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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
KNIGHT WANTS DUN
NER'S CASE DROPPED
President of Knight Printing Co. Ap-
pears Before Board of Commits
siOners-Dummer to be
Tried in February.

Mr.. Knight, president Of the Knight
Printing Co. is in the city today con-
ferring with the county commissioners
relative to his printing contract with
he county.
E. H. Dummer, representative of
the company, was arrested recently
on complaint of j. NJ Robe, until the
first of the year, chairman Of the
board of county commissioners, charg-
ed with changing the Knight printing
contract with the county after the bid
had been accepted. Mr.. Knight is an
xious to have the case against Dunn
mer dropped and has offered a num-
Der of propositions for settlement, in
case the action might be dropped, but
the board has no power to have the
action dismissed, as the action was
brot by Mr.. Robe individually.
Dummer's case is to come up at
Towner early in February.
If the contract of the Knight Print
ing Co. was changed after the bid had
been accepted, the work must have
been very cleverely done, for it is hard
to detect change. Mr.. Rohe believes
that the contract was changed by in
serting a figure / ahead of an $500
item and in other similar ways. Mr..
Lokensgard, member of the board,
states that he remembers in particu-
lar one item Of $500 that now appears
as $500 on the bid. 1t is said also
that the Globe Gazette Printing Co.
made copy Of the Knight bid, which
does not correspond in all particulars
to the bid on file with the county. At
the trial, it will be shown that Mr..
Dummer had gained access to the bid
some time after it had been accepted,
and that he would have had an oppor-
tunity to make the changes he is
charged with making.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Wonderful Soprano Appeared in Re-
eital at Dedication of New High
School Auditorium Wednes.
day Night

The magnificent new auditorium of
the Minot high school was dedicated
Wednesday night with what is gen.
orally pronounced the greatest musi-
cal entertainment in the history OF
our city.
The entertainment was given by
Miss Maggie Teyte, soprano, the
great English prima donna and Rich
ard Czerwonky, violinist, who for sew
eral years was concert meister with
the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Miss Katherine Pike, as accompan-
list, was par excellent.
The entertainment began promptly
at $3.50 with nearly every seat in the
huge auditorium taken. Hundreds Of
people came in from the various
towns in this section of the state and
joined the Minot folks. The seating
capacity of the new auditorium is
1000.
C. H. Coar, member Of the Board of
Education, made short address, stat
Mig that he was happy to inform the
crowd that this was their new build
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
HERO OF CHATEAU
THIERRY VISITS PARENTS
Oliver Perry Who Helped Put Fear
Into Hun Hearts, Arrived for
Visit With Parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. G. Perry.

Oliver Perry, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. C. Perry, arrived in Minot Wednes-
day from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, where
he has been receiving treatment for
a wound received while fighting in
France. Oliver expects to return to
Georgia next Wednesday. He return
ed from France Dec. 12, after having
been engaged in some of the fiercest
battles. He was a member of the in
fantry and he is one Of the boys we
must thank for making the world de-
cent place to live.
divers letters, published in the
Independent, were Of great interest
to our readers for he told the story
in manner that could have been re-
lated only by one who has gone thru
those awful experiences. He was in
the Chateau Thierry fight and in
many other battles. He was wounded
in October, by German sniper, re-
ceiving an ugly wound on the right
side of the forehead and while in time
he was fully recovered, he is still re-
ceiving treatment at the military hos
pital Mr.. Perry was member of the
famous American Shock troops and
those boys surely put the fear into
Hun hearts. His division was the one
that we read about having been sur
rounded by the Germans on three
sides, but the soldiers fought the Kai-
ser's men to a finish.
Mr.. Perry is very reticent concern
ing the part he played in the great
war, but he is one Of our big heroes
just the same, and Minot extends d
warm welcome to him.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

coin School Mckinley and Central all
had prepared clever little dramas, and
the acting was very well done. Sun
nyside School was represented by one
little wee girl who quite captivated
the hearts of her audience. The
drama of the Central School children,
and the "Four Minute Talk" of Lit
tie Josephine Conley were considered
tied for first honors, with Lincoln
School second.
In the Upper Primary Contest, Rob
ert Hayes spoke first, representing
Lincoln School, followed by Erling
Mus of Mckinley School,, Donald
Erickson of Central and Hamilton
Erickson of Lincoln. First place was
granted to Hamilton Erickson, with
Donald Erickson Of Central School
a good second. 1t is to be regretted
that hasty error in addition caused
a mistaken announcement after the
contest.
Theresa Shields of Central School
spoke first in the intermediate Con-
test, and was awarded first honors.
Raymond O'Brien represented McKin-
ley School and William Wander Slus
spoke for Lincoln. Isabel Bergstrom
of Junior High School grades was
awarded second honors.
The Junior High School Contest
was opened by Jean Fuller represent
ing the eighth grade, with Edison Coar
also of the eighth grade following.
The seventh grade speakers were
Lloyd Very and May Shaft. These
young speakers quite surprised their
audience with their unbounded en-
thusiasm. Edison Coar was awarded
first place-the only speaker Of the
contests to secure the same judgment
from all judges. Second place was
granted May Shaft.
While the speakers representing the
classes Of the Senior High School
were somewhat handicapped by the
fact that the smaller children had be-
come somewhat restless toward the
close of the afternoon, -Four Minute
Speakers brought good honor to
their classes.
Daisy Rowan spoke first, and was
followed in turn by Maurice Johnson,
Lucille Carlson, Dorothy Shroer, Ruth
Listrld and Owen Nugent. The final
judgment shows Ruth LlStrud ana
Daisy Rowan tied for first honoTs,
Dorothy Shroer second Owen Nugent
third, and Maurice Johnson and Lu-
ellie Carlson tieing for fourth place.
A pleasing feature of the afternoon
was the singing directed by Mrs. Col
ton and the high school chorus.
This gathering Of seventeen hundred
OF more students and pupils was a
! decided credit to the city schools, Ii
is understood that the contest was
built up merely upon the regular class
work Of Language and English with
the single exception Of the first and
second grade children. All other
pupils gave their own productions,
which had been prepared in their regu-
lar classes.
The judges Of the day were County
Superintendent Wendt, Rev. c. L. Cliff
ford and Miss Sandstrom Of the Y.
w. c. A.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Orrin NJ. Pierce Addresses Rotary
Club

Orrin NJ. Pierce, credit manager of
the Minot Grocery Co., delivered the
address at the monday luncheon of
the Rotary club Monday. Mr.. Pierce
speaks from deep knowledge of his
subject.
He referred to the credit associa-
tion Of the state which has placed its
members in the professional class.
Statistics show that 95Go of the men
engaging in business discontinue and
of this number 1870 quit on account
of inefficiency. Out of the TI5fc, 69Ga
quit because they do not keep proper
records and accounts. They are too
d,lctory about charging off accounts.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
While the capacity Of the hall was

While the capacity of the hall was
taxed the schools were pleased to
welcome goodly number Of visitors.
The contest Of the afternoon was
really a series Of five contests. From
the smallest tots to the seniors in the
high school, every grade was repre-
sented, for there was the contest Of
the First Primary children, the Upper
Primary, the intermediate, the Jun
ior High School, and the Senior High
School.
The Primary Contest was presented
first and was delight turnout. Lin
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
the county court under $500 charged

the county court under $500 charged
with prostitution.
C. A. Olson and E. B. Mowrer, the
latter said to be a local photographer,
were in one of the joints when the ar
rests were made. They were held
under $500 as witnesses.
John Young, the farmer, indirectly
responsible for the arrest of eight
persons, didn't imagine he was going
to kick up this mess when he came
to Minot. "I'm a sporty fellow and
/ believe in having a good time. They
call me The Kaiser because / came
from Germany eight years ago." he
said.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Inter-School and Inter- Glass Red
Cross Defamation Contest

On Thursday afternoon all the
school pupils of all the city schools
were assembled in the great high
school auditorium. The occasion was
the final contest in a series of Red
Gross Essay-D Defamation contests.
With the exception of the tiny tots,
every pupil in the city schools has
written an essay or composition as a
part of the regular school work, the
theme being based upon the Red
Cross.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

Carl Herzig, a prosperous Tasker
farmer, was in the city Monday. Mr..
Herzig is feeding 80 head OF cattle
this winter, doing the work alone and
he manages to keep out of mischief.
He has 300 tons Of ensilage which he
Started recently to feed to his cattle.
He says they are showing q great
gain on ensilage since being taken off
from grass.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Mine Owners and Employees
Reach Agreement

9 At late hour this afternoon, 9
o the mine owners and employees 9
+" have reached an agreement as to &
Q wage scale and working condi- 8
9 tions for the ensuing year. The 6
81 mine employees receive an ad- .
@ vance in wages amounting to 6
g about five percent, but the mine 6
@ owners say that this will not g
g result in any raise in the price 8
g. of coal. This is good news, for .
9 it was feared that there might be 9
% strike. g
o &: g . 6, (. {. . . I. : g % :. 8 s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09
Marriage Licenses

Arthur Bolster and Emma n. Mil
Ter; Edward I. Kamrud and Marie
Asleson; Nels H. Bushey and Mabel
Spokely.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

L. i. Oeth Severely Injured by Fall
on Street
L. L. Oeth, old time employe at the
Independent office, suffered serious
injury this evening when he slipped
on an icy sidewalk on Main street.
He struck on his back and head, and
was painfully bruised. His head was
badly cut. He was assisted to his
feet and was taken to a doctors Of
fee where his injury was dressed.
1t will be several days before he will
be able to be out.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-01-09

DR.. Ransom Re-appciRted
Dr. E. NJ Ransom has been reap
pointed Superintendent Of the Board
Of Health of Ward county.
The sun., 1919-03-23
A C0HANIzED CAST TOO.

With the advent of "Cohanized
opera comiQue,' now being displayed
at the Conan 4 Harris Theatre as
the Royal vagabond." comes the
Cohanizei cast. And It has developed
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THE NEW PLAYS.

including Bates.
Edgar Higgins Nealey Charles
son and others will be in The Golden Fleece romantic
Meda and the Actors Fund will be the beneficiary of this
special performance
MoNDAY-Belmon Theatre: "A of Belgium, Maui
will ia
ing town Of Slemonde and has been staged by Max
ez % dss MOI
fat Charles Chetenan- Claude Cooper, Barry Macolum4
Whitehouse arc the other members Of the balanced cast
Fory-eishh Street Theatre: Edward Robins will
entitled Iss 1 NJ T:z's will It
turn to the spoken stage the part Other players
BENJAMIN Kauser, Edna Rennard Florence Short Brenda
Fowler Ann Warrington William Waleott Harry Ashford L.
selwyn Theatre Arthur Hamme rsen in association with
Swn and Company will produce Tumble In musical comedy
Roberts Rnet and Avery Hopwood The music by Rudolph
Friml
Dunsany play a type
distinguished authors fame has hitherto been associated
play. called 1.-THE Murderers" is
of London the meu being slum pub" and
scheduled six evenings and three matinee In addition to
a ON by
called Bunk and undermined arrangement Of the classic
plays New Haven feature of Prom
Week they been directed by Stuart Walker The acting
Donald M Campbell Jr 70; John Borden a. Elbdse STRAIT
George Achelis 1e; Albert Frost IT, "a; Alan
John IT. Famine " so: W. Rse Louis NJ Loeb
Evans Woollsn IT, ao Robert L., Ehs5 IT, a0 Stanley
Century Theatre Sixty soldiers whom appeared in
You Know Me- All will be in the , & E Divisions
given front Private Harry Gribbe and Lieut. Will
were @ ' S 1na s%o
Whitman Eric Krets and Sid Marion. .
SEN, fo its final fortnight revival of lie Marriage de Figaro
Valentine Tester will have the chief roles
The sun., 1919-03-23
NEW YORK CAN DO 1T

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lowed Fred Stone on the road in The
Wizard of or; Wayne he took out Of
variety.
Still another happy choice Of Har-
ris's was Grace Fisher for the Princess
role. This young woman, somewhat
known to Broadway as the cousin ami
favorite model of Harrison Fisher, had
played only in the Winter Garden ami
in last seasons Ill fated The Love
MILL" where. Mr.. Harris CHANGED to see
her and to be impressed with her
talents. John Goldsworthy, who plays
opposite Miss Fisher in THE Vaga-
bond" was also engaged on Harriss
Endorsement of a performance given
several seasons ago in another i'll fated
production, See America First"
To Mr.. Forrest Is due the discover
of Winifred Harris, perhaps the queen
lest queen of the musical stage.
The sun., 1919-03-23

KIND OF straw vote which Will
"A lam Harris, Jr.. has been con-
Quoting at the Aston Theatre
gives at least one marked indication
or where theatre audiences come from.
Upon the figures from this vote Mr.
Harris bases his theory that the
important person to consider in Broad
way audiences Is the New York patron
~ the. ipAa snt.H"dium through .
which that patron can be reached Is
the New York daily newspaper. The
vote which he has been taking follows
from an open letter addressed to audi
enccs of East Is West asking
whether in their opinion Fay Banter
should be starred during the present
season Each person is given slip on
which TO vote Eyes" or NO." and bal
lot boxes are provided at the exists in
which these votes may be deposited
out OF the large audiences n varying
number take the trouble TO express
their opinions, but the average is more
than $50 a performance, and in addi-
ton TO these n great many patrons
write personal letters to Mr.. Harris
after they return home. Each of these
slips and each OF these letters con-
tains not only a name but an address,
so that Mr.. Harris has right at hand
every day a direct index OF the places
from which the audiences come. They
come from far and near. verifying once
more the universal character of metro
politan gatherings. Mr.. Harris has ad-
dresses from India. japan. China
many of these since East Is West"
has a Chinese prologue-Cubs, Brazil
Cape Colony. England and France. The
names of British officers are not at all
uncommon. and the other night the
editor OF Paris daily signed his name
our own army and navy are well rep
resented. and so is every State In the
Union. 1T may be said here and now
IN relieve the suspense rhat those who
!. tako the trouble TO vote are very much
/. in favor OF starring Miss Bainter) Bu'
The sun., 1919-03-23

respect to their talents. but only that
their names had no box office value.
With the exception OF Frances Dem
Arrest, an established Broadway favor
lite, and Of the dancers, Dorothy Dick
son and Carl Hyson, the personnel
Of 'vrhe Royal Vagabond" had no
drawing power whatever with the
piaygoing public. Who. for instance.
had ever heard Of Tessa Kosta, given
precedence in the cast? Certain play
goers might recall her as the singing
slave girl OF "Chu Chin Chow" but
when THE Royal Vagabond' opened
she had neither mamie nor following.
And while Frederick santley, who
stepped out OF the uniform Of the
Naval Aviation Corps to take the
title role in the new play. had been
on the stage since childhood, he was
always referred to as "the young
The sun., 1919-03-23

that this cast offers as many SUR
prises under the Cohanizing process
as the opera comique itself. or
eighteen players who take the princi-
pal roles in the new production, a
round dozen are discoveries" to
Broadway; and even in the ensembles
two groups-a quartet Of dancers and
n chorus of children--are novelties
In the theatre. and the obvious prod
uct OF Colonization.
Already, after only a fortnights
run, the new Cohan operetta has
made" dozen players and put
them definitely in the exclusive Broad
way who's who. They are to-day dis
tinct personalities in the theatre; al
though when their names were an
nounced before the "Nagabond' OPEN
ing, Broadway tersely termed them
Joke cast" Which meant no dis
The sun., 1919-03-23

his fitness for Broadway in comedy
roles. But the best he had done
wasto play road engagements In Her
Soldier Boy" and Alone at Last
In the face of Newbold's exceptive
appeal to audiences at The Royal
Vagabond.' the success Of three other
comedlans--Louis Simon. Roger Gray
and Charles wayne-is unique. Each
OF these men makes his own distinc-
tive and personal impression upon the
performance.
For the selection OF Louis Simon as
Jonku the Apothecury Sam Forrest
is again responsible. He saw Simon
play wall papering act eleven years
ago in vaudeville and has kept him in
mind for a Cohan & Harris production
ever since Gray and Wayne are
products of Sam Harris's choosing: he
had watched Gray since that actor fol-
The sun., 1919-03-23
PLAYS THAT LAST.

Astor, East Is West: Be-
lasco, "Tigeri Tigerw; Bijou,
"A Sleepiess Night: Booth. The
Woman in Room 49,; Casino,
Some Time: Central Some
body's Sweetheart; Cohan, "A
Prince There Was; Cohan &
Harris, THE Royal vagabond";
Comedy, "Tobys Bow: Cort,
The Better Ole: Criterion,
Three Wise Fools":- Eltinge,
up in Mabel's Room; Empire,
Dear Brutus"; Forty-fourth
Street, "Sinbad"; Fulton,
please Get Married; Gaiety,
"Lightnin'". Greenwich Village,
"Hobohemia"; Harris, "The In
visible Foe: Henry Miller's.
Mis- Nelly of N'Orleans"; Hud-
son, Friendly Enemies";
Knickerbocker. Listen Lester:
Longacre, Three Faces East;
Lyceum. "Daddies"; Lyric, THE
Unknown Purple; Maxine Ell
liott's, Tea for Three; Mo-
rosco. "Cappy Kicks; New
Amsterdam. The Velvet Lady,;
New Amsterdam Roof, Comb
nation Frolic"; Playhouse, For
ever After: Plymouth, "Re-
demption"; Princess, ooh, NV
Dear; Republic. THE Fortune
Teller: Shubert. Good Morn
ing. Judge; Thirty-ninth Street,
Keep 1t to YOURSELF. Wander
bilt. "A Little Journey: Winter
Garden Monte Cristo, Jr."
The sun., 1919-03-23

brother OF Joseph Santley" until he
became Cohanized in THE Royal
Vagabond."
Robinson Newbold, who as leading
comedian scored perhaps the most
striking success of the "Vagabond"
performance. was an even more OBJ
scure player on Broadway. Only those
opera lovers who CHANGED to see his
performance Of 10 no in THE
Mikado" this season at the Park
Theatre were familiar with Newbold's
humor. 1t was at the. Park that Sam
Forrest, general stage director for
Cohan & Harris. discovered Newbold
and selected him as an ideal comedian
for Cohanized cast. Newbold, whose
modesty and diffidence quite disarmed
Forrest on their first meeting, con-
fessed that for fifteen years he had
tried in vain TO convince managers Of
The sun., 1919-03-23

AMUsEMENTs.
The sun., 1919-03-23

the surprising revelation from the sum
total Of votes is that more than three
quarters OF the votes are from New
York addresses. II this vote may TX
taken as a fair criterion-and there
seems no reason why It should not be
more than three quarters of the
average theatre audience on Broadway
is made up OF New Workers.
Mr.. Harris admits that the result
was surprise to him. II have been
The sun., 1919-03-23
Where the lays Change.

SHUB BERT RIVIERA
Roads of Destiny" will bring
Florence Reed here from her en-
gagement at the Republic Thea
tire, and A. H. Woods has given
his word that the original cast
will support her, with o. Henry
still as a silent partner.
M A N HAT TAN, OPERA
HOUSE-As The Crowded
Hour" appeared to be getting too
much SO at the Selwyn Theatre,
Jane Cowl and the original cast
will carry it in sections to this
more spacious house, where 1t is
expected to stand off the rush all
summer.
STAN D-Klaw &
Erlanger and George c. Tyler
have pulled 'tPenrod" out of the
tall grass of the middle West for
a weeks engagement here, as a
large group of Manhattan
burghers, who had been unable
to see the comedy during its New
York run, wrote indignant letters
to the managers demanding their
rights. Virtually the same cast
as before will seek to appease
them.
SEVENTH AVENUE - Leo
Carrillo in lombard. Ltd"
will demonstrate with Grace
Valentine how unlimited. is
Oliver Morosco's generosity to-
ward playgoers.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-07
MInhs Rs WeIcome.

Wife-"John, there's a draught COM
Ing In the window" Debt-harasseo
husband-"who fromT'-Bostcn Tran
script.
Mrs. Thomas Harris and children
Of Union county, are visiting MI
and Mrs. Q. H. Anderson.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-07

OF RAILROADS
Director General Hines Outlines
What He Says Is Only Alternative
To Government Ownership.

Washington, d. c., June 6-Direc-
tor General Hines outlined to the
American Short Line Railroad Asso-
citation convention here his plan for
a permanent. solution of the railroad
problem, under which the railroads
would be consolidated into from u
to 20 great systems under govern
ment regulation sufficiently definite as
to attract private capital and afford
ing protection to the weaker roads.
The director general said that I'M
der the plan of consolidation, each
system must be made up of some of
the stronger roads and some of the
weaker ones, be of highly compel
titive character and have govern
ment representation on its director
ate.
A workable basis on which prop
er return on the valuation of the
railroad properties could be ascer-
tanned, was essential, Mr.. Hines de-
clared, adding that excess earnings
should be divided between the rail
roads and the government. Earn
ings put back in the properties, he
asserted, should not form the basis
for an increased valuation.
Prompt action by Congress in pro-
viding for the future of the railroads
was necessary in Mr.. Hines view, as
the present situation causes the pub
lie to suffer.