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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08
CITY news IN Brief

Sigurd Stakston of Tioga is visit
ing friends and relatives in forming
township.
DR.. Ahplanalp, Ray sheep man
estimates the clip Of wool from his
200 sheep at a ton.
Herbert Lehner, Van Hook youth
passed away at Bismarck hospital
from spinal meningitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. F. Brittin expect
to leave for Park Rapids, Mimi, July
Is, to spend two weeks. They will go
by auto.
Mrs. Geo. J. Smith has disposed
of the Plaza Pioneer to r. ]. Kane
and Miss B. Scrader, and will locate
at Stanley.
r. A. Nestos delivered an address
At picnic held at the Peder Hanson
farm in the Turtle Mountains, north
east Of Bottineau Sunday.
A large number of Sherwoodites en-
joyed a ride in an airplane at cele-
bration held at Carnduff, Can, pay
ing $40 for ten minute ride.
B. G. McDougall, cashier of the Sc
curly State Bank Of Temple, N. D.
died from spinal meningitis. The re-.
mains were shipped to Neville.
Rye is an especially good crop. Leo
Miller Of Granville says he counted the
shoots from one seed and there were
exactly 81 of the shoots with heads.
Mrs. w. R. McGlenn, former resi-,
dent of Kenmare, died recently at
Bowdle, Mont, from cistic tumor. The
McGlenns left Kenmare ten years ago.
John Corbett, former Williston pub
Usher, is now travelling salesman for
an automatic two color press, his ter
ritory being North Dakota and Mon
tana.
a storm recently wrecked the co.
foot derrick of the Great American
Gas and Oil Co., near Mohall. It
will cost several thousand dollars to
put the rig in working order.
P. P. Engh of McCanna, N. D., spent
"Wednesday in Minot visiting with his
old friend, N. D. German. Mr.. Engh
has banking interests in this vicinity.
He will visit Canada before his re-
turn home.
No trace has been found Of the C.
w. Wyatt Ford car stolen from Wild
wood Park Monday night. The car
was 1920 model equipped with a
Yale lock and it must have been stolen
by professionals. \
p. J. Montgomery and family have
taken a cottage for the summer at the
Minnesota lakes near Brookston. Mr..
Montgomery motored there but re-
turned by rail Tuesday night to attend
the Pierce banquet.
Rev. P. w. Erickson and family will
leave Minot Monday for their summer
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08

Makoti Community Club attempts 70
put through 4 project, It. goes through.
Rev. It's. Stockdale, the president
Of the Club, 10 q firm believer Of Pure
Bred live stock and has Z Pure Bred
Shorthorn herd Of his own. He says
that where you find good live stock
you find good men and good homes.
The spirit Of cooperation between the
business man and the farmer In Ma
koti is commendable. It consists Of
one big family working for the de-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08
Martin Selander Appointed Ward
County Tax Supervisor.

Martin lSelander, deputy superin-
.tendent Of school Of Ward county,
has been selected by the state tax
commissioner Wallace, to fill the pos
,ition Of Ward county tax supervisor,
to take the place Of II. E. Wheeler.
He will begin upon his duties July
a deputy to take Mr.. Selander's place.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08
MAKOTI CLUB LEADS IN
LIVE STOCK DEVELOPMENT

As evidence that the Makoti Com
munity Club ID doing = great work
in the development Of livestock in it,
community, the farmers and business
men and everyone within . radius
of ten miles Of Makoti are Boosting
as one, for the things they know to
be beneficial to the community, and it
is q matter Of record that when the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08
Berthold Couple Wed.

Bert Slack and Miss Margaret Kru-
ger Of Berthold were married in Minot
one day last week. The bride is the
daughter Of Aug. Kruger, well known
Berthold farmer, and the groom u
an ex-service man.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08

velopment Of the town and rural dis
tricts, and in this development thsy
hope to bring about better asrieul-
tural conditions, to make the business
Of farming more profitable and that
community . better place to live in.
Ward County Farm Bureau News.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08

Il. Finke Of Berthold, IL making
plans to put down two pit silos 16x2z
Il. He has 4 acres Of sunhowers
which he intends to put in the silos.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-07-08
Couch HammOckS

Biggest in
full 2sx72 frames rustpro
filled mattressesJ Note: Cravned
soaking through and dry quicker than the unfinished Magazine pockets
hamm0cks. !, 4
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
REPORTED THAT CAPITAL CITY
OF MEXICO SURRENDERED
WITHOUT BLooDsHED.
VERA CRUZ IS ALSO TAKEN
United States Warships Are Sent to
Tampico, Which is Also Reported
to Be in the Hands Of the
Revolutionists.

Washington. -Coincident with con-
firnation in official dispatches of the
capture OF Mexico City by revolution
lists, the Navy Department announced
that the destroyer flotilla had been
ordered from Key West to Tampico,
also in rebel hands. No disorder was
reported either in Mexico City or
Tampico. and in both places assur-
ances were given of protection to for
eigners.
The embassy message made no men
tion OF President Carranza. Other re-
ports to the department said he had
left the capitol with group of ad-
herents, presumably for Vera Cruz,
but gave no information as to his
present whereabouts. Other dispatches
reported he had been captured, but no
official confirmation was made.
While all reports agreed that the
seizure Of the capitaf and Tampico
had been without opposition and that
order had been maintained, the pres
ence at Tampico of the last one Mex
lean gunboat, it was said, might have
prompted the sendir6 OF destroyers to
that point. No official reason for
their movement. was assigned either
by the navy or the State Department.
According to the State Departments
advices, Gen. Orozco. Carranza com
nRnder at Tampico. took refuge on
the gunboat Jalisco wnen the rebels
entered the city.
State Department reports and mes
sages to the rebel agents here told OF
the occupation OF several other towns,
prompt assurances being given by the
>revolutionists in several cases that
protection would be given Americans
and other foreigners.
Communication was reopened with
the American embassy and the infor-
nation received indicated there had
been no disorder in connection with
there anything OF disquieting aature
regarding the safety of Americans or
other foreigners the State Depart
ment's announcement said
"The embassy reported that troops
constituting the advance contingent
of Pablo Gonzales took control of the
Mexican capital May T. This advance
guard was under the direct command
of Gen. Jacinto Trevine. who upon ef-
fecting possession of the city. issued
formal assurance of complete guar
antees. In this announcement he ad-
vised commerce and industry and
banks and other institutions to con-
tinue their normal operations and
threatened drastic punishment Of
spectators in articles of necessity.
A new chief OF police and military
commander for Mexico City were ap-
pointed"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
FEDERAL COURT IN MISSISSIPPI
uPHoLps ACT OF CONGRESS
oNfPRoFiTEERINc Law.
JUDGE DEFINES STATUTE
Declares That Law Of supply and De.
mand Should Be Governing Fac
tor in Determining Selling
Price of Commodities.

jackson, Miss.-Judge Edwin Holmes
of the federal court here upheld the
constitutions ity OF the Lever food
control act by refusing to issue an In.
junction restraining T. J. Locke, fed.
eral fair price commissioner for Mis-
sissippi, from enforcing observance
of fair price lists.
In special charge to the grand
Jury, however. Judge Holmes gave an
Interpretation OF the Lever act, in
which he declared that the law of
supply and demand and not price lists
or profit margins fixed by any COM
mittee or agency of the government
should be considered in alleged cases
OF profiteering.
In refusing to grant tbe restraining
order applied for by r. E. Remington,
local department store proprietor,
Judge Holmes based his decision on
section 267 OF the judicial code. which
provides that suits in equity shall not
be sustained in any court OF the
United States where an adequate and
complete remedy may be had at law.
Addressing the grand jury, sudge
Holmes said:
The test OF reasonableness must
be applied to all regulations and or
ders issued to carry out the act, and
any regulation requiring the seller to
disregard the real market value of
the article, and to sell at the original
price paid therefor. plus an arbitrary
fixed percentages as profit, Is. unrea-
sonable and void, as in many cases
such regulations would confiscate
property rights, which have become
fixed and vested.
"The law OF supply and demand
must govsrn. No human law can
make water run uphill. No criminal
prosecution can prevent the play OF
economic laws which have been in
force ever since the. markets of the
world were established. nor has Con-
gress intended to deal with anything
except the abuses and fraudulent
practices. which have, been too fire.
quent. an off-shoot Of conditions over
which no one Individual has control"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
.DMIRAL BENSON CLAIMS HE HAD
EXAGGERATED IDEA OF HIS
IMPORTANCE.
SAYS NAVY WAS EFFICIENT
Letter Of Sims to Secretary Of Navy
Was "Most Decidedly unfor-
tunatec-Pittman Charges
Record Incomplete.

Washington.-'I do not think Ad
mission and had an exaggerated idea
miral Sims properly understood his
Of It," Admiral Benson told the senate
subcommittee on naval affairs. He
declared that the letter written BY
Admiral Sims to Secretary Daniels and
which he later made public, precipi.
tating general Inquiry into the con.
duct of the navy during the war, was
most decidedly unfortunate"
Admiral Benson did not hesitate to
assume all responsibility for whatever
delay may have followed suggestions
by Sims. At the same time he in
sisted the navy was in a state OF high
efficiency.
IF there was any opposition or de-
lay on recommendation from Admiral
Sims, ! was personally responsible .
Admiral Sims said.
When we entered the war the
navy's gunnery was at the highest
efficiency 1t had ever attained. The
navy was as well prepared in 1917 as
the allied nanies were In August, 1914,
with the possible exception of person
nel." he said.
Before Admiral Benson resumed HIS
testimony. Senator Pittman. democrat.
Nevada, brought before the committee
In open session the question OF omis-
sion OF proceedings from tkssofffcial
records.
There was personal colloquy be-
tween myself and the chairman May
which was omitted from the record"
Senator Pittman said. Il learned of It
accidentally in overhearing the re-
porter ask the chairman if he should
leave out our colloquy Of today as he
did yesterday.
Il asked the reporter II he had left
out the colloquy, and he said he did.
I told him he had no authority to
leave anything out of the record. The
reporter said he asked Chairman
Hale's secretary who told him to leave
the matter out. l protest against any
thing being left out of the printed
records and deny the authority OF
the chairman to determine what is
and what is not material. 1t is not
within the authority of the chairman
to eliminate any proceedings from
the records.
I'VE have simply got to decide
whether the full proceedings are go
Ing to be transcribed or whether cer-
tain portions are going to be deleted
at the request of the chairman or
any one else.''
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Nickel Coins Aoain.

An Innovation in currency has been
made by the Indian government.
which has coined and issued nickel
8-anna and 4-anna pieces. Tw0-amnA
and lama pieces have been In clrtu.
lation in India for many years. but
hitherto no nickel coins of valre
equal to the new issue have been In
use in any country-in fact. the =
anna piece is credited with be'n9 ths
highest-valued coin struck in bass
metal in the world, its recent sterling
exchange value being shilling .
pence. or % cents, at normal valnes.
The Indian government was Influenced
in its decision 20 issue the new culns
by the high price Of silver. and II is
probable that one result of the Inao.
walton will be to cause the S-anna n.
yer coins to disappear. i:rookiga
Eagle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
MILL PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
Income Tax Will Be Evaded BY Pay.
ment Of 100 Per Cent In Stock
Instead Of Cash.

Greenville, S. CA stock dividend
of 100 per cent on the $i.763,760 com.
mon stock now outstanding payable
In new issue of preferred stock July
1. to stockholders of record June Is,
retirement Of $4,000 guaranteed and
100000 preferred stock now outstand.
ing and increase Of the capital stock
from $1.75o,o0o to $4,000, 900. was De.
cided on by the board of directors Of
the Woodside Cotton Mill subject Ia
the approval of the stockholders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
TO ASSIST CUPID
Movement for MIXED Clubs In
City Of London.
Method Has-6een. Suggested to Check
Decline in Marriage Rate, Which
Is Viewed With consid-
cradle Alarm.

Social reformers, bishops, clergymen
and physicians are continually remind
ing us that in England we need more
marriage and earlier marriage" The
postponement Of the age of marraRs
among men until thirty or the begin.
ming of middle age Is not a healthy
social sign.
In the middle class this defermenf
of wedl0ck Is attributed chiefly to the
Increased difficulty in earning a suift-
Client income to support the family.
The same factor comes into play iiinnng
the skilled craftsmen who wish 70 nt-
tain fair financial position before
they undertake the responsibilities o.
parentage- We fnd therefore tlMf
early marriage is the custom chiefly ~
the unskilled workers, casual Iab0rers
and the very poor.
The economic question is not the
only barrier to early marriage and more
marriage In the great middle cMsss,
Strange as 1t may appear, q vast NUN.
Der of men and women who wish TO
marry cannot find mates. Even IN
these days there are a multitude OF
men who have very few women ac-
quaintances. and still lnrger host Of
women who rarely enjoy the society
OF men. We are apt to forget TINT {
large proportion of the inhabitants Of
the big cities are practically strangers
In the gates" Their ''homes'' are u
bedroom in the suburbs. benrIIng
house or little lookup fiat. They are
country immigrants to the large towns,
and in many instances they have not .
single acquaintance ln the place.
If we are really In earnest about the
decline of the marriage rate and the
deferment Of matrimony, we should set
about facilitating social intercourse ise..
tween the sexes. The first practicnt
step is the provision Of 'mixed clubs"
under municipal control. Clubs. as they
exist now, are simply internment camps
for men or women, and there Is no
doubt that they tend to q further seq
regation of the sexes.
1t Is true that there are clubs in Lnns
don where men and women can meet
But we require a very much largey
number In the metropolis and In all
parts of the provinces.
My own experience of mixed cliibs
is that they undoubtedly promote mat-
rimony. They are a pleasant nieer'ng
place for young men and women after
the days work. 1t is appalling thar
thousands of youths and niais.ens
should have nowhere to foregathcr -
the evenings and no choice between the
lonely lodging and 4he streets.
! would suggest also that every Esu.
nicipality should establish marriage
bureau and provide candidates for weds
lock with roductlons.-From CONT
mental Edition of London Mail.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
DECLARES PRoFITEERING IN IN.
DusTRf is FUNDAMENTAL
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.
PREPARED BY ". J. LAUck
Former Secretary of War Labor Board
4 Makes Some Startling Revelations
Anent Huge Profits Made In
Necessities of Life.

Washington.--A study Of profiteer-
ing in American Industry. made un-
der the auspices of the railway broth
erhcods. was presented to the railroad
labor board in support OF the railway
workers demands for higher wages
and to refute the charge that increased
labor costs are responsible for the
Eigh cost o. osliying.
PREF sred by w. ]. Lauck, former
secretary of the war labor board. the
study seeks to show that profi.eering
In industry is the fundamental cause
for high prices in practically all com
modities. 1t gives many statistics to
support that contention.
Calling attention to the many war
m@ie millionaires, the study contends
that three-fold relationship exists
between high prices, profiteerin.y and
the addition to the quota of million
aires" and that the increase in the
wealth of the wealthy is an "un-
answerable" refutation to all.attcmpts
to charge labor with profiteering and
to all attempts to hold labor responsi-
BILE for the high cost Of living.
or the extraordinary increase in the
price of sugar now amounting to 800
per cent. the study says the increase
in labor cost paid by the consumer
was less than 15 per cent. The result
of advanced prices, according to the
quoted reports of twelve companies
producing over half of the sugar cen
sumed In the United States was pict
ured in the net profits of these con-
Germs which, 1t was said, rose from an
average Of 1000, 900 during the years
1912-1914 to s34,OOo,oo0 for the years
19f6-191S.
/, In the meat packing industry where
profits were said to have Increased be-
tween 300 and 400 per cent, the Ia
Dor item was shown so small that q
wage increase OF 100 per cent would
add less than per cent to the total
cost of the meat. The increase in the
price between 1914 and 1913 was
shown as eight tines the total labor
cost. apd the 1913 price represented
25 times the teal labor item.
Profits absorb approximately one
half the retail price of certain kinds Of
cloth, the report, declared, while the
iaSSr item amounts to from one-four-
teenth to one-twentieth of the price.
Shoes. according to the study, fur
n'shed splendid opportunity for the
profiteer" The profit items in 1914. 1t
was charged, absorbed nearly one
half the price paid by the consumer.
Or nearly three times the total labor
cost, while In 1917 the profit items
amounted to approximately three-fifths
of the total price and over five times
the total labor cost.
Increases in the retail price of
bituminous coal were shown at four
times the increase in labor costs,
while the proportion o. the proceeds
OF the industry received by the coal
operators was shown as increased
from rs to 400 per cent.
Profiteering did not stop with the
armistice. the report declared, present
ing figures to show that corporation
profits in 1919 were 10 per cent over
the pre-war average. which means, the
study added, that 1919 profits were
more than double the average for the
years 1912-1914.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14

When traveller refurneth home iet
him not leave the countries where hs
hath travelled altogether behind him.
but maintain q correspondence by LETT
ters with those Of his acquaintance
which are Of most worth. And lei his
travel appear rather In his discoarss
than In his apparel or gesture: .,nd IN
his discourse. let him be rather ndvixsd
In his answers than forwards 10 Tell
stories; and let It appear that he doth
not change his country manners for
those of foreign parts, but only prick
In some flowers of that he hath learned
abroad into the customs OF his own
country. Francis Bacon. Lord v4u-
lam.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Put TAX ON NEWS PAPER
Bill Is Prepared to Place Tax on All
Who Sell Print Paper Above
the Listed Price.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Steenerson
of the House postoffice committee pre-
pared for Introduction bill levying
tax of cents a pound on news print
paper sold by manufacturers and i'm
porters at prices other than those
listed by them with the Federal Trade
Commission. Brokers would be au-
thorized to receive discount not ex-
ceeding one-half of one cent a pound
in the list prices.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14

There is satisfactory evidence fhas
st. John. the beloved brother OF James
and son Of zebedee. was the author Of
the Gospel. Epistles and Revelations
ascribed to him. The Revelations
were written during his exile OIL shs
island Of Patmos; the Gospel and EpIs
ties after his return under amnesty 10
Ephesus, where be was supsrin -
the churches.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14

President Of American Press Assoeia-
tion Charges Makers Regulate
Both Production and Price.

Washington.-C Charges of corner
I'm print paper were made before the
senate committee investigating the pa,
per shortage by Cortland Smith, Of
New York. president Of the American
Press Association. Mr.. Smith testi-
fled that print papef manufacturers
were in a conspiracy to regulate both
production and prices.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
JAPs WHIP THE BoLsHEvIKl
Stop Advance Of the Reds and Drive
Them Over q Mountain
Range.

Toyko.-Japanese troops stopped an
advance BY the Bolsheviki near Chita,
trans-BaiEaiia, late in April and ul
timately compelled the Bolsheviki to
fall back over the neighboring noun
tain range. says war office com.
munique, which reads: "The Fifth Dr.
vision repulsed general advance"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
HEARING ON WATERWAYS
Commission Meets in Ontario. and Fur
ther Hearings viii Be Held In
Canada or United States.

North Bay, Ontario.-The intefna
tional joint waterways commission be
gan hearings here on the proposed st
Lawrence deep water way. Interests
favoring and opposed to the project
were represented at the initial meet.
ing Sessions will continue through
June at Various Canadian and Ameri-
can centers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Doduino Income TAX.

Worchester. Mass.-The Royal Wor.
chester Corset Company declared .
stock dividend OF 200 per cent from its
surplus and voted to increase its cap
ital stock from $S0O.000 to $4,000. 900.
giving stockholders two shares OF new
stock for each one share OF old.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14

London.--John Murray. the we'll
known publisher. said. THE time is
approaching when book publication
must cease owing to the insistent
demands CT labor and the extraordi-
nary Increase in the price of paper"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Acosta Inauourated.

San Jose. Costa Rica.-Julio Acosta
was inaugurated as president Of the
republic of Cocta Rica. The diplo-
matte representatives of Salvador.
Nicaragua and Honduras were present
at the ceremony.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
ceIebrate Annlversarx.

New York.-The Metropolitan Muse
um OF Art entered upon the celebration
of the fiftieth anniversary Of its foun-
dation with the opening of special
exhibition to illustrate the growth Of
the institution and the development
Of its different lines of activity.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Some Shooting Record.

Annapolis, Md.-Making the remark
able score OF 2.502 out of a possible
$500. the rifle team OF marines OF the
marine corps training station. Paris
Island, S. c.. won the Elliott trophy
match recently completed at Quantico,
Virginia.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
Retire at 70 Years.

Washington. Conferees on the civil
service retirement bill reached an
agreement fixing the general retire.
ment age at 20 years. Letter carriers
and government mechanics would be
retired at 65 years and railway mail
service. employees at 81.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-05-14
L.ost MONEY Locatsd.

Atlanta, Ga.--A shipment of $1.05o.-
900 from the sixth district federal re-
serve bank here to the branch bank at
Jacksonville. Fla. recently went
astray. but finally was located and
delivered safely, it was learned from
postal authorities here.