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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
BLAISDELL

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Berg. Jr.. Saturday, March the
18th.
Mr.. S. Moss, who is enroute from
Oregon to Hatton, N. d., stopped here
for short visit with his daughter,
Mrs. S. Brye.
Mrs. Claude Nelson entertained the
Mesdames c. N. Gulso and H. Wag-
nex Thursday afternoon.
Miss Cora Peterson was Stanley
visitor Saturday.
A number of friends of Mrs. l. T..
Ohnsager surprised her at her home
Thursday afternoon, II being her 48th
birthday. The afternoon was spent
with needlework and social conversa-
ton. A delicious lunch was served
and Mrs. Ohnsager was presented
with set of very fine table linen.
Hunter Wagner transacted business
in Mirot Tuesday and Wednesday, at
tending the salesmen's meeting Of
the Standard Oil Co.
Carl Brye Of Minnewaukan, N. D., is
visiting his brother, J. S. Brye, the
lumberman
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
KNIGHTS OF KHORASSAN WILL
INITIATE, big CLASS SATURDAY

full welded life. We wish to congrat-
ulate.
The Lutheran Rolling Prairie peo-
pie held business meeting at the
home of Arne Engen last Wednesday,
Rev. Jensen Of Berthold being present.
L. H. Bennett Forded to Minot last
Friday expecting to bring Mrs. Ben
nett when he returns.
The postponed club dance was pull
ed off last Friday night at school No.
3 with fair attendance. The next
club doings is to take place next Fri
day night at school Ne. 4, or the Ring
oen SCHOOL, where we are looking for a
good program, because we know that
the teacher there, Mrs. Whitmore, is
there with the goods. Dancing will
likely be in order after the program.
Come and bring lunch.
A large crowd took in demonstra.
ton of milking machines, cream sep
arators and other lines at the J. w.
Calnan store at Berthold last Satur-
day, which was very interesting, and
should bring results. Doughnuts and
coffee were served to all visitors, also
cigars to those who smoke.
1t is reported that one OF our young
ladies up town is wearing brand
new diamond ring of late. Huh?
Mrs. feeder and family visited at
the Hebig home last Sunday.
Last week one day we received
card from businessman of Berthold
which we read about like this: Hope
you can come down, Mr.. will be
here and will be glad to see you. You
will do me favor if you can't come.
Well. we did not do him the favor
asked for we were there, and we got
a cigar, also lunch at his expense.
Next Tuesday is to be big day in
Kickapoo, when we are to vote on the
Town Hall site, and $l,500.00 tax
levy for the said hall.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
o. r. ROELLIG HEADS
B. P. O. e. OF MlNOT
X. e. Leighton VIII Represent Mino&
Organization at GTand Lodge
Meeting.

o. r. Roellig was elected exalted
ruler Of the Minot lodge of the B. P.
O. E. at the meeting held Saturday
night. Other officers named for the en-
suing year are: r. W. Kennard, lead
ing knight; Verne Stenersen, royal
knight; C. P. Mills, lecturing knight;
w. f. O'Rourke, secretary; W. E.
Tooley, treasurer; w. H. Rothausen,
tiler; F.. D. Kelley, trustee. K. E.
Leighton, retiring exalted ruler, will
represent Minot lodge at the next
grand lodge meeting.
Mr.. Roellig has been confined to a
hospital in St. Paul for several weeks
with heart trouble but is recovering
and will return to Minot. in the near
future.
Twelve candidates were initiated in
to the order Saturday evening.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
CORRESPONDENTS
COUNTY LINE

Quite number attended the town
ship caucus at the Ringoen school
house last Tuesday.
Melvin Hansen is welding the
shovel and pick ON he sectinon out of
Tagus since week ago.
A. K. Vedevig was called to the
bedside Of his father. near Carpio,
last Tuesday.
There will be held 8 Farm Bureau
meeting at the Kincannon school house
next Monday evening, the 21st. H. l..
Finke and other speakers are expected
TO be present.
We are informed that one of our
teachers, Miss Leitsheim, and Mr.. Ben
Whitmore of Epworth, were quietly
married at Stanley week ago last
Friday. We are not acquainted with
the groom, but if ne is as successful
in his line of business as his bride is as
teacher, there is no reason why the
happy pair should not live success
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mcnt, the subscription list Of the Of
fetal journal is having a rapid growth.
Park & Recreation, which is publish
ed by Mr. Doolittle, is printed in Mi
not. He is now preparing copy for
the April issue.
Mrs. DQolittle, who has been visit
ing with relatives at gainesville and
Geneva, O., since Christmas, return
ed with Mr.. Doolittle.
Mr.. Doolittle spent two days with
the director Of the Milwaukee Zoo
logical Gardens at Washington Park
and as result, the Minot Zoo IL to
be presented with parrots, a male
monkey and several other smaller an
imals from that splendid 200.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
Milwaukee Geological Gardens to Pee
sent Min0t With Several Animals.

VIII 0. Doolittle, superintendent Of
the Minot parks and managing editor
Of Parks & Recreation, the official
publication Of the American 4Associa-
ton of Park Superintendents, has re-
turned from months business visit
in Detroit. Mich, Chicago, Milwaukee
and Minneapolis, where he conferred
with the various park superintend-
ents. The plans for reorganization
OF the association are developing rap
idly and under Mr.. Doolittle's manage
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17
Supreme Dress
Values

Such excellent values in smart new Spring
Dresses Of the latest cuts in the newest color
ing Of ell high grade spring materials. We
feel that we cannot say too much in praise Of
these beautiful new dresses. The quality and
workmanship are out Of oil proportion to the
low prices
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-03-17

Mrs. Martin Hagen died from tn.
berculosis at Stanley, leaving a hus-
band and three children.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Patrolman Saves Family
From Servants Attacks
House Maid Sent to Bellevue
After Flourishing
Kitchen Knife

Amelia Matson, twenty-five years old,
servant employed in the home Of
Irving Wolins, at 1916 Faile Street, the
Bronx, last night subdued the whole
Wolins family with threats and a large
kitchen knife, before she was over
powered by policeman and taken to
Bellevue Hospital for observation.
The young woman had been acting
queerly for some time, Wolins told the
Lolice. Last nights trouble is said to
have begun when the eight-year-old son
of Wolins went into the kitchen and
asked the servant for a spoon. Ac-
cording to Wolins, the servant slapped
his son and remarkeda that he SHOULD
be at the bottom of the river"
The boy reported this treatment to
his mother, who hastened to the kitchen
to reprimand the servant for her con-
duct. The servant is said to have
seized Mrs. Wolins by the hair at her
first word Of reproach and dragged her
from one end of the kitchen to the
other, Mr.. Wolins was attracted to the
kitchen by his wifes screams. At the
sight of her employer the servant is
said to have seized knife and attacked
Mr.. Wolins.
While Mr. Wolins was fighting off the
servant his wife rushed to the street
for a policeman. Patrolman Ferrick,
who was nearby, went to the kitchen,
where he overpowered the servant.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Woman Tells OF
Seeing Three Fall
In Matewan Fight
Another Witness Relates How
Miner Who Left With One
Gum Returned to His
Home With Two Rifles

WILLIAMSON, w. Va, Feb. t6.--A
variety of testimony. including a woman
-Witnesses's account of the Matewan
battles, was given to-day in the trial of
nineteen men indicted on charges in
connection with the killing of A. C.
Felts, one of the ten men who met
death in the fight.
Mrs. Stephen Porter said she was in
the doorway Of her home near the
Matewan railroad station while shoot
ing wos going on. She testified that
she saw three men fall. One she recog-
nized as Robert MuIlens. miner; an
other as Baldwin -Felts detective. but
the third, who lurched from doorway
across the street, she said she did not
know.
A detective, standing at a corner
diagonally opposite her home, was
firing pistol in two directions, she
said, adding that he shot in the direc-
tion of Reece Chambers and then
turned and fired in the opposite direc-
tion. Chambers, she said, was standing
at the end of the buildinA occupied by
the postoffice, also across the street
from her home.
The detective appeared to be wound
ed as he used his pistol, she testified.
Chambers was firing his rifls in the de-
tective's direction, declared the .wit-
ness.
Margio Washington, negress EN-.
ployed by Art Williams, defendant,
testified that before the fight Williams
left his home armed with one gun, but
that when lie returned after the battle
he had two. Asked if she knew where
he obtained the other weapon, the
woman replied, "He said he got the pis-
tol off one of those big dogs" The
regress further testified that upon his
return home Williams told his wife
that he was "most sure he got one of
those - and that he believed Sid
Hatfield "got several of them"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Drug Peddlers
Flee From City,
Fearing Raids
Exodus of ''Dope" Addicts
Also Reported by Simon
as Result of Police Drive
to Catch Illicit Vendors
Important Move Expected
Blow Will Hit International
Ring; Garage Arrests
Bare Much Information

An exodus Of drug venders and ad-
diets from New York City is taking
place as result of recent police raids,
Special Deputy Police Commissioner
Carleton Simon said last night. Hun
dreds have left the city, the commits
sioner said, and more are going every
day.
The arrest Of eight men and one
woman in raid on an East Eleventh
Street garage yesterday morning is
said to have hastened the departure of
many, but Commissioner Simon says
that within the next forty eight hours
another and even more effective blow
will be struck at the international ring
which the authorities declare has head
quarters here. Much valuable infor-
nation, according to the commissioner
was obtained as result Of yesterdays
raid.
Yesterday score of detectives and
members Of the narcotic squad were
kept at the Eleventh Street garage,
and about fifty persons who called
there were searched, but released when
it was found that they carried no mar
cotlcs, four hypodermlcS were taken
during the day from addcts who went
to the garage for dope" Three addi-
tional vials of heroin were found hid
den in the garage, and the search was
still being conducted last night. A
total Of twenty-seven walls of heroin
and morphine were taken from the
garage by the police.
Nearly All Have Police Records
Nearly ell taken in yesterday morn
ing's raids have police records, accord
ing to Commissioner Simon. Harry
Leo, twenty-four years old, of I'll East
Twelfth Street, said to have been iden-
tilted as the man who sold Miss Jennie
Connolly, chorus girl, vial of heron
few moments prior to the raid, was
held in $4,000 bail by Magistrate Nc
Adoo yesterday. Leo, according to the
police, was arrested on charge of
grand larceny August 8, 1919, and was
given a suspended sentence.
Miss Connolly has twice been ar
rested here, the police say-once under
the name of Jean Diamond, and later
under the name of Jean Golden.
All of the others were ordered held
in $500 bail yesterday when arraigned
before Magistrate McAdoo with the ex-
ception of Frank Johnson, of New Or
leans. johnson begged the court to
send him to some hospital for treat
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17

ment, and was given hundred-day
sentence in the workhouse.
Miss Connolly, when taken before
Commissioner Simon yesterday after
noon for examination, presented pa
thetic figure. Three times during the
examination she fell upon her knees
before the commissioner begging for
"dope." For nearly an hour she re-
fused to tell the name of the man who
lad sold her vial of heroin at the
garage, saying that her life would be
taken If she "squealed." She finally
broke under the strain and identified
Leo rs the man from whom she had
procured the vial which was found in
her handbag when she was. arrested.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17

NO NO. 19S, Florentine painted ana !.
Wood Wo ode statue to s: Schepps, for J sssa Sils
ad 5Toi ~ .;, a par OF Fiozentine pa;stgji
Ihu Hearet gtit w WOOD statues co William g s
lea[St, 5or $3.50, and No. 269. ersa,; rst
pahel Is o. St. George and the Drseo,s.al Dae,sa
Palneea Rndt by GiTTolamo Barossa, Il s1a, ~,
No. 275, Florentine ceiling ps;,.,
on canvas, to r. S. Canavan, for Fasesed ssaa
no. ~ pair of Florentins cn.sg cfstg
wrought iron candlesteks rs GnS1as nm;
Beiasco, for $3.50; No. 38l ,.d DaFld
tIorentine wrought iron torc6s,ss@T s@T Of
No. 346, a Fiorentine wrong bt ~ ~ and
to $. Schepps, for $3.50 ard sS56 sSgl' gate
The total value Of Yesterday
amounted TO S24,30o, with a fo9si iSaies y
the first two days Of $34.7S2 20 ''ai Ios
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Daylight Repeal Reported
Action on Assembly Measure Is
Expected in Ten DAYS
From a StaD Correspondent

ALBANY, Feb. 16.-The Assembly
Judiciary Committee to-day reported
out the Belts bill embodying the day
light saving program agreed upon at
yesterdays caucus of Republican AS
semblymen.
The measure is virtually identical
with the Belts measure passed last year
which Governor Smith vetoed. 1t re-
peals the present daylight saving law
daylight saving ordinances md to fix
the time daylight saving is to be in ef-
feet in their respective communities.
1t is expected action will be taken on
the bill within the next ten days. A
companion measure was brought be-
fore the Senate this week by Senator
Seymour Lowman, of Elmira.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Britain Still Faces
Danger Of Rail Strike
Governments Order for Mill.
tary Inquiry i'm Mallon Case
Fails TO Satisfy Unions
From, The Tribume's European Bureau
Copyright. 1921, New York Tribune Inc

LONDON, Feb. 15.-Premier Lloyd
Georges exposition of the govern
ment's position with regard to the in
uuiry into the shooting of railway men
at Mallow Ireland has not substan-
TALLY diminished the possibility of a
strike by the railway men, who de-
manded a full inquiry into the affair
and guarantees against similar occur
rences.
The executives Of both the National
Union of Railwaymen and of the Union
of Railway Engineers and Firemen met
to-day to discuss their positions. The
former decided that while it was not
threatening a sympathetic strike at
present, it would not be satisfied with
q purely military inquiry.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17

BeIasco and Hearst Among Buy
ers of Italian Antiques

On the second afternoon of the
public sale of the collection Of Italian
antiques assembled by Luigi Orseili,
held under the management Of the
American Art Association at the
American Art Galleries, Madison Square
South, the following sales were made:
Mo. 180, Florentine Intarsia ivory
and walnut box to r. S. Canayan, for
to David Belasco, for s340; No 1875,
Spanish carved, painted and gilt wood
figure to William r. Hearst, for $3.50;
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17
Springfield Sleep Malady Fatal

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Feb. 16.-The
second death from sleeping sickness
here within a week was announced to-
day, the victim being Miss Bridget
Breen, thirty eight years old, who died
in hospital after weeks illness
Several other cases are known to exist,
but so far none of the patients is said
to be in critical condition
New-York tribune., 1921-02-17

man who had grown wealthy in the
liquor business since the prohibition
law went into effect had boasted that
he was receiving official protection in
his transportation of whisky. The
name of the man mentioned by lyman
as having uttered this boast figures
prominently in the inquiry into the
New Brunswick robbery and murder.
, 1921-06-09
PAGE THREE

man in after years If he had worn
those patched trousers bravely To
school and had stood up and spoken
his piece.
As a people. says the senator. we
are facing pretty much hi same
test as he was facing on that last day
OF school. Times are hard and we
must face conditions with brave
hearts. We must not be ashamed of
thrift and must adjust ourselves to
the conditions. Prosperous times do
not develop a nation. The present
times are likened to the adverse
conditions that obtained after the
Civil War. 1t was then hard to get
employment at n wage Necessity
developed machinery. which was
brought to use on farm and In fac
tory. Everybody learned to work
harder than before the war. We
found that getting a living is a BUSH
ness. The hard times made hardy
men and they developed the pros
perity that came between 1875 and
1900. The men OF the Civil War
endured h%ardships that caused them
not to mind the struggle that went
with the development OF the re-
sources OF the western country.
h senator believes the west Of
fers great opportunities for the
young man OF today. Irrigation Is
still new. Units are soon to be
opened under the reclamation serv-
Ice and all that is needed is pluck
and hard work. The ex-service men
have a preference and are given ad-
vantages over the others In the mat
ter Of residence and cultivation.
They have the opportunity to repeat
In the development OF the great west
what the men OF the Civil War did.
Senator Warren believes that the
war debt should De refunded and its
payment extended over a period OF
years. In order that the present gen
Grafton may have a chance to get
back upon its feet in the shortest
possible time. He would issue bonds
at a slightly higher rate OF interest,
cancel the present issues and stabil-
ize conditions.
This is a time for American bust
ness men to show their nerve. Oc-
casionally they may have to wear
a patch-but a patch will keep out
the cold and a patched business Is
better than no business at all" 1t
Is not the front presented that fur-
nishes the chief satisfaction in a sue
cessful business: 1t is the c%onscienti-
BUSINESS that with the material at
hand you are doing the best that any
man could do.
The entire article Is in the sena-
tors most captivating style and In
every line breathes his everlasting
spirit OF optimism. 1t Is a message
OF hope and good cheer to American
business and American labor.-Wyo-
ming Tribune.
, 1921-06-09
A TINE FOR

Under the foregoing caption sena-
tor Warren has an exceedingly in
teresting article in the current issue
OF Golfers. He tells Of the event
in his life no considers the most
cowArdly. He has passed through
. district school in. the Berkshire
hills Of Massachusetts, and was fin
ishing . year at the academy, board
ing with, his grandmother with the
understanding that he was to pay
back the cost Of his keep out OF the
first money he earned after leaving
school. At the concluding exercises
he was assigned . place on the pro-
gram and his grandmother had deft-
ly patched his best suit Of clothes
for the OCCASION. but when he looked
himself In the mirror he could see
nothing but those patches and his
heart failed him. He got Just as
far away from school that afternoon
~ his legs could carry him. He has
ever looked uDon that failure ~ .
eowardly set and Gays that h would
tave bos0 . much happier yosDG
, 1921-06-09
WORD FROM WASHINGTON
A Settled Naval Policy.

WASHINGTON. June 7.-(special
correspondence)-In the course OF
the debate in the Senate on the
Naval Appropriation Bill, Senator
Miles Poindexter OF Washington eff
fectively disposed Of the ridiculous
argument that ships carrying 16-inch
gun should not be built because in
a few years other nations may build
ships carrying 2O-inch guns. 1.-The
policy Of keeping the Navy up to
date, OF course, was settled a long
time ago." the Senator reminded his
colleagues. "One small ship OF the
American Navy today could very
quickly destroy and sink to the bot
tom Of the sea the entire United
States fleet Of 1861. But l appre-
bend that there are very few people
who would claim that we should
have continued, in the face OF the
progress OF the world, to rely upon
the ships of the previous genera
ton"
, 1921-06-09
Frcemcn OF the Baltic

Congressman Walter NJ. Chandler
Of New York believes that the United
States should recognize at once the
independence OF the new republics OF
Esthonia, Latvia. and Lithuania. In
an extended speech In the House of
Representatives recently. Mr.. Chand-
Ter paid a high tribute to the states
manship, c%ourage( and other attri-
butes Of sovereignty possessed by the
citizens OF the Baltic states. They
merit our recognition and our good
will, our sympathy, and our support"
said he. Their people are literate.
their statesmen are able and accom-
plished. and their soldiers are brave
and unconquerable."
, 1921-06-09

"Shep", and although he had been
among them for many months very
few. II any. knew his real name. He
was rather peculiar. and little was
known OF him in any way, but this
was by no means a source OF worry
to any OF his companions. With
the Others he was sitting cross
legged and eating his dinner. Quick
ly and unexpectedly the sheriff
stepped up beside him. and with a
gun In hand he calmly announced,
i've got you now" Shep sprung to
his e e at the same time drawing
a six shooter from his own belt and
began firing. Several shots were
exchanged and Hawley had received
a slight wound. but Shep was un-
hurt. Needless to say great excite
ment reigned in the heretofore
peaceful roundup camp as bullets
whizzed past In every direction. The
boss OF the Beer Mug outfit leaped
to his feet and started to run toward
the bridge. and a kid from the Wat
kins ranch followed In hot pursuit,
believing that when the big boss OF
the outfit took to his heels 1t was
time for all kids to be moving also.
Men went In every way. Hawley
lodged behind the mess box on the
wagon. and called to Shep telling
him that his (Hawley's) gun was
empty. Load her up again. and we
will just have this put now" replied
incorrigable Shep. But the
had no more shells and told
him so. Shep said he would not
take advantage of him, and so put
his W gun back into his belt. There
had been some old grievance be-
tween them, but after this affair, 1t
was dropped, or at least as far as
anyone ever knew.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Finkbiner and
sons returned the middle of the week
, 1921-06-09
Q .
, Difficulty Notes =

The Beer Mug Roundup was
camped for dinner. nea the present
site Of Fort Steele. The camp was
just below the railroad bridge over
the North Platte river. there being
at that time no other bridge across
the Platte. Sitting flat on the
ground in cowpuncher fashion, tin
plates on their laps. and tin cups OF
steaming hot black coffee beside
them. the boys we're enjoying their
mulligan and exchanging yarns as
they ate and laughed. Suddenly.
William Hawley. the sheriff Of Car
bon county rode up to the camp and
Among the cowboys
was n known to all the boys as
, 1921-06-09
Clarified.

Recent decisions OF the supreme
court have determined some OF the
disputed interpretations of the in
come tax law. The Treasury has
won its claim to hundreds OF mil
lions OF dollars paid in taxes. But,
more than that. the tax law has been
clarafied and the principles under
established. Not only will Treasury
officials be aided in their future ad-
ministration OF the internal revenue
act now in force, but Congress will
have the benefit of the definitions
and interpretations made by the
Supreme Court on various phases OF
taxation when the work Of revising
the income tax laws Is begun in the
near future.
, 1921-06-09
Burton Boost Marine

Congressman Theodore E. Burton
OF Ohio is lending his aid. whenever
opportunity offers, to the further
ance of legislation for the benefit
OF the American merchant marine.
He recently secured the defeat Of an
attempt to reimburse the Steamboat
Inspection Service and the Bureau
Of Navigation through fees assessed
against ships. Mr.. Burton called at
tention to the fact that inspection Of
locomotives and safety devices on
railways, and Of products In the
packing industry was carried on at
government expense. and he saw no
reason why the same policy should
not be followed in services rendered
to ships