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The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

told the Independent very coherent
story of the shooting. He says he
had been threshing around Bremen,
S. d. and had come to Kenmare to
work. He was out Of money and
hungry and Butler and Yelling gave
him food and place to sleep. He
says Yelling did not seem to be very
drunk when he did the shooting. Mon
son is II years old and good look
ing lad. His father lives in Mime
apolis and his mother, who is divorced,
lives in the west. He says that Well
ing was going down the stairs of
the Park hotel for more canned heat
when he met Officer Nelson and
started shooting.
Monson claims that yelling once
pulled his gun when they were in the
room and remarked, "Here kid, is
what ! make my living with"
Officer Nielsen was about SIS years
Of age and was the finest kind of a
man He was really too good natured
for his position. He is survived by
wife and seven children. He came
to the Kenmare district, about 20
years ago and owned a farm north
west of Kenmare, trading it some
years ago for two houses and lots in
kenmare.
Sheriff Scofield and Chief of Police
Larry Byrne of Minot went to Ken
mare and brot the prisoners to Minot.
Officers found coats and shoes in
Wards room in the hotel, believed to
have been stolen from Tolley store
week before.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
SUPT. DO0LITTLE RETURNSFR0M
NATIONAL CONVENTION,

apolis by way of Rochester and Fari.
bault. At the latter place Mr.. Shaft
visited his brother, Arthur B. Shaft,
and other relatives, and Mr.. Doolittle
met J. A. Roell, formerly of this city,
on the streets, and took luncheon with
him. Mr.. Roell says he has yet to
find place more to his liking than
Minot, and sent greetings to his many
friends in this city.
From Minneapolis they went north
to the Iron Range, where they were
entertained for two days by Conrad
B. Wolf, superintendent of parks at
Hibbing, who took them for a tour of
the range cities, including Chisholm,
Virginia and Eveleth. They were there
entertained by the park officials. They
report some wonderful building oper-
ations at Hibbing in the construction
Of the new town. The school build
ing there is being erected at cost
Of about three million dollars, and the
new Androy Hotel is one of the best
in the country. They were also shown
through the courtesy of Chief Chemist
Griese Of the Oliver Iron Mining Co.
The trip to North Dakota was made
by the way of the Theodore Roosevelt
Highway, from Grand Rapids through
the Minnesota National Forest. Ex-
cellent roads were reported in Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and most parts of
Minnesota, but the condition of the
Roosevelt Highway from about TWEEN
ty miles west Of Grand Forks almost
to Rugby is said to be disgraceful,
although q weeks rain was some-
what responsible for the exceedingly
poor condition.
At Grand Forks Messrs. Doolittle
and Shaft were entertained by men,
bers Of the Grand Forks Park Board
and Superintendent Max B.. Kan
nowski. Mr.. Kannowski is per-
sonal friend Of Mr.. Doolittle and re-
Gently accepted the position at Grand
Forks, having previously occupied a
similar position at Mitchell, South Da-
kota.
Business conditions throughout the
east are reported as being very dull,
and the prospect not encouraging for
a good winter. The mining business
in the Iron Range is practically sus-
pended, but the factories in Cleveland
and Detroit are working almost to
capacity. In spite Of this, many men
were reported out Of work, and in
many Of the larger cities the park
authorities were permitting the poor
to sleep in the parks.
Weather conditions were ideal
throughout the trip with the excep-
tion Of the last few days, when the
recent heavy rains in North Dakota
were encountered. s
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
JULIUS NIELSEN, NIGHT POLICEMAN AT
KENMARE, KILLED BY CHAS. WELLING

a witness. Ward is former Minot
man, who has been working as lab
ofer around Kenmare. He formerly
worked for the late L. NJ. Davis in
Minot as a telephone lineman and
worked under Geo. Bisseil.
Men Drank Canned Heat
Ward and yelling say they had
been drinking canned heat, brand
new drink, in company with lot of
other laborers and declare they were
pretty drunk. Canned heat is poi
sonous alcoholic concoction put up in
cans and used extensively by campers
in preparing their meals. They plac-
ed this substance in wet towel, which
they wrung out, drinking the liquid
that dripped from the towel. They
declare it has forty-mule power kick.
Their party had consumed 1872 cans
Of the canned heat that day and night.
1t costs Is cents can and they Sc
cured it from a hardware store.
Butler declares his home is in St.
Paul and that he was on his way to
Canada to thresh.
Jack Monson, the Minneapolis lad,
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

Will O. Doohttle and Harold D.
Shaft returned last Thursday from
their trip east, where they attended
the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Association of Park Superintend-
ents at Detroit, and later took an
extended auto trip when they in
spected many of the parks and boule-
ward systems of the United States
and Canada.
Mr.. Doolittle attended the conven-
tion as . member of Reorganization
Committee Of the Association and as
managing editor of Parks & Recrea-
tion, the official magazine of the park
officials, which is published at Minot.
Mr.. Shaft acted as official reporter for
the convention and as representative
Of the magazine. The Association is
now known as the American Institute
Of Park Executives, and Mr.. Doolitlte
was reelected as managing editor of
Parks & Recreation for q term of two
years. The associate editors are A.
A. Fisk Of Chicago and L. p. Jensen
Of st. Louis.
After the convention Messrs. Doo-
little and Shaft left Detroit by auto
for Toronto, Ontario, going by the
way of Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara
Falls. At Toronto they were extend
ed many courtesies, by Commissioner
Of Parks c. E. Chambers, who explain
ed very completely the operation of
the parks and recreation systems Of
the Canadian city. They also attend
ed the Canadian National Exhibition,
which is second in size only to the
Worlds Fairs. On the evening when
they attended the great spectacle from
the grand stand there were about
eighty thousand people present.
The return to Detroit was made on
the Canadian side Of the Great Lakes,
and the roads reported very good for
almost the entire route. While the
east has suffered considerably from
drouth this year, there were fair
crops Of apples, peaches, and grapes
in many sections Of Michigan, Ohio,
and Ontario. The grape crop in
northern Pennsylvania and New York,
however, is very light.
The Minot men intended to return
home by the way Of the Upper Penin-
sula Of Michigan and Duluth, but were
unable to have their car ferried across
and so were forced to cross Lake
Michigan from Muskegon to Milwau-
kee. In Milwaukee they were the
guests Of Director Ed H. Bean Of
the. Washington Geological Park, and
from there they went for an inspec-
tion Of the Devils Lake State Park,
near Baraboo, and Of "The Dells" on
the Wisconsin River near Kilbourn.
From Kilbourn they went into Mime
sots at LaCrosse and up to Mime
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
PRICELESS ART EXHIBIT, SILVER
TEA AT s. ]. RASMUSSEN HOME

ing the births in the Jacob Brewer
family, beginning with 1891. What a
tale good old books might tell. There
were wonderful quilts, Japanese
prints, North Dakota pottery, Italian
filet from Florence, loaned by Mrs.
Glenn Moon; Norwegian jewelry by
Mrs. Rund; Mrs. Yeomans, ancient
candle snuffer; Mrs. J. C. Blaisden,
rare dishes more than 100 years told;
a bautiful quilt made by Mrs. Thomas,
mother Of Mrs. Bragg, who is nearly
blind; hammered brass made for her
wedding present, by Mrs. Oscar Ner-
um's grandfather; Chinese incense
burner 400 years old, loaned by Mrs.
T. F. Gullixson; a splendid lot of IN
dian relics loaned by Or. Erenfe!d;. a
hand embroidered picture of a beau
tiful woman entitled ''In Church" made
by an ancestor Of Mrs. Nels Haugland
Of Burlington in the .17th century,
hand bag from Budapest, 100 years
old, loaned by Mrs. Ray Miller; a knit
bed spread loaned by Mrs. A. j. Brun-
ner and wonderful embroidered table
cloth, the work Of Mrs. H. M. Eren-
field. And there were SO many other
things the writer could not make note
Of during the short hour.
Tea was poured by Miss Mary Ras-
mussen, assisted by Mrs. Henry E..
Byorunn. Mrs. Carl Reese appeared
in Norwegian bridal costume thru
out the afternoon.
A tidy sum was raised for the Mi
not school art fund.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
FOUR MEN ARE IN COUNTY JAIL

poker game at the time and offered
to prove his statement by the others
engaged in the game, and was turned
loose.
Chief Kinser went to the Lakeyiew
hotel and secured two shotguns, and
asked some of the 20 men in the hotel
to accompany him into the railroad
yards in search of the murderer.
When no one responded, Longre states
he offered to accompany Kinser, but
Longre as he did, he did not care to
take a chance with Longre walking
back of him with gun. Kinser fin,
ally declared he'd take one chance and
let Longre accompany him. The
Cunningham barn and jungles were
searched. Some time later, he was
located at the Fred Hiatt farm, five
miles southeast of Kenmare. 1t is
suspected that some pal hauled him
to the farm in an auto. He was found
at the farm by Deputy Iver Walstad,
Percy Clark, Chief Kinser and others.
Jack Longre, who will be one of the
witnesses in the affair, is now lying
in the county Jail, held by Judge Grif-
fifth under $1O,0O0.0O, charged with
highway robbery, as result of Bill
Calos of Kenmare losing his Buick
car some weeks ago. To the writer
Longre remarked: ''I'm known to
be strong nonpartisan Lacquer, and
everything that goes wrong around
Kenmare is laid to my door," Longre
has been arrested number of times,
and was recently admitted to $1,OO0.O0
bail on a charge in connection with
the theft of the Bill Calos car and
was later arrested at Stanley charged
with transporting whiskey.
Yelling appeared before Judge
Griffith and is in the county jail
charged with murder in the first de-
gree. He has secured Attorney Twi-
ford for his defense. yelling claims
Portland, Ore, as his home and says
his parents are dead. A dope needle
and some dope were found on his
person. ,.4aa
Harry Butler, said to be the man
who assisted Yelling to hold up the
poker players in the Irwin hotel, get
ting a haul of $144.0O, is held on, that
charge. He had a AS calibre gun
which was found in his room under a
mattress where he had secreted the
weapon when the officers came to ar
rest him. His money was found in a
pillow, where he had hastily placed it.
j. H Ward, who had been associat-
ing with yelling and Butler, is in the
county Jail, where he is being held as
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

Julius A. Nelson, night policeman
at Kenmare, was shot and killed about
3 o'clock Sunday morning while at
tempting to arrest Charles Yelling,
rs years old, a transient gun-man who
with q companion, Harry Butler, As,
had held up eight men shortly before,
who were playing poker in an upper
room on the south side of the Irwin
hotel.
The officer was shot to death by
yelling, whom he was attempting to
arrest, just as yelling came down
out Of the rear of the Park hotel.
According to the story of an eye
witness, John Monson, IL year old
Minneapolis youth, who had spent the
day in company with yelling and his
pal, Harry Butler, the two men came
to the room which the three men had
occupied in the Park hotel, Officer
Nelson appeared at the bottom Of
the stairs and attempted to place
yelling under arrest. Yelling pull
ed his As six shooter and began fir
ing. After he had fired once or
twice, he called to the officer: "Stick
'em up", but the officer had already
been mortally wounded and fell. Well
ing then straddled the officers pros
trate form and continued firing into
his body. Young Monson says he
must have fired eight or nine times.
Jack Longre, who claims he had
been engaged in a poker game in the
Irwin hotel all night from 10 o'clock
on, states that he heard the firing, but
at first thot the noise was made by
the humping Of box cars, but when the
firing continued he ran down to the
street and saw Nelson's body lying
with the feet on the side walk and
head in the ditch. Several men were
standing around, and Longre states
that he pulled off his coat and placed
it under the dying mans head. Lon
gre and Mayor Nelson started carry
ing the man to an auto but Officer
Nelson passed away before they could
reach the car. Nelson had been shot
three times, one bullet passing thru
his stomach, second thru the left
hand and the third thru the head,
entering at the side of the nose.
Chief of Police Jack Kinser got
sight of the murderer rs he was run
ming around the south side Of the Irwin
hotel, indicting q flesh wound in the
'lsk, but Welling kept on running.
Chief Kinser later arrested Jack
LongJe, ,v'suSpectinE him Of the nur-
der, stating that he believed him to
be the man he saw running. Longre
claimed to have been engaged in the
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
Methodist Men Make Good

The men Of the Methodist church
gave a famous wild game dinner at
the church basement Tuesday evening,
which was largely attended despite
the heavy rain that fell during the
dinher hours. Scores of wild duck,
and chicken with jelly, rolls, mashed
potatoes, stewed carrots, salad, cof:>
fee, pumpkin and apple pie, veritable
banquet. Rev. c. L. Clifford, the pas.
tor, announced that the men of the
church desired to make good on their
advertising, therefore he said they
could consider it a favor for those
desiring the second or even the third
helping to feer free to make the usual
manifestation.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22

! The silver tea and art exhibit con-
Quoted at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. s..
J. Rasmussen Saturday afternoon, un-
der the auspices Of the Arts and
Crafts committee of the Minot Art
club, was the finest thing of its kind
ever seen in the city. 1t was a most
unique and enjoyable function thot
out by Mrs. Rasmussen who has done
great deal for art in Minot.
That such variety of rare and beau
tifu] specimens Of art could be gath
cred in this city was a revelation to
everyone who attended the affair. The
entire first floor the home was filled
with the most interesting display and
during the short time it was utterly
impossible to give it more than per-
| functory attention.
1t is impossible to give list of all
who loaned their priceless possessions
for the exhibit and the writer has been
cautioned to be careful with the use
of names for fear of omitting mention
of some exhibit of the greatest i'm
portance, but we'll take chance and
mention just few names, trusting
that those sighted are Of a forgiving
nature.
First, we want to say that the Ras-
| mussen exhibit would be whole art
show in itself. One could spend days
looking at it and enjoy the history of
each specimen as given by either Mr..
or Mrs. Rasmussen. The foundation
for their exhibit was secured from a
cousin of Mrs. Rasmussen, J. r. Wade
of Cleveland, O., who on account Of
his wealth was able to travel widely
and secure works of art as he might
fancy as he journeyed from one coun-
try to another in his private yacht.
Included in their possessions is rare
Chantilly shawl, an Arabian saddle
bag, camel skin vase from Calsutta,
Turkish coffee pot from CONSTANT
nople, fish bone carved spoons and
knives from Lapland, Java cloth with
bottle of colohing, Chinese pin made
from feathers Of a kingfisher, beetle
nut knife from Siam, some wonderful
Norwegian embroidery made by Mr..
Rassmussen's sister, ear rings and
brooch worn by Mrs. Rasmussen's eld-
est sister at the ball at the time Rock
efeller's first mansion was opened in
Cleveland, in 1879; the old Nor
wegian pipe that Mr.. Rasmussesn's
father smoked and thousands of other
articles just as interesting.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
MINOT OFFICERS BATTLE
FIVE DESPERATE GUNMEN
Capture Three---One Gunman is Shot
I'm the Head

Members of the Minot police force,
assisted by Nick Thilgen, local 500
officer, and Guy Sharar, the Great
Northern Minot operative, together
with Sheriff Kramer and two deputies
from Fargo, captured three of the
worst gunmen who ever visited this
section of the country about II o'clock
Monday night along the Great North
ern right-of-way, one mile east Of the
G. N. stockyards, just east Of this
city. One Of the gunner, who gives
his name as Ray, Roller from Texas.
suffered scalp wound when a bullet
from one of the officers guns plowed
it's way along his Uranium. He was
not seriously injured and the county
physician, DR.. T. N. Yeomans dress
ed the injury. The two other gun
men arrested give their names as Ray
Dorcey from Arizona, and Walter
Tomczyk from Michigan,
There were two other gunmen in the
party but they escaped. One Of them
is said by his pals to have been shot
thru the intestines. If this is the
case, his body may yet be found in the
weeds.
About ten o'clock Monday evening
Chief of Police Larry Byrne received
wire from G. N. special agent stat
ing that a band Of hold-up men were
riding into Minot on freight train.
Chief Byrne got his force of twelve
men together and drove out to fine
stockyards. Included in Chief Byrne's
party were Capt. of Police Brown, Of
ficers Emanuel, Lille, Bronson, Peo-
pies and Ehr, the 500 and G.. n. de-
tectives, and Sheriff Kramer of Far
go and his two deputies, Dean Spauld-
ing and Cliff Warner. The train was
stopped one mile east of stock yards
and surrounded by the officers. Capt.
Brown crawled up on top of the train
to get better view of the men who
would surely attempt to escape. Dep
uty Spaulding from Fargo was placed
some distance from the train anS he
soon saw five men emerge from a
cattle car and hide behind some Rus
sian thistles at the edge Of the ditch.
They were but few feet away from
Spalding and told him to throw up his
hands. At the same time they started
firing at Spalding and the officer re-
turned the fire. From that time on
there was lively bombardment which
reminded Chief Byrne very much Of
estimated that $50 shots were ex-
changed and it is mystery that some
one was not killed. Deputy Spalding
was in very dangerous position with
the bullets from the gunmen's weap-
ons flying all around him and the Off
GERS kept shooting uncomfortably close
to him as they sent volley after vol
ley into the weeds where the gunmen
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
100 blIN0T BUSINESSMEN LEAVE
MONDAY ON A F0UR-DAY TOUR

The Minot Sociability Tour, which
was to have taken place thru the
Northwestern North District this
week, has been postponed until early
the coming week on account Of con-
tinued rains ana the bad roads.
Plans are now being made sor the
autos to leave the Association of
Commerce rooms Monday afternoon,
September rs at 1870 o'clock and the
tourists plan on returning to. Minot
the following Eaursday evening,
covering nearly 4d0 miles.
Extensive preparations are being
made by the business men of Minot.
1t is expected that thirty cars car
rying more than hundred people
will participate: Night controls will
be held in Kenmare, Crosby, and Will
liston, and a two hours entertains
ment will be furnished by the Minot
boosters in each of these cities. The
businessmen of those cities are plan
ming a royal welcome. The Mayor
Of Crosby phoned that the Crosbyites
were planning smoker in honor of
the visitors. Kenmare and Williston
are also planning on something
unique in the way of entertainment.
Thos. Murphy, chairman of the
stunts committee, promises plenty Of
talent to furnish entertainment along
the way. There will be four minute
talks at each Of the 40 towns and
cities visited and it is probable the
Minot community band will accom-
pany the tour to play at each stop.
Minot businessmen will distribute
souvenirs and the tour will be a
function very much worth while.
The people Of northwestern North
Dakota have been coming to Minot
for years and it is only fair that we
should return their visit and Meet
them in their own home towns.
The following is the itinerary which
will. be followed as closely as possible:
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
bold Face figures Indicate A. NJ.
Light Face figures indicate p. NJ.
Nothing On North Dakota

Louis Groshans, Burlington garage
man who recently returned from Wen
'atchee, WASH, where he went to sup
erintend the harvesting o his apple
crop reports that the crop on non-ir-
rigated land there is practically nil,
the fruit being small and withered.
There had been no rain in the Wn-
atchee valley for four months. Dust
is knee deep. The major portion Of
the fruit district at Wenatchee is irri-
gated, however, and the yield is esti-
mated at 18,000,000 boxes. At Spo-
kane Mr.. Groshans says that seven
thousand men are idle upon the streets
and are being fed at public expense.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
Burton Lee Died Tuesday Evening

Burton Lee, the 15-year-od son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Lee, of IL Fifth
Ave. N. w., passed away at st. JOS
eph's hospital Tuesday evening, while
an operation was being performed
upon him for the removal Of tuber-
cular glands. The funeral was held
from the Rowan undertaking parlors
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, Rev.
D. ]. Gallagher officiating. He is
survived by his parents, two broth
ers, Maurice and Perry, and one sis
ter, Marjorie, survive. The family
moved to thix- city from Sawyer about
eight years ago, the father engaging
in the contracting business.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
Wildrose Youth Died.

Geo. Martin, 16-year-old Wildrose
youth, died at st. Josephs hospital,
Tuesday night, after . long illness.
The remains have been taken to Wild
rose.
The Ward County independent., 1921-09-22
Gerald Dwire Died at Helena, Mont,


Gerald o. Dwire, son Of Mrs, Mary
f. Dwire, one of Minot's most popular
young men, passed away at the U. S.
public health service hospital at
Helena, Mont. Friday night from
tuberculosis which he contracted
while serving his country in the navy
during the late war. The remains,
accompanied by sister, Miss Cert
rude Dwire, arrived in Minot Sunday
and the funeral was held from St.
Leo's Catholic Church Monday at 9
a. m., with requiem high mass.
Gerald had been taken to Helena a
few days before by his sister Cert
rude and brother, DR.. Geo. Dwire.
Since his return from Alaska in
June, he has been receiving treat
ment at his mothers home in Minot.
The high altitude at Helena affected
his heart causing his death.
"Jerry," as he was familiarity
known in Minot, enlisted in July, 1918
and was sent overseas after SPEEDING
some time at the Great Lakes Train
ing station. He was taken serious
ly i'll in Ireland in 1918 and came
home on a furlough, where he re-
ceived his discharge. He went to
Alaska in 1919 and was connected
with newspaper at Juneau, living
with his uncle, ]. C. Murphy, attorney
general for Alaska.
He was born at Englevale, N. D.
Dec. 27, 1897 and came to Minot when
babe. He attended the Minot
schools, became member Of the Mi
not fire department, the Elks and
Knights of Columbus. He was fine
upright young man and his death
came as a great shock to his many
friends.
His mother, two SISTERS, Miss
Gertrude Dwire of Minot and Mrs.
]. Lasalle of Chicago, and one
brother, DR.. Dwire of Minot survive.