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The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-08-05
VIRGIN ISLANDS BEING DEVELOPED

r ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands Aug. b Correspondence of The Associat- ed Press. )- These islands have been materially developed . in some ways since they were purchased by the Unit ed States from Denmark less than two years ago. Now that peace has come the islanders are looking forward with great hopes of further developments in the future especially with regard to the harbor of St. Thomas.
 The islands are under the controi of the Navy Department and the ad- ministration of the naval officers anI their relations with the local legisia- ture, called the Colonial Council have won the friendship of the inhabitants. The revenues of the islands are not sufficient to meet their requirements and the Navy Department has appro' priated annually S20000 for public works and the general upxeep of af- fairs. Coupled with the frequent visits of American men-of-war and the spending of much money by the force; stationed on the islands the naval au' thoritics have endeavored to give aid n every way.
 Natives fill public positions where possible and many are studying and preparing for any other opportunities that may offer. The hospitals have been improved and remodeled by Of ficcrs of the Navy Medical Corps and the American Red Cross has provided furniture and fixtures. Young native girls are being trained as nurses. A ;tart has been made in teaching usc- ful professions to pupils of the public schools. Better sanitary conditions and proper water supply are being fur niShcd
 The present governor Admiral ". Oman. has held receptions to which all classes have attended. The people have American soda fountains and res taurants and the national game o' baseball has supplanted the English game of cricket. There are three bands composed solely of natives. Wartime prohibition is in force.
 Generally the islanders are showing lively interest in American ideas and customs. Evidence of this is the enthusiastic celebration of such nation al holidays as Decoration Day and In dependence Day when the people join with authorities in patriotic exercises such as Saluting th.. flag paradeS and other celebrations unknown here be- fore.
 Tac same laws and methods oF gov erning the islands as under the Danish regime still exist. Lack of change IT this respect is attributed to the war There is some dissatisfaction and agi tation among local political aspirantS who want American laws and customs to be extended to the islands. More conservative men do not care in this agitation but trust that the necessary change will be made in time wher Congress has decided what form Or government the islands shall have.
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IS PROBING H|GfI
 LIVING COSTS
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. > President Wilson haS abandoned his conference with the Senator's on the League oi Nations until the high cost of living is solved.
 President Wilson is giving all of hi, ,mo to the living problems ind is con tentng with many officials who feel ha. increased production will dccrea 'v hc cost of living.
 President Wilson feels that tho strikes will intcrfcr materially with .hc solution of the food cost problems.
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OTHERS IMPLICATED

WASHINGTON. Aug. 5-- Four hundred and fifty thousand members )r the Brotherhood of Railway and steamship clerks. freight handlers eX' press and station employees arc @ ioin the Shopmen's strike and deman" that their wages be raised unless omething he done materially to rc duce the high cost of living.
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WEATHER REPORT

The following iS the wcathe" re. .n,- ror the 2l hours ending at ' O 'n"'; this morn'"":
 Seward 56. Cloudy Calm.
 Anchorage 54. Pt.' Cloudy Calm. Matanuska 64, Cloudy. Calm. Chickaloon B. Cloudy Calm. Wasilla 60; lloudy, Calm.
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THEY WANT TO KNOW

BERLIN, Aug, B. Former GeH- man government employees who hela positions in territory lost to Germany by the Peace Treaty have asked the government what t intends to provide for them. The government is consider
 ~ ing the appeal.
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MAKE DEMANDS ON CONGRESS

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5- Fivr hundred thousand members of th5 Medal Trades Unions in the United States are expected this month to do mand that Congress and the Prcsiden, reduce the high cost of living in ordc' to avoid further strike trouble. Tho demand will be made through the gen cral executive committee at Washing tOp
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COPY OF TREATY IS
 ON THE WAY TO JAPAN

SEATTLE. Aug, 5- The first off cial copy Of the peace treaty left here yesterday for Japan aboard the Fosh- mi Mau. The treaty is in charge of a special courier. Lieut.. Col. H. Ninoni- va.
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NOW PLUNDERERS

PARIS. Aug. > American ad- vices report the Rumanian troops are plundering in the suburbs of Budapest and demanding host ages. Several members of the new Hungarian ministry have been made prisoners by the Rumanians. | s *Nx xS sss Y
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DIR BLYTH TO MOVE

Dr.. Blyth. the dentist, is to move his office from the present location over the Key to the Bank of Seward Building. The dental offices will be closed for several days and be reopen ed again Friday or Saturday in the new location.
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AND MONEY FOR
 WARRIORS

LONDON. Aug. B. England is giving titles and money grants to the victorious generals and Admirals. Haig and Beatty are to be made Ears and each given one hundred thousand pounds. A fifty thousand pound grant is also to be made to Admiral Jellico.
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TO CALL OUT MORE MEN

CHICAGO. Aug.5-- The Unions may call out all round house workers m the nations. The claim iS made that tha railway shopmen's strike will ti" up freight and passenger traffic in many sections within the week. So Tar however the strike has not seriously intcIferlcd with traffic
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ARREST OF KETCHIKAN
 MAN BELIEVED WANTEI

WINNIPEG Aug 5- F. F.. Patch. inc has been arrested here. He is be heved to be the man wanted by the American Express company for an al legged embezzlement at Ketchikm Alaska.
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SP LIT IS
 NEAR

chase of the German steamer Bahia Blanca. It is rumored that the minist- CTS for each country are returning home on account of the sale which England refuses to recognize.
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ENTERS BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST Aug. D. Thirty thousand Rmanians, infantry men and engineers. entered this city late yesterday with blal'ing trumpets and gave paradeS on all the importanJ streets.
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COIJNTER PROPOSALS OF
 AUSTRIA DUE TOMORRON

PARIS. Aug.5- Austria's counter proposals to peace will be given to the conference tomorrow which is within the prescribed time. N
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Sy Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES. Aug. B. Diplo' matte relations between England and Argentina are delicate. This condition has been caused by Argcntina'S pun
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PR0WLERS
 ARRESTED

Clemenceau'S residence, on account of their suspecious actions. One man en- deavored to obtain his freedom b. bribing the arrcsting officers.
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The union fishermen at Cape Om-
 eny have agreed to work for prices set in Ketchikan. Only the red kings under seven pounds are to go as Go,
 hoes.
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TWELVE KILLED
 IN EXPLOSION

TARTAN. N. J.. Aug. B. Twelve were killed and many injured from four different explosions in munition sheds of the army arsenal here. Many of the buildings were burned.
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THOUSAND ON STRIKE

SIOUX CITY, Aug, 5- One thouS and Shonmen struck here this morElng for higher wages.
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Jos. Aushrot. we'll known mer- chant pioneer of Dawson died recently of acute indigestion or ptomaine pois- oning.
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FRENCH SENATE OPPOSES
 ! FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN

PARIS. Aug. 5- The senate elect oral committee has reported unfavor- ably bill passed by the chamber Of deputies giving the franchise to wo- men.
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NEW 5ry " lFT
By Associated Press

PARIS. Aug. > Two laborerS, .mcd with knives and rcvolycrs' were arrested tnis afternoon near Premi"''
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l3,0O0 ON STRIKE

PATTERSON. Y. !, Aug 3 Thi'' teen thousand silk workers are stmk' ing today for a wage increase.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bager of this city
have received word that their son, r..
E. Bager, Of Wolsey, S. D., has re-
turned to Fort Dodge from France and
they expect him to arrive in Minot
soon. Mr.. Bager, who il interested in
a bank in South Dakota, enlisted for
service and has been with the engi
neering corps in France for the past
year. He is an expert stenographer
and has been employed by the Peace
Commission in Paris, under Brig.
Gen. McKinistry, taking an inventory
of the damages done by the Huns in
Belgium and France. He has had an
opportunity to see life in Paris in it's
various phases and writes in an inter-
esting manner of the worlds gayest
city. He says in part:
Gas for the ladies, oh, la, la. Paris
is Paris. They are all good looking,
or rather I should say they made
themselves good looking. Not one Of
them neglects single opportunity
to show herself to the best advantage.
1t would be hard to find Paris lady
who did not take every advantage of
the endowments of nature (and in
many cases improving on nature it
self. But just one plea, dear ladies'
of America. Do not use rouge and
powder like the Parisiennes. They all
use it, young and old, large and small,
good aSd bad It seems quite all right
here"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-17
COMPARES PRESENT TAXES
WITH THOSE OF 30 TEARS AGO
John Ehr's Taxes in 1889 Were 1878
in 1919 They Were 1915 80 on
Same Lot.

John Ehr ran across the first tax
receipt issued to him on Lot 4, Block
3, Original Townsite of the City of
Minot thirty -one years ago. The lot
that on which the building occupied by
the Winters Jewelry Co. is now situat-
ed and at the time it was occupied by
small frame building. The tax for
the first year was 1888. The other
day Mr.. Ehr paid the taxes on the
same lot for the year 1918, and the
tax amounted to $975.30, or about 254
times what the amount was 81 years
ago. Mr.. Ehr is not doing any kick
ing, altho he fears that under the new
tax law, the taxes are going to be
much higher. At the time that Mr..
Ehr paid his first taxes, Michael Muir,
who was the first treasurer of Ward
county, received the money. Mr..
Muir's office was located in a log
house on the Muir ranch a couple of
miles up the valley beyond Burning
ton. which town was the first county
seat. AS banks were few and far be-
tween those days. Mr.. Muir kept the
county money hidden in hay stack.
Once he lost the money and it was
necessary to tear the entire stack to
pieces before he found it.
L. s. Foote was the first Register of
Deeds and his office was located in
a dug-out on the Foote ranch.
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Anv Alterations
Necessary viN be
charged for extra

have spirit of loyalty and generos-
ity. have contributed to each and
every object that has been presented
to me, but certainly l shall have to
decline to help your case along for
the following reasons:
81 have been held up, held down,
sand-bagged, walked on, sat on, spat
on, rolled over, fattened out, and
squeezed, first by the U. S. Govern
ment for the Federal War Tax, Excess
Profit Tax, Liberty Loan Bonds and
the Bonds of Matrimony, and by the
State of Missouri for the State Tax,
the Highway Tax, the Income Tax,
Surtax, the Auto Tax, School Tax,
Dog Tax, Cat Tax, and Syntax.
have been held down to brass tacks
by every society and organization
that the mind of man can invent to at
tract what you have or what you may
not have, from the Society of John
the Baptist, the G. A. R., the Women's
Relief Corps, the Mems Relief, the
Stomach Relief, the Wifeless, the
Husbandless, the Childless and the
Constituencies, the Navy League, the
Belgium Baby League, the Red Cross,
the Green Cross, the Double Cross,
and every other cross Of all colors,
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and by the Children's Home, the Dor
cas- Society, the various hospitals, in
Guiding the lying-in hospital, the w.
ing-out hospital, as well as some other
lying institutions.
"My business has decreased in vol
ume owing to the fact that the goods
l am selling have been restricted in
output by the Government, and be-
cause will not sell all that I have
and go to beg, borrow and steal,
have been cussed and discussed, boy
cotted, talked about, lied to, and lied
about, held up, robbed and nearly
ruined, and the only reason am cling
ing to life is my curiosity to see what
in His coming next"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-17
"THOsE VICTORY BOND CHAIR.
MEN"
Sung at Recent Victory Loan Banquet.
Tune-"My Old Kentucky Home"
Copyright by Ira Wight.

TIE sun shines bright in each North
Dakota town,
Porter is surely feeling gay;
Set the babies up, and we will knock
them down,
Bob and Bob will deal the cards you
want to play.
The old folks will buy and the young
snes will sell,
This Fifth issue of the U-S-A;
Now tell US if you can better bunch
to turn the trick,
Than the beauties we have here today.
Refrain
Weep no more. Tom Drady--oh, weep
no more Harry Blom;
Burt township will take care Of itself
For our boys work together just like
one.
Chorus
Ryder is not malady, nor condi-
ton, so we're told,
Just paste this fact in the lining of
your hat,
Hans Miller is the worker with the
gold.
Nelson halls from Makoti-and Ed
wards from Lone Tree;
Chorus
You can bank your pile on Charley
Taylor all the while,
Harrison township for Oscar Shir-lee.
Chorus
Observation-Disclosures,
Not all from the Emerald Isle.
You can bet all you've got-they are
going to sell their lot,
And it's safe that you won't lose your
pile.
Verse
Oh yes, we forgot, not the least in the
pot,
Einar Madsen from Burling ton;
Observation-Disclosures, Fox
Oscar Herum,
Jack O'Leary and Canton,
And then there's Flinn-Torgenson
out to win,
Toftner and Christianson,
Anderson-De ndinger-Gassman for
fun,
Kulsethmo, and that won't rhyme.
Final Chorus
There sits Bond and Shearn.
Thinking of gay Par-ee;
We've made our choice and we've lost
all our voice,
Singing for the Bonds of Victory.
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DEBs GOES TO PRISON.

Cleveland, O., April 14.-Eugene v.
Debs, many times candidate for presi-
dent on the Socialist ticket, gave HIM
self up to the federal authorities here
yesterday morning and a few hours
later started for the federal prison at
Moundsville, W. Va, in charge of the
United States Marshal Charles w.
Lapp, to begin serving his 10-year
sentence for violation of the espion-
age act.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-17

WANTED-A-1 Statesmen. We desire
the services Of Al statesmen to sell
Grape Juice in this state. Appli-
cants must own their auto. Will
pay salary, commission and ex-
penses. Must be able to furnish best
of reference. Give full details in
first letter. All correspondence will
be treated confidentially. Address
J. Patrick, Is N. End St., Minneap-
oils, MINI. 4-17-t1 -cg
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EXPERT VIEW OF TAX SITUA-
TT0N

A st. Louis man gave us the fol-
lowing expert view on the tax situa-
ton.
II have your letter requesting dona-
ton for what you consider a very
worthy cause. 1atter myself that I
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-04-17
Crops----Live Stock

This the time of the when everybody planning how
much and crops they going put in DON'T
overlook the live stock end of operations We know
whether will have good crop but the farmer
that has live always KNOWS that he going be ahead
Of the game when the harvest is in.
Guernsey Breeders Association have completed
put boys girls calf club and this Bank will help
boy girl good calf by oanlng the and
can pav back calf and have
sum BESIDES We glad such club tried out in this
County, breeding have had numerous such
They knew that grain raising for profit
would not successful in and well we know
that will Ward County that anybody will
succeed raising grain Now the time get started and
the Union the live stock breed
ers are getting behind the movement.
This bank has always will always be ready
assist along the live stock line Any farmer wish
ing to his herd by the purchase of bred animal will
find us ready 0 assist him financially
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LOSTA little black curley dog in
Surrey, N. D. Will pay reward.
Notify A. Schmidt, Surrey, N. Oak.
IT,
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-04-24

Trinidad Chronicle-News.
Builders who are waiting for con,
tracts for public works and relying
upon such contracts to put industry
back on its feet are making grievous
error in the estimation of Senator VII
liam A. Calder of New York, who
spoke recently before the National
Federation of Construction Industries
Government construction" he said.
"can only help as a transition meas
ure while private enterprise g slowly
recovering its confidence and reab-
sorbing materials and labor. The
remedy is the announcement of pr'-
vate building which shall steadily and
increasingly replace public construc-
ton and as rapidly as possible take
over surplus labor and material and
establish the industry ON sound, eco
nomic basis,
"The immediate problem, therefore,
which confronts the building industry
is to find means of encouraging pri-
vate construction. Two metht ds sug-
gest themselves. First the eo-opera
tion of the government should be Sc
cured, not only for the development OF
large public work, but more funda-
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footing for Canon City Band


For the first time in several years
the prospects are good that Canon
City win have. band this season
This is as it should he. !. Canon City
has always had plenty of musical tai.
ent. but for some reason or other the
organization of good band has been
difficult problem to solve.
1t is fortunate that competent and
able leader has been, secured in the
person of Umberto Bovaro, and the
preliminary meetings which have thus
far been held have produced a world
OF exec lent material from which a
good band, above-the-average band,
can be developed.
The vital thing necessary now is
encouragement. There will be no par
tictlar incentive for the forming of
band if the people for whose pleasure
and benefit it is to be organized re-
main Indifferent to the project A
musical organization is good for any
community Theresare many occa-
sions for which.itis absolutely neces-
sary The lack of band has made
many otherwise successful celebra-
tions and events fall fiat. Then,
with band, occasions can be, made
to give it plenty to do, SO that 1t will
not be an organization without pur-
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Their Classmates Beautiful Tribute


The planting of those trees next
Monday afternoon on the campus at
Canon City High School by the classes
of 1910 and 1913 as memorials 10 the
two members of. those classes--Lieuts.
Harry Wray and John McKinstryE
who gave their lives for their country,
will be beautiful tribute to these fine,
stalwart. ideal American young men,
and the trees will stand through the
years as living memorials TO these
noble classmates who died in the serv-
ice.
1t is fitting indeed that all the
schools. the business houses and the
professional Offices be closed for this
occasion. It,is splendid. too, that the
returned soldiers and the members of
the G. A. r. are. to be present in a
body to pay. their respects to these no
BILE dead who paid as they. too. would
have paid if the occasion and circurn-
stances demanded.
Harry Wray and John McKinstery
were of our best youth. They gained
much of their qualities which made
them best through their training III
Canon City high school. Their abil-
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pose and without a job.
A band can not be successfully con-
Quoted without some money. 1t does
not take much money, but it takes
some. The boys, to the number of
80. who are ready and willing to make
the band something to be proud of,
only want enough to cover the actual
Aexpenses for the present. until the or
ganization gets of to good start
Surely. whatever amounts are neces-
sary can be easily raised in this live.
wideawake town.
The Chamber of Commerce is in
terested in the proposition and un
doubtedly will make IT. worth while,
but they can't do it without the sup
port of the business men and citizens
generally. Moral support is as neces-
sary as anything. Words of encour-
agemeht, boosting "a spirit of cooper
alton, all are required if the band is
to be a realization.
A band is an essential 10 live town.
Let's have 1T. Let's become musi-
cianssof a sort ourselves and do lit
tie footing for the rcs.. musicians who
are willing TO do their best to give
Canon City good band. Now is the
time to act. l
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ity as soldiers. their traits as men
were moulded and developed In the
earlier and more important phases by
this institution OF learning. That they
lived nobly, that they died gloriously,
is not only creditable to their homo
training. but to their school as vel
1t means something for 1ne. healthy
boys, possessing high ideals, with q.
bright and promising future before
them. 10 throw that future to the -four
winds at the call of their country. 10
go forth unafrkd into the struggles
and horrors Of bullet-strewn field and
trench that principe might be up
held, that their own hearths might be
free from the evils of the Hun hordes.
II is big sacrifice at best. and the
supreme sacrifice when their life is
given ip the doing thereof. We know
that these boys did II ont OF pure mo
tive and for high and noble purpose,
and 1t is fine indeed that their class
mates of C. C. H.. s. are to remember
them so appropriately.
In our opinion there is no more i'm.
pressive or beautiful way to revere the
memory of the soldier dead than the
planting of memorial trees