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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
SHIRLEY BUYS EAST
WOOD PARK GROCERY
Edw. ROzen, Successful Grocer. Dis.
poses Of Stock and Will Locate
in Los Angeles, Calf.

Edward Rozen, who has conducted
the Eastwood Park Grocery store for
the past five years, has sold the stock
and fixtures to E. A Shirley well
known Minot grocer and has leased
Mr. Shirley the building for five
years. Mr.. Shirley is now in charge
of the store and has large force at
work remodeling the place. He will
operate this as one of his three Minot
grocery stores Mr. Shirley is a
very successful grocer and the store
being very well located, he will do
nice business.
Mr.. Rozen has made a barrel or
two Of moneys N the grocery business
in Minot. He has always conducted
an up to date store and has enjoyed
a splendid patronage. He sold on
account of poor health Of his six-year-
old sen, Jerome, who must be taken
to another climate. He expects to
leave soon for Los Angeles, Calf,
and himself and family will travel
there in car Mr. Rozen expects
to engage in the grocery business in
Los Angeles. Mr.. Rozen and fam
lily have host of friends in Minot
and hope that some day they may be
able to return to this city. The best
wishes of all go with them to their
new home in the west.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
sAFFORD.DAVIs WEDDING.

A very pretty wedding was solemn
med at St. Leo's Catholic church
Tuesday morning when Miss Katie
Stafford, daughter of Mrs. Josephine
Stafford, was united in marriage to
John Davis, Jr.
Miss Marie Davis, a sister of the
groom, and Miss Agnes Buckley of
Sank Centre, Mimi, were the brides
attendants while John A. Davis of
Lansford, a cousin of the groom and
Robert Bauer, a cousin of the bride
attended the groom. Mrs. Katherine
Baker presided at the piano. Follow
ing the ceremony a sumptous wedding
breakfast was served in the banquet
rooms Of the Leland hotel. Included
in the list of guests were the follow
ing from out Of town: Phillip Stafford
a brother of the bride from St. Paul;
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stafford, Tioga;
Miss Agnes Buckley, Sank Centre.
Mimi; j. A. Davis, Miss Kathryn Da-
Wis and Robert Davis, Lansford.
The bride is one of Minot's most
charming young ladies and numbers
her friends by the score, as her duties
as cashier at the Fair store where her
unfailing good nature and considera-
ton for others won her the friendship
Of everyone with whom she came in
contact. The groom is the son Of John
Davis, prominent Minot ice dealer, and
is associated with his father both in
the ownership and conduct Of the bus
mess. Mr.. and Mrs. Davis will start
housekeeping at once, the groom hav-
ing provided a cosy home for his
bride, the furnishing of which has
given the young people delightful
fortnight in planning and selecting
the furnishings. Later in the season
they expect to take an extended trip
thru the west. The Independent joins
the many friends of this young couple
in wishing them every happiness and
comfort.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
SEPARATE SERY|CEFOR
c. n. AND 500 LINES
Effective July 1, G. N. and 500 Pas
senger and Freight DepOts in Mi
not Will BE Operated Separately.

As the Independent predicted last
week, effective July /, the Great Nor.
thern and 500 line passenger anc
freight depots will be operated sep.
acately. These were consolidated after
this country got into the war anC
since then the business has been con.
Quoted from the Great Northern de.
pots.
The Minot Association of Commerce
received the following telegram Satur-
day: a 81
Chicago, ILL.,, June 9Th, 1919
p. A. LONG, President, and
WILL E. HOLBEIN, Secretary,
Association of Commerce, Minot.
Referring your joint letter May II
requesting discontinuance of present
unifcation freight and passenger SER
vice 500 Line and Great Northern at
Minot, after giving careful considera-
ton to the matter we have decided to
take favorable action on your request
and effective July 1st. separate service
of 500 Line and Great Northern pas
senger and freight stations will be re-
stored. We are glad to be able to COM
ply with your request.
G. r. HUNTINGTON.
w. P. KINNEY.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
LANCER DOESN'T CARE TO
APPEAR WITH MILLS

Bismarck, N. D., June 10.-Attor-
ney General William LANCER, when
asked today concerning the challenge
Of Walter Thomas Mills to a joint de-
bate Saturday evening, an account of
which appeared in the Courier News
Sunday morning, said:
This challenge was delivered to me
at futile for the sole purpose of dis
crediting me with my audience, a
scheme which did not succeed. Mills
knew perfectly well that / was billed
to speak at Steele that night and
that l could not be at futile to de-
bate with him or anyone else I said
then, and I reiterate the statement
made, that I have carefully avoided
during the many years that I have
been associated with the farmers
platform with Mills, even when l was
on speaking terms with Townley,
which was before the Valley City bank
deal and the Nelson case, ct cetera
l never will appear on the same plat
form much less debate with the author
Of the infamous book called The
Struggle for Existence or any anar-
chist, atheist, syndicalist, jazz polite
ian or other nut imported into the
state and in the employ of Townley.
"Both Townley and Mills know that
7 am whole heartedly and enthusiast
tically supporting the entire economic
program of the league. In spite of
the lying Of Townley and his hired
tools, to the farmers of North Da-
kota, he knows. as we'll as Mills, that
the only bills I am fighting are the
printing graft bill and the education
al bill, known as the administration
act. will debate these two measures
with only one man in North Dakota
the man who is supposed to be famil-
lar with them in every detail, and who
doubtless made a careful study Of
them before he signed them-the re-
sponsible head Of the present admins
acknowledgements Lynn J. Frazier"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
RETAILERS ARE TOLD THAT
THEY MUST ADVERTISE
Mann, DeWild and Moon Urge on
Merchants to Use Modern
Methods

Mandan. n. D., June 11.-Modern
merchandising and advertising are
themes being driven home at the an
nual convention of the North Dakota
Retail Merchants association and of
these two subjects advertising is the
che that is being pounded hardest by
speakers.
Eighty four per cent Of those h1er-
chants who fail in business, accord
ing to Bradstreet and Dunn's do not
advertise, said f. P. Mann of Devils
Lake, president of the association, in
a stirring straight from the shoulder
talk last night.
"Eighty-six per cent of the failures
are due to incompetency and both
are inter-related because the incom-
petent merchant does not tell the pub
lie about his wares" said Mr.. Mann.
Mr.. Mann went into detail on buy
ing and selling features of retailing
and gave his views on how a modern
store should be run. He advocated
not only newspaper advertising, but
also circular advertising and indicat-
ed methods that successful merchants
have adopted to make their adver-
Using pay, by using the follow up
system. He said that an average Of
two per cent of gross sales should be
spent by all stores in the state in
advertising and that if such were
the case there would be no question
but what the bulk of the business
now going to mail order houses would
remain in North Dakota
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
ALL EMPLOYERS MUST
FURNISH INFORMATION
State Department is Getting InfOrma-
ton to Determine Amount of Prem
ium to be Paid Under Liability
Act.

Bismarck, N. D., June 12.~-Every
employer contracting for labor with
in the State of North Dakota, except
employers of agricultural, domestic
labor in homes and steam carriers by
railroad, employing one or more per-
sons, will be called upon in the next
few days to furnish the Workmen's
COMPENSATION Bureau certain infor-
nation for classifying their employ
ment and to determine the premium
to be paid into the Workmen's Com
nensation Fund The office of the
Bureau is mailing to all employers
whose names and addresses are OBJ
tainable preliminary form for NAL:
ing this report, and any employer who
does not receive these forms is re-
quested to make application for them
to the North Dakota Workmen's Com
pensation Bureau, Bismarck, North
Dakota.
although the Bureau is making a
determined effort to reach every en-
rloyer in the State with the necessary
forms for making this preliminary re-
port" says Commissioner l.. j. Wehe
of the Bureau, "the employer is charg-
ed by the law with the responsibility
of making application to the Bureau
for them, and should the Bureau fail
or neglect to reach every employer,
they will not be excused from report
ing under the law, unless they have
first made written application to the
Bureau for them. woul>.. recommend
that any employer who does not re-
celve set of these preliminary forms
by June 18th, that he make application
direct to the Bureau for them"
The penalties for failure to comply
with the terms Of the Workmen's
Compensation Act are so severe,
Commissioner Wehe says, that there
is not single employer in the State
Of North Dakota, no matter how non
hazardous his employment may be,
who can afford to fail or neglect to
come within the law by making appli-
4 ion for insurance on or before July
i, 1919. ....
That by the terms of the North
Dakota Act the insurance is made
mandatory and all employers coming
within the Act must contribute to the
Insurance Fund as provided for by the
rates when established. The law
makes no provision for an election
on the part of the employer as to
whether or not they will come under
it's provisions.
Every Imaginable employment. ex-
cept the three classes exempted by
law, must be reported to the Bureau
by the employer. This includes
clerks, sales forces, stenographers, Of
flee help of every class as well as the
more hazardous classes of employ
ment such as mining, carpenters,
plumbing, mechanics, etc, also EN-
ployes of the state and all political
subdivisions thereof, except elective
officials and appointive officials in
vested with sovereign powers to eNer
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
COLLECTOR ATTACKED
BY 3 VICIOUS DOGS
II. w. Zuel Has Fight for His Life
With Cady Bros Bull Dogs
Man Was Horribly Bitten.

r. w. Zuel, a we'll known Minot col
lector, who is connected with several
machinery concerns, was attacked by
three vicious dogs belonging to the
Cady brothers, when he went to the
shack occupied by the Cadys near the
Great Northern ice house one day last
week. He was bitten three times on
the legs, once on the arm and once on
the hand by the dogs and it is very
fortunate that he escaped with his
life.
He had bill to collect against the
Cady brothers and called at the house
in the afternoon. The place is located
in rather secluded part of the city.
Three dogs came from around the cor
ner of the house as Mr.. Zuel went to
knock at the door to see if anyone
was at home. No one was about the
house. One of the dogs, a vicious
looking bull dog, took a crouching ~.
sition and did not bark, but showed
his teeth. The other dogs kept up a
fearful barking. Mr.. Zuel looked the
dog in the eye and tried to bluff him
out but the dog was of the kind that
does not take bluff. 1t lunged for
the collector. Zuel jumped out of the
way and having no weapon, warded
of the attacks of the dog with his
fists. He knocked the big dog oyer a
couple of times with his fists and then
backed away towards his car, kicking
at the vicious brute. Zuel was soon
out of breath and realized that he
would have to change his mode of de-
Tense. The other dogs were attacking
him from the rear by this time. One
of them had bitten him three times on
the legs and second bull dog jumped
up and tore the feshy part of one of
his arms. Zuel then determined that
he would have to fight for his life
and decided to grab for the bull dogs
neck and choke him if possible. He
made a desperate grab, but the dog
was too quick for him and grabbed
him by the f1eshy part of the hand.
cutting a fearful cash. Zuel wore kid
gloves. The teeth of the dog unfast-
ened the glove and the dog hung onto
a piece of the torn glove, not loosen
ing his hold until Zuel crawled into his
car. The dogs then went back to the
house. Some men came to assist him,
and started his car Zuel was able to
drive to a doctors office where teo
wounds were dressed. Those dogs
should be killed. The owner claims
that he has been keeping them as
watch dogs and he has been raising
bull pups, selling them for SIS apiece.
The police ought to lose no time in
killing the dangerous animals which
are apt to attack and kill children as
we'll as adults.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
Offers Florida Alligator to Minot
PARK

Supt w. 0. Doo1ittle of the Minot
parks will soon be herding a real live
honest to- :a;,odness alligator if the
Park Board accepts the offer of A. C.
Fling of Starke, Florida, former Mi
not man who writes the independent
as follows:
I purchased young alligator. 1t
measures 8 1-2 feet long and weighs,
box and all, 10 pounds. Was going
to ship it to the Minot park board
but found ] had to paw express in adj
vance and the express costs $3.50. If
the board will pay the express, I will
donate the alligator,
sWe are all ENJOYING good health
and like the country better the longer
we stay Tt is not nearly as hot. here
IS we exnected. very even tempera-
ture. For the last three months it
runs 60 to 90, most Of the time around
80. Cool nights. Have had worlds Of
Strawberries, more than we could use.
Now hlackhorries a plenty. Ripe to-
matoes, string beans, new potatoes,
onions, all out of our own garden,
We have a fine homie in the edge of
town, acres, four in timber and two
acres under cultivation. Five minutes
walk to Main street"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
VOTE NO SEVEN TIMES"
PLEA OF TRAIL FARMER

cummings, n. d., June II. w J
RuIrett, a well known farm If this
district, has issued signed app4n to
the voters Of North Dakota to "Note
No Seven Times" in the forthccm-
ing referendum election.
Mr.. Burnett lists seven reasons that
APPEAL to him as supporting his plea
for seven mo" votes.
His letter follows:
SEVEN REASONS WHY TO VOT :
NO SEVEN TIMES AT TIE, Ref,
ferendum Election the 2Gth 81
June:
/ If you want newspapers IN the
StA-e TO be free and Independent. arJ
not hoycotted;
Vote No on the Printing Eli
2. If you want the People If North
Dakota to rule, and not the present
or future Governors, an dsave tn
tax payers Two Hundred II ,1s n
Dollars l%2O0,GO0.OO).
Vote No on the Industrial tora
mission Bill.
;. # you want to save Two Hum
|dred Thousand Dollars $500, O00.UDI
lin taxes from being used to build
ny Political Machine;
N>'e No on the immigration Bill.
4. If you want TO save Tw,. !llln
l!nl thousand Dollars $780, 0o 0O)
in taxes for salaries of Supervisor,
or Assessors;
Vote No on the One Man Tax Com
mission Bill
;. 1t you want to save Forty
Thousand Dollars $40, 000.00) IN tan
es for extra Judges and their ex-
penses;
Vote No on the judicial Redisrr!ct-
ing Bill.
6. IF you want our School System
taken out of Politics and save the
taxpayers Eighty Thousand Dollars
($80,000.00); .......
Vote No on the Administration Bill.
7. IF you want the Public funds de-
posted in the local banks and kept
there, and save the taxpayers One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10O,-
00O.0O) in taxes;
Vote No on the Banking Bill.
Eight Hunded Twenty Thousand
Dollars $500, OO0.00) will be saved to
the taxpayers Of this State, and pre-
vent the issuing of Bonds against the
State Of North Dakota; by Voting
No Seven times at the Special Refer
endum Election to be held on June
26th, 1919.
w. J. BURNETT.
Cummings, n. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
: Costs Is to 80 Cents an Acre
to Poison GrasshODpers

+ The Independent has reliable
+ information that it costs about
= Is to 30 cents to prepare the poi
:: soned bran for the grasshoppers.
= A statement was published in
;: the Independent last week that
;: it cost $500 an acre. We were
+ misinformed. Where the poi
\ son is scattered along the edge
< of the fields before the grasshop-
\ pers get we'll started, they can
+ be cleaned from a 100 acre field
:: without great deal of cost. Late
\ reports say that grasshoppers
= are showing up pretty general
< ly everywhere, tho they are most
: ly small, not much larger than a
= fly, While they can hop only
:. about six inches, they can do a
:. lot of damage and will be larg-
!: err. Any farmer who needs poi
< son can secure the same from
\ the Ward County Agricultural
:. Agent free of charge, the cost
+ coming out of the money appro-
;. priated by the county commits
:: sioners for this purpose.
:: \ :. : :. :: + ! ;: \ \ !. X < \
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
X. C.. Initiation

Minot council No. 1850, Knights of
Columbus, will hold an initiation Sun
day, June %. At that time three
degrees will be exemplified. The in
itiation will be brought to a close by
a banquet that evening at which Rev.
Z. J. Mullaly of Chicago, who is CON
Quoting the Mission at St. I.eo's
church, will be among the speakers,
The local Knights are arranging for
a special entertainment for visiting
Knights, candidates and their wives
Saturday evening, June p.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
VIII Secure Odd Fellows Home for
Orphans.

Thos. Heckor of Logan and Chas.
Lightall of Minot returned from Far
go Saturday where they were dele
gates to the Grand Odd Fellows lodge.
A movement has been started to pro-
vide for an Odd Fellows Orphan
Home. There is $4,000 in the Home
Fund and a suitable home will be Sc
cured at some point in the state, to
take care of the present needs. Later
a splendid building will be erected for
orphans and old folks. There are II
such orphans to be placed in the Home
as soon as it is provided.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
FORTUNA MAN HURT

Fortuna, NJ D., June 11.-Severt
Eckness, and son. drove over into
Canada after colt that had strayed
from home. When they found the
animal they put halter on it and
attemnted to lead it home behind the
buggy. AS this was the first time
the colt had had halter on. it OBJ
iected to too much progressiveness
I'll at one time. Mr. Eckness' in
getting. out of the buggy to quiet the
animal caught his foot in the wheel
breaking his ankle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12

Herman Schwede of Donnybrook re-
turned from Bismarck where he took
his three year-old son, Louis, to hos
pital. The boy was operated on for
appendicitis successfully. Mrs.
Schwede remained with MIN.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12

else provided for by Legislative en-
actment, for term Of years with a
fixed salary, must also be reported to
the Workmen's Compensation Bureau,
as the law covers all of these public
employees.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
! :. :. :. :. >. :. :. ;. !, !. !: x
SOME CHARACTER!
:. A Cowboy Hobo Linguist With .
!. an Unquenchable Flow.

= y
He breezed into the Minot Journal
office Friday morning. Said he had
struck town the evening previous and
bomoaned the fact that it had cost
him good money for railway fare,
bed and board-the rain making hik-
ing on the roads impossible and pre-
cluded his sleeping Under the starry
canopy of heaven" His dress and
general makeup depicted the cowboy
of the movie stripe. His flow Of
language was unceasing and anus
ing, and the trend thereof was of the
unGuenchable thirst so rapidly APP
preaching the period where it is to
become so much more So With gusto
he solicited half dollar to speed him
on his Weary Willy way and in turn
contributed the following, not as ex-
cerpts, hut purely the products of his
fertile brain:
Somewhere in July.
On the first I'll be cursed with the
worst thirst
That ever caked dust in a neck.
And III think of the drink in the
fnky-dink sink,
While reviewing myself as wreck.
Then III beg the Bootleg for a peg
from his keg,
He'll refuse. for haven't the price!
Good Bye to Red Eye. In the Sweet
Dry and Dry
I'll be down at the morgue on ice.
Exit D. rs.
No more III see the rainbow butterfly,
Nor pale, pink allegators swim in
purple lakes
by,
Nor fight stovepipe size of spotted
snakes.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
DOG GONE, CIVIL WAR VETERAN
TO, ENTER STATE HOME.

Grand Forks, N. D., June 10.--J.
H. Murphy, Civil war veteran, and
his dog, companions for years, living
in a houseboat on the Red river, are
separated, the dog disappearing sew
eral days ago, as a result Of which
Murphy has consented to enter the
home for old soldiers at Lisbon. N. D.
"The dog and ! have spent good
many years together; he'd be lonely
if left him now" said Murphy to Of
ficials a year ago when they sought
to persuade him to enter the soldiers
home.
When the dog disappeared several
days ago, Murphy became i'll, and he
now is in local hospital Yesterday
he said he would go to the soldiers
home.
II suppose l might as WE'LL" he
said. "The dog is gone now, and
there's nothing to keep me here. !
guess l might as we'll go to the home.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
HARDAWAY APPOINTED.

!, Bismarck, N d., June 11..-Dr. A..
M. Hardaway of Minot was commits
stoned member Of the state board
Of dental examiners by Governor
Frazier yesterday to succeed DR.. c..
Il. Tompkins of Grand Forks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-06-12
HT1RT BY INFURIATED HORSE

Dickinson. n. D., june 11.-AIbert
Smith, employed on the N. G. Lang
don farm northwest of town, was at
tackled and severely bitten by the
famous stallion, Gambler, Smiths
left arm was badly lacerated but it
is thought he will recover without
permanent disability.
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D. F. Maxwell and F. C. Newman,
rrominnnt Max farmers, were in Mi
not on business Friday. They say we
! have good chance for a fair crop yet.
Washington Journal., 1919-06-06

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Stoff?
@e-taufer: So. mas merit iidt. Dos
wecB iH ielber mid. es foidltet iiinf
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-27
WAR WORKATHLETES THIS YEAR
Members of s. A. T. c. May Compete in All Sports,
 Says Association
By Associated Pr..,

By Associated Press
 New fork, January 26.-All members of the students army training corps who continued in college without interruption and students who entered the service or engaged in war work will be eligi- ble for competition in intercollegiate ath- letic contests this year.
 Recommendations to this effect were adopted here today by the executive committee of the Intercollegiate Associa- tion of Amateur Athletes of America. These will be presented to the annual convention of that organization which will be held at the Columbia university club here March l.
 Two stipulations are made however, one of which was that the men should have reported back to their universities by January and the other that those still in service should be back in col lege within three weeks aftex their dis charge or resignation but not later than April 1.
 Chairman Gustavus T. Kirby of the ad- vsory committee stated today that ado2- tion of these amendments to the rules by the governing faculty committees Of every college and university seemed as- sured. Furthermore. he emphasized that all prospective participants could with out danger of disappointment, go into training immediately
 Laurence B. Leonard, Harvard. wa; elected president of the association in place of Julian c. Bolton, of that uni versity, who is on military duty in France.