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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03
NORMAL SCHOOL NEWS ITEMS

Miss Winsted's Geography class
made a very interesting contribution
to the Assembly period on Thursday
morning, by presenting an original
dramatization in which representa-
tives of more than dozen foreign
countries participated. Each was
appropriately costumed thru the CO.
operation Of the Home Economics
of her native country's social, eco
nomic or political life. Columbia
summoned her adopted daughters in
turn and united them to a single unit
at the close with the pledge of al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes.
Motion pictures are quite regularly
shown to Model School children in the
late afternoon on Fridays. Last week
they were shown in the Gymnasium
and not few Normal Students at
tended. Films are largely educa-
tional in character, those offered last
Friday, including "Just Bubbles
which showed the soap making indus
try, and "Only Kids, an excursion
into glove making factory.
Following the motion pictures, the
children Of the seventh and eighth
grade enjoyed party in the gym
nasium with games and refreshments.
Their teacher, Miss Elsie Cook was
guest of honor.
The student Y. w. c. A. held it's
regular devotional meeting on We'd
nesday afternoon and was lead by
Miss Antonio klebe. Mrs. Perkett
spoke on christianity, the Imperial
Religion"
There was no meeting this week Of
the Catholic Students Association ex-
cept very brief one to urge all mem.
bers to attend as many of the ser
vices as possible in the mission held at
the Catholic church thruout the week.
Miss Niermeyer of Minneapolis ad-
dressed the Assembly on Tuesday on
the work Of the Girls Reserves as
fostered by the Y. w. C. A. thruout
the country. Her talk was definite
and constructive and was we'll receiv-
ed by the student body.
Acting President VIM. F. Clarke is
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03
$500, 900 SPENT IN STATE
TO HAUL SCHOOL PUPILS
Over Six Million is Now Spent An
nually in Salaries to North
Dakota Teachers.

Bismarck.--A remarkable increase
in the amount of money paid out by
school districts for transportation of
school pupils is shown in statistics
compiled in the office of the state su-
perintendent of public instruction.
The amount increased from $3.50, 900
in 1919 to $876,876.1O in 1920, the re-
port shows, total of 1853 pupils
being transported to and from school.
A growth in the number of consol-
idated schools, to and from which
most pupils are transported is shown.
Twenty-eight were added in 1920, the
total in the state being 457. There
were 4,751 oneroom school houses in
the state.
The figures show that the total
wages of school teachers amounted
to $6,238,154.79 in the fiscal year. Of
this amount $5,232,571.S3 was paid to
men teachers and zoos, 1926 to wo.
men teachers.
The average salarly paid to teach
ers is shown to be 800, the average
for women teachers being $86.05 and
men teachers SIG. kindergarten
teachers are the best paid class of
teachers, the average monthly salary
for them being $125.16. The average
monthly salaries of teachers in one
room school houses is $3.50. Of this
number SO are college graduates, 267
are normal school graduates and 1916
are high school graduates only.
North Dakota's investment in school
property" totals $25,218,577.52, and
the average rate of taxation for school
purposes in the 2,O35 common schools
and 1875 special and independent
school districts is 6:34 mills.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

Bureau federation at Fargo January
81. Permanent officers elected were
President, U. l.. Burdick, Williston;
vice-president, Hans Gregorson, Mia
CARA; treasurer, Louis Noltemier, Val
ley City; directors, Franklin Page,
Hamilton; H. r. Hartman, Page; w.
w. Denning, Cakes; A. C. Nelson, Fin
gal; Mrs. G. w. Casady, Dickinson;
and O. NJ. Hector, Crosby.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03
FARM BUREAU SHOWS
FAST GROWTH IN N. ID.

Agricultural College, N. D., Feb. 2.
Ten thousand members in six weeks
in 13 counties, with a dozen more
counties in process Of organization,
was the report made at the annual
meeting Of the North Dakota Farm
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

farmers signing up. He states that
the greatest handicap the solicitors
find is that in some localities many
farmers fear that the movement is
launched to break up the Nonpartisan
league while in other sections it 10
claimed to be fostered by the league.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

Berthold Tribune: j. l.. VanBus-
kirk, who has been working in Walsh
and Grand Forks counties in the in
terest of the Federation of Farm Bu-
reaus, returned home last week. He
reports that the movement is meet
ing with satisfactory success in those
counties--about fifty percent of the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03
500 CONDUCTOR sLUCCED

OOO VO4NOOO1VN 00OUO1SO
Portal, N. D., Jan. 22.-Daniel Nc
Donald, 500 railway conductor, was
slugged and robbed by an unknown
assailant at midnight in the North
Portal yards. He was struck while
standing on the platform Of tourist
car and he fell from the train. He
was found by train hands some time
later, lying beside the track with one
foot badly crushed by the wheels of
a passing car. He was taken to Es-
tevan, Sask., on special train and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

Marriage makes people happy
but so does divorce, for that matter.
So we do not seem to get very far
with that line Of moralizing.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

doctors found it necessary to ampu-
tate part of his foot. He will
recover. The robber escaped with
$50.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-02-03

"Why Not Minot ?"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
N. M. DOBBIN, Pres.
MORTGAGE SALE OF LAND.

Under and by virtue of the power OF
the power of sale contained in cer-
tain mortgage deed executed to the
undersigned mortgages by John Da-
Wis and wife, Martha Davis, on March
3, 1919. to secure the paymen| of a
note Tor S625 90, and interest on the
same from March S, 1919, no part OF
which has been paid, We will expose
Tor sale for cash at the court house
door in the town of Boone, Wataugu
county, N. c., on Monday, the 2nG
day OF May, 1921, the following des-
crlbed tract or parcel of land (thc
same being conotained in said mort
gage, u certain piece CT tract OF land
lying and being in Watauga county,
State aforesaid, in Watauga town.
ship, and described and defined as
follows, to wit: Beginning on three
naples at a rock where the old Mas
spruce pine corner stands: runs N. s.,
degrees w. 10 polts to a spruce pine
on the bank Of the Watauga river.
thence S, Sod. w. up the said river Is
poles to a birch stump, Mrs. Matte
Phipps' old corner; thence s. lSd. H..
With her line 40 poles to a dog wotid
in the said line; thence with her lin
70 q small chestnut on top of IN,
ridge: thence with same Nne and TOP
of the ridge to stake in s. w.
Young's line: thence with said line to
a chestnut IN j. d. Coffey and Luther
Woody corner; theme S. I'D. w. II
poles to stake: thence S. 23d. Il. q
Spoles to lhe fork of branch: thence
N. 40d. +. II poles to spruce pine IT,
the fork of the branch: thence N. lid
E. 32 poles to high rock and poplar,
thence N. 29d. E. IA poles to q stake,
thence N. 70d. L. II poles to a stake:
thence N. l3 poles to a chestnut in w.
b. CalOway's line; thence s. S2d. F.
10 poles to q chestnut: thence N. 32d
w. 32 poles to a rock in L. F. Woo.
dy's line: thence N. Sod. f. with tht
road % poles to spruce pine: thenc,
N, 10d. w. 80 poles to . chestnut:
thence N. BOD. E. II poles to a stake il
the road: thence N. 20d. w. y poles
TO u stake in Brickcll's line; thenc,
N. lid. e. II poles to the beginning
containing 10 acres more or less.
Said sale will be made to pay of
said note and interest on the same to
gether with the costs of said sale, and
deed in Zee simple will be made to tho
purchaser on payment of the purchase
price. This March 81, 1921.
j. G.. TOLLY.
M. j. TOLLY, Mortgages.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
NOl25
NOTICE OF TOWN ELECTION.

North Carolina, Watauga County,
Notice is hereby given that
there will be held a town election
in the town of Of Boone, N. c.,
on Tuesday after the first Mon.
day in May, 1921, at the usual vo-
ting place in said town, for the
purpose of electing a board of
town com missioners and a may.
or. J. d. Council is appointed
Registrar, and M. P. Critcher
and L. l.. Critcher judges to hold
the said election. This 9TH day
of March, 1921.
J. M. MoRETz. Mayor.
l. G. GREER,
M. B. BLACKBURN,
F. A LINNEY, Town CONS.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
beautiful BELLS"

Last Saturday there was taken
to Blowing Rock a peal of hand
some bells for the Stringfellow
Memorial church at that place.
There were four of the bells and
they were unusually handsome.
They weighed with their hang.
ings, 4,00O to 5000 pounds. They
each bore appropriate dedicatory
inscriptions, one of the largest
being dedicated to the memory
IF the men from Wauauga county
who lost their lives in the great
war and a thank Offering for
those who served and were spar-
ed to return to their homes. One
is dedicated to the memory Of
the parents of Mrs. w. w. String
fellow, in whose memory the
church was erected; one to the
memory of the parents(we think,
Of Mr.. Elliott Daingerield, the
artist who gave q ane painting tt
the church, and the other one is
dedicattd to the Joy of the cou.
munity. tne upllfJ of m tnknd
and nonor Of religion"
a peal ol bells is an unusua
thing in this part OF the country
these being perhaps the only
ones IN thls section of the State
Mr.. H. Q, Martin is looking aftel
their installation. -News.T Topic.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
TRUSTEES SALE.

Under the power of sale con
tained in a deed of trust execu
ted by M. G. Oliver and wife,
Emma Oliver, to the undersign.
I'd on the 29th of Dec, 1915, t.,
secure the payment Of three
notes in the sum of S742. so.
;27S. 10 and $4,000, respectively
which deed of trust is registered
IN the office of the Register OF
Deeds of Watauga county, N. G.
in Book S of mortgages. page
376, l will, on the End day of May
1921, between the hours af 10, a
m, and 4, p. m, at the cour
house door, in the town of Boone
N. c., offer for sale all the right
it'll, and interest of the said NJ
:. Oliver in tnat certain tract o
and in Watauga county, N. c..
ind known as the Geo. Grimsley
". A. Grilnsley aud Ann GrimS
icy la2ds, adjoining the lands o
y. D. Taylor, l.. j. Michael, Mill
ra"ts md others, being tn.
lnds now occupied by the 50
1. G. Oliver and wife, Emma Ol
i'nr, containing 30 acres mor'
or less. to satisfy said notes, in
ternst and cost of sa,a TNis IT.
26sh day OF March. 1921.
&. D. TAYLOR, Trustee.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

Sallie carp, ct al, VS.. Rebecca carp
and Coy carp.
Under and by virtue of an order OF
.he court made in the above enLitlct
action for partitioning the proceed,
of said sale; in which |, the under
signed, was appointed commls,loul,
10 make said sale. and will expose t"
sale al the court door in Boone r.. G..
On Monday, the End day ofMay, 1872!
he sa ne being the first Monday H.
May, to the highest bidder the follow
ing de ,crioed tract Or parcel of ianu
IN Wa,auga township. Watauga coun-
y, Moth Carolina, adjoining t h o
anus Of T. H. Taylor; I. G. Ea.p, Sc
ticnayd Walls and others and boun
led as follows: Beginning on sna,.
anne clerry tree and running west a.
)Dut IS poles to o small chestnut, l
Fl. Taylor's corner: thence S. l6d. w
> uni'': 70 chestnut oak on top nf Il
rock: thence S. Did. w. with l. C.
,1arps nae, crossing Che puDllc roao
nd a branch S6 poles to a sma,I
ware oak on the top of grave yal u
nh; Chancc 5. 76d. l.. 9 - poles to 4
stake: thence S. SD. E. with the. top o
the ridge, passing by the grave yarl
l6 poles GO a large enc ,vnuy at the cor
ner of The grave yard: Thence S. ISL
h. 10 poles to a chestnut on top O
the grave yard ridge: thence s. Sc
Z. to the public road; thence witt
said r)ad to Isaac n. MinJon's be
gin lin { corner; thence a norsh course
with said Minton's line to the begIh
ming, AMI containing 30 acres more o
less. The nne-half acre containing th,
Baird's Greek sch 0ol house is hereD,
exempted from the above boundary
Terms of sale as follows: One thi,t
cash, one third on six months and on,
third on twelve months time. 7 Thlt
March 81, 1921. ..t
| r. A. ADAMS, Commissioner.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
The Bank Of Todd Recognized.

At a meeting of the Board of
Directors, held in the Bank Of
Todd at $50, p. m, April the 9TH
1921, the resignation Of Burton
K. Barrs, Presidont was accept
ed, resulting in an entire change
of management with the follow
ing Of officers in charge: N. M.
Dobbin, President; G. H STAINS.
berry, Vice President, and F. A.
Phipps, Cashier. This means
that the Bank of Todd, which is
now on a sound financial basis, is
now owned and controlled by the
leading citizens of this immediate
section.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
N1TlCE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Havidg qualified as administr

Havidg qualified as administra
tor of the estate of Emaline Love,
deceased, this is to notify
persons having claims against
the estate of said dececeased, to
exhibit them to the undersigned
On or before the 9th day of April,
1922, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per.
sons indebted t, said estate will
please make immediate pay inent
This the 9Th day Of April, 1921.
W. J. LOVE, Adm. Il
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
Of the bond issue referred to in
the pream BILE of this act.

/
Sec. 6. That all funds raised
under the provisions of this act
for expenditure upon the public
roads of Watauga county shall
be expended by the road com.
mission of said county or by
such other body as may have
control of the road construction
work in said county, but said
funds shall be expended in such
townships and in such amounts
as shall be directed by the Board
of County Commissioners of Wa.
tauga county.
Sec. 6. That at any time after
the ratification Of this act, a ma.
jority of the qualified voters of
any township in said county,
which has received no part Of the
two hundred Thousand dollars
resulting from the bond issue
mentioned in the preamble of
this act or of any township in the
county which has not received all
OF it's proportionate part of said
money, may file with the board
of county commissioners, a pc
tition signed by said majority of
the qualified voters of the said
township, which petition shall
set forth the amount that the
said township was entitled to re-
ceive from the aforementioned ex
penditures on the public roads
of said township from said two
hundred thousand dollars $780,.
OOO.W) and setting forth that the
said township has not received
its proportionate part of said ex.
penditures, upon receipt Of which
said petition, the said board OF
county commissioners shall as
certain what amount the a i d
township is entitled to have ex-
pended upon the public roads of
said township in orner to cary
out the purpose of this act as set
forth in the preamble and there
upon said board of county com.
missioners shall issue the bonds
Of Watauga county as is provided
for in section two of this act and
shall direct the expenditure Of
the proceeds of said bonds upon
the public roads of said town.
ship from which the aforesaid
petition came.
Sec. Z. That this act shall be
IN force from and after it's ratiti
cation.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
"reminiscences.
Personal RsealIsct|oas Of a Tdp 10 Texas
IN Pioneer Days, and Some Incl.
dents In Cow Boy Life In
tho West.
(By L. N. Perkins.)

Kansas City at that time was
noted for the number of crooks
and swindlers of every descrip.
tion with which it was infested.
l made it a rule to never form
the acquaintance of a stranger
and if l had business down town
and there was a saloon on the
street l invariably took the other
side.
AS soon as Mr.. Adams was
through with my services l boar.
ded the train and in four days
time I was home again, having
been gone nearly 18 months, had
travelled over portions of twelve
different states, had left with
$3.50 and returned with $50. 90 in
gold, and two good suits of cloth.
es besides some spending money
not counted. l found my parents
anxiorsly awaiting my return, as
my my brother, who now resides
in Idaho, had already left on his
Western trip.
remyined at home for nearly
twenty years engaged in farm
ing and stock raising, but all of
those years I was hoping for an
opportunity to return West as I
longed to roam again over those
beautiful prairies that l loved so
we'll.
In the spring df 1885 I return
ed to Ft. Worth, with the inten.
ton, if suited, to make my per-
manent home there, but the
changes that had taken place in
twenty years were hard to real
ize. Those beautiful prairies
were gone and in place thereof
were wire fences and cotton field
as far as the eye could ssbehold.
The little town had grown to a
city that claimed 10000 inhabi.
tants, with fine railroads center.
ing there and a Union depot alb.
out one mile from the courthouse
where I had once herded cattle
and could have bought the land
then at S1.25 an acre. The old
stone court house was still stand
ding.
Of all the men had known on.
ly two was to be found, as all o!
them had either died or moved
farther West. The Uncle with
whom I made my home had gone
away. st was altogether a differ
ent Texas from the one | had
known years before. So l only
male a short visit and sought q
more congenial cline.
FINS
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14

The Twenty First Session OF
Lees MacRay Institute for Girls
at Banner Elk, North Carolina
will open April IA and close De.
cember 5th, 1921. Write for par.
ctiulars. "a 3tc.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1921-04-14
the. NEW ROAD Law.

W loV u u psCIa' ldASs anu 'As !"
80 Of Bonds for tho improvement d
N Public Roads ot witiugi Go.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
WHEREAS, on or about the
year one thousand nine hundred
and eighteen there was condrc.
ted in Watauga County a cam
paign for an election to deter
mine whether or not bonds OF
Watauga County should beissued
in the amount Of two hundred
thousand 4(s2OO,O0O.O0) dollars
for the construction and repair
of the public roads Of Watauga
County, and
WHEREAS, it was widely ad,
vertised and distinctly under
stood by all persons engaged in
said campaign and all voters at
said election that if the said cleo.
tion should result in favor of said
bond issue the said two hundred
thousand dollars should be spent
upon the public roads of the sew
eral townships in Watauga Coun'
ty in such proportion as the
property valuation in the said
several townships here to the
property valuation Of the whole
county, and
WHEREAS, said election re-
suited favorably for said bond Is
sue and the said bonds Of
Watauga county in the sum of
two hundred Thousand dollars
were issued and sold and road
construction work begun, and
WHEREAS, on account of the
rising cost of CONSTRUCTION it was
found to be impossible to carry
out the whole original road pro-
gram and therefore the said two
hundred thousand dollars was
spent upon the roads of several
favored townships and not in the
proportions originally intended,
and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to
authorize the raising of public
funds sufficient to improve the
roads in these townships Of Wa
tauga County which have not re.
ceived the intended benefits un
der said bond Issue in such man
ner that there may be finally
reached a condition where the
road funds expended in any town
ship in Watauga county under
the authority of this act and un-
der the bond issue herein before
referred to shall bear to the total
sum of said road funds the same
proportion that the taxable prop
erty valuation of the whole coun-
ty, now, therefore
The General Assembly of N. G.
Do Enact:
Section /. That the board OF
county commissioners Of Watau.
ga county is hereby authorized,
directed and empowered to levy
and collect annually, at the same
time and in the same manner thai
the other county taxes are levied
and collected, a special tax or
all real and personal property
In Watauga county not to exceed
zoe. on the 500 valuationof such
property. The said tax so levied
and collected shall be derosited
with the treasurer of Watauga
county to be kept separate ant
apart from the other county,
funds and to be used for the con
struction and repair of the pub
lie roads in Watauga county a.
is hereinafter provided and fol
any other purpose whatsoever.
Sec. 2. The board of count!
commissioners of Watauga coun
ty is hereby authorized, directed
and empowered to issue t hF'
bonds Of Watauga county in sucl
amount and at such time as shal
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-13
Maybe You're an
Inventor; Look at
Lobe of Your Ears

n Fou have blue ewes broad head
narrow brow. long chin. firm mouth
and prominent NOSE
Then you have the typical features u
ne inventor
The accompanying composite photo
uaph ~ famous American scientists
was anahyzed in the current issue u
Popular Science Monthly. By Dr KRth
crime Blackford expert In character
reading
The significant features characteriz
iug tho inventive genius are the prom.
mont well modelled nose. the strong
jaw and the peculiar shape and breadth
~ Tho head
The immediate sign ~ the inventor
hes 10 the long chin and square jaw.
which indicate unusual resolution and
tenaciiy
The general expression ~ the rom.
pDsite face. according 20 Dr. Black.
ira h that ~ % likoable human per
snnaliiy The mouth l. sensitive as
wrll a. firm
This typical inventor h not one %
hc cranky ~ sour. or 10 rs into petty
fages over ir.fles he has hope. Opti.
misim and faith.
one - the most striking things
about the face H. not evident IN the
photograph Practically all 81 the men
boz the picture are blends and nearly all
~ them have blue Or gray eyes"
Notice the narrow brows and that
me head broadons above them until IT,
greatest width comes AZ point funny