as
chairman Of the inaugural committee;
the book. beautifully illustrated and
containing much of historical and
social value as to other administra-
tons, has just been printed by re-
solution of the Senate.
CHARLES SHREVE, retiring
president of the Federation of Citi-
Gems Association; careful and close
reader of these columns; real estate
agent, attorney-at-law; wide-awake
and energetic.
CAPT. A. ]. HENDERSON, District
boy; commanding coast guard yes
sells for the last fifteen months in
foreign waters in the chase Of sub
marines; glad to visit his old home
again; nothing to say about what is
going on in the barred zone.
JOHN POOLE. president Of the
Federal National Bank; successful
chairman of the District war loan
committee in making the District
famous for war loan subscriptions;
president Of the nations powerful
Rotary Club organization; looking
tired from all his many activities;
fighting OF the influenza with a large
bottle of drugstore decoction.
GEORGE TRUESDELL, wio found
himself District Commissioner in
1894, when President Cleveland Slip
ped the appointment across on him
when he was not looking; more than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05
You Have a Fine Opportunity,
Mr.. WeStIake
By BILL PRICE.

The election of w. B. West
lake, an able, energetic, pro-
gressive man as president of
the Federation of Citizens
Associations, guarantees con-
structive work on a large
scale in the problems of the
future.
Mr.. Westlake is a fine type
of business man who knows
how to go to the heart of
things; to cut out unneces-
sary frills and trimmings; to
take the nearest route to
what the people want. He is
an advocate of the elimina-
tionof multiplicity of eff
fort, which means unifcation
Tor quick and direct accom-
plishment. Team work is
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HEARD AND SEEN

| three years in that office; long idsn-
tined with the growth Of Washing
ton; member and active worker in
leading civic organizations.
JULIUS TRUEsDELL thir+v-
four years in newspaper work here
and now star" man in the Wash
lngton bureau Of a big out-of-town
paper; remembers when hill horses
were used on Fifteenth street to
help the regular horses pull cars up
the grade from Pennsylvania avenue
past the Treasury; when horse cars
ran all the way from the Capitol to
Nineteenth street; recolIects when
DAN LAMONT got in one Of these old
cars, inadvertently dropped a quar-
ter in the familiar old box, and when
told about it by the driver, thought
lessly dropped In a nickel for good
measure.
GEORGE LINCOLN, business man
and banker, always hustling; tried to
nave me write something about COL
ONEL HARPER'S new suit Of
clothes; reads Heard and Seen every
night.
GEORGE WATSON, president Of
the Liberty Savings Bank; once
lived in Anacostia and still proud
Of 1t; stakeholder in the Aanacostia
bank: had the foresight to start his
new bank despite war conditions,
and is making it go like hot cakes.
FRANK RHEA. long connected
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission as an expert: back here
after after a long absence; noted
southpaw golfer; first people he
wanted to know about were FRANK
GOVERN and ROBINSON WHITE,
other southpaws who still whack a
golf ball when they get q chance.
GEORGE HAMILTON, president Of
the Capitol Traction Company and
distinguished lawyer; has made his
street railway a model for others
throughout the United States; diplo-
mat Of the first water; plays fair and
square all the time.
A big box Of tobacco coupons
from H. Walker Tucker for
smokes" for soldiers in Washing
ton hospitals; also from ]. B. Shep-
ley, Of the Merchants Transfer.
These and others sent in will fur
nish enjoyment to a large number
Of boys.
S. F. TILLMAN-Your item was
hardly printed the other day before
Fatty" Mann, Ninth and o streets,
gave me a big handful of coupons
for the Army and Navy Union,
whi~h | redeemed for seventeen
packages Of cigarettes. Mr.. Mon
tayne promises another eontribu-
ton. Good work for The TimesI
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05
Singing With David

Some Verses From the Psalms That Have An Especial
- Application to Today's News
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GEORGE LINCOLN, business man
and banker, always hustling; tried to
have me write something about COL
ONEL HARPER'S new suit of
clothes; reads Heard and Seen every
night.
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GEORGE TRUESDELL, WAC found
himself District Commissioner in
1894, when President Cleveland Slip
ped the appointment across on him
when he was not looking; more than
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-05

GEORGE WATSON, president Of
the Liberty Savings Bank; once
lived in Anacostia and still proud
OF It; stakeholder in the Aanacostia
bank: had the foresight to start his
new bank despite war conditions,
and is making it go like hot cakes.