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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07

in this section are light, farmers have
no trouble in getting Minneapolis quo
tatons on these products.
The decline on wheat will prove q
serious handicap to the farmers Of the
northwest. Considering the light
crop, there is no possibility for them
to make any money from wheat At
today's price. 1t is hard to say just
what price wheat should bring in or
der to net the farmer fair profit.
Some claim the farmer can make .
little money at $500 bushel II he
gets ten or twelve bushel average,
but according to the average Of some
Of the yields, the price should be
much higher.
The people of the northwest are
very much up in the air over the pres
ent situation and are doing their ut
most to get our Congressman to in
tervene in hopes Of relieving the stu
alton. The first thing to do is to
head off Canadian wheat. On this,
everyone is agreed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07
Laying CT Cornerstone of EpiscOpa!
Church


Church
The ceremony in connection with
the laying Of the cornerstone of the
magnificent new church edifice which
is being constructed at the corner OF
Main St. and Second Avenue, was
conducted Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Star in the West Lodge
No. 33 A. F. & A. NJ. and the Rev.
ID. J. Gallagher, Rector of the parish.
About so Masons gathered at their
Temple and marched to the site OF
the church.
They were met by the Rev. Mr..
Gallagher, assisted by Alex Forester
and A. W. Compton. The acting
officers of the Masonic grand lodge
who conducted the ritual were the
following:
Grand Master-Henry E. Byorum.
Deputy Grand Master - James
johnson.
Grand Senior Warden = Roy w.
Pence.
Grand Junior Warden-Vernon E.
StenersOn.
Grand Secretary - Alexander D.
Hagenstein.
Grand Treasurer-G. D. Colcord.
Grand Senior Deacon = James F.
Smallwood.
Grand Junior Deacon - Axel w.
Nelson.
Grand Prelate-Rev. D. j. Gallag-
her.
Grand Persuivant-A. J. MCDANIEL.
Grand Sword Bearer-Glenn w.
Moon
Grand Architect-Ira L. Rush.
Grand Senior Steward-George w.
Kemper.
Grand Junior Steward-A. D. Nc
Grand Tyler-George A. Hoover.
Grand Marshal-Frederick L. Mes
ervey.
The Program
The program of the afternoon fol-
lows:
Hymn - "The Church's One Foun-
daticn".
Selection-K. P. Band.
Prayer-Rev. D. ]. Gallagher.
Reading list of articles deposited in
stone-A. D. Hagenstein.
Depositing of articles in stone
G. D. Colcord
Selection-K. P. Band.
Laying of corner stone by Ira Rush,
architect of the church, and Andrew
Lantz, one of the contractors.
Masonic ritual.
Prayer-Rev. D. ]. Gallagher.
Address by John E. Greene
followed by depositing of records in
1.-THE stone.
Selection-K. P. Band
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07
WHEAT DECLINE

The price of wheat has taken SEN
sational decline during the week, en-
ioubtedy due to the heavy receipts
Of Canadian wheat which is now be-
ing dumped onto the United States
markets. This country has an anti
dumping law which should by all
means be put into operation and Pres
ident Wilson has been asked to see
chat this is done without delay. Inc
price of No. / Northern wheat broke
Is cents on Friday and Saturday and
there was another break OF 10 cents
Monday. There was still another
drop of five cents Tuesday, the local
price on No. l., Dark Northern being
Sl.S5 per bushel while Durum had
fallen to $1.67. Wheat has declined
IS cents per bushel in thirty days.
Local grain men hope that the bottom
has been reached, altho they are in no
position to make predictions or to
give anyone advice, they say. They
all say they look for reaction and
believe that the price is certain to
advance some. The drop may be
due to some extent to the sharp re-
construction Of prices in various COM
modities. Farmers were advised to
hold their wheat when they could get
$3.50 per bushel for it and many who
could have sold at that time, took this
advice, given by Mr.. McGovern and
others, and held their crop. 1t will
be remembered that Mr.. Quamme,
president of the Federal Land Bank,
st. Paul, in an address given at the
Association of Commerce rooms in
Minot in July, predicted that just
what has happened was likely to hap
pen. He stated that there was GER
tain to be big decline in wheat, with
the dissolution of the grain corpora.
ton, and insisted that Armours and
other big interests would force the
price down until they had secured
what was necessary to meet the ex-
port demand. Quamme also pre-:
dicted that on account of the world
starving for wheat, the demand would
eventually bring the price back to
$500 per bushel.
If anyone asks a grain mans advice
as to whether or not he should hold
his wheat, he is apt to be told to 60
ask a policeman, for they claim to
know absolutely nothing as to the
future prospects. =.
The Canadian situation appears to
be blamed for the present decline.
AS you know, there is difference of
about Is percent in Canadian ex-
change, an American dollar is worth
Is cents more than the Canadian dol
lar. A Canadian farmer, selling a
bushel of wheat for $1.85, American
money, figures that he is getting
about as good as $2.15 per bushel
Canadian money. Owing to our demo-
cratic administration putting Cana
dio1 wheat on the free list, the Cana
dian farmers and grain men are~sell-
ing their wheat in the States and are
taking home our good cold cash. This
appears to be very reasonable ex-
PLANTATION and the situation may not
improve much until Canadian wheat
is shut off by duty.
Flour has declined. Minot mills are
quoting today flour at wholesale at
$3.50 per barrel of 200 pounds, OF
S11.30 per barrel in, car lots. This is
> reduction Of $3.50 per barrel. Bran
md shorts are selling at $34 ton
md middlings at $40 per ton, reduc-
ton Of about $40.
Oats closed in Minneapolis Monday
at so cents bushel and barley 70
cents. As the oats and barley crops
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07
Dewey Amy, Burlington, %, and
Edna, Bailey, Minot, 21.

Geo. j. Nuremberg is preparing to
hold closing out farm sale at his
home ten miles northeast Of Minot,
Wednesday, October 10. He will 60
to South English, Iowa, soon after
the sale driving thru in car, where
he will engage in farming. The Nor
enberg family have made = great
many friends in this section Of the
state who are mighty sorry to have
them 70.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-10-07
Licensed to We'd

Licensed TO We0
Charlie Alderman, Kenmare, 81,
and Hannah Thompson, Mayville, N.
D.. 81.
Nels Sandstrom. Foxholm, "a, and
Eda Jones. Lone Tree, 20.
Carl P. Bechtold, Sawyer, 26, and
Freida Berg, Turtle Lake, Is.
Lynch A. Leftwich, Hansboro, a.,
and Elizabeth M. Thompson, Minot,
81.
Walter E. Becker. Des Laos, Fl,
md Esther f. Spicher, Des Laos.
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John Campbell, postmaster at Ry-
der, was a business visitor in Minot
Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15
Calendar fer Tuesday
Even More Crowded.

Tuesdays calendar Is even more
crowded than tomorrow's. Senator
and Mrs. Henderson have a dinner for
the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall
and then there's the Congressional
Club breakfast at Rauscher's an an
nual event, at which Mrs. Marshall
will be the guest of honor. Most of
the Cabinet women will also be pres
emit, IL one may judge by the break
fasts given in previous years. Then.
on Tuesday night Senator Phelan will
have his dance for Nancy Lane and
Mildred Bromwell is giving a buffet
supper beforehand for Aline Halstead,
niece Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wilcox.
1t seems a great pity that Senator
Phelan's dance and the Mardi Gras
ball for the benefit OF Neighborhood
House. the Carnival of the Seasons"
sounds alluring. doesn't it?-should
come the same evening, for many of
the girls asked to the party for Miss
Lane are taking part in the pageant
Of the seasons. However. they'll prob
ably manage very successfully to take
in both balls. Anyway Senator Phe-
lan's dance had already been put of
twice, once to avoid conflict with the
British embassy dance on Tuesday
last-some party, I'm told!-and
again on account of Anne Gordon's
dance last night, and there really
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15
young people expect TO make their
home in New York.

Here's another event which prom
ises well--the "heure intime" which
Catherine Critcher Is arranging for
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock at
the residence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Il. NJ.
Underwood. 1924 Jefferson place. In
order that a small number OF Wash
ington people may hear Miss Clara
Alexander. the welI-known racon-
teuse OF plantation stories. She will
give a program OF Dixie. Darkie Dia-
lect."
The original idea was to have the
party In Miss critcher's lovely studio
In ST. Matthews alley. but that
proved impossible. However. some
OF her loveiiest portraits. many OF
them loaned by the owners for the
occasion. will be on view at Mrs. IN
derwoods. Tea will be served and
altogether II viii be q very informal
and pleasant little function.
While the Washington Opera Com
pany was putting on grand opera. the
Princeton Triangle Club gave US n
taste OF light opera IN "The Isle OF
Surprise" one OF the most sparkling
musical shows TO reach Washington
this season. There was only one per-
torrance, worse luck. and that q
matinee on Thursday. a day which
was already overfuli. But on its own
merits the show could have played to
packed houses for a week. After
ward there was a dinner party at
Wardman Park for the cast, with the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15
sseiety ssase.es By
Mr.. %. y. Lore Death.

Mrs. ~ -. LOg~e Deaths
The death OF Mrs. Robert r. Lorec
at cedarhurst. l. l.. last Wednesday
was another tragic event which mnst
be chslked up to the prevailing in
uenza-pneumonia epidemic aa1
which caused widespread and genuine
grief In Washington. Little Mrs. Lo-
rec was formerly Alix Moncheur. the
youngest OF the three daughters OF
Baron Moncheur. now Belgian am
bassador TO Great Britain. and she
was we'll remembered here from the
days when her father was minister
to the United States. Another daugh-
ter died whiIa the Moncheurs were in
Washington.
The girls were daughters Of Baron
Mincheur's FIRST wife. who was Miss
Margaret Holman, OF Baltimore. He
afterward married Miss Charlotte
Clayton. and IL was she who was
chatelaine OF the legation here. you
remember Aiix Moncheur's marriage
to young Loree took place In the Bal
timore Cathedral In May, 1913. with
Cardinal Gibbons officiating. She was
the daughter-in-law OF l.. +. Loree,
for ten years president OF the Balti-
more and Ohio, railroad and now head
OF the Delaware and Hudson company.
But a truce to tragedy-let's get on
to something more cheerful Ash
Wednesday comes the middle OF this
week, and will be followed by a de-
cided lull In the round OF social &C
tivities--for the pious few still keep
Lent" and the worldly many are
minded to seize upon IL as an excuse
to draw breath after a whirl of gay.
ETY.. The lull won't last long. how
eeer-six days at a venture rather
than the traditional six weeks-and
there's enough going on tomorrow
and next day to keep up this weeks
average.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Titus are enter
tanning tomorrow for Nancy Lane and
her fiance. Philip Kaufman. and Mr..
and Mrs. II. Campbell Graef have a
dinner for their daughter. Olyvo
Graef Then there's the last OF the
dances of the Georgetown Assembly.
one OF the oldest and most aristo-
cratic dancing clubs in this vicinity,
and the second of the series Of parties
being given by thu youngest OF such
organizations, the One Hundred Club,
at the home OF Mr. and Mrs. SvI-
vanus Stokes, tr
The membership Of this club Is linn
tied to smart young married couples.
the Stokes, the Scott Thropps, the
Frederick Huidekopers. the George
CARROTS. etc. with few OF the girls
who have been out several seasons.
There are just four OF last years
who are members, Anna Hamlin.
Oiyve Graef-and I can't remember
who the other two are. The guests
from the Gracf dinner are togo on
to the Hundred Club dance afterward.
The third dance Of the series will be
a masquerade and will take place on
March 6 instead of March s as origi-
nally planned.
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tcontinusd from Page Ten.)

% on down the line. Last evening.
too. there was a representative au-
dience. After the performance the
director, Mr.. Albion and Mrs. Albion
gave a supper party at the Univer-
sity Club In honor OF the guest art
lists. Nine. Sylvia, and Mr.. Marak, and
Arnold Volpe. the conductor, who has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15
JEAN ELIOT'S WEEKLY CHRONICLE OF CAPT

OF the late Mrs. Henry White and.
although. OF course, he hasn't gone
into mourning for this nephew ey
marriage. Mr.. White postponed the
dinner which he was Ia have given
that week, and cancelled all his 40
eial engagements for q week or two.
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as hostesses; and later stin the Who'll
CONTINUED on Page Fourteen.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15

Is no woman In Washington who has
more OF them-in the effort TO raise
the wh1rewithal.
Walter HAmpden Is to be both lead
Ing man and producer. Not being up
on the history of the stage. I'm not
sure whether this Is his debut as a
producer. but i do know that he's q
thoroughly capable actor. and he has
the physique for the part-his COM
handing presence and the general
"cut OF has jib" should enable him to
look IL TO perfection.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15
Promis~st Capital
People la Company.

Mrs. yolpe. here from New York
was with her husband, and Nine.
sylvia. who in private life is Mrs
Bernard l.. Smith. had her husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-15

done SO much toward licking the or
chestra into shape.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-15
DILLON CASE IN U. s. COURT
Pullman Porter Arrested by Consta-
BILE Edwards Appeals to High
er Court,

The question Of whether it was
lawful to transport whiskey from one
wet state to another before the 18th
amendment went into effect will be
argued this week before the Court OF
Appeals sitting at Asheville. The case
grew out of the arrest OF Henry j.
Pryer, a pullman porter, at Dillon IN
1918, by rural Policeman Edwards.
Pryer was a porter on a pullman
car between New York and Tampa,
Fla. One hundred and three pints OF
whiskey we're seized on the pullman
car. The officer discovered some OF
the evidence against Pryer in the
pullman linen closet, and suit case
containing rs quarts was found un-
der one of the pullman seats. Still
other bottles were found in the smok-
ing room.
A verdict was found in the district
court against Pryer, but the case
was appealed, on the ground that the
LIQUOR was being transported to an
other state, and that South Carolina
was not its destination, and that he
did not have any interest in 1t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-15

The total lack of conversation be-
tween the American negro and his
Algerian brother will go down in
history as one of the outstanding fea-
lures of the war.
Z. There was, for instance, the case of
the dusky stevedore at Brest and one
OF the colored French troops on duty
there. Long and laboriously the Yank
tried to establish some means of lin
guistic communication, but there was
no response.
Then brilliant thought struck the
boy from Georgia. He produced a pair
Of ivory cubes and rolled them entic-
ingly under the Algerian's nose. Intel
ligence still registered zero.
man." said Sam in disgust. "You
afn't no cullud pusson. You amt even
no human. You is.just corpse -
The American Legion Weekly.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-15
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?

It's usually sign Of sick kidneys,
especially if the kidney action is dis
ordered, passages scanty or too ire
ouent. Don't wait for more serious
troubles. Begin using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read this Dillon mans testi-
mony.
w. H. Sackhouse, 8. Hampton St.,
says: my kidneys were in disor-
dered condition and the secretions
were highly colored and contained
sediment. suffered constantly with
backache and pains across my IONS.
IIf sat down for while, / could
hardly get up. If 1 lifted anything,
sharp pain would catch me and l
would have to give up. used differ
ent remedies but got no relief until
were recommended to me. I got them
at the Evans Pharmacy and after US
ling them a short while all my trou-
BILE disappeared"
The above statement given March
e 1908 and on January 20, 1918,
Mr.. Stackhouse said: MY opinion OF
Doa.rs Kidney Pills has not changed
since I gave my recommendation in
1908. Whenever my kidneys don't act
| just right few doses of Doan's Kid
ney Pills, which keep on hand, al
ways quickly relieve me. 1 am glad
to confirm my former statements.
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. - Is 2t
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-15
SMASHED TO DEATH THROUGH
RUSHING WATERS OF NIAGARA
Eleven Children Become Orphans as
( Barrel Goes to Pieces Like Egg
shell ON Jagged Rocks at
49,. Base cf Cataract.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 11-Chas
G. stephens, of Bristol, England, was
killed today when he went over the
Horse Shoe Falls in barrel. Ihe
cask in which he. made the Trip
though built Of stout Russian oaR
staves and bound with steel hoops
was smashed like an egshell on the
Jagged rocks at the base OF the cat
aract. Pieces of the barrel were PICK
ed up near the bank on the Canadian
side, but stephens body has not been
recovered.
Stephens was 5S years old and has
"a wife and eleven children in Bristol,
where he was a barber. He served
three wears in France with the BIZ
ism army. He had planned to makes
lecture tour of England if his trip
was successful.
k Refused TO Give, Up Plan.
Bobby Leach, who went over the
Horse Shoe Falls in 1911, told Ste
phens, before he started that his trip
would be failure. Leach predicted
that the barrel would not Withstand
ihe drop of $50 feet, but Stephens
refused to be dissuaded from the ven
Z Few knew that Stephens was to
make the trip today and when { the
barrel was towed out into the river
on the Canadian side two miles above
the falls there were only a dozen on
hand to watch. 1t was $40 a. m. when
Stephens was cast adrift. Early sight
seers on Goat Island saw the barrel
bobbing up and down in the tumbling
reaches of the upper rapids, bat none
knew that 1t carried man about 70
defy the cataract.
Members of stephens party follow
ed the cask down stream IN automo-
biles. In one Of the cars a moving pic
ture operator filmed the progress OF
the barrel. As the barrel drew near
the brink of the falls 1t seemed TO
stand on end, hesitate a second \or
two, then slide gracefully over the
slope, head foremost and at slight
angle. It's cleaning black and white
stripes could be seen until 1t had
fallen about halfway down the face
of the cataract, then it was lost to
view in the misty spray.
Watchers Shake Heads.
Z A quarter of an hour passed, then
a half hour, and an nour. Field glass
es trained on the boiling waters at
the base of the cataract revealed no
sign of the cask. When the hour had
passed the old river men in the lit
tie group of watchers began to shake
their heads obviously.
Stephens is the third to attempt
the barrel trip over the falls.
Mrs. Annie Edison Taylor went over
in October, 1901, in an oak barrel
and Bobby Leach made the trip IN
July, 1911, in barrel. Both are still
living.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-07-15
CAMPAIGN FCR . gaE..,
BETTER MARKETS


Every man, woman and child who
has the privilege of calling himself or
herself a South Carolinian is vitality
interested in the campaign to be
launched by the Cotton Association,
the State Warehouse Commissioner,
the Extension Service Of Clemson
College and the US. Department OF
Agriculture for the purpose of arous..
ling the people to the necessity OF
making the first organized effort to
work out the problem of the scienti-
fic marketing of their cotton. 10
this end three meetings will be held
in practically every county in the
state. The three problems to be dis
cussed are fundamental.
1st. To arrange for the grading
of the farmers cotton by disinterest-
ed party who will be an appointee or
the state and Federal Government
working under the supervision OF the
Extension Service Of Clemson Col
lege and 1.-The u. S.. Department OF
Agriculture and in cooperation with
the Cotton Association and Ware
house Commissioner.
2nd. To arrange for building the
necessary warehouse space in TAX
ing care Of at least so per cent OF
our normal cotton crop.
3rd. To increase the membership
of the Cotton Association in order
that it may be a potential factor in
the economic life of the state.
1t is unthinkable that South Caro-
linians will not atonee recognize that
this campaign and movement is OF
the most transcendent importance.
Nothing in the economic history of
this state, that has been a pioneer
in many of the economic, Industrial
and civic movements of this coun-
try, is so vital, SO far reaching and
touches every phase of our very ex-
istence as the Intelligent marketing
OF our principal crop-cotton. This can
only be done by first solving in a
sensible way the two fundamental
principles-intelligent grading and an
abundant, warehouse space. When
these two problems are solved the
matter of direct sales to the manu-
facturer will be the next step and
this will be the least troublesome II
we will only solve the problems of
grading and warehousing.
Surely South Carolinians, after
these many years of voluntary con-
tributions of millions of dollars to
other interests, which contributions
represent their toll, their sacrifices
and the surrender of their financial
independence, will organize them
selves under the banner of the Amer
lean Cotton Association and carry out
to the fullest extent the suggestions
of those who are gladly giving their
time and their best thought to bring
inE about a condition where the cot
ton grower will participate on fair
and just basis in the profits of his
invested capital and his labor.
You are urged to attend these meet
ings, a notice of which will appear IN
your county papers and posters have
been provided giving the necessary
information.
f, Very truly yours,
.r J. Skottowe Wannamaker,
Pres. American Cotton Association.
r. C. Hamer,
President S. C. Division A. G. L.
J. Clifton Rivers, ~
State Warehouse Commissioner.
w. w. Long,
Director of Extension Representing
Clemson and U. S. Department OF
Agriculture. - %
B. Harris, Sc 80.
Commissioner of Agriculture.