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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
OBITUARY.

OD1 y JAN
The death of the late Miss Margaret
Gourlie Bell took place at st. Joseph's
hospital, Minot, Feb. %.
She was born near Meaford, Grey
Co., Ontario, u years ago. Her par
ents were pioneer farmers in that To-
cality and both were of Covenanter
stock and her father had Huguenot
blood through his mother.
She became member and Sabbath
school teacher in the Presbyterian
church in early life, and during her
many years connection with her home
church she lived consistent Christian
life according to her profession.
Her father being dead and the rest
of the family all leaving home, she be-
came the sole companion of her moth
er. They afterwards moved into town
to be NEAR the church and to be with
in easy reach of medical aid for her
mother, whose health was failing, and
where she nursed her mother through
an illness lasting for four years, and
ending in death.
Afterwards she was often sent for
by people to comfort and help them
in any trouble or sickness. Some years
ago she came to North Dakota at the
call of her ailing twin sister, whom
she also waited on and cared for till
she passed away.
Miss Bell had cheerful disposition,
was a great reader of the best liter
ature, good conversationalist, and
had a great fund of interesting anec-
dotes and curious incidents, fond of
reciting poetry and giving quotations
from many celebrated authors; alto
gether she was woman much respect
ed and loved by all who knew her.
OF late years she suffered much from
and varicose veins, which
she bore with great patience and forti-
tude, but the suffering she underwent
reduced her strength and a cold
brought on pneumonia which caused
her death. She leaves three brothers
and two sisters to mourn her loss
]. d. Bell and Mrs. s. Robinson, North
Dakota; Walter, Seattle, Wash;
George, Alabama, and Mrs. w. Clark,
Alberta, Canada; and many other rel
atives all over the United States and
Canada.
Fleets undertaking parlors Feb. 26,
Rev. p. w. Erickson assisted by Rev.
w. G. Hunter, Presbyterian ministers,
conducting the service. Her body was
laid away in Rose Hill cemetery, un-
derneath the snow, whose whiteness
and purity is fitting emblem Of the
blameless life of her who has gone.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
TOWNER CARRIES
OFF LAURELS IN
TOURNAMENT 7
Defeats Minot in Finals by One Score
Saturday Night-Will Play for
State Championship at Fargo.

The Towner high school basketball
team defeated the fast Minot team in
the finals in the tournament for the
seventh district of the High School
league of North Dakota, held at the
gymnasium of the Minot Normal
school March 5 and 6. The final game
was held before an immense crowd
Saturday night. It was realized that
Towner had strong team but no one
cosidered that they had much chance
at the opening of the series. Minot
had already played Fessenden that day
winning very hotly contested game.
Minot was ahead during the early part
OF the game and appeared to have an
excellent chance to win, when Ash, one
Of her best players, was taken out of
the game on foul. This gave Town
er the advantage and they won by a
score of 10 to Is. There wa great ex-
citement over the game. A large num-
Der of out-of-town visitors attended
and naturally they did some ''tall"
roofing for Towner. This team goes
to Fargo to take part in the state
championship games.
After the final game, social and
dance were held and the students, fac
ulCy and alumni OF the Normal school
and the Minot high school and all the
out of town visitors and teams. The
Minot high school orchestra played
for the dancing. Refreshments were
served by the Normal school Sopho-
more girls.
Officials.
Director of Tournament-Geo. E.
Mueller, Department of Physical Ed
ucation, Minot State Normal.
Referee-Elmer Skretting, Univer-
sity of North Dakota.
Umpire-Waldo Evenson, Minot
State Normal school.
Timers-E. Davis, Alfred Upland,
Sam Zaharee.
Scorers-Don Gilmore, Ed Malone,
Albert Magnusson.
Result Of Games.
1-Bottineau 30; Berthold Is.
2-Fessenden 32; Anamoose II.
3--Drake SO; Harvey %.
STANLEY II; Minot %.
5-Towner 21; Bottineau 9.
6-Velva II; Fessenden %.
drake Is; Towner II.
S--Fessenden 16: Minot 16.
9-Final = for Championship =
Towner5l9; Minot Is.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
CARD OF THANKS.

| want to take this method of
thanking my friends in the brady dis
trict for the assistance they gave me
at my sale. ! also thank them for
their words of sympathy and kind
deeds following the illness and death
of my husband.
MRS. w. w. GRAHAM.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11

John Wilson, who lives fourteen
miles north of Minot, has returned
to his home after spending several
weeks on the jury. He was excused
Tuesday owing to illness in his fam
lily.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-03-11
Pierce Addressed the Inquisitors

F1efce A0dfeSSeu Cne Inqu1SICOfS
The 1O5th dinner of the Inquisitors'
Club was given at the Waverly Cafe
Wednesday night. Orrin Pierce, who
has been the clubs secretary for more
than decade, read a very carefully
prepared paper, one of the very best
the club has enjoyed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
LA SALLE TEACHERS
GIVEN WAGE BOOST

La Sale March G,-Gradc school
teachers in LA Sale were. wearing
smiles as they went To work this
morning.
They had been granted salary in
creases by the board OF education,
which recognized their demands for
a higher wage rate. when they con
Sidered the request last evening.
\ fiat increase of SIS per month, re
troactive to Sept I, 1919, was allow
ed by the board after they had spent
some time in discussing the recent APP
plcation Of the teachers for a raise
of S25 per month.
AS result Of the increase in sal
ary. the lowest paid teachers in the La
Sale grade schools now receive $95
per month. These teachers are known
as the second grade, Those in the
first grade will receive Si1u month
and the principals. those in charge of
the five school buildings, will be paid
at the rate of 1925 per month.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
STREATOR MAN MEETS
HORRIBLE DEATH
THIS A. M.
DEAD WHEN FOUND
FiREMEN UNABLE TO RESCUE
MILES PRENDERGAST Ga. WHEN
HOUSE ON PERCH IS SET
ABlAZE BY OVERHEATED
STOVE.

Streator, H. March (Special)-
I'd to death this morning at = O'Clock
IN the tower house at the Hickory
street crossing of the Chicago. Bur
iington and Quincy and New York
Central railroads, The tower house
was burned 10 the ground, and, al.
though firemen worked valiantly on
the scene of the accident, they were
unable to recover the body before i
burned to crisp.
Five minutes before the accident
Mr. Prendergast was seen to climb
the ladder. which was the oni% way Of
entering the little room, and 90 III
through the trap door in the floor.
The only plausible explanation OF The
fire Is that the stove used for heating
the room exploded. throwing burn
ilg Goals all over the place. and either
njuring the man or penning him in
80 as to make his escape impossible.
The little room was only five feet
square and was elevated about twenty
feet in the air.
Mr. Prendergast was formerly sn-
perintendent OF streets. For several
years he had been employed as gate
tender at the little station where he
met his death. He went tc work his
morning at the usual time o. :
O'Clock
Surviving he leaves widow and
three children, one daughter being
Mrs. G. VI. Westcott OF MarSeillcS.
The scene OF the fatality is on"
block east Of the Columbia hotel.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
OTTAWA BANKS ARE
TO HELP j. s. FEED
STARVING EUROPE:
WILLING TO eOOST HOOVER'S
PLAN FOR ISSUING FOOD
DRAFTS" WHICH CAN BE SENT
TO RELATIVES IN EUROPE.

otto,a hookarg hava eignifad tboir
.n,,.
iiuoFef chairman ol me FtIlel admin
iatratiGu in selling food drafts on
warehouses; ahroad TO relieve the dis
,... r..,, .,,. H.,
''''
FopedilS'
Miss Grace Herring. secretary of
the nome RELIEF section Of the Red
Cross has received word that the
American relief administration has es
tablishcd warehouses overseas where
food will be distributed to anyone
having draft of this character. These
drafts are purchased OF banks thru
out the United States and sent direct
ly to the friends ana relatives Of the
buyer, in the famine stricken zones
overseas.
There are many people in Ottawa
who have relatives abroad actually
suffering for want of food. Many are
dcSirou5 OF sending relief 10 these
poor unfortmates, but the packing
and extra freight involved in such a
shipment adds l0u per cent 20 the
cost Of the food. Ulder the plan Of
the American relief administration.
food drafts Of amy value may lie pur.
chased al the loca! banKing houses
and forwarded to the sufferers in the
food restricted districts. Every draft
is an order upon the warehouses of
the administration ana win be ox-
changed for the quantity Of food des-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
CHICAGO EXPRESS
WORKERS STRIKE
G3v the Associated press)

Chicago. March OG.-'IXpress workers
in downtown railroad stations, var
iously estimated from 500 to 2,G0o
walked ont At s O'Clock this morning
All deliveries of express to and from
the depots had stopped. the American
Railway Express Co. announced
Other employees including wagonmen
reported ior work but the strikers
claim the drivers Will quit Monday
Robert +. Sheperd. who called the
strike yesterday, after being deposed
as a grand lodge officer of the Order
OF Railway Clerks by Vice Grand
President Abbott, is leading an outlaw
organization, other express unions de
clared today. Dist. Atty Clyne be
gan an investigation today to deter
mine whether the strike is in viola.
ton Of the new transportation act.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
MARY MAY BE MAKING
A THREAT OR PROMISE
ON MO WEDDING YARN

Los Angeles. March f.-Marv Pick.
ford viii never marry again but will
devote the remainder OF her life to
motion pictures according to an inter
Wow she gave last night. This was
the first statement She had made TO
the press since she was granted a
divorce from owen Moore. Tuesday,
at Nindeu New
~ sought the divorce because
wanted to be free" she said. Mr..
Moore is charming man and most
g"uial-but there are many instances
where even two genial persons cannot
agree"
Doug "torribly ManuIed"
iioIbrool Ariz. March G.-Douglass
Fairbanks, screen actor. broke the
ioreinger of his right hand yesterday
and suffered painful cuts when roping
a steer for a film play in The Paint.
ed Desert twenty-five miles north of
here. After the accident he came here
to catch train for Los Angeles.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
GARAGE OWNER AND
POPULAR GIRL WED

Fred Rieuf prominent au omobiie
garage proprietor of this city, and
Miss Lillian Fisher. nurse at the Illi-
nOis Valley Hospital. south of Ottawa.
were united in marriage last evening
about o'clock at the Presbyterian
parsonage by Rev. J. f. VonckX
The marriage Of the young couple
came as a great surprise TO ;heir
many friends, who knew absolutely
nothing of their intentions, The bride
and groom were unattended. After the
ceremony the newlyweis motored to
Aurora. Where they will go from
there Is secret.
The bride wore blue serge travel
ing suit, with a beautiful corsagc bou-
guet of pink roses. After a brief
honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Rieuf will
make their home in this city tempo.
rarily with the groom's parents in
South Ottawa, after which they VIII
lake up housekeeping
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
RUNAWAY HORSE
DASHES IN FRONT
OF FREIGHT TRAIN

Whether or not they intend TO turn
Jefferson street into Il speedway. a
delivery horse driven by Manley II.
Morley made vain attempt to turn
it into one yesterday afternoon about
O'Clock. Morley was driving west
on Jefferson street when the horse
became frightened by Il passing auto
mobile and made ii mad dash doWl
the street.
The runaway was something on the
order of a movie comedy, for Morley
narrowly escape being struck by u
Burlington switch engine as his horse
few across the tracks. Finally after
racing about six block. Morley sue
ceeded in stopping his horse, Sey-
eral attempts We're made by pedes-
trians to stop the runaway. but he
was not controllable until they reach
ed the st. Patrick's church on the
corner of Pine and jefferson streets.
Luckily the drive" was nJt injured
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
TAKE MRS. WATERS
BODY TO AURORA

The funeral OF tho late Mrs. Clala
A. Waters. 20d East Main street who
died Tuesday evening at Ryburn hos
pi.al after brief illness Of pneumonia
was held yesterday afternoon at .
O'Clock from the Gladfelter chapel or
Madison street.
After the services the body wae
taken to Aurora for burial Interment
was made at Spring Lake cemetery in
that city. Because Of thc late arrival
OF Roy Waters, only son Of the de
ceased, the funeral was postponed
from Thursday afternoon until Friday
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06

of Dan Grozzar, 1877
West Main street, in the
second moonshiners' raid
conducted in Ottawa in the past eight
days.
Grczzar was arrested Wednesday
charged vita living in open adultery
with Mrs. Gabriel Zulin Of Detroit at
his home in this city. He is now Il
prisoner in the county jail, and will
ne held to the grand jury which meets
next Monday on two charges. of vio-
lating the search and seizure law and
of adultery.
The first intimation the authorities
had that GroZzar was violating the
state law was late yesterday after
noon when Elmer Armstrong visited
the house to see stove which he was
thinking of purchasing. The house
had been closed tight since Wednes-
day and as Mr.. Armstrong entered
the place he smelled the odor of fer
menting fruit. Immediately becom-
ing suspicious. he returned down
town and secured a warrant to give
him authority to search the premises.
Returning to the house with Jailer
Otto Armstrong he found copper
boiler under the stairs. In one end
of the LID hole had been bored so
that a tube could he attached to Il
coil. Under small trap door over a
4 r. g N hn Iii n "A II A
found copper coil The still had
not been completed before the arrest
of GroZZar
In Il small pantry like room at the
side of the house were two ffty.gal.
Ion barrels and two thirty-gallon jars
of raisin mash The curtain of this
room was drawn and the door tight.
~ closed Six glass gallon jugs and
two quart whislley bottles. which wore
found around the house. led the au-
thorities to believe that some one
must have contemplated going into
the distilling business. for profit
GrO32ar was taken from the jail by
the deputies and accompanied them
on their trip. He had made his home
in Ottawa for several weeks in the
house at ll37 West Main street and
passed Mrs. Xulin off, as his wife.
ON "Wednesday afternoon, the WON.
ans husband arrived here. searching
for his wife, who with her two little
daughters. aged 4 and years, dis
appeared from their home in Detroit
on December 20 Since that time
Hulin had tried to locate her. learn.
ing only few days ago that she was
in Ottawa with Grozzar.
Grozzar was bound over to the
grand jury and the woman allowed to
go, reconciliation between the
husband and wife took place. and
yesterday afternoon. the two. accom-
panied by the little girls, returned
to Detroit.
Gro1zar's alihi. for having the mash
IN MS house dates back to the time
OF Adam. THE woman got me to do
II, was his explanation to the sher-
iff
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
FORM ORGANIZATION
TO KEEP WATCH ON
PHTH|S|S VICTIMS
LEADERS IN COUNTY FIGHT or
TUBERCULOSIS CALLED TO AT
TEND MEETING IN OTTAWA
FOR PURPOSE OF TIGHTENING
BATTLE LINES.

TO arrange follow UP work Tor th'
discharged patients who leave the Id
Sale county tuberculosis sanitaliuaH
and make plans for organizing q
Countrywide tubercuar. society a
meeting will be held at the court
house in this city Tuesday evening
March .. at O'Clock, To WntCh all rcs
idents Of La Sale coun y have beea
invited People who have been df
rectly interested in the sanitariuln
since its opening last year have seen
the need or such an organization lOf
some months
1t is hoped through the efforts ol
this society % educate the people in
the treatment and prevention OF tn,
great white plague and get all tIosc
needing am1u!at0ry or SanitariunI
treatment 20 enter the county santa
rium. In this manner II is though
the death rate among persons suffer
ing from phthisis viii be greatly re
duceI
The following letter announcing The
meeting has been sent Ou by tn,
county executive committee:
TO Citizens OF la sale County
''I.a sale county has been and f.
leading the fight in Illinois asainst
mans ancient enemy tube .cIlosis.
Its present creates need Is boos,
ers There are thousands in the
county who have not even heard e
our splendid sanitarium; others with
Il wholly erroneous or teal!u! idea Of
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
WILSON'S LAST NOTE ON ADR|AT|C
KEPT FROM AMERICAN PUBLIC

pose to consult the view of the Amer
lean government whatever course the
Adriatic problem took short Of ulti-
mate failure to negotiate a compro-
mise OF the treaty of London. In
that event, the note pointed out. Eng
land and France would be bound to
adhere to their wartime agreement
with Italy.
ConstantinoHle, March 4-Resolu-
tions asking the United States to
send Il commission to impartially in
vestigate the ,Marash massacre and
conditions generally in Anatolia were
passed unanimously by the Turkish
chamber of deputies.
This action followed an address by
Arif Bey, who today was elected pres
dent OF the chamber to succeed Re.
chad Kismet Bey, deceased
During the debate it was charged
the inter-allied censorship did not
permit Turkish language newspapers
to tell the Turkish version OF the Ma
rash incident.
Paris, March G,-'Completc agree
ment on features of the Turkish
treaty has been reached, says Per.
tinaX," political editor Of the Echo
de Paris, who adds that the operation
Of the Turkish financial control com.
mission will be quite distinct from
the administration OF the ottoman
debt. The supreme council, he says.
is about to take up the establishment
Of a judicial commission and definite
ly settle zones to be accorded Greece,
Italy. France and Great Britain in
Asia Minor.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
ELGIN FARMER is
KILLED BY TRAIN

lllgin, H., March G.-Smith Younges
OF Elgin, one of the most prominent
farmers and catilemen in northern
Illinois, was instantly killed at 9;15
a. N, when the automobile which he
was driving was struck by a North
western train at South Elgin He was
Ga years old.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
CON CON pRES|DEN!
PREDICTS DEFEAT
OF CHICAGO HOBBY
DELEGATE SCANLAN JOINS MR..
WOODWARD IN FORECASTlNG
FAILURE OF |. & r. PROPOSE
TON TO WORM WAY INTO ILL
NOlS CONSTITUTION.

/ The aims and purposes of the Hi
nois Constitution Convention now in
session at Springfield were clearly de-
fined last night at banquet given in
by the Ottawa Rotary club, by no
less a parsonage char Charles +.
Woodward president OF that conven-
ton. While primarily arranged by
the RotarlanS as treat for themsel-
YES, the proposition to enlarge the list
OF guests so as to include everybody
who desired to attend the banquet
had an appeal, The result was that
many from Streator. La Sale. Oglesby
and Marseilles sat around the festive
boards and enjoyed to the limit one
( Ci the most cuightening talks on a
most vital subject ever delivered by
Mir Woodward
Coupled With Mr. Woodwdlds Hl-
dl ess were talks by Delegate William
Seaman OF Peru; Senator rhnrlow
F@ssmgtoI. Charles A. Williams and
Pndip Saunders NJ s'.reator; Attorney
biuCau NcbOugdn Charles Cludnn,
l. 8 Erooks and County Sugpriut2uI-
eat ol Schools ". il. Foster an u' OF
tdF,d
The session ha1 La its uHeludo .
dinner characteristic Oi the hlpli
quality of eats served by Mine Host
ano Mrs. LouX Hlrvoy at ;hei" pop.
uir hOstlery. THo inner mdn having
beon so abundan'lv taken care OF the
GlHers were in u YeTv eNcpllen' hVmGr
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
COUPLE ROBBED OF
$500 AT JOLIET INN

Joliet H., March 6.--Mr and Mrs.
Ralph Il. Riley of III Monroe street.
Evanston. stopping in the WoodruF
Inn at Joliet, We're robbed of 5000
Worh Of jewelry yesterday morning
hy a thief who came into their room.
liley is traffic manager for the
Rock Products league, j3S Dearborn
street, Chicago.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
|. o. o. F. DELEGATION
VISIT IN LA SAlLE

A delegation Of Ottawa Odd Fol
lows headed by District Deputy
George A. CroWden and composed of
Edward Nader, John Lansing. John
Murphy. Al Houchens. Keever Pea!ce,
Elmer Hodsins, Irving H. Witt and
Clarence Wilson Jr went 20 La Salle
last evening to attend a very interest,
ing session of the |. O. o. +. in that
city.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
Fix Earlvilie HEARING.

Springfield, Ill.,. March 6.--tSpe-
cialD The hearing Of the proposed
increase of rate OF the Northern Hi.
nois Telephone company in Leland,
Mendoza, Earlvile and Sheridan was
Sc, today by the pu5lic utilities corn,
mission for Tuesday, March .. before
Commissioner i, j. lucey in Chicago
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
COAL co. SUED By
ATTY. GEMS OFFICE

Suit was started in the County
Court this morning with Asst Atty.
Gen. W, II, llinebaugh as complain.
ant, against the g. & J. Coal company
of Seneca charging them with alleg.
ed violation Of the state law, in not
filing statement showing it to be in
a financial condition TO pay claims
under the workman's compensation
act.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
AIDS FIND
HOME EQUIPPED FOR
BIG BOOZE SUPPLY
OBy the Associated Pre3s)

Parts of full hedged whiskey still and so
gallons of raisin mash, were seized by Sheriff
Ayers and his deputies late yesterday at the home
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06
WEAThE r.

tonight and Sunday. 49,.
Fair and continued cold
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-03-06

Continued on page 6. column 81
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-28
JUNIOR l. A.
MEETING HELD
e. C. EckIand Talks to Boys OF High
School Manual Training Depart
ment on Development
of Local Plant.

E. c.. Eckland, superintendent Of
the J. C. Hubinger Bros, company
gave an interesting and instructive
talk last evening before the Junior
Industrial association Of the high
school manual training department.
He explained the workings of the
plant here, both mechanically and
chemically, and told how the different
products of the big concern in the
west end of the city are manufactured.
Early experiences of the company
were related, and in this connection
Mr.. Eckland was able to offer the
boys some good advice.
These meetings and talks are held
every two weeks with an interesting
speaker on the program. r. l.. Wilson
and O. E. Hawley are the instructors
in charge OF the manual training de-
partment. .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-28
DAMAGE SUIT
is DISMISSED
Case Of Hattie Sharpe VS.. City Of
keokuk was Settled After
Motion for Verdict
is Argued.

The case. of Hattie Sharpe vs.. the
city of Keokuk, in which the plain
tiff claims damages for personal in
juries, was settled and dismissed this
morning. The dismissal followed a
motion for directed verdict which
was argued by City Attorney Dickey
Judge Hamilton admitted there was
merit in the motion, but was not sure
that the case should be taken from
the jury, and SO told the attorneys
This resulted in conference which
ended in the settlement.
The jury which was empanneled
yesterday to hear the case was COM
posed of: P. E. Roghlin, William
Laisle, H. c. Phillips, J. J.. Reidy, M.
f. McCutchen, J. H. Young, Patrick
Reidy, Charles Higham, L. A. Watz-
nauer. B. B. Walker. Henry Scheib.
Ter, e. j. Ewers.