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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1919-05-23
County, Seal / Referendum u ||' P Pc.
6tQ1S To- be | Filed. Today

and in q large number Of cases the
petitions were circulated by farms
ers and mcmbers Of the Nonpartisan
League. The county seat bill has
absolutely nothing to do with the
Nonpartisan League or the 1nde-
pendent Voters league. In talking.
to Mr.. Phelps some weeks ago. A.
C. sTownley said I'VE don't care
anything about House Bill LOO 4
The Independent Voters League has
filed number Of referendum peti-
tions, but has been paying absolute
lyEno attention to the county seat
bill, The county seat bill petitions,
have been circulated at the. expense
OF resid ents Of the various counties
Of the state which would be affect
ed by It, and they were not offered
and nett ithera did hey ask for any as
sistanceS rom any political organtza.-s:
tion. 81
tore the voters of the state entirely
On Its own marits 4, and fvot efss will
beS asked yto lool over the prov yiSionsy
cont iii II befo ore ca sting their3
ballot eitlier tor or q ainst " The. \
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petitions ask that it be voted on at
the next general election, though
Governor Frazier has power to call
special election on some other date
and have the proposition voted on
then.
The petitions have not been cir
culated to any extent in Burke
county and most of the signers were
obtained in other parts of the state.
It seems that no one community in
the state signed any more than the
others, but that wherever the petit
tions were circulated they were
readily signed up by everyone who
was approached There seems to
be a general dislike for the bill all
over the state, and up to the pres
ent time there is. no organized ef-
fort to keep it on the statute books
like there is on the other bills
which will be voted on next month.
People who have watched the coun-
ty seat bill in all parts Of the state
insist that if the voters are half as
enthusiastic about knocking it out
at the election as the have been
about signing the petitions, there
will be absolutely no chance for it
staying on the statute books per-
manently.
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one n DEAD; \ TWO / :.
I. HURT A:|u u:|R||l| IN .BL0WuP

Bismarck, N. d.. May 22.-Hugh
Enyart is in the hospital here with
broken arm and leg, Anton Phlae-
ger is dead at the home of his faith
er, Paul ,Phlaeger, nine miles south
west of Stanton, and Rein Jensen,
residing on a ,neighboring farm, ts
badly injured, as a result Of the ex-
'plosion of an .acetylene tank which
! Stanton, blacksmith was using in
welding a. broken part on a tractor
at the Phlaeger farm.
The injured men were gathered
about the machine watching the
welding process when the explosion
occurred. It was late in the even
ing, and the Stanton exchange had
closed. It was necessary to drive
into town with an automobile over
almost impossible roads to procure
medical attention.
The case was officially brought to
the attention, of. the railway conf
mission yesterday when farmers re-
siding in, the vicinity or Stanton
presented petition for some form
of night service from the Stanton
exchange in order. that they may
not be left without assistance in
the case Of another emergency c:
this kind. Railway Commissioner
Depuis requested the Stanton tele-
phone exchange to devise some way
of giving the, service asked for. =
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EXHAUSTED ] ! Jays .!||!!!
Down I||'| TO Die

Darlington, N. D., May. 22.-
Dick Posey, left on the prairie in
the hills country, Saturday after
noon, wandered around probably
several hours, then laid down and
died of exposure. He was found
Sunday afternoon by Charles Bogt,
WHO was passing thru the prairie
'seetfon: - ., y. +
Mr.. Posey had left his home west
of Melville early Saturday after;
noon, against his, better judgment,
{ to go to a neighbor's home with
Jake Shaeffer and his two sons, who
had called at the Posey farm in an
auto. On their return from calling
on several neighbors, it appears
that they struck mud hole and
Dick got out Of the car to help ex-
tricate the car. He was left on
the prairie.
1t is said that shaeffer had some
home made alcohol with him and
was we'll under its influence, altho
neither Of his grown sons had touch
ed any of the liquor At any rate
the auto with the three Shaeffers
in it proceeded on to the Shaeffer
home. No word was given out
that Posey had been left on the
prairie. :@ *;.. K.
There were no marks whatever
on Dicks body, so there is no
thought of foul play in connection
with his death. No one has been
found who saw him alive after the
Shaeffers left, and 1t is presumed
that he walked until exhausted, then
laid down to rest and died from ex-,
posure, a cold rain falling during
the time. When found, the body
was about ,three-quarters of a mile
from Martin Hegna's home. #.g
Mr.. Posey was a powerfully built
fellow, one of the physical giants of
this region. He was "a years old
and leaves wife and six children,
the eldest child being 13. During
the holidays, he took out a $4,000
life insurance policy. He has been
farming west of Melville and had
already started his spring seeding
operations. ..ga$:$
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PR0C[A|ll|s ! i / ! SP|EClAl ! A
ELECTION jun Is

Blsmarek. N d. May 22. q 10y u :
ernor LynaSsJ. Frazer today issued 4 3
s8proclamati ION calling \ g special slr
\ Ssetction ssos June s26 to- permit the AZ
SSnaoples US / vote on seven ms easpres
snacted by the 4 9Th legislat atiYe = Z. asF;
Snsmbly hich are sked g " ~ i'' Il! IDs
elerTsd by petitions circulate by
tho Independ lent sa Voters' Assocla7 aasao lalas
i0n .s Es3 B,
that will be voted a7 .aHel
ON ipclnde ducat onal bill ;s Ia
DUST fial eom ion bill, newspaper, q
bill, one man 4 missii'o Ig Y On acf.
judicial dtstyic ting bill and q the g
state bank msa u and q nmiigra'7 era
tton bil /,
secretar,yasz ~ hpmas Hall a.I
today certi ifed sgtto the l.oSefn that
sthS petition filed nntaine i.Iltii- N
acia; ; "a mes allin9 tts ta'
EsII isgetiti
4 s,.,l ama ion {, N asE l'saE
q 1, l = r VI II
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ON. WAY TO pen :.
Il. IN so MINUTES 1

Minot independent: Hugh Sparks
who deserted his wife some time
ago, was taken into custody by the
sheriff at 9:15 o'clock Monday
morning, taken at once before
Judge Leighton and just 80 min.
.utes later was senroute to the peni-
atentiafy in charge Of yTransporta-
.tion officer Smith, who left with
him over the 500 at 9:45. Sparks
will spend year at the peniten-
tiary. 5s 35ft6
! He was, arrested last fall for
snon-support lot his wife but he was
released when he promised to pay
his wife $25t ta month He did not
pay the woman according to agree.
ment, and instead remained in the
company Of another woman most
of the time. ss2 II; u /, ,s. ,;5ss., b
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THREE ARE KILLED.
BY 500 TRAIN

Enderlin. N. D., May 22.-Hold-
ing that the tragedy at Mcleod, N.
D., Friday night in which three
persons lost their lives and two
were injured was accidental, H.
Bake of Lisbon, coroner OF RAN
som county, announced this after
noon he would hold an inquest.
He made this statement after
conference with the states attor-
ney of Ransom county.
Linley Vining, IA years old, Of
Alice, Cass county, N. D., and Carl
Nyetul, 16, of Mcleod, two of the
victims of the accident, are recov-
ering in the Enderlin hospital from
bruises and cuts received on the
face and the scalp. The young
men were brought to the. hospital,
shortly after the smash-up between
an auto and westbound 500 passen-
ger train No. 1O7 at Mcleod last
Friday evening about GAS O'Clock.
The dead arc E. L. Vining, 80
Willard ]. Nystul. Is years, of Nc
Leod, NJ D., and B. E. Frum, po-
toto buyer of Valley City. ~..
Coroner Bake Of Lisbon, said
that one of the Vining boys was
driving a Ford touring car and was
about to make the railroad crossing
when the scream of the passengers
startled the young driver who "kill-
ed" his engine on the track. The
engine of the train struck the rear
Of the car, throwing several OF the
Occupants from so to 100 feet.
killing the three almost instantly.
The front wheels of the Ford were
almost clear of the track when the
engine 9struck the machine. The
two young men were in ting front
seat, this accounting for the fact
that they escaped with their lives.
According to reports brought to
this city, a boxcar near the crossing
somewhat obstructcd the view of
the oncoming passenger train. The
train was about on top Of the auto
mobile when the occupants of the
car screamed from fright. It is be-
lieved the young driver would have
cleared the track in safety, had he
not become frightened by the
screams and hastily applied the
brakes.
E. L. Vining. lived a short dis
tance ffom Alice, and is survived by
six children. His wife died seven
years ago. "s - So, !,
Mr.. Frum was q potato buyer
making his headquarters at Valley
City. His wife died about year
ago. -..,
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At a meeting held last Tuesday
evening it was decided to hold big
memorial program in Bowbells on
Friday of next week, and the var
ious committees appointed are now
at .,O1k making arEang slnenis t:.r
the biggest day of itsNkind ever eel
vebrated in this city. J. w. Moore,
F. E.; Heckel and l.. T. Hyde were
appointed to look after the pro-
gram for the forenoon, G. r. Hurry,
G.. C. Edwards and j.. F.. Kaser will
look after the doings in the after
noon,. and Ed. Drinkwater, c. A.
Masters and Geo.. Hansen will see
to it that the crowds are properly
entertained onring the evening.
All veterans of the Civil, the
Spanish-American and the World
Wars are invited and urged to be
present, and take part in the pro-
gram, and especially the parade
from the city to the cemetery dur
ing the forenoon of that day. Peo-
pie from all parts or the county are
invited to come and help US cele-
brate this national holiday. and pay
respects to the dead. Everyone In
the city is requested to take part
in the parade and do everything in
his or her power to make a success
bt the programs laid out by the
committees, and also see that all
visitors are given the proper at
tention. .5-7 '
Although full arrangements are
not complete at the time The Trib-
une goes to press, and cannot be
given in this issue, we are advised
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Bowbells,, Burke County, North Dakota, Friday,
BoNble||s / 10 Celebrate C 6 b lie Mem. N
oriaI Day in Fitjng Manner

that the program will start some
time in the forenoon and will con-
sist of a good speaker, songs and
recitations by school children, and
a prayer by pastor Immediately
after this program parade will be
formed consisting of all returned
soldiers from the several. wars,
school children, and anyone else
who desires to join. An endeavor
will also be made to get the Seimecs
band to join the parade, which will
march out to the cemeteries and an
hour or so will be spent in decorat-
ing the graves. An hour or more
then will lapse to allow all to eat
their dinners, when the program for
the afternoon will take place. This
will probably consist of a good ball
game, sports Of several other kinds,
and probably an automobile race.
There will be plenty of excite
ment during the afternoon. The
evening program will consist of a
big dance and such other amuse-.
ments as the committee might pro-
vide.t .5 ..$
J.. W. Moore is going out to the
cemetery every afternoon with one
or two men cleaning up all the dead
grass and other rubbish, and is
making. same In the most presents
able condition possible. He as
sures us that things out there will
look right by next Friday.
; The complete program Is now
being prepared, and Will be publish
ed in detail in the next issue of
The Tribune.
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BUYS. {: BOX COZ:
TANNING SKELETON

: Minot Independent: A repre-
sentative of the Independent went
to J. B. Reed Transfer Co.'s auction
sale Saturday and when a, myster-
ious box was offered for sale, bid
on the package, and Auctioneer
George State knocked the article
down to the deserving newspaper
man. Upon removing the burlap
covering of the box he found that
the box was fastened with hinges
and a paddock. The curiosity of
bystanders being aroused, Jim was
induced to break into the box where
he found to his horror and chagrin
that he had purchased a skeleton
evidently the remains of prehistoric
man which the curator Of some mu-
scum had shipped, via Minot, and
forgot to prepay the freight charges
At first the authorities had suspi-
cions that some foul deed had been
committed and the remains depos-
tied in the box but. closer investiga-
tiOn dispelled this idea.
Just at present the newspaper
man is at a loss to know what to do
with his property but it is said that
he lis considering the idea of pre-
senting it to some museum. More
fortunate, perhaps, was another
who purchased a closed box This
party discovered that his purchase
of suit case was likely to get him
into trouble with the authorities as
it contained a gallon jug of prime
bourbon whiskey. J. B. will hold
another auction sale soon and it's
a safe bet that all trunks and suit
cases will bring good prices when
the results Of this sale become
known, .1ss F--
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! PACKING A FLEECE |

In shearing do not separate the
5fleece but try to take It of IA a.
near. one piece as possible. w hen
taken. OF It., should be laid on the
ground or a platform with the out
side, up. Fold In the ends, then the
sides and tie up In q compact bun 4 q !.
die. The tags should be put in e. 2
sack ~ i themselves i e Y Y as they lessen g
the fleece. Never use binding twine
in1s tying sup III, the fleece It will re,
lduca the value Of the wool / per
Cent as It ii very hard to get out of
the fieecef and ia does not take dyes.
instead lse wool Zap OF jute
tWine Ragulat alton wool sacks
should be used III shipping the
lieeee. The sack should be tightly
paekad ana aewed ct the top
LAG Grange ]. XII 81. College:5s$,
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WILD. v HORSES i CAUSE |! !! J !.
GREA7|. | / Al TROUBLE /:
2.Iy, OIvAUv uJVVO u -

Miles City, Mont, May 22.-De-
termined to conserve the tremend-
GUS amount of fodder which is eat
en- annually by wild horses in Mon
tana, the Montana Horsemen's as
sociation is considering broad
program to eliminate thousands OF
these animals.
Itphas oflc1ally been estimated
that there are more wild horses
roaming the state than there are
domestieated ones. Estimates vary
widely, however, but a recent state
ment issued by the Horsemen's as
sociation estimated the total Of un-
tanned steeds at three million. It
also was estimated that this num=
Der of animals would consume fif=
teen million tons of grass annually,
Disposal of scrub animals is not
a simple matter. Some months ago
horsemen considered an ambitious
plan which provides for the slaugh-
ter of the animals and the ship
ment of the meat to European mar
kets. Later it became an open Sc
cret that purchasing agents from
Allied nations seeking horses in
Montana, politely told the horse
meat promoters that altho people
were starving in some sections Of
Europe, they hardly thought these
people would eat canned Montana
horse meat. The horses were too
small for military purposes and too
tough to chew. IT,
The plan which is at present un-
der consideration is to erect a2,plant
or several plants to Slaughter wild
horses and to convert their hoofs,
hides and bones into various pro-
lucts and to sell the meat for hog
fodder - ,s3 ijs :. wv
Pioneer Montanans claim that the
careless methods of gold miners
five or six decades ago were re-
sponsible for present conditions. It
has been said that gold seekers got
into the; habit of letting their pack
animals shift for themselves and
thess mules and horses after breed
ing with wild animals became as
Wild as the regions they lived In.
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DRINKS .F0]RMALD|)!E,,. De-
f.r
HYDE BY MISTAKE

Divide County Journal: Geo.
w. Jones was. brought in from hts
farm north Of town Monday noon
in a critical condition as result of
drinking fOrmaldehyde instead OF
water. Both the water jug =, and
the formaldehyde jug were in. the
car. The label had been washed
off the jug containing the. formalde-
hyde by the rain Saturday night.
Mr.. Jones was warm and. thirsty.
He reached in the car, pulled out
the jug and finding no label on it
he took for granted that he had the
right one. He placed the jug 4 to
his lips and took two, or. three
swallows before he realized what it
was.
His son, George Jones, Jr., who
was with him at the time, assisted
him into the car and started for
town, only to run out Of gas on the
way. He went to the %neighbOr's
place, telephoned to town and In
short time help arrived. First aid
waE3 administered, but when they
arrived here he was very weak and
suffering terribly.
Latest reports are that he is
resting easily and hopes for his
complete recovery are entertained.
However it will require some time
to overcome entirely the effects Of
the formaldehyde. a:.-g,.,.... ..-,-~,. ,.,,5 s
Just before going to press we
learn that George Jones is up and
around again. In spite of the re-
cent. ordeal that he went through
George says he is going to step out
once more. ,t4fs
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IS fEATAtREgl!'. |:I|!E|:|l! ! WITH
BOURBON WH|SkEY

Minot. N D.. May Feathered
with whtskey bottles was Roy E.
Lee arrested by special agents Of
the 500 in the 500 yards. 3
Lee performed thes4feat Of carry
ing II pints of swhiskey in his pock-s
cts from ST. Paul to, Minot, without
being detected as having the supply
until 500 agents thought that he
was to rob some Of the box cars In
the yards and searched him, q, ss.s q
"a Lee entered q plea of guilty, and
was sentenced to 50 days q ins the
Ward county Jail With: = fine OF.
800, and ten days additional II
not paid. zee said he took the
booze to the train in fst. Paul In hist
pockets because he thought the a1-
thorities would watch his grip He
planned on carrying the liquor into
the colored section sDI the city for
resale. N
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man. REPORTED
DtAO RETURNS

Lehr. N. D., May 22.-Mrs. John
Reich tainted when her son, Priv
ate Jacob, Hahn, reported killed in
action in France last November,
government had paid two :: allot-
ments,. walked in upon her, sound
and whole and, happy. Private
Hahn was wounded at the time his
death in action was enormously. re-
ported, and he spent several weeks
in hospital near the front, He
was unable to- write during this
time, and, ignorant of the fact that
his death had been reported, he ne
elected to write when he. left the
hospital. .<..l -. ..r.
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MANS \ I HEAD Gut
OFF BY TRAIN
=, "a

Ashley, N. d., May 22.-Fred
Bodman, Standard Oil agent and
cream buyer at this point, was
found dead beside the 500 line
tracks, a short distance from the
station here, three hours after the
departure of the train for Bismarck,
which he had boarded in company
with Mr.. Wishek. The head had
been completely severed from the
trunk. 1t is presumed that un-
noticed, Mr.. Bodman fell between
the cars as he was walking from
one coach tb another. He was one
Of Ashley's best known business
men, prominent In all civic affairs,
and his sad death is a blow to the
community. egg1 g-rs n +s
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EXPERT ], IN VISUAL. j!

6 yE,
& Mr. Roy "A. Corbett who has been
lecturing in the J. -. Case tractor
schools for the past year; returns
to take his old position with the
Visual Instruction Service in the
Extension Division at the Agricul-
,tural College. s. e Il 5.S.
d Mr.. Corbett will make lantern
slides and moving pictures for the
department and will also assist in
projection and photography. He
will be associated particularly with
Mr.. A. 5P. Hollis, specialist in Visual
instruction, and Mr.. w. G. Palmer
Extension editor. ~ .s,s. :
The Visual Instruction Service
now occupies enlarged quarters in
the new science addition and has
unusually good facilities for sup
plying the schools Of the state with
projection material. Some of the
work in moving pictures will be
done in the engineering laborator-
les. .G@t. ,..st -&i!3a ....t .,
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slAsAlS / Z q THROAT ! [
WITH 4 RAZOR

Valley City, N. d. May Az
ter playing with his children, Carl
iA.ss sNagel ,#t3 8sSyears = resident Of
Valley City ent into the toilet q
his room and fa short time later
was found with his THROAT slashed. .ltt q
"a razor was beside the bod
4 agel had for q soma time been cen
2amicted with poor health suffering
from heart trout 3: wid 20, oW,,
two daug ghtsrs sor snrytyne
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REFERENDUM R l Il |: |. PET: | II
!. TONS [ REACH. ] CAPITOL | |.

/ I. Bismarck & N. D May 22.---Re-
ferendum petitions directed against
legislation of, the 18th general as
sembly containing signatures rang
{ ing from 35,8585 to- 1852 were fill
1 ed with the secretary of state We'd
Snesday afternoon by Theodore G..
Nelson, secretary Of. the tIndepend-
5 ent Voters association. At tho
same time Mr.. Nelson filed .addi-
tional Initiative petitions containing
approximately 1900. signatures,
bringing the average number Of
signers requesting the initiation OF
measures to substitute for league
Legislation up to $4,000, Or snree
and a half the minimum required
/ by the constitution. ,5S
Referendum petitions were filed
as follows: ;s s= sT4 f ,&
Industrial commission-38,101.
Printing bill-38,562. ,.t
Educational bill7--37,917.: a
Immigration, bill-37,8 1886. 1..
n. Bank bill-37,481. -.zs,:, !. 5s,,t
Judicial redistricting-37,4 ,438.
One man tax .commission-3 81
1858. g., L.
The total number of signers to
initiative petitions was increased to
approximately the following:
aNonpartisan lectiOns--36, 600. g
n Mill and elevator association "a
$4,000. ss..'s:= ..t..l Z. .4-1
Rural credits-35, 900, @.;- n
Home building association a.
00O.. .7 81. q n: i'.,s,
i "A very large percentage Of sign
ers OF both initiative and referen-
dun petitions are said to be farm
ers. & 4 'e5si,z IL 4. @ H. u
'.It is hard to, tell just how many
people have signed our referendum N
petitions,'' said Secretary Nelson
last night. Many have petitions
that they have been circulating live
way out in the country and you
know that the roads have been al
most impassable for long time,
help scarce and. the season late
Farmers are not paying much at.
tention to their mail just now, and
have no horses to spare for a trip
to town. They can't use the auto,
SO expect that petitions will come
in from many sections for a long
time. The date set for returning
referendum petitions was May 10,
but they will probably keep coming
TN till the end of the month. IS
Since the initiative petitions
were filed we have received addi-
,xional petitions containing over 1 g.
900 names. There would probably
be as many additional names for
the referendum petitions, II they
were any object In spending any
mora time ON them ~ - e. ~ ~ A55S,ts