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New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
british Warship at Flensburg
For Schleswig Piebiscite

,rARlS, Aug 3.--The peace confer
49, replying to Denmark's request
s;;sst i war ship be sent to Flensburg
~ y. connection with the plebiscite in
sst.a'eswig, notified Denmark yesterday
British warship is already ct
n ssns burg and that a French wa:sn.p
g her way there.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04
Ban on German Coin Lifted

PARIS, Aug. 3.-To- days journal
Officiel' publishes decree abrogating
one of November &c. 1918, whereby
German bank notes and money we're
prohibited from entering France,
New-York tribune., 1919-08-04

never been the problem of the South.
1t is to-day, and has ever been, the
problem Of America"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06

machinery will be supplied if neces-
sary- Especial attention is being CIV
en- to the western wheat belt. The
farm bureau is an organized move
ment for the purpose of solving farm
questions and as such has taken a
solid hold all>over the U. S. The
farmers are realizing the need of or
ganized agriculture. BY joining the
farm bureau, thus taking an active
part in solving their own problems,
making rural life more pleasant, more
dignified and more profitable.
Membership Fee and Benefits De-
rived.
On Jan. 1st the annual fee Of 81
becomes due. Said fee entities each
member to receive monthly the Ward
County Farm Bureau News, and list
ing of any articles for sale, exchange
or want ads. Also the selection of
directors and executive committee at
the annual meeting.
This organization is strictly non
political
Yours respectively,
B. J. Snyder,
r. No. /. Sawyer, n. Oak.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06
THE Ward COUNTY
farm BUREAU
Vice President Snyder Sets Forth the
Purposes Of This Useful
Organization.

B. j. Snyder, prominent Sawyer
farmer, who is vice president of the
Ward County Farm Bureau, sends us
the following communication setting
forth the purposes of the organiza-
ton:
The Ward County Farm Bureau as
an organization was organized Feb.
II, 1919, in cooperation with the state
and federal agricultural extension
service. service. Members being mott
fed through the medium of the Ward
County Independent met at the Fed
eral building in Minot on the above
date for the purpose of organizing
Farm Bureau. Federal Representa-
tive R. c. Pollock being present to
assist in organizing the same.
Method of Organizing.
A director-at- Large beng selected in
every township, also an executive
committee of seven members being
chosen, six men and one lady consti-
tuting the executive board. The lady
will have charge Of the demonstration
work, etc. The officers are chosen
from the executive committee. By
laws were adopted. The work of the
organization will be directed by the
executive board, such as appointing
committees, hiring Of the county ag
ent, directing his work, etc.
Some of the Benefits Derived Thru
the Farm Bureau.
The old idea that county agents are
experts who can give advice on any
subject which comes up and who are in
the county to do anything and every
thing that farmer might ask OF
them, is being broken up and better
understanding Of the county agents
duties and responsibilities is begin
ming to appear. Farmers can gen
orally take pretty good care Of their
own business, especially if they or
ganize with that end in view.
The County Agents Field.
He is sort Of ego between" thru
which the farmers get together and
handle their affairs comparatively, in
stead of individually. The county
agent for the farm bureau is more Of
secretary than anything else, and he
can make himself very useful by get
ting to know, not only the farmer, but
the conditions under which they work,
by helping them to bring organized eff
fort to bear on any vital problem that
may confront the farmers, such as
control of animal diseases, shipping
live stock, beutering market condi-
tions, getting in touch with good seed
and feed supplies, testing seed corn,
and by practical discussions thru the
farm bureaus monthly ssue,. which
every member is entitled to receive.
With the support given by the fed
eral government, there has been a
very sudden expansion during the last
two years, showing now more than
80 per cent of the counties in the U
S. having farm bureau organizations
cooperating with the state agricultu..
raj colleges and U. S. department OF
agriculture The slogan, A Farm
Bureau for every county with com
petent agent in charge. The Farm
Bureau is farm movement, the pelr-
pose Of which is to advance and i'm
prove the agricultural interests of the
county in every possible way. Thru
it SPECIALISTS can be obtained who are
paid by the federal government
Should difficult problems confront the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06

farmers. Farming is based upon
principles, upon skill, upon co-opera-
ton and hard work. Farmers are be-
ginning to cooperate, formerly they
planted, reaped, advertised and mar
keted their products individually. The
farm bureau is financed comparatively.
county, state and federal. Federal
bureau appropriates $1,000 for each
county agent and necessary assistant.
This county making ID mill levy claw
limit IL mill) to carry on the work.
The farm bureau movement is TO be
voted upon tn this county at the next
general election, the majority vote de-
Gliding the question Of it's existence.
The county agent is not employed to
show each farmer how he should run
his farm, far from it. Yet many be-
leve this to be the case, who are not
familiar with the work as it is car
ried on through this organization. One
of the agents duties is farm division
employment service, thru the farm
bureau in cooperation with the U. s.
department of agriculture, M. A.
CoykendaIl of Nebraska being in
charge. It is estimated that the u.
S. farm labor shortage will be three
million men the coming crop season.
Through this head harvesters and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06
RESOLUTION

Whereas il has come to the notice of
the members of the State Banking
Board that scores of promoters and
stock statesmen are travelling over the
state representing to prospective pur-
chasers that the stock they are offering
is endorsed by the members of the State
Banking Board or by the State Admin
istration, and
Whereas, it has come to the notice of
the members of the State Banking
BOARD that because of these representa-
lions and largely on the claim that such
associations are 'fostered and encourage
ed by the state administration or some
political party or faction, and
s Whereas, certain influential members,
employees, hangers-on of both political
and non-politica1 organizations have, for
profit to themselves permitted their
names to be taken as sponsors for such
associations. schemes and promiscuous
promotions, and
Whereas. many of the securities Of
fered are wholly speculative in nature,
having but little or no real merit or
value or Feasibility Of plan upon which
to base a practical going business. and
whereas many of our people are invest
ing their money in such stock and
enterprises. ana
Whereas. such speculative securities
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06

are being sold in this state in violation
of what is known as our Blue Sky Law,
therefore,
Be it resolved, that the Secretary of
the State Banking Board. be requested
to call the attention of all prosecuting
attorneys in the state to the provisions
of Chapter 81, Session Laws. 1915, and
to section 1865 Of the compiled laws of
1913. and
Be it further resolved, that the
States Attorneys publish notice of this
resolution in each of the newspapers
published in their respective counties to
the end that the public generally may
be warned against the Vaccinations and
false representations made by the horde
of corporation spawners now infesting
our state.
(Signed)
Lynn J. Frazier, Governor
William LANCER, Attorney General.
Thomas HALL Secretary Of State.
o. r. Herigstad, States Attorney.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Y gu are herebN nOtllleU mat tNt NN'
nual meeting of the stockholders of The
Minot Underwriters Co. will be held
on the goth day Of March at > o'clock
in the afternoon. at the office Of the
Company on the second floor of the New
Ehr Building t Minot, North Dakota.
for the purpose Of receiving and acting
upon the reports of the officers the
election Of a Board of Directors for the
ensuing year and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting.
3-6-2tcg NJ Fl POWERS. Secretary.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06

del elluant.
SECOND SUMMONS:
State of North Dakota TO the above
named Defendants. Greeting:
Fly this Second Summons herein. you
are directed to appear before me at my
office in Room 7, Lee Block. City of
Minot, State of North Dakota a. the
hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon of
the 31st day of March, 1919, and to
answer the complaint of the Northern
States Power Company, a corporation,
plaintiff herein, who alleges that be-
tween the first day of April, 1918, and
the 10th day Of February. 1919, the
plaintiff furnished to you electric light
power and telephone service Of the rea-
sonable and agreed value in the sum Of
ONE HUNDRED ONE and 72-10N DOL
LARS no part of which sum mas been
paid, and demanding that said amount
be deemed lien upon those certain
goods disclosed by the garnishee in said
action; and that said goods be sold pur-
suant to said lien.
AND YOU ARE FURTHER MOTT
FLED that unless you so appeal and
answer the plaintiff will take judgment
against YOU accordingly.
Given this 25th day of February, 1919.
c. &. DAVIS.
Justice of the Peace
Ward County, North Dafcta,
Arthur NJ. Thompson,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Suite s. jacobson Block
Minot. North Dakota. 3-S-atcg
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-03-06
SECOND SUMMONS

Statc OF North Dakota,
County of Ward.
In Justice Court.
Before Hon. G. r. Davis. Justice.
Northern States Power Company.
a corporations Plaintiff
l.. NJ. Snow. and his wife. Mrs. l..
NJ. Snow, ttrue name unknoWn),
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21
STATE CAN'T COLLECT
LIQUOR TAXES TWICE

State Auditor Robert L. Greene
exploded another of Edwin p. Nor
rows denunciatory statements, all
of them important if true and none
of them true, when he showed that
there wasn't a thing in Morrow's
charge that the State had been de-
frauded of an enormous sum of
money in the tax on rectifiers. Nor
row charged that the gallons report
ed for taxation to the State by the
rectifiers did not amount to the
same as the number of gallons re-
ported to the government by 14,5O0,-
900 gallons.
Mr.. Greene said the tax was paid
to the State ON the sworn statement
of the rectifiers.
"In 1917" he said, 1--WE made a
thorough investigation of the recti-
fiers' tax, and, as a result, we pre-
pared a form which they must fill
out, answering definite questions de-
signed to disclose any subterfuge by
which they might be getting by.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

with the twenty-five cent Thrift
Stamp. Then in successive steps
come the S. War Savings Stamp and
the 800 and $1,000 Treasury Saw
ings Certificate. These securities pay
1927 per cent. if held until matur-
ity, on January 1, 1924, a more
profitable investment than the gov
eminent of any other nation can Of
fer it's people.
And no investment on earth can be
safer, as the entire wealth of every
State in the Union is behind these
Stamps and Certificates.
A 800 Certificate may be bought
in October for $S4.2O and any banker
will be glad to give any person all
of the information necessary to a
thorough understanding if he really
wants to invest and save.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21
"A FAMILY
MEDICINE
b Her Mothers Home, Says This
Georgia Lady, Regarding Black
Draught. Relief From Head
ache, Malaria, ChiIls, Etc.

Ringgold, Ca Mrs. Chas. CASTOR,
Of this place, writes: Il am a user
Of Thedfords Black Draught; in fact,
Il was one of our family medicines.
Also In my mothers home, when
was q child. When any of us child
rem complained Of headache, usually
caused by constipation, she gave rs
. dose of Black-Draught, which would
rectify the trouble. Often In the
Spring. we would have malaria and
chills, or troubles of this kind. We
would take Black-Draught pretty reg
ulAr until the liver acted well, and
We would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without It,
for Il certainly has saved US lots Of
doctor bills. Just q dose of Black
Draught when not 20 we'll saves =
Tot Of days In bed"
Thedford's Black-D raught has been
In use for. many years in the treat
ment Of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles, and the popularity which II
now enjoys Is proof Of It's merit.
II your liver Is not doing its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree
able symptoms as headache, bilious
ness, constipation, indigestion. etc..
and unless something IL done, serious
trouble may result,
Thedford's Black raught has been
found q valuable remedy for these
troubles. It Is purely vegetable, and
acts In . prompt and natural way.
regulating the liver to its proper
functions and cleansing the bowels Of
Impurities. Try 1t. Insist on IThed.
tordh tho ORIGINAL and genuine. d 20
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

likely to persist in foolish policy
as regards their individual spending
if the obvious fooIshness Of that
policy is pointed out to them.
Mr.. Scoville says that even the
poor people judge the quality of the
goods by the price rather than by
common sense. What merchant, in
such case, would not charge high
prices for goods that would other
wise be left on his shelves?
Every large city could stand an in
vestigation along these lines. The
people got the thrift lesson during
the war. They got it very quickly
and they adhered to it admirably.
But the ending of hostilities seemed
to them, also, to be the ending of
their responsibility. 1t was not the
end-not by any means. And the peo-
pie will respond to the appeal if the
sound common sense of it is made
clear to them.
David r. Francis, of st. Louis,
ambassador to Russia, in recent adj
dresses in his home city, has taken
occasion to point out the fact that
Germany is certain to recover quick
ly from the setback of the war, and
if Americans do not guard them
selves the Germans will surpass this
country and gain commercial supre-
macy.
On all hands it is conceded that
the high prices prevalent everywhere
may be attributed more to lack of
production than any one thing. Am
bassador Francis shows that the
thrifty Germans are now asking that
they be permitted to work ten hours
a day instead of eight hours, and the
first thing the German does is to be-
gin to save and accumulate a fund
to pay off the debt and rehabiitate
himself in a commercial way.
The U. S. government plan to save
is ideal, and is made TO reach all
classes. The child saver is provided
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

Conferences before which he had
the rectifiers lasted through several
months.
"As a result twenty one rectifers
in 1917 paid in $12,622, which they
admitted, on account of their mis-
constituting of the law, had been
omitted in previous years. They are
required by the government to keep
their reports only two years, and
few of them had their reports back
of 1914"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21


When it was discovered that girls
earning less than $15 per week we're
buying coats costing all the way
from $125 to $500 each, paying part
down and pledging their meagre in
comes for months and years to come,
economists gasped.
1t was while q committee from the
Connecticut War Savings Organiza-
ton, working in cooperation with
Robert Scoville, State Food Admin
istrator, in an attempt to track the
High Cost of Living to its lair made
the discovery.
"a woman representative Of one
of the stores in Hartford is reported
to have taken orders for $50 fur
coats from girl employees on one in
surance company on 81 a week
basis" says a statement issued by
the committee.
"These coats cost from 1925 to
$500 each, but in this insurance Of
fee they we're purchased by girls
earning probably SIS per week or
less. Some of the girls will be pay
ing on their coats for three or four
years. By such reckless extrava-
gance as this the prices of Injuries
are made to soar, and to some extent
the prices of necessities follow"
The. statement also declared that
the owner Of the department store
has told other merchants of Hart
ford that the spreading of the gospel
of thrift among the people would be
"bad business"
The statement also cites the in
stance of young women employees of
the American Thread Mills at Will
mantle, who when they were work
ing only thirty-six hours per week,
sold their Liberty Bonds and War
Savings Stamps to buy expensive
clothing.
Last winter, it is estimated by the
committee, 25 per cent. of the bonds
sold were by girl employees in vari-
Gus factories to make initial pay
ments on fur coats.
The committee points out there is
profiteering, undoubtedly, but that
profiteering is by no means the whole
story.
The work of the Connecticut thrift
campaigners might well be emulated
by War Savings Committees in other
States. The American people are not
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

Republican Senators who want
amendments to the treaty, Repub-
Gcan Senators who want reserva-
tons, but no amendments, Repubi-
can Senators who want neither
amendments nor reservations, and
Republican Senators who want no
treaty at all, represent several kinds
of harmony to be found in the Re-
publican majority in the greatest
deGberative body in the world"
Sweaters. r. e. Punch & Co
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

Republicans in Massachusetts
have notified Senator Lodge that
they will not follow him to the length
of defeating the treaty. In this
yearning to be great leader, Sena-
tor Lodge evidently got so far ahead
of the Republican organization in
this State that it couldn't see him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21
James STICKY Says, Rat Cost Me
SIPS For Plumbing Bills"

ave couldn't tell what was clog
cling up our toilet and drains. We
had to tear up floor, pipes, ETC.,
found rats nest in basement. They
had choked the pipes with refuse.
The plumbers bill was 1925. RAT
SNAP cleaned the rodent out"
Three sizes, 25c, soc, $1.00. Sold and
guaranteed by Chenault & Orear.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

Sweaters. r. Il. Punch & Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1919-10-21

Sweaters. r. E. Punch & Co.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-23
WHAT WE NEED

WHAT WE NEED
A Gas Plant
Canning Factory
More Business Enterprises
M're Manufacturing Enterprises
More Young People Who Want an Educa-
lion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-23
NEW FARMER ORGANIZATION

At a meeting of farmers in Miles
vile township, Haakon county, where
they had gethered to discuss affairs
in general and talk over the situation
in the country, some one suggested
that farmers should organize along
the lines of other labor, and a COM
mittee was appointed to draw a set
of resolutions which would put them
on the same plane with organized la
Der as they see it from all they can
read and hear. While the whole mat
ter was in the way of a farce, resolu.
tons were adopted after a preliminary
statement, the statement being to the
effect that the closed shop alone
prevail in that township; that a COM
mittee of picketS be selected to patrol
the township line, and Slug" anyone
who attempts to enter the township
to work in opposition to their rules
after November /; that the refractory
ones who refused to join the union
were to have their stacks burned and
their machinery destroyed and their
cattle run out Of the country. This
is followed by their union rules, which
are:
Il. Hereafter the farm working day
in this township shall be eight hours
in length, with Saturday afternoon
and Sunday off.
o. No farmer in this township shall
hereafter work more than As hours
in one week. Extra work shall be
adequately paid for by the public as
overtime. Milking cows before eight
o'clock in the morning and after five
o'clock time and a half. Milking
COWS before six o'clock in teh morn
ing or after sever in the evening shall
count as double time.
80 The price of all farm products
grown in this township shall be ad-
vanced 20 per cent, after November l..
a. The right to collective bargain.
ing shall be preserved. Hereafter the
price of farm products in the township
shall De determined at a meeting of
farmers themselves laid at the town
hall, and not by grain dealers in Min
neapolis, or packers in Chicago.
So. The sanitary conditions under
which farmers have been working in
this township must be improved. The
unsatisfactory and ~unsavory condition
of cattle sheds and %barn-yards must be
remedied. The public must attend to
this"
While the whole plan was put for
ward as a huge joke, n of the farm
ers in discussing it said he did not
in fact see why the farmer should
not be paid by the public for time
which he was putting in without do
ing anything as well as should any
other class Of labor; that there should
be no discrimination along that line
in favor of n class of labor and
against another class.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-10-23
CHARACTERISTIC DISAGREEMENT

New York Times-Ireland in Amer
lea has at least one proof that it is the
real article-it does not agree within
itself. Observe what has happened?
The Sim Feiners out on the Pacific
coast draw up an elaborate series of
leading questions" and present them
to President Wilson, They do 1t in
the confident belief that the questions
constitute the case of Ireland and en-
body the aspirations of her sons. But
hardly have these inquiries been sub
mitted- and answered when MI. De
Valera, who ought to be well posted
on all Sim Feinian matters and to
speak with authority, rises and in a
loud voice proclaims that the presi-
dents W have nothing at all l.
do with the case Of Ireland, for the
reason that the questions to which he
responded had nothing to do with that
case and were based on seemingly
complete ignorance of what Ireland is
and wants. This must be pleasant for
the Pacific coast inQuisitors! Then
revered chieftain In effect bids them
be silent about things they do not
understand and to let him do all the
talking and explaining and demanding.
Again is he indicated who named his
paper the United Irishman. not the
United Irfshmen.