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Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
New Fire Truck Is
Accepted By City

The new fire truck which arrived
in the city little over week ago
and which has been demonstrated by
a representative Of the company for
the City Commission, was formally
accepted by the city at meeting of
the Commissioners held Monday
evening.
In order to make room for the new
truck at the fire hall the stalls form
erly occupied by the horses are being
torn out and improvements made on
the building.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
4 BIG PROGRAM PLANNED FOR
VICTORY DAY HERE SATURDAY
AMERICAN AND OTHER PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO At
TEND BANQUET EVENING UNDER AUSPICES OF
wlLL1sTON COMMUNITY CLUB

At 6:3O banquet will be held
under the auspices of the Williston
Community Club at the armory.
All the Liberty Loan workers will
be guests at this banquet, and tickets
are being sold by the busine IS men
today to meet the expense of this
event. Special orders for music is
being prepared and something unus-
ual will be given in the music line.
The meal will be served by one
of theladies organizations Of the city.
Lieut.. Furlow, one of Americas
Aces, will be one of the speakers
and Curtis NJ. Johnson of Rush City,
Minn., one of the best orators of the
country will also talk.
There will be final meeting before
the Victory Loan drive here in the
county starting on Monday, April %,
Chairman c. C. Reiger withheld the
drive till after the meeting and will
put all efforts and enthusiasm into
the drive to make it short and sue
cessful one.
$225,00O is the quota asked from
he county, and the quota for the city
of Williston is set at $56,875. This
is somewhat larger than the previous
loans, but it is hoped that this
amount will be met the first few days
of the drive and that Williams county
will go over the top with flying col
OrS.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24

Saturday will be Victory Day here
and one of the finest programs ever
put on in this part of the country
is being planned for the day.
Preparations for the day are be-
ing made by the committee in charge
and tour around the country will
take place tomorrow when fifteen or
twenty autos carrying band and
speakers will make practically all
the towns in the country. It is the
idea of the committee to pick up
many autos in the towns they visit
who will journey with them back to
Wiliston where they will spend Sat-
urday and take in the program.
War Films Shown =.
During the morning and afternoon
on Saturday one of the government
official films will be shown at the
Orpheum Theatre free of charge to
public. During the morning it will
be shown for the benefit of the child
rem and in the afternoon for the adults
The film that is being shown is "The
Price of Victory" This film was
made under shell fire by the Signal
Corps photographer on the battle
fields of Europe. There will also be
a one-reel film showing the wonder
full work being done at the reconst-
ruction hospital at Fort Smelling.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
CHECKER PLAYERS
Will HAVE SESSION
TOURNAMENT TAKES PLACE
TONIGHT AT THE KELLY
RESIDENCE

Two teams have been picked for the
local ecker tournament to be held at
the home of w. J. Kelly this evening,
which is made up of practically all of
the checker players in the city.
The two teams are headed, one by
u. L. Burdick and the other by VIM.
G. Owens. A silver cup will be the
prize for the wining team, to be held
throughout the year.
This will probably be one of the last
checker meets of the season with the
exception of the meet that will pro-
badly be held to determine which team
will banquet the other.
Below is a CHECKERED SUB
POENA which was served on all the
players by the officers of the local
association.
State of North Dakota, County Of
William
Usher L. Burdick, ct al, Claimants
VS..
William c. Owens, ct al, Respondents
In Kelly's Court
GIT 7th Avenue West
CHECKERED SUBPOENA
YOU are hereby commanded, that
laying aside all and singularly your
business and excuses you be and ap-
pear in person in and before the
Kelly Court in the City of Williston at
above address on Thursday, April a.,
1919, at seven o'clock in the evening
Of that day, then and there to defend
the title to a silver cup as claimed by.
William G. Owens and his selected
clan of usurpers.
Hereof fail not under the pain of
the penalty that will fall thereon.
WITNESSED the Honorable J. 3.
Settle, President, and Ivan V. Met
zger, Secretary of the powers that
be, this 21st day of April, 1919.
j. B. Settle, President
Ivan V. Metzer, Secretary
The teams are as follows: U. L.
Burdick, team; Walter Calvert, j..
Gardner, J. B. Settle, w. J. Kelly, w.
S. Davidson, U. L. Burdick (Captain),
r. c. Ike, Fred Hildreth, T. V. Settle,
DR.. Traynor, Joe Siebert, D. A. Rut-
ledge, Eddie Conlin, Vern Yonker.
VIM. G. Owens, team; VIM. G.
Owens (Captain) F., Mr.. McMaster,
Percy Clifford, John Shaw, Geo.
Leonhardy, Thos. Murphy, Ivan
Metzger, Rev. Hitchcock, L. J. Rod
man, T. A. Mckay, Peter Mcintyre,
Geo. Johnson. Pat Corcoran, r. r.
Rutledge.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
FINE EASTER DANCE

The dance Monday evening under
the auspices of the Bishops Commit
tee Of the Episcopal church YVES very
much of success in every way. The
large number present had most de-
lightful time and the dance commit
tee and lunch committee were well
satisfied with the receipts of the
evening.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
Married at Parsonage

Gilman Asleson and Miss Agnes
Binde both of Wheelock, were mar
ried last evening at the Lutheran
parsonage by Rev. Natwick.
Mr. and Mrs. Asleson will reside
on their farm north Of Wheelock.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
WEEK END TRIP

The Women's Glee Club of the Uni
versity will make it's first trip April
% and 20 when it will give concerts at
Northwood and Hatton, playing at
Northwood Monday and at Hatton on
Tuesday.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24
Barker Appointed
Night Policeman

Monday evening the City Com
missioners accepted the resignation
of night policeman and Lee Barker
is in his place.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24

c. D. Geisler, Division E ngineer
of the State, is in the city and is work
ing out Of her with a crew on the
new State Highway.
Williston graphic., 1919-04-24

Mrs. j. P. Peterson and little
daughter of Antelope, visited with
Mrs. Hitchcock.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
REDS ABOARD BUFORD
ARE WELL BEHAVED

Washington, Dee 2T--The "a
reds' being dcported to soviet Russia
on the army transport Buford are con-
tented aud everything on the vessel Is
running smoothly, General Hines, chief
Of the army transport service, was in
formed BY radio from the Buford, now
on the high seas.
The radio reveals that Alexander
BcrSman. who With Emma Goldman
was classed as the most dangerous
alien radical Ia this country, has taken
the leadershlp OF the red" on The
vessel The wireless stated that the
commanding officer OF the vessel il
enAauetias dealings with the reds
through Berkman.
The Ruford's course now Ii south.
ward Tor the Azores. IN order chat
rough seas may be avoided. the mes-
sage said The reds ARE allowed on
deck for exercise in the morning and
afternoon They were reported to IL
"obealent and respectful.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
HARVARD AND OREGON
ARE NOW ESTABLISHED

Pasadena, Cal, Dec. Harvard
and Oregon football teams were Wefi
established in rival camps today pre-
parinE for the big east-wests football
game to be played New Years day
The men from Massachusetts, ar
rived Friday and are in fine fettle, ac-
cording TO Pooh Donovan, their yet
eran trainer Oregon has been he's
several days, working hard for sne
game
Both squads seem to like the Califor
MIA sunshine. and It Is being produced
much as advertised, but both have
shown d great distrust Of California
water Harvard brought its big water
tank along with IT. Until after the
game none Of the players will drink
any other water than the Cambridge
brand.
oregon brought Eugene water
enough 10 last until after the game
also
Il hope this fine sunshine and warm
weather will continue for 4 few days"
said Donovan. "It VIII giye the fellows !
a chance TO get . good sweat. ! shall /
order stiff practice for a few days,
hope to put the men into the same
condition they were IN when we de-
feated Yale.
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HUSBANDSIY WORLD
SAYS EL|NOR CLYN

,.ondon Dec The American is
picked as the best husband in the
world bJ Elinor Glyn, famous Brit
ish novelist, in anarticle in the Tia
dies Field"
Nearly all those wonderful people
who spring into social fame with tac
speed Of comets as result. of their
own force and efforts are Americans"
says The writer.
Z "llspt cially the American. women
possess vitality andNtcnacity unknown
to the women Of any other country in
the world Unlike the English women
they do not have'to worry over getting
husband for there are plenty of
men to 80 around in the United States
American women do not have to
make any effort whatsoever to get a
husband. All they have to do is to ex-
ercise their choice That is what makes
them SO successful when they come to
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Dempsey To Go Against
Carpenter Next Year

New York, Dec. &c. b. coch-
ran, British promoter, who arrived
here Thursday nthe Mauretania,
said. today that Georges Carpenter,
European heavyweight champion, has
signed a binding contract to fight
Jack Dempsey in London some time
next year.
The British sportsman is here to
get Dempsey's signature to- the COM
tract. He said he would be in the
United States about four weeks but
did not believe 1t would be necessary
to go to the Pacific coast to get in
touch with Dempsey and his mana
ger Jack Kearns. He denied he had
offered 100000 for the proposed
but said he believed he could
make the offer interesting to the
two Jacks. He said he and Carpen-
tier had already agreed on the
the latter should receive
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27

{Nill Irwin in the independently
NIexieo lies to the south. rich and
.undeveloped A few Interested per.
sons I'm the United States would IKE
Ia have as send an army. to grab Mex
leo. thereby furnishing them with husi-
ness openings. l,5e
To themselves. of course they are
not vicious: in intention. They really
believe that the MeSicans in the end
would like to be taken over and taugnt
to eat nut sundates; wear ready made
clothes and play baseball. And i
would, be good business, Naturally the
Mexicans think otherwise.
Nowthe great body of popular opin-
ion. in. the United States runs, FORUM
ately, counter to such proposition
we as people seem to believe mat
self-dets rnlination begins near home
Suppose, however, that the gentle 4
men OF ipvidious intentions on Mexico
should raise large slush fund and get
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HARVARD PLAYERS
REACH PASADENA
TO PLAY OREGON


Pasadena, CAL, Dec. 81. Twenty
four Harvard athletes here to meet
the Oregon team on New Years,
awoixe this morning somewhat tired
and stiff following their eventful day
yesterday when they ended their 5000
mile jaunt and worked out at Tour
nament park.
Coast football critics admit that
Harvard has first class team and
claim the aggregation is superior to
Pennsylvania which was defeated by
Oregon in 1917.
The northerners are not regarded
as strong as the team which defeated
the Quakers, but they are in excel
lent condition, which will be big
factor in the coming game.
Both teams worked out this morn
ing on separate fields and secret prac
tice rules were enforced. Each team
carried its own particular grade of
drinking water.
According to Coach Fisher, Harv-
ard will not deyiate from its tactics
used against Yale, Princeton and 9TH
er eastern teams. in the game acre, |
while Oregon has adopted several eff
fective line plays THAI created havoc
on the coast.
Early betting favors Oregon. The
odds were ten TO seven, with few TAX
ers
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lone NINE HOLDS OUT
AGAINST union MEN

Tacoma WASH. Dec. 20. Robert
Harlin Of Seattle, district president OF
The United Mine Workers, has sent
telegrams to Washington. ID. c., urg-
ing the department OF justice to com
pei the Wilkeson Coal & Coke COM
pany at Wilkeson to reinstate fs5 un-
ion miners there, II was learned to-
day
The Wilkeson mine Is the only one
IN the state that Is attempting to op-
crate on an open shop basis
John Hewitt, treasurer of the COM
pany stated today that the Wilkeson
Coal y Coke company had received
specific instructions from Attorney
General Palmer to leave the question
Of reinstatement OF the striking min
ers to the coal commission appointed
recently by President Wilson to in
Vvstieate and adjust differences in the
coal industry
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BOXING


New Haven, Conn, Dec 27.-Dave
Fitzgerald Of this city has been select
ed to referee the 20 round bout be-
tween Benny Leonard and Johnny
Dundee for the lightweight champion
ship here January 16.
Sacramento, Cal, Dec 81. Bud
Ridley, Seattle and George Lee will
go four rounds in Woodland on New
Years day. The fight is billed as be-
ing bantamweight championship Of
The coast.
San Francisco, Dec 27---Joe Aze-
Fedo of Sacramento and Joe Miller
fought a draw at Dreamland rink
here last night in the main event.
The San Francisco lad dropped Aze-
vedo in the first round with right
hook, but. the latter came back in
the next round. The third and fourth
were close.
Eddie Shannon celebrated his re-
turn to the local ring by taking a de-
cision from FRANKIE Farren.
Sammy Good pounded Chief Aber-
nathy until Referee Irwin stopped
the fight In the third.
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Europe. They have the ingrained sense
Of superiority
Thci,. Assurance il Not Assumed
: arheir assurance is not assumed II
is natural and instructive. 1t IS due 10
the fact that they are rare and valuable
creatures.
"Fren. the beginning the American
,y.ialen- had TO be projected from ~. Y.
.lians and Wild beasts. Later their Ia
xor was fought for because Of ihef e
scarcity
,.In England it Is the men who nave
mattel ed most in the development OF
the .cuuntry. The British men have.
evolved a race of assured creatures
who have the same charm in a wey as
the American women possess.
Consequently when an american
women feels that she wants to = posi-
tion in England. and if she. I'LL much
money. there is nothing to prevent her
from obtaining it. She has been q Gen
ii. her own country, so why not dleen
in another country?
English Women Not So Diffident.
English women are beginning to
emerge from their diffidence, though
it may take some generations before
they atain their balance again. Ameri-
can assurance they never can obtain
unless there comes plague to reduce
their numbers. The continued sub-con-
scious malt hunt could then I2o to
sleep.
1T can be accepted from an elderly
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Joe yelling Victor
In Bout With BENJAMIN

Philadelphia. Pa, Dee, az. Joe
Weiiing, Chicago. won a newspaper
decision over Joe Benjamin, caiifor-
MIA Lightweight IN 4 slow six round
bout here Thursday. Benny Leonard
WAS IN Benjamin's corner. This was
ms second defeat Within few DAYS
and Billy Gibson, his manager. decid-
ea e send him back 10 California un.
~ the cold weather abates.
olher results In this city were.
Johnny Murray New York. tiefeat-
ed Joey Fox, British featherweight.
i-a'ne fi'zsimnons, New York, won
from Young joe Borrell, Philadelphia.
Hill Brennan, Chicago, defea,e1 ssfls
or Peuosky. California. Harry ca,r.
son, Hos'on. shaded Inhnnv Ray
1itlsaurg and hIughie Hutchinson.
philadelphia, drew with Jimmy Walk
eE Illinois.
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ONE TINE SHERIFF OF
POLK COUNTY IS DEAD

Lawrence Marion Hall, better
known as Lark" Hail. pioneer Of
IlS47, died December II lit his .lome
IN Monmouth. He crossed the plains
with his parents by OK team when but
years old He was born in Illinois
November 30, 1898.
The family located In Polk coun-
ty on Il donation land claim, which
was later plated as the town OF
bnena Vista. MI Hall served IN The
indian war In 1855 under Captain IL.
N liardye He was sheriff Of Polk
county from 1878 u 1882, ana also
served as justice OF the peace for
many wears,
ar. Hal was married twice, and
Is survived by his second wife and'tha
following children: Laura, Mrs. Clara
Slower Of Weiser, Idaho Mrs. Anna
Herrcn and Dora Hall of Monmouth;
Mrs Ethel skinner OF Independence
and Mrs. Erma Wither Of Monterey,
Cal --l ltemlzer.
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Silver NOW WORTH
MORE AS BULLION
THAN AS MONEY

Free coinage OF sifvAhf rat the ratio
Iof IS to /, Mr. Bryan;a4 fqnous slogan
of 23 years ago, would now rouse little
enthusiasm in the men nwho then de-
manded IT. some editors cpine. For
today the price Of silver is SO high that
It's free coinage at Mr. Bryans ratio
would mean a loss to the silver produ-
GERS
I. For the first time in more than half
"a century. financial authorities tell us
the silver dollar is worth more as sir
ver thar as money. One of our silver
dollars is intrirsically worth it's exact
face value whom the market price of
silver. is $l.2929 an ounce Recently
silver was quotedt at $1.36A an ounce.
AT this price d silver dollar could be
melted down and sold as bullion at a
profit Of nearly cents srr a
'Are the New Work financiers living
up to their claims of honesty hat they
made so voeiferously in 1895, or are
they paying their debts in cheap
gold dollar?" asked Mr. Bryan the
other day when the bullonSvalue of a
silver collar had soared beyond the
bullion value OF gofd dollar.
Nor is this remarkable condition of
the silver market, as revealed in re-
cent news dispatches and financial edi-
torials, confined to tho United States
In Paris. we are told tile habit or tip
ping is in abeyanoe. owing to the vfr-
tual disappearance Of silver coins In
Mexico City, correspondents report,
are refusing to accept gold
coins for small purchases, so precious
has become the silver they must give
in change.
The once despised Mexican dollar is
now at premium. England and !
France have prohibited the export of |
silver, and have passed stringent regu-
lations torbidding the melting of silver
coins, In France, in spite of sevelv /
legal penalties, a correspondent re- /
ports, as much as 14O francs in notes
are being given for 100 francs in silver. |
AZ the present high price of silver, re-
marks firm of London bullion brok
srs, 1t Is no longer profitable to mint /
British silver coins Literary Digest.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
Mexico and the Hate Max

at the sources OF public opiniq
would oegin probably by III
every tiny incident between i
land an American into an q
.internas.enai Importance AIN
would so report 1t as to put /
lean. lis the wrone. They yvou
by painting on the public mix
I lture of tlle Mexican as a low
lous creature who must be rs
hog tied Tor our own protecl
would spread rumors and hir
'as the recent untrue report TIL
had. obtained,a a foothold in Los
fornia.- Z hen some day the se
cident, either accidental or sta
agcd-and then 4 war Of
which we might be persuaded
crusade. Il
Z }rhis is not likely to happ.
glad to say, but 1t is not inn
either; and it illustrates the OF
uses Of hate propaganda. j
f..
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Americans Clean-Up
London Ring Champions

London. Dee, a7.- Two American
welterweights and banlamweiehi
made a clean sweep OF their boxing
.daN bouts in Albert hall last night.
Ted Lewis, former American weiter-
weight champion stopped Matt Wells.
former British lightweight champion.
n the twelfth round. Lewis. who was
born IN London but is a naturallzed
American citizen. gave the veteran a
bad beating before the latter cons
cedea defeat.
Johnny (;riffiths of Akron. Ohio,
sprung a surprise BY knocking out
Francois Charles French welter-
weight In the third round, The
Frenuhman was highly touted, while
the American was supposed to be a lit-
tie better than second rater,
Pal Moore, Memphis, Tenn. ham
'amweight, forced Eugene Criqm,
French star, % quit In the I4th round.
rhis was another surprise as Sridui
xas generally believed to be better
nan than Moore.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1919-12-27
CarpenIier Planning On
Exhibition Tour Of U. S.

laris, Dec, 2s, Georges carpen-
Tier, European heavyweight cham
pion, Is planning 10 come 10 the lrnii-
sn States IN March Tor 4 two months
exhibition tour II was learned today.
fhe French boxer who will be ac-
'conapanied by his manager. Nj. Des
CAMPS, expects TO give boxing exhi-
billions IN several Of the big American
cities L Will be his first visit 10 the
tnited States
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Fairfield News Notes.
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Fairfield, Dec. 26-AIr and Mrs.
Nj. W. Mahony are moving to Port
land where they win make their home
Mrs Reuben Short and children
from Mill City are spending the hol-
days with her parents, Mr.. ana Mrs.
John Marthaler
Mr.. and Mrs T. b Smith are the
proud parents of baby girl. born
Dec. Is,
Tom Ditman and family are spend.
Ing Christmas in Portland with rela-
tives.
Agnes and Cecil DuRette, who are
attending o. A. o., are dismissed until
Jan. 5.
s. y, Parker Is able to he about
again after being confined 10 his bed
for the past two weeks.
Hiss Margaret Marthaler from Ar
lington Is spending the holidays with
home folks. She reports IS helow
zero
J. J. Rllven and son have purchas-
ed anew Ford truck
Naidcen Smith. who IS attending
high school at Eugene Is spending the
holidays with her parents,
AIR and Mrs. Ralph DuRette and
family were guests at Mr., and Mrs.
iIeher pratts Sunday
Harvey Ballweber OF Monitor spent
the past week with his brothers, Duke
ana Lynn.
John Inlah made his family d
Christmas present u a fine RruNs
wick phouograph.
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women who has seen men from most
of the countries Of Europe that no
other nation can compare in absolute
all-around attraction to the really nice,
adorable English gentleman But If
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wanted generosity. Kindness, 1
atom and absence of disturbin
I would choose the America
husband before a man of All
nation in the world.
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First Direct Gable Link
Between Urae,lay TO U. 5.

New York. Dec 2T.-The, first direct
cable connection between the United
States and Uruguay was opened today
by the Central and South American
Telegraph company The service was
made possible by complexion ef the
cable link between Buenos Aires and
Montesideo
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TOMORROW

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