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The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Herum and
daughter, Ellen, Of Carpio, were in
Minot Wednesday night to attend the
Strom-Small wedding.
Earl Mclean, employed by the Ben
no Drug Co., has been precarlously
ill from penumonia at the Trinity hos
pital during the past week, but is re-
ported as slightly better. .,
Mrs. Christ Buhl, wife of a well
known South Prairie farmer will leave
for New York next week and on Nov.
II will sail for her old home in Swed-
en- where she will visit during the
winter.
Considerable more snow is said to
have fallen west and southwest of Mi
not than in this immediate vicinity the
first of the week. In some localities
snow lay more than a foot on the
ground and farmers used sleds.
Edsel Ford, son of the famous man.
ufacturer of humble henries, visited
Fargo on Nov. 6, and celebrated his
goth birthday. His wife was with
him and they were guests Of the Far
go businessmen at duck dinner.
The case of Martin Jacobson VS.. the
Citizens Bank is being tried in dis
trict court today. H. L. Halvorson
represents the plaintiff and B. H.
Bradford the defendant. Jacobson
charges the bank with usury and the
suit involves several notes with in
terest.
DR.. Henrik Shipstead, who has just
been elected U. S. Senator from Min
nesota, once owned 24O acre farm
miles southwest of Donnybrook in
Ward county, where in 1912 he spent
considerable time, assisting in the
work on his place. He later sold the
farm. He was a dentist from Glen
wood, MINI. at the time. His Ward
county farm was known as the Alfred
Swanson homestead.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
StrOm Small Nuptials

The marriage of Miss Marjorie
Strom, daughter Of Mrs. Julia Strom
of Pelican Rapids, Mimi, and James
Small Of New Rockford, N. D., oc-
Cured at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
Evan J. Thomas, 920 Third Avenue,
NV. Wednesday evening at $3.50
o'clock. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. T. F. Gullixson, pastor of
the First Lutheran church in the pres
ence Of the immediate relatives and
close friends. Miss Bertha Gilbert
son played the wedding. march and
thruout the ceremony. The vows were
exchanged before the fireplace, which
was banked with ferns and yellow
chrysanthemums.
A three-course wedding dinner fol-
lowed the ceremony.
The couple left that night for a
visit at Pelican Rapids, which is the
former home Of both the bride and the
groom. after which they will make
their home at New Rockford.
The bride is well known in Minot
having attended the Normal school
here. She has appeared on mum.
ber Of musical programs and is a solo.
ist with much ability. She has beer
teaching school at Brockett.
Mr.. Small has seen service on the
Mexican border, also in France, dur.
ing the World war He is yardmas-
ter for the G. N. at New Rockford
The bride is sister of Mrs. f. J
! Thomas of this city.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Stenersen's Majority Nearly 500

Stenerscn's Majority Nearly 500
with only five precincts missing,
Stenerscn has 1905 votes for states
attorney and Eide 3746. When all
precincts are in, Stenersen will have
a majority of between 400 and 500.
Election Returns
Henrik Shipstead, farmer-labor can
didate for the u. S. Senate from Min
nesota, has been elected, defeating
Senator Frank B. Kellogg, republican
and Mrs. Peter Oleson, democratic
nominee.
In 1884 out Of 3,479 precincts, kel-
logg received 1852 votes; Shipstead
1867 and Mrs. Oleson, 52,5GG.
J.A.O. Preus has been reelected
governor of Minnesota in a three-cor-
nered contest and probably the entire
state republican ticket has been elect
ed.
Kellogg blames his defeat to the
wet" republicans voting for Ship
stead-and the women supporting Mrs.
Oleson.
Congressman Andrew j. Volstead,
author of the prohibition law, is de-
feated after 20 years in congress, by
Rev, O. J. Kvale, who ran against him
for the third time.
Miss Alice Robertson, Of Oklahoma,
the only woman in Congress, has been
defeated to / by w. w. Hastings,
the man she replaced two years ago
Alfred E. Smith was elected COVER
nor of New York by plurality OF
418,0O0 over Nathan L. Miller, who
defeated him two years ago.
James A. Reed has been reelected
u. S. Senator from Missouri on the
democratic ticket.
Former Governor Ferris OF Mlchl-
gan, was elected u. S. Senator over
his republican opponent, Chas. ~
Townsend.
Albert J. Beveridge has been beaten
for the U. S. Senate in Indiana, by
his democratic opponent, Samuel M
RalStOn.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Minot G. N. Division Will Resume
Daily Service Next Monday

Complete passenger train service on
the Minot division Of the Great North
ern railway will be resumed Monday
according to an announcement made
at the office of the division superinten-
dent, r. A. McCandless. Lines which
have been operated on basis of three
trains a week will, by the new order
return to the normal daily service.
Service on the Granville, Berthold
and Stanley branches will be put on a
daily basis thru the new order effective
next week. Daily service was resum-
ed three weeks ago on the Towner
Rugby and Churchs Ferry branches
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
McHcnry County Election Returns

McHcnry County Election Returns
The McHcnry County Farmers
Press was reelected the official paper
for McIenry county defeating the
Velva journal, w. II. Francis we'll
known paper by about $50 votes. Ed
itor Francis put up a great campaign
and appealed to the voters of the
southern end of the county to select
a newspaper from that locality. The
Velva Journal gained a great deal Of
favorable advertising thru its cam
paign, even tho it did not win.
Sheriff John Colby was reelected
sheriff, defeating Mr.. Wik by only 80
votes.
One Independent candidate was
elected, I. C. Ellis, of Nelva, for coun-
ty judge The other nonpartisan can
didates we're elected.
Emil Evenson of Simcoe was elected
county commissioner and Jacob Reider
Of Anamoose won for commissioner
over Ole Helseth.
Governor Nestos carried the county
by 200. This is remarkable, mas
much as two years ago, McHenry
county went nonpartisan by more
than 1000.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
CITATION
State of. North Dakota,

state 0l S0r'h Dakota }ss.
In the Matter of the Estate of Philip
Schmitt, Deceased:
Philip NJ. Schmitt, Petitioner,
Barbra schmitt, Anna Leigh
ton, John j. Schmitt,. Theo-
dorc Schmitt, Philip M.
schmitt, Frank schmitt and
Martha McGinnis, and all
OF her persons unknown
claiming any estate or in
tereSt in or lien or encum-
brance upon the property
described in the petition or
against the estate of said
deceased, ....: Respondents.
The State Of North Dakota ana the said
County Court, to the above named
Respondents, Greetings:
You, and each of you are hereby cited
and required to be and appear before the
in % said state. ' at t. the enc office af Of the County
dge n Of sal said minot At the
foqy B. ae 45e 6eoes say R of hat
day, then and there to show cause,
if any there be, why the right of sue.
cession to .a the following described real
divided one third interest in and to the
North One Half of the Northwest Quar-
ter and the Southeast Quarter of ths
Twenty-one and the Northeast Quarter
of Section Numbered Twenty, all in
Township One Hundred and Fifty-four
North of Range Eighty-six,. should not
be determined. and the title thereto
vested in the heirs and assigns of de-
absolutely and free and clear of all
debts.
Let this citation be served on the
above named respondents by publication
they all being non-residents of the State
Of North Dakota, and that the said Cita-
tion be published in the Ward County
Independent, a legal newspaper, once a
week for three successive weeks.
Dated at Minot this Sth day Of No
vember, A. D. 1922.
(SEAL) WILLIAM MURRAY,
11I9-St Judge Of County Court
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Axel w. Nelson Heads Blue Lodg,

Axel w. Nelson Heads Blue Lodge
The election Of officers of Star in
the West Lodge, No. 33, AT. and
AM. was held this evening, resulting
as follows:
Worshipful Master-Axel w. Nell
son.
Senior Warden-Dr. r. C. Lang.
Junior Warden-W. F. Jones.
Treasurer-H. E. Byorum.
Secretary-Martin Engeseth.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09

The farm residence formerly occu-
pied by the Soren Anderson family
Just north of Kenmare was burned to
the ground early last Thursday morn
ing, no one being able to tell how the
fire started. The Peppersack family
had recently vacated the property
moving to the Boyce house in the city.
The property was owned by Fred
Friis.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09

Mckinley to Engage in Ice Business
: J. L. Mckinley, well known ice deal
er, has disposed of his interest in
the Peoples Ice Co. to Davis Bros.
and announces that he has leased from
Ed Kelley his ice house. He will put
up ice during the winter and conduct
his own business under the name of
the Minot Ice Co.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Miss Mildred Baker Reported Serious
lN Ill

Senator B. F. Baker of Glenburn,
who had been touring the eastern
part of the state, giving political ad-
dresses, was summoned home Tues
day night by a telegram informing
him of the serious illness Of his
daughter, Miss Mildred Baker, who
has been suffering for months from
heart trouble.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
i.iistrom Selects New Stock of Furni-
turn in tho East

turc in the East
Con Lidstrom, manager of the Mi
not Furniture Co., returned Monday
from Grand Rapids, Mich, Chicago
and other eastern points where he sell
cctcd the new stock Of furniture which
will be installed in the Weinrebe
block about Dec. IS.
Mr.. Lidstrom and the Ellison Bros.
recently organized this company and
the public is assured that a first class
furniture store will be put in by them.
Mr.. Lidstrom states that the furni-
ture factories are oversold as the busi-
ness is exceedingly brisk in the east,
nevertheless he was able to secure a
great deal Of furniture for early de-
livery Mr.. Lidstrom states that high
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09

class furniture can be bought at prices
some lower than in 1914 before the
war altho the medium priced furni-
ture and rugs are higher than the
1914 prices. Some of the new furni-
ture has arrived and the other will be
here by the time the store room is in
rcadinrSS
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Death of GOrze Babe

Arthur, the 9-months son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Gorze Of near Sawyer,
died Sunday at the family home. The
remains were buried at Leonard, MINI.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09
Stenersen Speaks at Kenmare

Atty. Vernon E. Stenersen has
been invited to give the annual Arm
istice Day address at a celebration to
be held at Kenmare Saturday and he
has accepted.
The Ward County independent., 1922-11-09

District Court Convenes
Judge Geo. H. Moellring of Willis
ton arrived in Minot Tuesday to open
a term in district court Wednesday,.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
Americans and Their Capital.

Americans do not want a shabby,
second-place capital. They want the
greatest, most beautiful and most
nearly perfect capital in the world,
capital that will outdo Paris, London
and Rome in every way that ma
tion's capital may. More Americans
are interested in Washington than in
any other city, for with practically all
Americans Washington is the most in
teresting. the most thought-of and the
most read-of city outside of their own
home town. Every Washingtonian
who travels can test this out with
men and women he talks with in
trains, hotels, stores and streets. He
can prove up this statement with men
he meets in any place within the
bounds of the United States.
The vast majority Of Americans
want their capital to be one of superb
public buildings, ample parks, smooth,
clean, bright-lighted and we'll ordered
streets: they want Washington to have
the best water service. police. fire
service and school system and school
buildings. They expect Washington to
be the last word" in civic govern
ment. Americans are proud Of the
National Capital. and they want to
feel secure and justified in that pride.
Nowhere in cities, towns or country
outside Of Washington will one meet
an American who thinks or speaks of
stinted or stunted Capital city.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
False Alarms,

An epidemic of false fire alarms has
prevailed in this city for several
months. Since the 1st of July to date
there have been 135 of these needless
summons of the fire department, while
during the whole of last year only ISL
were sounded. At the present rate
all records will be broken for the ring
ing of alarm bells without cause.
Those who thus wantonly pull the
levers of the fire boxes perhaps do not
realize the dangers that are involved
in their action. The other night, how
ever. a fatal accident occurred in this
city which gives emphasis to the
warning Of risk. An engine company
was responding to an alarm which
proved to be without cause, and an
aged man was struck by one of the
fire wagons and killed. This might, of
course, have happened If there had
been a fire, but the fact that the COM
pany had been brought out of its
house uselessly to satisfy somebody s
perverse sense of entertainment adds
to the tragedy.
Whenever the fire companies are
speeded out of their houses there is
danger in the streets. They must go
rapidly to the point Of the alarm. All
traf3c must be checked or DETECTED
to make way for them In the haste
Evening star., 1922-12-20
Public Service.

In accepting his resignation as
provost Of that Institution the trustees
of the University of Pennsylvania
adopted and c;ibled to Gen. Leonard
Wood the following resolution:
The trustees of the University Of
Pennsylvania profoundly regret your
decision, but realizing its fin lily.
bow again. as they have in the past.
to the public duty which y"u have al
ways prope"!y regar1tl i as Of first
Importance. With the greatest regret,
therefore. they accept Your res .ssua-
ton. and at the same time wish You
a continuation of success in your diff
fcult and SeIf-sacriticing task. aad as
sure you of their good will and CON
fidence and high regard
This is a warm and Wei deserved
appreciation. Gen. Woods action is
Of the nature Of sacrifice to public
duty. The post at Philadelphia was
inviting. with every prospect If a
stable tenure. But the country beck
oned, and the Philippine billet was ac-
cepted.
How long Gen. Wood will remain at
Manila is question. AS long of
the billet retains its present impor
tance. We are much interested in the
far east, and the far east is IN most
unsettled condition.
Men of the Wood stamp are much
Eeeded-conpctent men. who put pth-
lie duty before private interests and
accept public service at the expense
Of personal comfort and money re-
ward.
Competency is widespread. 1t in
heres in our institutions. The republic
Is opportunity" and men and women
within reach rise to it.
Self sacrifice is more rarely found.
1t is not common. Ease and reward
make strong appeal to everyday
human nature. But the country at
this disturbed period needs in every
important post a person equal to its
duties, and should not be denied.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
The Buck Lines.

Demon stratiln Of the value and the
, need pf adequate branch library facili
| ties III this District is emphatically
given by the scenes that have been
| enacted since its opening at the new
| southeast branch nf the Publ" Lii
brarr. Formally opened nsi the sth o!
| this month, with a stock Of 5000 Vol
umcs. this institution has been over
wheImcG ever since with resistrants
and borrowers, until the shelves have
| been virtually empty, and even the
loan" of additional volumes from the
central library. which can i'll spare
! them. las not sufficed to meet the de
mand.
This branch - located in the midst
! OF population estimated, according tC
! library radius measurements. at 10000
! people The stock Of books allotted tC
it under the appropriation for its
maintenance is. therefore. j,3st one
| eighth uf yolUme per capita. Tlia.
this is totally inadequate is shown by
; the daily scenes al the branch build
ing. Yesterday The Star printed pic
! tl.rc nf the line IF children in front OF
the library waiting for admittance.
D, spite the discouragements and
disappoirtments due to the lack OF
sufficient volumes. the pressure con
tinues and even increase The fact
- that the people of that section of
70 RI
tributing center, are book hungry
and the book lines are to be considered
as quite as worthy of attention and
relief as the bread lines that are oc-
casionally formed when physical hun
ger is felt by community.
One of the children who managed to
get a volume from the southeast
branch told her teacher later that il
had been read by every member of
the household. 1t was book of fairy
stories. Can anything more pointedly
; prove the need of an early filling of all
the shelves at this branch and the es-
tablishment and. stocking of other
branches throughout the city?
1t was stated in connection with the
opening of the southeast branch that
these regional distributing points
serve as the arteries of the Library
system through which the circulation
flows. Just as there must 1e blood in
the human system to maintain health
and life, so there must be books in
the library system to keep up the in
tellectual life Of the community.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

the basis Of the widest territorial in.
clusion and the most distinct RESPONSE
bility, undertook to establish a series
of boundaries which would be respect
ed and would furnish the foundation
Of future developments. Naturally
some opposition arose on the part Of
associations that thought that their
territories were being curtailed, and
partly in consequence OF that factor
nothing came of the effort. The Fed
GRAFTON of Citizens Associations did
effect such mapping of the District,
but unfortunately 1t does not include
all Of the associations, and its jurisdic'
tion over the matter has not been uni.
versally recognized.
There is no barrier to the organiZa.
tion Of new associations. They can be
created whenever a group of people
In the same neighborhood feel that
their interests are not being sufficient
iy safeguarded or their wishes prop
eriy expressed. The effect Of this sub,
division is to yield a maximum of
strictly local expression, but undoubt-
edly it tends somewhat to scatter
forces. Some of the territories" OF
the associations are elongated, and 1t
is natural that as the city develops
and as population shifts somewhat the
outer ends. SO to speak. should break
off under independent auspices.
A careful consideration of this whole
question should be had through the
federation, or perhaps through a
meeting under the Commissioners
auspices of representatives Of all the
associations. whether or not they are
members of the federation. In GER
tain way conflict over territory means
civic health, but it can be carried to
tie point of interference and lessen
ing,of the autonomous vigor of the in
'lividual groups OF citizens.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

and as well esteemed as he-a COM
bination of affection and appreciation.
1t might easily have fallen out that
circumstances and environment would
have developed only the good fellow
ship side of him. Scion of a wealthy
family, popular in important social
circles of the National Capital. with
some men the temptation to lead an
easy-going life in Congress and bask
in the glow of personal friendship
might have controlled his course.
But it was not so with him. He took
his congressional career seriously,
realizing opportunities ahead of serv-
ice to his country and of making a
name for himself. So, at the outset,
he commenced to study the tasks of
a legislator of parts. He drudged
away on parliamentary procedure,
watching the methods of the late
James r. Mann and realizing how
that leader, admittedly one of the
most efficient who ever conducted the
party and legislative fights on the
floor of the House, had been able to
do so only by hard work and con-
slant watchfulness.
Mr.. Longworth studied the tariff.
being regarded as one of the experts
in the House on that subject. He
has kept track of all important leg
islative subjects of consideration and
action. He is politician and a
strategist. He Is a progressive. but
was not. bull moose, radical. His
IDEAS and aims are progressive and
the opposite of reactionary.
Evening star., 1922-12-20

that is involved in an immediate re-
sponse and the ordinary perils of the
streets are multiplied. So that every
time a false alarm Is sounded the city
is exposed to additional dangers.
Furthermore, a false alarm is de-
moralizing to the fire department. In
evitably a needless run lessons the
vigor Of each company so summoned.
When these false alarms are con-
tinued day after day and night after
night, until they reach an average Of
one in every thirty-two hours. the
city's security from fire is lowered.
Recently two men were arrested on
charge of sounding false alarms, one
of them a member of the department
They are now awaiting trial. 1t is
rare. however, that those who pull the
boxes without cause can be identified
and the fire department is at the
mercy of such tricksters. or of those
who perhaps sound the alarms for the
purpose of creating a diversion to
cover other mischief.
Special vigilance has been ordered
To catch those who sound the alarms
without cause Whenever caught they
should bc treated with the utmost
severity and given the limit of the
law. and if few such punishments
do not check the practice. which has
become public menace, these penal
ties should he increased by statute to
make the sounding Of false alarms too
hazardous for indulgence.
Evening star., 1922-12-20
= NoMETIMES you hear an indi-
Vidual Say there isn't a thing

IN OMET1MES you hear an indi-
vidual say there isn't a thing
| doing in this town. The discon-
tented one is wrong; there is
always something in this or any other
town. There are many things Of in
terest taking place every day, but the
great trouble is that the majority of
people do not take heed of things that
happen unless 1t is something that is
of particular interest to them. After
! having heard just such a remark the
other day ! started out to disprove
the statement that there was nothing
doing in Washington and this is what
happened. l saw a great hole being
| made in Mother Earth. II was to be
the cellar and subcellar of a ten-story
Office building. l saw two large steam
| shovels at work scooping up hundreds
Of pounds of earth at a time, lifting
| 1t to mid-air, swinging it around over
| trucks. gently depositing the dirt
| therein. and saw the trucks roll away
, with four tons or more. I noticed
| with new interest these big eXcava-
tors. awkward looking things. giving
the appearance of shanty, from
which stuck out huge arm. and sus-
pended from this great bar. the end
Of which was attached to the scoop.
One could not imagine for moment
that this collection of steel. wood and
| iron could perform efficiently, but ii
did. But awkward looking as it was,
| it was as full of movements as an
cs,he:ic dancer. 1 saun.eGed down
the street: in store window l saw
, novel bits OF lace from one of our
| foreign possessions and delicate fab
| RIGS for milaGy'S wear. / watched the
| letter carrier going from door "a door
| on his back he bore a bulging pack,
| while in his arms he carried many
! letters, boxes, packages. and such like.
l viewed a stalled electric car, beauti-
full work of the builders art, but a
sad. helpless thing without mot or
power. On the next corner was
Giuseppe, on his cart reposed fruit
| and other tempting things. His COM
panion of warmer days, Jocko, was
enjoying respite, but with the warm
days of spring he would again per
| form before his owners organ. Then
my gaze rested upon a little old crea
ture selling mistletoe. l saw men look
at IL out of the corner of their eyes
and 7 heard young girls giggle as
| they passed it by, and could not
/ help paraphrase and think. "and al
ways the twain will meet" I enter
| ed an street shop. where J saw
| beautiful things from the studio of
/ Rene. Lalique. most versatile of mod
ern artists. / saw statuette by
Gerome bit by Virieus and other
works by Schwartz. Elischer and Sci
fert. l found the proprietor had the
soul of an artistic sold not alone
for gain. but was genuinely pleased