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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
STORIETTES

The writer frequently hears good
story. Here are two or three extra
good ones, probably authentic:
Lee H. Piper, manager of the Piper
Howe Lumber Co., was passing thru
Fergus Falls, Mimi, where the state
insane asylum is located, and he states
that he was told this story. Two in
mates of the asylum escaped thei,
keeper and walking into Fergus Falls,
confiscated a Ford car standing on
the street. They were joy-riding
about the city and picked up China
man, giving him a ride out into the
country, where their car broke down
The keeper caught up with them and
what do you think he found under the
car ? Two nuts and a washer
Major MCDANIEL told this story on a
local Scotchman, who in times past
won a reputation for consuming large
quantities Of whiskey and beer. The
fellow Remarked: 81 dinna like to
drink whiskey alone, because then I'm
drunk before Pm full. If l drink beer
alone, I'm full before I'm drunk, but
if drink whiskey and beer tagither,
can get drunk an full at the same
time"
Henry Wilson brings back this one
from Des Moines. A Sunday school
teacher asked the members Of her
class Of little boys how many wanted
to go to heaven All raised their
hands except key, a little Jew boy.
"Why, key, Pm surprised at you.
Why don't you want to go to heaven p
the teacher inquired. "Vell, fadder
says business is shot to hell, and
want to go where business is" he re-
piled.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
PROGRAM FOR GRAIN GROWERS
CONVENTION JANUARY 1921

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 13.--Three men
Of national reputation on one days
program at the Tri-State Grain Grow
ers' convention, held in Fargo January
1S to 81 inclusive. Round trip fares
of one and half fare are offered to
Fargo for this convention. The pro-
gram follows:
Tuesday. January IS
Morning Business meetings OF
Equity Cooperative Exchange and N.
d. Potato Growers Exchange.
ernoon-President' address, DR..
J. H. Worst, Bismarck, N. D. Address,
J. NJ. Anderson, Pres. Equity Coop
erative Exchange.
Evening-Address, w. A. Aamodt,
President MINI. Potato Exchange.
Address, E. C. Perisho, formerly with
A. E. F. University, Beaunne, France.
Wednesday, January 10
Morning-Business Meeting, Equity
Cooperative Exchange.
Afternoon - Inspection of Wool
warehouse and grading Of N. d. wool.
Women's Auxiliary Meeting. Poultry
Culling Demonstration, Ed. Hayes,
Aberdeen, S. D. Address, canadian
Seed Growers Association" Il. J. Har-
rison, Prof. Field Husbandry, Mantle
ba Agricultural College,
Evening-Music, Agricultural Col
lege Cadet Band. Address, w. J. Spill
man, Associate Editor, Farm Journal,
Philadelphia.
Thursday, January 20
Morning Business Meetings,
Equity Cooperative Packing Company
and Farm Managers Association.
Afternoon-Address, U. l.. Burdick,
Williston, Pres. N. D. Farm Bureau
Federation. Address, J. R. Howard,
Pres. American Farm Bureau Fed.
Address, DR.. f. F. Ladd, N. D. A. c.,
and Committee of IT,
Evening - Address, cooperative
Marketing" Aaron Sapiro, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Friday, January II
Morning-Business Meeting, Equity
Cooperative Packing Co.
Observation-Disclosures Session, Tri-
State Convention. Demonstration in
Preparing Wool for Market, J. w.
Haw, Sec, Wool Growers Association.
Address, deep Waterway from Great
Lakes to Atlantic"
Evening Music Entertainment and
Smoker by Fargo Commercial Club.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
w. II. Mann Writes from kaIispell
Mont.

W. II. Mann Writes from kaIispell,
Mont.
The following letter has been receiv-
ed from our old soldier friend. w. H.
Mann:
.H Kalispell, Mont, Jan. l.
Remembering all old friends and
the faithful, and may not say useful,
old Ward County Independent, that
| have read with pleasure and interest
for many year, allow me please to
send greeting for a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year. Christmas,
the day of prophecy foretold, the day
of promise fulfilled, found our Sal
walton Army staff persistently and eff
fectively carrying out the S. A. world
wide program Of giving Christmas
cheer. And they seemed to have step
ped into the hearts of the people.
Truly, the Salvation Army is preemi-
nently religious institution. They
know no creed and no color. They
have forged their way into u coun-
tries in less than As years. In 1920,
$4,000 people were converted to
Christianity. They furnished $4,000
soldiers for the world war and their
Lasses in France passed up from
their dug outs, with German shells
screaming over their heads, all free
of charge, to, the cold, wet, hungry
wounded boys, hot coffee and dough-
nuts went a long ways towards send
ing the boys onto the Heavenly Ca
naan. Once more we land upon the
threshold of a New Year, that time
which divides the past from the fu-
ture. None of us is aware what is in
store for US, but we are unafraid of
what it may hold. We have learned
to look for kindness and goodness and
we have resolved to go ever forward
To live is serious thing, but we can
live one year but once. What we
have neglectfully passed over is not
our privilege to amend, but let us
make an honest endeavor to live bet
ter the coming year, that at its end
ing we find nothing we might wish
to correct.
w. RI. MANN.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Old Settlers Hold Winter Meeting

The Ward County Old Settlers As
sociatio mare holding their annual mid
winter meeting this week. As usual,
they are enjoying the hospitality of
Ed Kelley and play Norwegian whist
each afternoon and evening in his Of
fees on North Main street. Jim John
son, John Ehr, Ed Kelley, and the
giving daily demonstrations as to how
the national game should be played.
They miss Ed Skinner, who is in Bis
marck, where he has taken the posi-
ton in the Legislature as postmaster
of the House. Kelley has promised
a Mulligan stew before the week is
out.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Wilson Says Iowa Land Has Declined

Henfy WI. wilson, president or the
International Oil Co., returned Mon.
day. from Des Moines, Ia, where he
transacted business and visited old
friends. Mr.. Wilson states that finan-
cial conditions remain serious in Iowa
Little land is changing hands. Three
farms were sold in Storey county
Land that had been sold for $500 an
acre could not be paid for and it was
sold under the hammer, bringing $3.50
an acre. The reduction in the high
priced land is about 80 per cent. Mr.
Wilson was informed that the land
that sold around $3.50 an acre has not
dropped perceptibly, tho practically
none Of it is changing hands. Lands
that rented for So an acre cash, is
now bringing Sc an acre and many of
the farmers have been compelled to
throw off some of the rent in order
to help the renters out and keep them
on the land.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Minot to Consider Fourth Of July
Celebration Early

Minot is already considering a
Fourth of July celebration to be held
this year. At a meeting of the Board
of Governors of the Town Criers Club
Tuesday night, President Woodward
was authorized to appoint a committee
of twenty Minot citizens to take pre-
liminary steps towards holding a big
celebration, which will be in the ma
sture Of Farmers Community Gath
ering. With her several beautiful
parks, Minot is in position to give
the visitors fine time.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
ESTRAY NOTICES TO BE PUB.
LISHED IN OFFICIAL PAPER

There seems to be some confusion
regarding the estray law. Any person
taking up an estray animal in Ward
county shall within ten days give no
tice by publication in the official coun-
ty paper, which at present is the Ward
County Independent The law is very
strict. We publish the act in complete
form and suggest that each reader in
the county preserve this copy for fu-
ture reference:
Section Amendment. - Section
2658.-Notice of Taking Up Estrays.
Each person taking up an estray
horse, mare, colt, ass, mule or neat
cattle, sheep, hog, or goat, shall, with
in ten days thereafter, give notice of
the finding and taking up of such ami
NAL, in the official newspaper publish
ed in the county where such animal is
found by giving its color, sex, prob
able age and weight, and all the marks
and brands thereon. Immediately af-
ter the first publication of said notice
the publisher thereof shall send by
registered mail to the commissioner
Of agriculture and labor and to the
county auditor of the county in which
said animal was found, a newspaper
clipping containing the same. Unless
such animal is earlier claimed the no.
tice shall be published in said paper
for three consecutive weeks. The reg
istry receipts for the notices sent to
the commissioner of agriculture and
labor and to the county auditor as pro-
vided for herein, together with proof
of publication of such notice for three
successive weeks, shall be filed in the
office of the county auditor Of the
county where the estray was found
before it can be appraised, or before
appraisers ca nbe appointed. Unless
such receipts and proof Of publication
are so filed the publisher of such paper
shall forfeit all right to his publication
fees, and shall be liable to civil dam
ages for, any loss or damage caused
by his neglect, and the person taking
up said estrays, unless he shall cause
the same to be filed, shall forfeit all
right to reimbursement for charges,
costs and damages. Any person taking
up an estray who fails to advertise
the same, or otherwise comply with
the provisions Of this section, shall be
liable to the owner for all damages
caused by such negligence or failure,
and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided, if any person shall take up
an estray which is apparently worth
less, such estray~may be at once ap-
praised, and if found worthless, may
be- destroyed. The person taking up
the same shall notify some Juice Of
the peace Of the county, and such jus.
tice shall Immediately choose one dis
interested freebooter as one appraiser;
the party taking up the estray shall
choose another disinterested freehold
err, and the two so chosen shall appoint
third person living in the vicinity
where the estray was taken up, and
the three persons so chosen shall con-
stitute board of appraisers who shall
act without compensation. If such ap--
praisers shall appraise the estray as
worthless it shall be destroyed by the
party taking it up,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
HE SAW SANTA

Velva Journal One Velva boy saw
Santa Claus. Christmas night he and
his brother, sons Of a prominent citi-
zen, decided, after being put to bed,
asleep. Early Christmas morning the
latter asked his brother had he seen
Santa. eyes, he replied. 81 saw him
go over there by the fireplace, fool
with our stockings little bit and then
he went and got in bed with mamma"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

knights Of Pythias Install Officers
The following newly elected officers
Of the Minot Knights of Pythias
Lodge were installed Jan. 4:
A. NJ. Compton, Chancellor Com
mander.
F. Otto Gross, Vice Chancellor.
r. d. Potter, Prelate.
l.. T. Larson, NJ. w.
V. HALEY, X. r. S.
F. l.. Anderson, M +.
l.. NJ. Swigart, M. f.
Karl wilkins, M. A.
Art Jordan, l. G.
F.. f. Ash. 0. G.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Dunnett. Hart Marriage

Rev. w. A. Dunnett, pastor of the
Methodist church at Churchs Ferry,
N. D., announces the marriage of his
daughter, Miss Eva A. Dunnett, to E.
E. Hart, well known Minot photogra-
pher. The bride is well known in
northwestern North Dakota, where
her father has held a number of
charges for the Methodist church. Mr..
Hart has been located in Minot during
the past twelve years and is one of
the states most progressive photog-
raphers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
kurth in Charge of Next Town Criers
'N Program

A. H. kurth, cashier of the Citizens
Bank, has been selected as general
chairman of the next Town Criers pro-
gram, which will be put on in about a
month by the Minot group of bankers.
Mr.. Kurth has demonstrated more
than once that he can put over in good
shape whatever he undertakes and this
is sure to be meeting very much
worth while.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

Mrs. E. Ellison is reported quite i'll
from pneumonia and Mr.. Ellison, who
returned last week from Rochester,
Mimi, remains about the same. Two
trained nurses are in charge Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ellison and it is hoped that
their condition will soon improve.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Will Sow Much DIS

A vast amount of the DIS, rust re-
sistant wheat, will be sown in the state
this year. Good choice seed is being
held at $500 bushel, which is some
higher than the market price. Seed
dealers are planning on selling seed
wheat at about Is cents above the
market price. This, Of course, is for
nice cleaned seed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Atty. BOsard's Leg Broken

Atty. r. H. Bosard sustained frac-
tured leg one morning recently. For
years he has made it a practice to get
out for an early morning ride and the
other morning, his horse Slipped on
the icy street, the weight Of the ami
NAL breaking bone in one of Mr.
Bosard's legs That member has been
placed in cast and he is able to be
at his office each day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Burt f. Stewart Editor-in- Chief

Burt E. Stewart, well known hide
and fur dealer, has been selected by
the Minot Town Criers Club as editor
in-chief of Ad-Vents, column to be
devoted to Town Crier news in the
various Minot newspapers. Mr. Stew
art is to appoint his editorial and re-
portorial staff and from now on a
Town Crier cannot crook his little
finger without getting his name in the
paper
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

Roy Swigart, retiring Chancellor
Commander, was the installing otfic-
er. The past year has been one of
the very best in the history of the
lodge. l24 new members having been
initiated There are now 441 mem
bers in the lodge. The fine K. p.
Home is free from debt, and while at
times the need of larger home is felt,
the members are willing to wait until
conditions are more favorable
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
LOvett Goes to Portland

R. E. Lovett, manager of the Minot
branch of the Firestone Tire Co., will
leave in about week for Portland,
Ore, to take charge of the company's
branch in that city. Mr.. Lovett has
resided in Minot for more than year.
The Minot branch will be conducted as
depot for the Fargo branch for the
coming season.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

Revival Meetings at Sawyer
Revival meetings will be held at the
Baptist church at Sawyer, beginning
Jan. 16, with Rev. G. ]. Hill, well
known Evangelist, in charge. A corr
dial welcome to all.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Rolling Green and Des Laos Oranges
Install i

Rolling Green and Des Laos
Oranges had a public installation in
Des Laos Saturday. A large and en-
thusiastic crowd greeted them. The
State Master, T. M. Williams, acted as
installing officer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
CARD OF THANKS

We want to thank our many friends,
including the Ward County Red Cross,
for their kind gifts following oar re
cent loss by fire.
Martin Johnson and Family.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Voted Honorary Members of Town
CrierS

The following have been voted hon
orary members Of the Minot Town
'Criers Club: Will E. Holbein, Orrin
M. Pierce, Ira D. Wight, Geo. II.
Phelps, Major A. G. Crane and Major
E. S. Person.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13

DR.. A. NJ. Hardaway is attending
the state dental convention in Fargo
this week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-01-13
Shirley Will Start Another Grocery
Store

f. A. Shirley Of the Shirley Grocery
Co. has leased the Marsh building on
West Central, Avenue and early in
February will start a Cash and Carry
grocery store which will be under the
management of j. C. Adams.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
NEGRO IS ACCUSED
OF FORGING CHECK
William Davis Is Said to Have
Been Convicted of Robbery
Here in 1917.

William Davis, alias Fred Williams.
colored, was turned over to Sheriff
Bob Gordon Friday by the police to
await trial on the charge that he
passed a forged check for $25 at the
Copeland store, Fourth street and
Second avenue south. Davis was
picked up late Thursday night on COM
plant Of the store and is alleged to
have admitted to Captain of Police
Fred Locher that he had passed the
check.
The check was drawn in favor of
Fred Williams and bore the purported
signature of W. d. Luftus, agent at
the Great Northern offices. Williams
had about $40 in his pocket and is
said to have admitted that he used
the balance of the proceeds of the
check in purchasing clothing and re-
deeming suit of clothes he had
pawned.
Williams was recognized by the
police as the negro who several years
ago was sent from Great Falls to the
state penitentiary for robbery, and the
police say that he admitted his identi
ty. Inspector Ray Gaunt's records
show that Williams was committed
for robbing farmer of $3.50 in 1917.
He was arrested on that occasion at
the railroad station just as he was
to board train and was
identified at once as the robber
through money he was carrying in his
hat. The late Policeman Robert Blee
lifted the negro's hat after he had been
placed under Arrest and a bundle of
loose currency fell to the station plat
form.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
DRY WOLF REGION
HAS NO SNOWFALL
Grazing Lands on National
Forest All Applied for,
Says u. S. Ranger.

r. e. Dickinson, forest ranger in
charge of the Dry Wolf region of the
jefferson forest. is in Great Falls on
detail and reports that there is no
snow in that section. 1T ia the dryest
we have ever seen it in that section"
said Mr.. Dickinson. Recently through
the carelessness of two boys a prairie
fire was started near Stanford which
burned 5000 acres of grass and hay
which had been reserved by ranchers
there for spring and summer pas
turage.
''The fire was stopped by the use
Of two Fords cars and wet tarpaulin.
The wet tarpauiin was fastened by
ropes to each car and a man was
seated in the center of the wet can
vass. The cars drove So that the wet
canvass was dragged along the main
boundary line of the fire The quick
action of these men probably saved
that part of the country from serious
losses and the wind was exceptionally
high when the fire broke out"
The grazing lands in the forest re-
serve in the, Dry Wolf section re
been, over applied for and several of
the applications will have to be re-
jected, according to Mr.. Dickinson.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
70 ACRES OIL land
SOLD FOR $4,000,
LEW|STON|N REPORT
Montacal Sell Acreage Offset.
ting Midnorthern's No. 5
Producer.

Lewistown, Feb. OBI. T. Hassel.
quist and ". H. Bogert Thursday
night closed one of the most import
ant deals yet made for Cat Greek
acreage. purchasing from the Monta-
cal 20 acres directly offsetting the
Midnorthern's No. 5 producer. The
price paid is understood to have ex-
ceeded 1880 an acre, but the exact
figures have not been given out.
Drilling is to start, under the con-
tract of sale, within 45 days, but in
anticipation of the purchase the buy
ers had already arranged with Baker
& Hall, formerly with the Associated
Oil company Of California to put
down the well. G. B. Ainsworth, D.
Eugene Hunt and Bailey Ashworth
are interested in this project.
To Drill for A. C. NJ.
The syndicate known as the A. c..
NJ. has contracted with the Fergus Oil
& Gas company. holding valuable
acreage in the Cat Greek field to drill
the ground the deal being looked upon
as one mutually beneficial.
The first criminal case to come up
in connection with the oil development
in this county was heard before Judge
Edward Brassey yesterday afternoon
when N. B. Peterson, formerly en-
ployed by the e. G.. Lewis people in
securing leases and discharged Janu-
airy I, was held to the district court
upon a forgery charge.
Substituted Leases.
It was alleged that in December the
defendant secured lease from W. G..
Morley, Of the Valentine country, upon
his ranch, running to e. G. Lewis; that
in January Peterson returned to the
Morley place and by representing that
the original lease had been accident
ally torn, secured a new one, supposed
to be a duplicate of it, but which he
made to read to o. c. Osborn, the
lease being later filed. In the courts
view the charge was sustained by the
evidence
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
Theft of 2 Corsets,
of Cough Drops and
Chocolates Admitted

Matthew Logan and William Landon,
railroad trainmen arrested last June
for allegedly stealing merchandise from
freight cars, have pleaded guilty in the
Wilson justice court to petit larceny
and paid fines of $25 each. In enter
ing their plea the defendants adm it.
ted taking 20 bars of chocolate, 20
boxes of cough drops. can Of syrup
and two corsets from the possession of
the Great Northern railway.
Logan and Landon were arrested
early in the morning by the police. on
the suspicion that they were bootleg
gers, their appearance on the street at
that hour giving color to this belief.
At the police station the s,itcnscs
yielded some Of the merchandise al
legged to have been stolen and they
were turned over to the county for dis
position. A more serious charge than
petit larceny was preferred in district
court, but this was withdrawn owing
to the absence Of evidence and the de-
PENDANTS pleaded guilty to petit larceny
in Justice court.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
rectly. was the eleventh in produc.
ton Of corn in 1919.
MOVIE BILL MOVES OUT

THE moving picture bill was
: taken to the legislative GEM
etery on Thursday and the last
rites were pronounced. Some peo-
pie say II was always Z joke. We
do not know about that. The pic
ture houses are all glad that it is
out Of the way. So are the film
companies. Whether this subject
will keep coming up in legisla-
lures, we think, depends upon the
people who manufacture the films.
They will have to satisfy public
opinion. IF they can reasonably do
this the demand for federal and
state control will soon fade away.
This would be the best solution.
There is a craze on to fly to leg
islation for the control Of diversi-
fled human conduct until no one
seems to know where 1t Is going
to end.
So it would be the part of wis
dom on the part Of film companies
to heed the admonitions of whole
some public opinion. Such course
would at least save high priced car
fare and conferences with legisla-
tive committees.
The moving picture should re-
produce life and human action and
accomplishment truly and without
gross exaggeration or perversion.
Within what is reasonable and
wholesome it should have the
greatest freedom.