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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05

"Dago Frank Rose, who was ar
rested last week charged with manu-
featuring Intoxicating liquor in the
sGrams block, where he occupied a
room, may have to serve four months
in the county Jail on an old charge.
When LANCER made his famous raid
in Minot four years ago, Rose, who
operated barber shop was found to
have considerable liquor in his pos
session. He was arrested, convicted
and sentenced to serve four months in
the county Jail. His sentence was
suspended during good behavior, but
now States Attorney Herigstad has
. gotten hold Of some of the liquor
which was in Roses room in the Grams
block, had it tested and found that ii
tests sc percent alcohol and will now
ask that Rose serve his sentence. An
order to show cause why the sentence
should not be revoked will be heard
by Judge VIM. Murray Saturday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05

tated, a great plenty to care for the
needs of the soil so far. The spring
has been cool and the soil is very
moist. We are due for more Of it.
The following is a record of the rain
fall so far this spring: OF, 10, ID,
80, and 20 inches.
The average precipitation of mois-
ture for ten year period in this Sec
ton of North Dakota is II inches.
Some years we receive less and other
years more. For a number of years
there has been less than II inches
and this year it would not be surpris-
ing if the moisture would aggregate
20 inches or better. Still one never
knows, and the safe plan is to con-
serve what moisture we receive and
not have to depend too much on some
fortunate rain coming just in time ia
save the crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
>"DACO FRANK" ROSE MAY SERVE
!. SENTENCE FOR OLD OFFENSE

summer fallowed fields to prevent the
escape of moisture and is an excellent
tool for seeded preparation.
The culti-packer not only pulver-
ICES the clods of dirt, making the fields
smooth, and removes the innumerable
air spaces beneath newly plowed
field, which ordinarily remain as pock-
cts cutting off the moisture from be-
low. So important are these ma
chimes that dealers in many places
are offering the farmers this PROPOSE
ton: Take a 40 acre field prepared
for planting the ordinary way and
beside it prepare a 4O-acre field pre-
pared with Culti-packer. The farm
err agrees to pay for the machine at
the rate of difference between the
value Of the two yields. The public
is cordially invited to attend these
demonstrations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
Wool Growers to Buy Sacks Collect.
lively


The North Dakota Federation of
Wool Growers Association has made
arrangements to furnish sacks and
Irvine to it's members for the 1921
clip.
The sacks will be distributed thru
local Wool Growers association, rec
ords will be kept Of the number dis
tributed by the Secretary and forward
ed to the office of the state Federation.
No direct charge will be made, but
when the 1927 clip has been closed out,
the consignor will be charged with the
difference between the purchase price
of the sacks and the price allowed the
State Federation for them by the buy
er Of the wool. In other words, if the
new sacks cost 35 cents when it is
sold with the wool from the pool, the
buyer of the wool allows 25 cents for
it, the grower will be charged with 10
cents for the sacks. This amount will
be deducted from the growers 1921
sales receipts.
The Irvine will be sold direct to the
local association land will be dstri-
buted from the Secretary's office for
cash. The sacks may also be sold
to the grower for cash if he wishes
to buy it in that way.
A QUESTIONABLE has been sent out
to the members of the Mouse River
Loop Wool Growers Association, to
| ascertain the number of sacks each
consignor will need. This informa-
ton must be in the County Agents
office at an early date as it is the only
means the Secretary has Of knowing
how many sacks to order for each
consignor. -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
Heavy Snow and Rain Saturday :
20 inches Moisture

Western North Dakota was visited
by a genuine old fashioned snow
storm Saturday, the snow covering
the ground at a depth of several
inches. During the afternoon the
wind shifted and the snow turned into
rain and during the night practically
all of the snow had disappeared. Ac-
cording to the records of W. I. Faris,
in charge Of the government weather
station in Minot, 10 of an inch of
moisture was precipitated during this
storm. The snow soaked up old
Mother Earth in fine shape, practical
ly all Of this moisture soaking into
the ground. The snow came at a
fine time for nearly three-fourths of
the wheat seeding had been finished.
During the present season, LAG
inches of moisture have been precipi-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
REISHUS IMPLEMENT co.
WILL HOLD DEMONSTRATIONS

The Reishus Implement Co. are pre-
pairing to hold two important demon
STATIONS. The first one will be given
at the Frank Linha farm two miles
north of the city Friday afternoon of
this week from one until six o'clock
and the Second demonstration will be
given at the Person farm, three miles
.west of the city Saturday afternoon,
during the same hours.
The machines to be used in the
demonstration are the l: H. G. trac-
tors, the International Field Cultivat-
or and the Durham Culti-Packer.
The field cultivator is known as the
"'three tools in one" because it is a
weeder, it is used to cultivate the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
topper breeding grounds.

hopper breeding grounds.
1t would be an excellent plan for
each community to set aside or desig-
nate one day upon which all the forces
in the community would be expended
in destroying grasshopper breeding
grounds. This should be done some
time before the 18th of July. If this
would be done in districts where the
pests were numerous last year, thous-
ands of dollars would be saved the
county in materials for poison bait
and a lot of the farmers crop would
be saved with less expense to the
farmer.
Investigations have revealed the
fact that there are not as many eggs
in the ground as there were last year
at this time, but there are plenty of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
Fargo, Grand Forks and Wahpeton
Printers Strike

Printers Strike
The Union printers at Fargo, Grand
Forks and Wahpeton walked out on
May / when the employers would
not accede to their demands for a
44-hour week., 1t is reported that
% printers in Fargo and more than
80 in Grand Forks are out. The
Fargo Pressmen's Union signed the
scale for 4S-hour week. At Wah-
peton, the Globe Gazette is running
fairly we'll, the foreman remaining on
the Job and two statesmen, former
printers, being called in off the road.
Two nonunion machine men have been
secured. The binders at the plant
are out. At Bismarck, the employers
signed the 44-hour week agreement.
The Minot employers had signed this
agreement last January to take effect
May l.
In the Twin Cities, the contracts
do not expire until June l, when it
is expected that the printers will walk
out unless the matter is settled before
that time. Printers all over the
United States are making a demand
for q 44-hour week, giving them Sat
urday afternoons off. Most Of the
larger employers have taken out strike
insurance and say they are prepared
for the worst. The striking printers
will receive aid from large fund Of
approximately $2,O0O,0O0 set aside by
the Typographical Union and are get
ting reason for reasl enjoyable va
cation.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF WARD
COUNTY WARRANTS

NOTICE Is hereby given that all Ward
County Warrants ISSUED on the follow
ing named Funds registered prior to
dates named are hereby called for pay
ment;
INSANITY FUND, registered prior
to May lst. 1920.
GRASSHOPPER FUND, registered
prior to May g. 1921.
COUNTY ROAD FUND registered
prior to May 3, 1921.
POOR FUND. registered prior to
August II, 1920.
Interest ceases on same May 1G, 1891.
Dated at Minot. North Dakota, this
third day of May, 1921.
ALFRED MOSTAD,
5I5-3t Ward County Treasurer.
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Malm Not Afraid of Auto Thieves

Malm Not Afraid Of Auto Thieves
E. c. Malm is not worried on ac-
count of the numerous automobile
thieves. He has fixed up very han-
dy and ingenious contrivance which
extends from his garage to the house.
He has fastened clothes line to the
garage door and the other end to a
dinner bell placed at the head Of his
bed. Whenever the garage door is
opened, the bell rings loudly. This
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05

eggs to make good healthy crop Of
hoppers if weather conditions turn out
favorable for Matching and for the
growth Of the young hopper. 1t
should be the object of every farmer
to insure his crop against loss from
the hoppers by killing the eggs.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-05-05
Flowing Roadsides Kills Grasshoppcrs

l-lOWuS NOduSlucS NUS NAASSuOppSiS
Stewart Lockwood, Extension Ento-
nologist of the Agricultural College
states that the early blowing Of road
sides, fence-rows and headlands is the
cheapest method Of controlling grass
hoppers. During the last two years
grasshoppers have become one Of the
big problems of the farmers and ev-
cry effort should be made to exter-
inmate the pest in the cheapest and
most effective way. This method is
the blowing of the breeding places
where the eggs are deposited;
It will do very little good for one
or two farmers in a township to pillow
the waste land around fences and
roads but will take community effort
on the part of all the farmers. This
is an early spring and a good deal OF
the spring work will be done in time to
do effective work in destroying grass
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will work to perfection, unless some
clever rascal cuts the clothes line.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24

Of wheat, cotton. wool and hardware.
and took away In exchange lemons,
oranges. almonds. wines. olive oil and
silks.
Homer did not accord . definite hab-
itation for his terrible sea-creatures.
Scylla and Charybdls, but mariners
familiar with the perils Of the rocks
on the Italian side Of the straits and
with the strong eddies near the har-
Dor Of Messina, saw in the mythical
monsters an explanation Of such dan
gers. Scylla was supposed to be q
horrible creature with six heads and
q dozen feet, who barked like q dog.
She dwelt in lofty cave from which
she rushed whenever a ship tried to
pass beneath, and she would snatch
the unlucky seamen from the rigging
or as they stood at the helm endeav-
oring to guide their vessels through
the perilous passage. Charybdis dwelt
under rock only bowshot away,
on the opposite shore. The second
creature sucked In and blew out sea-
water three timeg day, and woe to
the ship caught in the maelstrom Of
Its mouth!
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24
MALMEDY, WALLOON ISLE
RELINQUISHED BY
PRUSSIA

In patching together the picture puz-
zle of European nations to fit more
nearly racial and historical units the
peace conference commission on Bel
gian claims approved Belgium's de-
mand for Malmedy.
Malmedy long formed one of those
alien racial clusters that seem to cling
like barnacles to many European
boundary line.
In the case of Malmedy and the
region about that town group or
Walloons was left in Rhenish Prus-
sia when the historic Benedictine Alb
hey of Stavclot-Malmedy was cut in
two in 1875. Malmedy fell to Prus-
sin, while six miles to the west, across
the pre-war Belgian border, is Stave-
lot.
The latter town was the seat of the
abbey which was independent until
the Luneville peace of 1901, The abb
hey fell to France until it's partition
IA years later. The abbey was found
cd in the Seventh century and later
its abbots ranked as princes. They
ruled many small Villages along the
Ambleve, on which Stayelot is situ-
ated, and along the Warche, which
flows through MalmedS.
Charles Martel, grandfather of Char
lemagne, who ruled the Franks while
he let their kings reign on, won a de-
cisive victory over Neustria ut Stave-
lot 1900 years ago.
Malmedy lies in pretty valley of
the aforementioned river, 20 miles
south of Aix-la- Chapelle. The town
had less than 5000 population before
the war. Dyeing, paper-making and
tanning were its industries.
The term Walloon is used to desig-
nate those Belgians who speak either
French or a French dialect. The Wal
looms of Belgium desired Malmedy's $
restoration for lingual as we'll as for
sentimental reasons. In Liege and Ma
mur a movement for the revival Of Wal
loon as literary language-for it had
been SO used until about the fifteenth
century-was well under way when the
war began. In the midst Of German
speaking neighbors Malmedy and its
envirOns preserved the old Walloon
dialect, whereas among many Belgian
Walloons it has been supplanted by
pure French.
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24

'.Thls little creature was at the time
only four feet high. In two days 1t
had become perfectly tame. and would
follow q human being as readily as his
own mother. 1t was easy enough to
feed him with milk, because all that
was required was bottle with long
neck. This bottle was filled with cows
milk diluted with water, and poured
down the elephants throat. Soon all
that one had to do was to place the
neck Of the bottle In the elephants
mouth, and the intelligent creature
wound its trunk around the neck of
the bottle. tilted 1t up, and absorbed
the contents. For several weeks the
elephant throve and became q most
delightful pet. It would allow any
one to ride on it's back, and seemed
to take pleasure and amusement In
this exercise. It would find its way
through diverse passages into my sit
ting room, not upsetting or injurlng
anything, but deftly smelling and ex-
amining objects Of curiosity with its
trunk.
"At the same time we had in cap
tivity u young zebra, which was also
to be the pioneer of domesticated
striped horse. These two orphans, the
elephant and the zebra, became great
ly attached to each other, though per-
haps there was more enthusiastic af-
fection on the part Of the elephant,
the zebra, at times, getting a little
bored with constant embraces. Alas
and alack! both elephant and zebra
died eventually from the unwhole-
someness, to them, Of cows milk"
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24
NEW REBELLION IN
GARDEN OF EDEN

''Mesopotamia, Upper and Lower,
vies with Egypt in claiming the honor
of being the home Of ancient civiliza-
tion," says a bulletin of the National
Geographic society, quoting from sew
eral communications concerning the
land Of Adam and Eve where the
British recently sent more troops be-
cause Of native uprisings.
"Mesopotamia comprises the valleys
Of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Here flourished the Chaldean, Baby
lonian, and -Assyrian empires. The
city of Bagdad, with all its glamor
Of mystery and magic, is in the heart
of Mesopotamia.
This was the richest land in the
world, the granary of the ancients;
yet, in spite of all that it has been,
it today lies largely waste, the desert
sands have encroached upon the fer
tile fields, While the clogged canals
have turned other portions into
swamps and marshes.
".What population there is-not more
than one million-is of Arab origin
and the Arabic language is spoken
throughout. There is, in fact, a very
distinct dividing line between the Arab
fc and the Turkish-speaking portions
of the former Ottoman empire. This
boundary corresponds with the line Of
the Bagdad railway from the Medi-
terranean to the Persian Gulf. It is
for the exploitation of this rich land
Of Mesopotamia that the famous Bag
dad line was built.
"Syria closes the east end of the
Mediterranean and is bounded on the
north by the Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur
ther settlement to the east and south.
But in connection with world COM
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24
WILL ELEPHANTS Go THE
WAY OF BUFFALOES?

Will the African elephants soon have
to be protected, ns are buffaloes in the
United States lest they become ex-
tinct? -.., @
The peaceful progress Of farming
ia the menace which the elephant
faces. Already the South African Cape
council has decided to exterminate the
elephants because they despoil crops
and sometimes kill agricultural la
borers.
Sir Harry Johnston, famous African
authority, tells of his experience with
African elephants in communication
to the National Geographic society:
IF. after many years of trials. the
African elephant is pronounced to be
hopeless as domestic animal (and
1t should be remembered that most
male African elephants in captivity
have shown themselves to be hopless-
~ savage). then at least for its mag
nificen' ivory the creature is worth
preserving as an asset to the state.
If the Indian elephant shows himself
to be more docile than the African.
elephant, 1t must be remembered, on
the other hand, that he is Of very lit
tie value for his ivory.
Zone day baby elephant was pre-
sented to me by an Uganda chief. Il
10 sad thing to relate. but three men
were killed in attempting to capture
the first elephant. had expressed
Q wish one day for some elephants
to experiment with In domestication,
and the natives, with their usual de-
sire to please me. were so ardent In
their determination to crafty my wish
and 10 determined In their pursuit. Of
the young elephant that the mother
elephant knocked over and killed three
o6 them. But finally they succeeded
n their object, capturing the cali. and
/ 70 my great surprise It trofted into
camp behind one ok the nen. d Il Il n:
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24
THE STRAITS OF MEss1NA

Between the rocky masses of Sicily
and the "toe" of the Italian penin-
sula, there is but narrow lane of
sea. known as the Straits Of Messina.
Yet this ribbon of water might be
ocean-wide, Judged by the diverse CIV
ilizations Of Italy and its island neigh
Dor. ~
The Sici1lan and italian banks, which
border the Straits of Messina for near
ly 25 miles to the east and west, are
among the most luxuriant to be found
in a cruise Of the Mediterranean. Mag
nificent golden groves of lemon and
orange, and orchards Of pomegranate,
with their brilliant red fruit, contrast
wonderfully with the flowers of the
almond trees which perfume the whole
region.
The straits are entered from the
Tyrrhenian sea, on the north, at the
narrowest point, the distance between
Punta del Faro on the Slcilian shore
and the mainland lighthouse on Puita.
Pezzo being not more than two miles.
The whole Of the Calabrian coast 10
thickly sown with villages, some cling
ing to the beach; while others Chamber
/ up the sides of the well-wooded hills
which culminate in the towering Mont
alto: rising to an elevation Of more
than a mile above the sea. Beyond
the straits to the southwest, looms
ever threatening Etna, the highest vol
cano In. Europe. X II III ~,
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24
LOWER CALIFORNIA

Communication makes for Giviliza-
tion. The airplane promises to make
accessible many hitherto obscure re-
gions, not along main lines of steamer
or railway travel.
For example, the average American
had little reason heretofore to go to
Lower California. Recently, however,
this peninsula has been the resting
place for airplanes in flights from the
Pacific coast of the United States to
the Panama Canal.
Frederick Simpich writes to the Ma
tional Geographic society as follows:
'The long, boot-shaped peninsula
that swings down off the left-hand cor
ner of the United States belongs to
Mexico and Is known on Mexican maps
as 'Baja,' or Lower California. Early
Spanish maps Of America showed CAL
ifornia as an island, due, no doubt,
to limited explorations of this penin-
sula.
"Scantily known as 1t is to the av-
erage American, this SOO-mile-long
strip of rocks, peaks, brush-grown
mesas, and rare, fertile little valleys
is fayOrte haunt for many Yankee
naturalists, fishermen, and big-game
hunters; and here and there, in the
mcre-favOred, Well-watered, grassy
spots of the higher ranges, hardy
American cattlemen have built their
adobe homes, where they enjoy the
limitless freedom of vast unfenced
areas. The Circle Bar company of
Ojos Negros Ranch runs cattle over q
leased territory of two and II half mil
lion acres, and a British corporation
holds title to something like fifteen
million acres.
"Away down at peaceful, picturesque
La Paz, where Cortez repaired his
schooners and where. centuries later,
Walker, the Yankee fiibuster, raised
his flag, another Yankee today runs
n busy little tannery, turning out 600
sides of good leather every day, for
an American shoe factory. Here and
there. in hill and valley, Americans
are delving for metals or growing the
staple frijole.
But the country as whole, owing
to its many desert, waterless areas,
is but spnrsely settled, and, as one
writer says, In all lis turbulent, ro-
mantle history, since the halcyon days
, when Sir Francis Drake dropped his
pirate anchor in Magdalena Bay. no
wheeled vehicle las traversed its rough
and tOrtuOus length
rich as are it's mines ana fat as
are its herds of cattle, its chief
source of wealth lies in the cotton
growing regions around NIeNicali.
AT the Colorado delta. at the head
OF the Gulf of California. which sep
arates the Lower California peninsula
from Sonora, more than at any other
point on the whole border the interests
Of the United States and of Mexico
are closely Joined. This is due to the
singular topography of that region
(part of 1T is below sea-leveD and
to the diversion Of water from the
Colorado river. In the opinion of many
irrigation engineers and political stu
dents, this peculiarly delicate problem
Of irrigation and water rights, as be.
tween planters on the American and
Mexican sides of the line. respective
ly, can be solved satisfactorily only
hy some Joint treaty between the two
republics, involving either the fixing
Of neutral zone or the sale of a
small strip of territory"
Sioux County pioneer., 1921-02-24

- y ~
merce it (syria) has always been
closely related to the fertile valleys
Of the Nile and the twin; Mesopotamian
rivers, and its commercial life of to-
morrow cannot be divorced from that
of Mesopotamia.
"Mesopotamia is as fertile today
as when 1t was the birthplace of
human history and when the ssciviliza-
tion that developed there had only
the Nile valley as competitive field.
Various. factors delayed the newt
able reopening Of the historic trade
route across Syria and Mesopota ala
In modern times.
Nowhere, however, did trade fol-
low the railway to greater extent
than along the Bagdad line, and in the
spring Of 1914 Aleppo was a thriving
commercial center Of German trade.
At the hotels engineers and merchants
crowded the dining rooms and talked
of mighty future in Mesopotamia.
That summer, war came, and the burn
ing question Of styles was rapidly
succeeded by one Of food enough to
keep body and soul together.
FIFTY miles west Of Bagdad, along
the Euphrates, lies the region now
commonly regarded as the Garden Of
Eden. To irrigate this Eden and to
reclaim millions Of fertile acres around
Bagdad was the stupendops task to
which the Turkish government ad-