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The Washington times., 1919-11-14
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

am a young girl nineteen years
OF age. and am greatly in need OF
your advice. During the Christ
mas holidays I was q guest at a
house-party of a very wealthy girl
friend on Long Island. Another
guest was a young man, q friend
OF her fathers, whom my friends
parents had chosen to be her hus-
band. My girl friend cares for him
a great deal, literally worshlps him.
while he cares very little for her,
preferring me. Now, Miss Fairfax,
/ love this man. not alone for his
promising future, as her parents
do, but also for his fine character.
which I admire. He has asked IN"
to be his wife. and I am willing,
except for the fact that this gin
and her parents are "set" Qf may
be permitted to use such a word)
On him, and If lie becomes my hus-
band, my family will lose her fam
ily as friends. because they are
peculiar in this manner. My mother
is undecided, just as I am. love
the man dearly, but the thought
would you advise?
CHEVY CHASE.
The point not to be lost sight
of is the fact that the young man
has the right to choose his own
wife. Even if you decided not to
marry him, it might not follow
that he would marry your friend.
Possibly he saw that he was be-
ing "railroaded" by the other
family and has sufficiently strong
will power not to be thus "rlan-
aged" Love like life is something
of a game and about the worst
thing in either is a poor loser. If
your friend and her family are
not good losers, don't think you
will forfeit much by losing them
and gaining your sweetheart.
The Washington times., 1919-11-14
H HE ARD A ND SEEN

We kick at the police considsro-
bly, noU let's hand them little
boost. The arrangements for guard
tna the Prince Of Woles dMr;as his
vtsit here Dere 80 sceu porked out
that there ,cos absotutely no frie-
ton. The officers on duty at the
station, at the Belmont house and
at the Congress handled a difficult
situation ,cith tdct and COMPLETE
knopledoe of their business. Hdpins
had personal contact Oith some Of
the officers assi9ned, hno.c phat
they had to do and ho.c they did IL.
Here's my hat of.
Well, Earl, seeing as how the coal
strike is settled and the treaty is
settling, maybe your argument de-
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and do what is right I wish I had
a job from Z to L. in the evening
anything-but the way I'm living.
Grille.
Yours is the fate from which
l have. tried to warn other girls
the marrying a man respected but
not loved, a good provider but not
the man of your heart. It's bad
enough in the beginning but, like
you, every girl who does it risks
finding the right man when it is
too late. While your heart was
untouched you could tolerate your
husband. Now that love has come
to you, it makes his every little
fault and failing doubly promi-
nent. 1t is indeed a tragedy.
fail to see the young mans point
Of view entirely, however. He
says he would not marry you even
if you were divorced because he
would not want to be responsible
for breakine up a home. The sit
uation as it stands is certainly no
better. There's lots worse thinps
than "broken" home and one of
them is a home in which discord
and unhappiness abide. Won't
you send me a self-addressed en-
velope so i may help you further
about those evenings from Z to
II?
The Washington times., 1919-11-14

Tomorrow the Ursuline Sis-
ters viii conduct q Tag Day for
the benefit Of their useful insti-
tuition, "The Holy Family Day
Nursery" at 51l Fourth street
N. w. This nursery doss q
world Of good for children whose
mothers must 90 out for work.
II is something that HELPS. I
am going to help the home. Are
Yout
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partment can pass on 10 the moDsn-
tous question Of what is the plural
OF grapefruit" Whadda yer gonna
say, "grapefruits' or ~grapefruit-f
TOM DANIEL.
The Washington times., 1919-11-14
If You Are in Love Read This
. Editorial

There Are Some Strange Things About the Human At
fections, and They Are Worth Thinking About If
=. You Believe You Have Found '.the One Person.
The Washington times., 1919-11-14
Answers to Correspondents

fair weather affair isn't worth
much.
The Washington times., 1919-11-14

Crossing the Brook Where
GirlhoOd and Womanhood Meet.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
] am a girl sixteen years old an
have very heavy hair, which I have
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
EQUITY HEAD TO GIVE.
TOWNLEY'S STORES RIVALRY

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug, 19.-St. Paul
is to be headquarters of chain sys-
tenn of cooperative stores in FIVE
northwest states which is rivaling the
chain store system of the Nonpartisan
league, it was announced here today
by officers of the Cooperative Whole
sale society Of st. Paul.
Manager B. w Moore said the sys-
tenn will include 1000 stores in Min
nesota, Iowa, North and South Da-
kota and Wisconsin within another
year. The whole organization is con-
trolled by the stock owning stores In
stead of being controlled centrally as
is the Nonpartisan system.
Articles Of incorporation were
amended and filed with Secretary of
State Julius Schmahl, yesterday, to
permit the increase Of capital stock
authorization from $4,000 to $1,000
900. j. M Anderson, head of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange is pre-
sident and F. A. Bennett is secretary
It is the first existing Minnesota
corporation to take advantage Of the
new state law relating to co-opera.
tive organizations. The filing fee was
but $25 compared to the fee Of $525
required on filings Of homeopathic
Corporations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
MRS. A. F. BLUM OF
DES LACS IS DEAD
Well Known Woman Passed Away
Friday Evening Following Three
Weeks Illnesss ~

Mrs. A. F. Blum, wife of a prom
inent Des Lacs farmer and oil man.
passed away Friday evening at the
Blum home following a brief illness of
but three weeks. The direct cause of
her death was paralytic stroke suf-
fered a few days prior to her death.
Mrs. Blum's health had always been
good up to the time of the Fargo fair,
which Mr.. and Mrs. Blum attended
Upon their return home Mrs. Blum
complained of not feeling well and
shortly afterwards took to her bed
Mrs. Blum leaves a devoted husband
and two sons, Arthur and Elmer, both
young men, the former still in the SER
vice of the government at Fort Sheri-
dan, Illinois and the latter who makes
his home with the parents. Funeral
services were held at the home Sun
day, Rev. Michaelson, pastor of the
Zion Lutheran church of Minot
preaching a very comforting sermon
speaking in feeling terms of the act
i've and useful life of the deceased and
her devotion to her home and fam
lily. The remains were taken to Min
neapolis, the old home of the Blum
family where the interment took place
Tuesday. Mrs. Blum was in her 59th
year. The husband and sons have
the sincere sympathy of a wide circle
Of friends to comfort them in theil
bereavement.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
HARlGER ASSERTS CRCuEsTRA
PLAYS LIKE PXONO01APR
North Dakotan Pleased whsu Symphony
Organization 1eproduces HIS
Eavcrita Record.

Minneapolis, Aug. 19. - Minneapolis
has symphony orchestra which can
play, Just as good like a phonograph,"
in the estimation of one North Dakota
farmer. On the orchestras spring tour
of 1919. a patron at Minot made a re-
quest of which the musicians here still
are talking at rehearsals.
Just before the opening of the con-
cert tall farmer walked up to Emil
Oberhoeffer, and said he wanted a par
ticular selection played that night. He
planned but he had heard it on his
"phonograph". His daughter had heard
the orchestra play it in Minneapolis, and
then sent the record to him. It sound
kers.
Mr.. Oberhoeffer guessed and happened
to guess right. When the concert was
over, the farmer approached again.
"Say, that was pretty fine," he said
That sounded just as good like on my
phonograph."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
HERO GAVE ALL FOR
HIS COUNTRY'S SAKE
Facts Concerning the Death of George
Nbbetts Who Laid Down His Life
on the Field of Battle.

The Independent has whenever pos
sible published the pictures of the
local heroes who laid down their lives
on the field of battle, in the Great
World War.
George Tibbetts, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Tibbetts of Foxholm, who
enlisted in Minot, was killed in the
battle of Argonne near Hill 24O, on
|Oct. 8, 1918, according to letter the
parents recently received from Chap
lain King Of the 18th Infantry. The
Chaplain writes:
81 have not been able to tell wheth-
er he was killed instantly. l. believe
he was because we found his dead
body on the field. If he had not died
instantly, he would have been brot to
the hospital. Hill 24O was strongly
defended by the Germans, but thanks
to the bravery of soldiers like your
boy, the American army captured the
position.
"May God console you in your grief
and reward your boy with Heaven
for having |given his life for his
country"
George sent the following poem to
his parents shortly before he was kill
ed and wrote, "This poem speaks my
idea and describes the war better than
II cam:
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Has sent his soul to realms above
with this message to his God:

Has sent his soul to realms above
with this message to his God:
81 thou, o Lord, canst look down on
this shell-torn, wretched land,
For those who suffer at home alone,
stretch forth thy mighty hand;
Strike down this monstrous fiend call
ed War, send forth thine anger
grim,
To help Humanity atone its everlast-
Corporal George E. Tibbetts was a
member of Co. G, 18th Infantry. His
parents have been informed that his
body was buried Oct. II, 1918, at
Commune of Fleville, Ardennes.
George was born at Onalaska, Wis,
June S, 1891, and came with his par
ents to Foxholm, N. D. in April 1902,
where he resided until in 1917, when
he enlisted in Co. A in Minot. He left
Minot for Camp Greene N. c., on Oct.
/ of that year and in November went
to Long Island, sailing for overseas
on Dec. 13, onthe Vaterland. When
the ship reached England, George was
quarantined for ten days on account of
few cases Of measles. They landed
in England on Christmas eve. On
Jan. % they entered the trenches
somewhere in France. On July 18,
George was wounded by fragment
of shell and also by machine gun
bullet thru the hip. and was in Hos
pital No. 8 for six weeks. Then he
returned to the fighting line against
the will of the doctors and nurses, say
ing that he wanted to help the boys
finish the job. They were in the
trenches for 72 days without being re-
lieved.
George was a noble young man.
He has given his life for the great
cause and the hearts of his parents
and other loved ones yearn when they
see the other boys from Co. A return
ing home while their own boy lies
sleeping in France
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
How Do Rats Garry Eggs?

How do rats carry eggs? Some
time ago the query was put 10 the
most famous Of all American natural
lists, John Burroughs. He admitted
that he didn't know. He had heard
an explanation, current among farm
ers, but he couldn't say that it was
the correct one
The mystery Of how rats carry eggs
is unsolved Officially" after hundreds
Of years Of conjecture. That eggs
disappearing are borne off by rats is
proved clearly enough by the discov-
cry of whole, uncracked eggs beneath
floors. in partitions, and other hid
ing places. In farming communities
various theories are advanced and ev-
cry now and then some one actually
claims to have seen the rats at work.
These eye witnesses Of a most unusual
thing say the rat holds the egg be-
tween chin and forefeet of hugging
tightly between the forefeet; that he
tumbles off elevations deftly protect
ing the egg as he falls; that usually
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
HoLREiNS ARE BACK
FROM MONTANA
Secretary of Association of Commerce Mo.
tored Thru Two Parks-Montana SO
Dry That All One Can Raise is
An Umbrella.

Will E. Holbein, secretary of the AS
sociation of Commerce, accompanied by
Mrs. Holbein, returned Tuesday from an
auto trip thru Montana. visiting Glacier
and Yellowstone parks They We're away
for month and "Bll'' says that he never
knew that fellow could have such good
time. Their auto is provided with a tent
and easy cots and during the heat of the
day they would select some cool shady
nook, stopping just where they pleased.
They carried plenty of good things to eat
spent most of their fime in their cabin at
1 Columbia Falls, M}nt.' where they go
They motored to Yellowstone Park,
where Mr.. Holbein was a delegate to a
good roads convention. One hundred and
twenty delegates attended the gathering,
the object Of which was to select routes
between the vaious parks of the west. The
purpose of the meeting was to unite the
west in an organization that will back
UP national park service and cooperate
with the government in a campaign of ad-
vertising designed to establish the west
as q playground.
Speaking of conditions in Montana, Mr..
Holbein says that they have not been ex-
Taggerated. Outside of the irrigated dis.
tricts. there simply are no crops and the
fields look like they were summerfallowed
and packed, with little short tumbling
weeds growing over them. Dead stock lie
along the roads and in the fields. For
miles one may drive without seeing any
stock. Many of the people are travelling
eastward, not knowing whittier they are
going, only that they are getting out of
Montana. One man said he was going
back to North Dakota and as he pro-
nounced the name "North Dakota" he
sounded as tho he We're talking about
heaven.
Altho there has been horrible droutf
in Montana, Mr.. Holbein was able to
sprout a promising moustache, which
may not add much to his good looks, yet
it shows what can be done in Montana,
even in dry year. Whether he got this
start in the irrigated district or not, he
did not say. ''About the only thing a
fellow can raise in Montaan this year is
an umbrella and a moustache" the genial
secretary explained.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
NORTH DAKOTA COMING
BACK AS COW STATE

Bismarck, N. D., Aug. 18.-That
North Dakota is coming back as a
COW state is shown by reports which
are being received by Attorney Cen
eral LANCER through A. w. Carlson,
who is making special investiga-
ton Of moneys and credits due from
foreign corporations. The St. Paul
Cattle Loan Co., said to be sub
sidiary Of Swift & Co., is shown to
hold chattel mortgages or notes Sc
cured by North Dakota livestock ag-
gregating $474,O51.64. Many securi-
ties Of this type have also been re-
sold, it is said, to North Dakota banks
or individuals.
Under the state moneys and credits
act the St. Paul Cattle company will
pay the state SO a thousand on these
holdings or $1,46O.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
JUDICIARY SHOULD Be
N0NPART|SAN IN FACT
So Says the State Bar Association in
Resolutions Passed TOday-Judge
Robinson Criticised for Sat-
urday Night Letters

The North Dakota Bar Association
met in annual session at the Federal
building in this city at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, with large at
tendance
Judge Winslow, an eminent jurist,
gave a strong address at the high
school auditorium last night, which
was enjoyed by a large number.
+ The convention was called to order
at ten o'clock Wednesday morning by
Tobias D. Casey, of Dickinson, the
president, who delivered the annual
address. The invocation was given
by Rev. Mr.. Gallagher, and the address
of welcome was given by Judge K.
E. Leighton. John E. Greene of Minot
acted as secretary for Oscar j. Seller
Of jamestown who was prevented from
attending the convention on account
of illness.
At five o'clock last evening, the Wis
itors were taken for an auto ride
about the city and an enjoyable ban
quet for the attorneys and their ladies
was given last night at the Leland
hotel.
President Casey of Dickinson was
POSTMASTER and responses were CIV
en- by Judge Burr of Rugby, Former
Justice A. Bruce of Minneapolis,
Judge Pollock Of Fargo and Judge
Winslow.
Among the prominent attorneys
who are attending the convention are
Judge J. B. Winslow and Andrew A.
Bruce of Minneapolis; Justice H. A.
Bronson of Bismarck, Judge Frank E..
Fisk Of Williston and Hon. Chas. A.
Pollock of Fargo.
Strenuous resolutions, discussing
the attitude of the North Dakota bar,
protesting against any attempts to
drag the judiciary into partisanship
and criticising Judge Robinson for
his Saturday night letters, in which
the judge is alleged to have discussed
supreme court cases before the de-
cisions of the court are handed down,
were adopted by the resolution COM
mittee. this morning. The committee
consisted of Judge C. A. Pollock,
chairman; John Hanchett of Harvey;
VIM. Owens of Williston, and G. S.
Wooledge and R. A. Nestos of Minot.
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Plans Being Considered to Give Enter
tain1nent In September for Funds
for Delegates to New Orleans

Plans are being considered by COM
mittee of the Minot Town Criers Club
to raise funds to send at least one dele
gate and as many more as the funds will
ciated Advertising Clubs of the World
at New Orleans, Sept. 21-25.
At Tuesday nights meeting of the
club, the members talked the proposition
minstrel show to raise the funds. There
is plenty of good talent going to waste
in Minot and the public will enjoy the
treat should the minstrel show material
ize. Efforts are now being made to Sc
cure the services of a competent min
strel man to come to NIinot to take
charge of the show. which viii probably
be given in September.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
Will Bring Many Montana Sheep to
Ward Comfy

The Association Of Commerce has re-
ceived inquiries from points in Montana
from sheep men who desire to lease
Ward county stubble or grass lands up
on which to fatten their sheep. They
propose tc ship the sheep here and fat
ten them for several weeks, before mar
keting them. About 12,OOO.head in all
will be shipped here, arriving about
August 26.
The scofield farm can take care Of
1900 head, Mr.. Scofield providing water
and quarters for the herders.
It is probable that many Of the farm
portunity to buy few head as the Mon
tana sheep men would just as soon sell
to the farmers as to market them in
the east, providing they receive q fair
price.
At Harlem, Montana, ewes have been
selling for SIS and $50 head. One
Harlem sheep firm cleared $4,000 from
their clip and have their sheep left.
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i can stand and look around me o'e1
these desecrated plains;
There is naught but tracks of ruiz
where once grew golden grain;
There's miles Of tangled wire ant
1 steei there's graves and graves
galore;
And white pine crosses show me where
men fought and died by scores;
Men who gave up all they had: Home
Kindred, Health and Life
To fight because kings willed it so
and not for love of strife.
There's miles and miles of trenches
4 there's dugouts cold and grim,
There's hills and valleys, roads anc
swamps that have echoed battles
din,
There are houses wrecked and crum.
bled, there are churches, too, defiled
And round them all, with graves be.
tween, the poppies growing wild.
Poppies red as human blood that once
ran meath their roots,
AS tho their bloom had ne'er beer
scared by hordes Of tramping boots
There's poppies by the roadside
there's poppies everywhere,
On hill, in dale, in trenches grim theil
fragrance fills the air.
It almost looks to me as if Dame
Nature, in her love,
Had placed these poppies here tt
bloom for souls now gone above.
The husk Of him who lies beneath this
poppy-covered sod
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21

there is a crowd of rats about to drag
the egg rat, lying on it's back, by the
tail across the floor to the hole.
Others say the rat carries the egg,
held between folds of skin under the
chin, without assistance. The gen.
eral testimony, however, would ex-
plain such conflict of opinion. It is
agreed that rats work in gangs when
egg carrying, and that it is difficult
to determine from distance exactly
what they are doing among them
selves. 1t is said there is always
much squealing but whether because
some are getting hurt, or by contrast
are hugely enjoying themselves, is not
indicated.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
waverly Hotel Installing New Features

Manager Ed Ehr of the Waverly Hotel
has just completed the installation Of a
large and commodous sample room in
the basement of the hotel, an improve
ment which will be appreciated by the
travelling men making this territory.
high ceilings and perfect lighting facil-
tiles. Manager Ehr has other improve
ments under way that will provide ideal
equipment in connection with this pop
ular hostelry. Another section of the
basement is being remodeled into bar
ber shop with entrance from the front
Of the lobby. A shop containing every
detail pertaining to the most up-to-date
shop will be installed. Manager Ehr
is to be congratulated upon the efficient
manner in which he is taking hold and
his efforts in this direction is, meeting
with the favor of travelling men is evil
denced by the increased patronage the
hotel is enjoying.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
Earl Myers Back From France

Earl Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Holmes, from north of the city,
arrived in Minot this morning from
service overseas. Earl enlisted in
the service from Montana 20 months
ago and was assigned to the signal
corps. It was the duty of the corps
to keep up communication at any cost
and the work was very dangerous.
Earl wears service badge indicat-
ing that he participated in four of the
main offensives including St. Mihiel,
the Meuse, Argonne and the Cham
payne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes have four sons
who were in the service, two of whom
were in France.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-08-21
MOTHER SEES CHILD
CREMATED IN HOME

Glen Ul1in, N. D.. Aug. 18.-A year.
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fahn
was cremated before it's agonized
mothers eyes when their home on the
Schoch farm, IL miles from here,
burned. Two other children, aged
and years, managed to escape when
the house took fire from matches, with
which they were playing while their
mother was on her way to the pasture
with the dairy herd. She was attract
ed by the smoke and rushed back to
the house, but could not reach the
baby.
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Mrs. eorene's Brother Died.

Mrs. W. z. Borene received the sad IN
telligence Friday evening that brother.
Cecil Hecht, residing at Dennison, Ia, had
been killed by coming in contact with a
Mrs. Borene left at once for Dennison.
Mr.. and Mrs Borene at the time of the
receipt of the message were on an outing
ing the message which had been forward
ed to Manor, they made the run back to
Minot in eight hours, reaching here in
time for Mrs. Borene to take No, 80. Mr..
Hecht leaves wife but no children. Be-
sides mother he leaves three sisters
and one brother. He was superintendent
of an electric light plant at Dennison and
was repairing break in the line when
the accident occurred.
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TWO Year. Old solheim child is De

The little two-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Solheim of Burlington
died at the farm home Sunday, August
10. Death was due primarily to pneu-
monia, following a prolonged siege of
measles. The little sufferer was so pa
tient during her final illness that she en-
deared herself to all who came to minister
to her wants. Little Mildred Alice was
the light of the household and the absence
of her smile will be greatly missed by the
sorrowing PARENTS The funeral was held
from the Presbyterian church at Burling-
Christ the pastor, preached a very conn
forting sermon. The remains were inter-
red at Riverside cemetery.