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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

Child very strongly condemned the
river and filtration plant for furnish
ing the city water supply and stated
that he regarded the city as being
very fortunate in securing this we'll
supply and was most favorably I'M
pressed with the design and construc-
tion of the new pump house and res
ervoir. The government approved the
bond issues for these improvements
AS war time necessity.
In order to supplement the supply
from the ten inch we'll, twelve incn
well was put down in Oak Park about
200 feet north of the ten incn well and
near the park drive on Third Avenue
N. w. At this twelve inch well the
new we'll pumping station is located.
The structure consists Of first floor,
basement and sub-basement or pump
pit. The floor Of the pump pit is
Is feet below the ground floor. The
pump pit has been constructed to this
depth in order to insure a greater
capacity Of the we'll and in order to
guard against the lowering Of the
head of water below the suction lift
of the centrifugal pump.
The pumping equipment to be in
stalled consists Of four-stage high
lift centrifugal pump with suction d.
rectly connected to the 12-inch we'll
and mounted on common base mid
way between $50 H. p. electric mo-
tor and an eight cylinder Van Blerck
marine type gasoline motor. The wall
Of the pump pit and operating room
of the basement is circular and 80
It inside diameter. The pump pit
was designed of sufficient size so that
a duplicate Of this equipment can be
installed at some future time for
pumping from this well. Provision is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

lated in securing the services of so
capable a lady in this capacity.
O. N. Elliott has gone to Bismarck
where he has accepted position as
printer.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lavely of New
Bedlam, Pa, arrived for a visit at the
Peter K. Peterson home in forming
township. Mrs. Lavely's maiden
name was Dena Peterson, and she is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. P. K.
Peterson.
N. Larson and family of Raub, N.
D., are spending the winter in Minot.
Mr.. Larson is engaged in the hard
ware business at Raub.
Ira D. Wight, manager of Stone
Ordean-Wells Co., is out after a two
weeks illness from influenza.
c.. M. Gilbertson, Bantry banker,
transacted business in Minot Wednes-
day.
Thos. Fox, we'll known Bantry hard
wareman, visited Minot friends this
week.
The Elks are preparing for big
time Saturday night. Several can
didates will be initiated and big
feed viii follow.
Mrs. Minnie Reinholdt, mother of
Mrs. l.. A. Corey of this city, is lying
at the point Of death at her home in
Sawyer. She has been i'll about a
month.
VIM. F. Hicks returned from Camp
Taylor, KY, where he has been in
training. After spending a few days
with Minot friends, he will go to Sioux
City, Ia, to visit his folks.
L. D. Mann, prominent Lone Tree
farmer, is in the city on business to-
day. Mr.. Mann was seriously i'll
with the "fu" for ten days.
Ex-state Treasurer John Steen has
returned to his farm at Knox, n. D..
after serving the state faithfully for
four years.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
layer Drug Co. & Wards Drug Store
Corp. ". C. Olson Writes About His
Trip to France

0. P. Olson received very inter
esting letter from his son, written
from ST. Nazaire, France, Nov. "a.
Of his trip from Camp Dix to France.
The trip was made on the Ceramic,
an Australian cattle boat. There were
thirteen transports in all that left
New York and they were accompan-
led by two battleships. On the way
across half Of the transports were
lost in fog and they had to fool
around the next day to give them a
chance to catch up.
They passed by the coast of Ireland
and IL days after leaving New York
they reached Liverpool
Writing Of his trip across the chan
mel he says: Crossing the channel
was bear. First time that / got
acquainted with sea sickness. The
waves would come up over the deck
and j was up by the smoke stack
snoozing as that was the warmest
place could find, when bingo, big
wave would give me bath. Maybe,
l needed one bad enough but the time
and place were not appropriate. Well,
I would then turn over and thaw out
the wet side, when "blooy" another
wave would pay me a visit" They
landed at LIE Havre France and were
loaded into boxcars.
Corp. Olson has had nice time in
France where he says the people have
treated the boys well. He does not
expect to arrive home until next sum
nler.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

made Tor the construction OF a suction
line from the ten inch well to TINS
pump PIT SO that both wells can be
pumped from this pumping STATION.
The operating room is OF the same
size ana directly over the pump pit
and will be for the use of the plant
operators and for the installation Of
switch board, starters and other
equipment The outside dimension of
the first floor is 40 feet square. The
foundations Of the first floor have been
extended to a sufficient depth to pro-
vide rooms at each of the four corners
Of the building between these outside
walls and the circular concrete wall of
the operating room. These rooms will
be used for toilets, boiler room, lock-
ers and repair room. All the concrete
walls of the basement and sub-base-
ment have been water-proofed in or
der to guard against ground water
and floods.
On the ground floor is large light
and ventilation court which is design
ed so as to provide the pump pit and
operating room with sufficient. light
and ventilation. In the construction
of roof over this light and ventila-
ton court, advantage was taken Of
the opportunity to provide a park
shelter and making the building use
full for park purposes as we'll Jas for
a pumping station.
Much credit for the success of the
: well system and for the construc-
ton of this pumping station is due
Commissioner of Waterworks House
holder, whose department has given
. efficient service and has improved the
E system in accordance with the needs
, Of the city and The best practice in
WaterWorks construction.
The structure, with the exception
!, OF the circular pump pit and operat-
: ing room which were designed by the
t Wlaterworks Department, was design.
r ~ Architect A. Fraser of this CITY
2 Mr. Fraser has DESIGNED several large
e bpi''sngs in the city
: The structure when ccnorleted will
! De very attractive and pleasing If
: appearance and will conform admir-
e ably to it's park SURROUNDINGS. Or
\ the whole, the new station is an ex
e cellent example Of the possibilities O.
: combining utility and beauty in :
s pump house and it's surroundings
o The City Commissioners are to b,
5 complimented on the construction o
: this new pump house which is great
:. ly needed for service at this time.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
4 I is characteristic 8

+ Z is characteristic of.
& folks after they pass. the allotted
";hree score years and ten," to look
rEA- hack over the days that are gone
ana thoughtfully live them over.
laa r1,ycelf, at seventy-one, frequently
drifting back u quarter ct q century, when
/ Gee myself in the little drug store owned
ct Bolivar, No., making and selling
vegetable compound to my friends and
customers what was then known only as
Dr. Lewis Medicine for Stomach, Liver
I'D Bowel Complaints.
10: many years while was perfecting my
5arEnrla studied and investigated the
JGEat,yss and cathartics on the market and
became convinced that their main fault
(yya3 Ect that they did not act on the bowela,
au5 that their action was too violent and
drastic, and upGet tho system of the user;
which was due to the fact that they were
not thorough enough in their action, some
simply acting on the upper or small intes-
tines, while others would act only On the
lever Or large ntestines, and that they
almost invariably. produced q habit re-
quiEag augmented doses.
I believed tnet preparation to produce
the best eject must first tone tho liver,
then act on the stomach and entire alimen-
tary system. II this was accomplished, the
medicine would produce mild, but
thorough elimination OF the waste without
the usual sickening sensations, and make
the user feel better at once.
After experimenting with hundreds OF
different compounds, ! at last perfected the
formula that is now known as Natwe's
gsmsdy. which truly believe goes further
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

Simpson, to make Investigations and
reports on the city water supply. They
recommended that the city explore
The underground water supply by the
sinking of test wells The recon-
nendations Of these experts were car
ried out by the city under the super
vision Of the City Engineer. In Sep
&ember, 1917, after having put down
several test wells, very remarkable
How Of water of excellent quality for
city use was obtained from a ten inch
we'll in Oak Park. A water-bearing
vein of coarse sand and gravel, so
feet in thickness between the depths
Of 80 feet and 1872 feet was encounter
ed The results from the several
test wells indicate that this water
bearing vein extends the entire width
and length Of the river valley.
After the remarkable performance
of this ten inch well during the pump
ing test, high lift centrifugal pump
was installed and the water from the
well pumped directly into the city
mains. This we'll has furnished the
entire water supply for the city con-
sinuously from October 1917 to the
present time. The present we'll sup
ply was secured in time to relieve a
very grave situation in the city's
water supply problem. The river
supply had become insufficient to
meet the needs of the city and the
filtration plant was inefficient and
was inadequate to properly treat the
water and a TYPHOID epidemic was
liable to result f~om such conditions
Since the use Of the we'll supply only
a single ease of tvrnoid has occurred
while with the use Of the river water
~typhoid cases were Of frequent occur.
renee. Mr.. Child, Sanitary Engineer
Of the Minnesota State Board Of
Health, was sent to Minot by tht
Capital Issues con2ltttee Of the gov
e4rnment to inve stigate the necessit!
of the construction Of Well Suppl!
improvements and the concrete reser
voir from a public health standpoint
and TO report on the bond issues fo1
such improvements. Mr.. Child made
a thorough investigation as to tn,
possibility Of the filtration plant fur
nishing the city with healthful ant
adequate supply from the Mouse riv
er. He made an investigation Of tn
well supply, visited the well station
now in operation, the new pump hous
now nearing completion and the res
earvoir site and examined the plan
Cor the new Improvements. He ais
investigated the public health record
10 compare the river and well sup
ply as to health conditions. MI
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Man Who Traded Farms sight I'm
seen" Was Stunr

Theo. selken who traded 1G0 acres
OF land southwest of Minot for farm
in Alberta, has returned to Minot.
On reaching Canada, he learned that
the farm, which he had never seen,
was not what it was represented to
him, and he also found that it was
heavily mortgaged. Mr.. Selken held
a farm sale in the fall before going
70 Canada. He will return to his
farm southwest Of Minot and he ha:
started an action to gain title to the
farm that he traded for the Canadian
land.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
MINOcT ard VICINITY

VIM Feel1an Of Burlington has been
quite i'll with influenza at st. Joseph's
hospital.
Mrs. Geo. Hoover spent several days
yissting friends at Glenburn, her for
mer home
Henry Byoruln and members Of his
family have bean having seige with
the flu, but are recovering.
Thos. Hoover, from north of the
city, has been in Minot two weeks re-
aeiving treatment from specialist.
Miss Desty Hackett, member Of the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Subscribe for The Independent-$1.5O Per Year

and does more than any laxative on the
market today. The thousands Of letters
from users have convinced me was right,
and that the user Of N1t1.e's Remedy as q
family medicine, even though he may have
used it for twenty-five years, never has
to increase the dose.
My knowledge Of medicine and the re.
suits of it's use in my own family and
among my friends, before ever offered it
for sale, caused me to have great faith in
Natures nena.sy from the very first.
And now as find myself nearing the age
when must bow to the inevitable and 70
to another life, my greatest pleasure is to
sit each day and read ths letters that each
,uail brings fron people as old or older
than 1, who tell OF having used Nas,Es's
Een:cGy for ten, fifteen and twenty years,
and how they and their. children and
grandchildren hsve been benefited by it.
IT. is consolin- thought, my friends. for
y man at ny age to feel t.1at aside from
his own success, one has done something
for his fellow man. My ereatest satisfec-
ton, my greatest happiness today, is the
knowledge that tonight more than one
million people will take q Nstlse's ce:scS1
(NR Tablet and will be better, hea,taier,
happier people for it. kcpe you viii
be enc OF them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Remittitur Returned

A remittitur was received by Clerk
Of Court T. N. Henderson in the case
Of Benson, Newhouse, Stabeck Co. VS..
Thorwald Mostad. The case was APP
pealed by the defendant, against
whom Judgment for S1,6O7.S4 had
been given, but the appeal was never
perfected
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

at Burpeton. In the State OF North Dakota
at the close Of business Dec, 3lst, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts -----$ S023S.jS
Dvsrurafts, secured Bud nnsecnrst G5913
Warrants stocks. tax certificates,
c aims. O. 9,9U9.12
g .asius i psa. furniture and fixtures $4,000
Other real estate 4-.sa, 2,622O1
United states Liberty BoEds 5000
United War Saving Siam PSI 6l9ss
Checks and ether cas- hitems 1895
Cash observation-disclosures 2.l2S.A l9.66tS9
Total .sles, eeoSl
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in--------.--------s lo,oQnse
Undivided profits, less sipenses
end t4 xes paid . 4tS4,1y
Individual deposits subject
Ti IN sa eef sii;l OF ,o'o'V''0
deposit CT ,3S4 SO 97lSk,N
Paid Oh customers sub
scriptions IT, O. g,
Liberty Bonds Observation-Disclosures 29s1oo
United statos War Loan Dep Acct j 0s!.0
Total ! Observation-Disclosures sl25,sss.l
state OF No, Gh Dakota.
County OF Ward %
+, II. A Kluvsr. Cashier OF the above
named bank dosuenpy swear that the ahoys
sta'ement is true TO The best OF my In wledgs
aud belief.
II. a kLUyRR Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this sth
day OF January 1919. ~
[sEALl - ah 4,
& &. A q sassSls,
Director,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22
Prince Lichnowsky~ Outlines
Ills Ideas of What Constitutes
a Peace Of Right and Justice

pensable for us politically ana econ
omically.
Not only ethnology but also geo.
Rraphy should be taken into con-
sideration in establishing borders.
The Poles and Czechs have no more
right to our mixed Language terri
tories, which owe their prosperity
alone to German organization and 10
the German empire. including the
German parts of Alsace- Lorraine
Hence a peace of justice would only
be such a one Al neither boycotts US
nor lays upon us intolerabie man
cial burdens which make us depend
ents for all time. nor one which ere
ates untenable borders and robs US
Of lands which We require geograph-
ically and economically.
Mr.. Wilson and the British states
men have announced their war aims
to be abolishing of autocracy ana
mili,arism and Of making good the
harm the war has done to Belgium
and France. expect confidently
that they now will demonstrate the
rnriyhtness Of their intentions and
that they will not create the impress
sion that IL war psychosis now rules
there. lust as it ruled with US during
the war"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22
U. S. Navy Clear
European Waters
By February Is

London Jan aI.--FraEklin ID. Roose-
welt, assistant .ecretary Of the navy,
after 4 conference with Admiral Sims
on plans for the rehabilitation of the
American navy in European waters sail
tonight that he was confident that with
the exception of about $3.50 men the
American navy would be out of Europe
rot later than Feb. ). When the arm
istice was signed there were I0.euD
American steamers in the European
waters Today ther9 are approximate
~ 5000. Several thousands are at avia-
ton stations in France and Ireland but
are being seit home as rapidly as ros-
Sible. One OF the present difficulties
In the way Of complete rehabilitation
is the uncertainty as this time as to
just how many German passenger ships
will be allotted 10 carry American SOL
diers home and when they will be de-
livered. They will be manned and op-
Grated by the American navy ard their
advent into our service will require
many men at the ports from whicn
they sail
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22
Open LETTER TO THE
CITIZENS Of WATERV|LlE
CONCERNING FINANCES

IN as mich as there seems to ne
conflicting opinions regarding the
exact financial situation of our City
because of the apparently conflicting
reports of the Chamber Of Commerce
Commute and the City Treasurer
published in this paper the following
statements are made.
This Committee had no intention IT
publishing anything in their reports
which could be interpreted as in any
way partisan. but because some have
taken exception 10 these statements,
this Committee has arranged for 4
conference with the City Treasurer,
and the following statement has been
jointly arranged and agreed to. with
the hope that any further confusion
in the matter may be avoided
The figures in the original report
Of :his Committee TO the Chamber Of
Commerce which We're published in
this paper were correct as represent
They may be briefly summarized as
follows:
Outstanding interesting bearing
notes and bonds February /. 1914.
$4,000.
Outstanding interesting bearing
notes and bonds December I. 1918.
1921, 900.
These figures We're taken from the
city's books and annual reports. This
shows an increase in bonded indebt-
edness of $4,000 in five years.
TtA Cit~, ro,.s cxo
to the NET Indebtedness Of the city
during this period is also correct.
His figures were taken from the Aud
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22
itor's Annual reports and are briefly
summari as follows:
Net debt of City Feb. !, 1914

itors Annual reports and are briefly
summarized as follows:
Net debt of City Feb. !, 1914
1891, 1864
Net debt of City Feb. !, 1913
$422.3l2 ls
This shows an increase OF $.0.S4S-
81 net Indebtedness in this four
years period.
Thus, the report Of this Committee
that the Citys debt has been rapid
~ increasing is cOnvincinsly sus-
tanned by both Of the above state-
ments.
The apparent discrepancy between
these two reports is caused largely
by conflicting opinions as to the value
of several items now carried on the
the consideration Of ether liabilities
than outstanding notes and bonds IN
the statement Of net Indebtedness.
The Committee asked Mr.. Aunis
to state the value OF these assets
which he courteously declined to do,
as i, is not within the province of
the Treasurer's Office to determine
this value. This is matter for con-
sideration by the City Government.
This COMMITTEES will ask the City
Auditor to submit a complete state
nent OF the financial condition OF the
City as of Feb 7. 1919 as soon as the
accounts for the financial year end
ing Jan. 81. 1919 have been closed, and
his statement will be given to the
public.
This Committee hopes that the
drafting committee now working on
u new Charter which will he consid
cred by the Chamber Of Commerce
will make possible 81 modern system
of bookkeeping and auditing so that
VIC may know at any time the exact
financial situation of our city, and
that confusion and misunderstand-
ing may he avoided as SO often hap
pens in our present system.
Signed,
Chamber of Commerce
Committee.
HARRY :. BROWN.
GEORGE T.. NOSE,
CARL G. JONES
J.. @. TEHEETTS.
\. A. UEALD.
ARTHUR DAVIAC,
WEBSTER CHESTER,
City Treas.
=. y. .ANNIS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22

Berlin. Jan. 2l.-Prince I.ichnow-
sky. former German ambassador to
Great Britain. today gave the fol-
lowing statement to The Associated
Press.
"A peace OF right and justice, pro-
Nided it is not merely to be a phrase
behind which peace Of violence
conceals itself, as a Pax Britannia
can only be such a peace as neither
cnslavos nor mutilates the conquered
and which leaves him the possibility
of recuperating, Of paying his debts.
and Of entering with complete con-
tidence INTO the peaceful competition
Of a society of nations. A league Of
nations which has its roots only in
statutes, and not in the hearts OF
peoples. is worthless.
lust as the conquerors hundreds
of years ago treated France forbear-
ingly and left in it's possession Its old
borders. including even German AL
SAGE. which had earlier been taken
away from us just as forcibly as we
later took it back. SO I believe there
will be left Louis. especially in the
! east, our borders which Arc indis-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-01-22
Japan to Pursue Fair
And Clean Policy in
international Relations

Washington, Jan. ol.--tEy III" A.
ISOLATED prcss>--N'iscTInt ttt!la
the Japanese minister for foreisa a.
fairs. in an address today a. Ia
opening Of the japanese rarllaneH''
declared that Japan had no aspNa'
ton but to seek the consurnma,o'
Of free and unfettered dt 'eIoins'.
of her national life along the Eis''
way Of justice and peace" and '1s.
,, ''she was determined TO pursue Ia
and clean policy in all in;'rta'i"s'
relations" The foreign mN','
whose address was cab!rd L. q
Japanese embassy here and MADE iV''
lie tonight said the peace roAit'e '''
at Paris mad in view the estdb!N''
raent Of peace Throughout II: N"F"
upon solid and enduring t"'n'!a''''
and the prevention of outhi' ak u. w.
for ages to come and that japan ".
decided TO cooperate in ali s'I'"' :
with its allies for the "talIza'."'
plans conducive to :le areo'nPS
ment OF these objects. \'s''u'
Uchida said that now that no saP'
IS OF the Czecho- s'lovak forces M.
assured. the primary objection - "''
iiary undertaking there had ben d
complishcd. The rainists, i"de
however, that il was nc' oS'a''
maintain some troops IN eastern '
IBERIA for the time.