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Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11

The budget prepared for the
National Convention provides for
$50. 900, SIS 900 Of which is to
be given to the foreign mission
board and the balance divided "a
mong the other boards II am
certain now, said DR.. Jones, af-
ter meeting thousands of our pso-
pie and hundreds OF our pastors as
many of our associations. that
they are determined to burn the
mortgage. The appeal asks that
each pastor and church would
send 500 for education, each as
sociation $25 and each pastor
$40. A new feature OF the Con-
vention will be complete report
showing the total membership.
valuation OF property, money rais-
ed and expended, as well Ss addi-
tions to the Is 900 churches affili-
ated with the Convention.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11

tion Agents has announced the re-
duced rate has been granted on all
railroads Tor the delegates and vis-
itors 10 the meeting
Those desiring space ior exhib-
its should communicate at once
with Mr. James +. Scott, III
Highland Avenue. Norfolk, Va.
or with Mr.. A bon L. Holsey. act
ing secretary OF the National
League. Tuskegee Institute, Ala
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11

AT the close of the S. S. Con-
vention Of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Association, Bro. ]. w. Carneal.
the president returned to Centra-
la. his home and told his 5. 5.
that no Schoo. had invited the
Convention, and the End Baptist
5 5. extended an invitation to
hold the next annual session with
them in 1928. Good Tor Centra-
liza.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11
II Has Past And
Gone lnlo history
By DIR. C. C. Philips.

Golconda. ILL.,, Aug. 8, 1922
Yes the 5th Sunday has past
and gone into history to the de-
light of those that attended the
5th Sunday July NEE ting. a
number of letters were received
from those that could not attend.
Others sent letters and cash, and
expressed their regrets that the,
could not be present. The meet
ing was given out at the State As
sociation last May at Centralia,
and some of us have been mind
fui OF it.
The unsettled state of affairs
throughout the country hindered
things some, but under it, it was
a days rejoicing, not withstand
ing the sad intelligence Of the de-
mise OF one of our citizens, Mrs
Amanda Howard, a member OF
A NJ t. church, was found dead
in her home Sunday morning
The threatening weather, rain and
other hinderance drew heavily on
the meeting Service was held at
the court house at II:oO a. M.
and at Mt. Pleasant Baptist church
at night. Moderator w P. Wash
ington, preached ar II:co a. m
and Ed. VIM. Clancy, pastor OF
Mt. Zion church, Dewmaine. at
1880 p. m They preached too
We could not give this article
Justice il we did not speak Of vice
moderator Hunter, who come all
The way from Milwaukee. Wis.
to keep his word good. he came
with no excuse whatever, when
money time came he W; S there as
if he hadac My come a mile or two
Mrs. Hall came from Cen'ralia,
Mrs. Leake OF the same place sent
FIVE or six dollars in her letter we
not recall whether it was S.. or
50 Mrs. Eliza Montgomery, OF
Chicago, S.. L {. Phillips, Mat
toon, sent letter with cash which
makes his End contribution. Mrs
Lillian Hayes of Carbondale, did
the same thing. Ed. II. f Nc
Williams, OF Chicago, came across
with SO. Ed. Mcqueen, had to
duplicate his acts too.
We very much regret that we
failed to hear to hear from some
OF the trustees. 1t would hardly
be proper to cite their names
they know. We fear one OF the
ministers met with a mishap. We
hope he is not dead 'Dr. Phil
lips if | live look for SIS from
me" Moderator ]. ID. Davis, OF
Colp. was stranded ou the way
with mud and rain and did not
reach the town until late in the al
ternoon They went to the home
and back rejoicing Mod. Wash
ingten and he writer went down
to see them and found them in
their cars They gave the mo1-
orator between SIS. and $40.
Elders ID, Davis and VIM.
CLANCY are pastoring in the strike
zone too, but the money came
just the same. OF course the
people must initiate the Priest in
some respect
A nnmber OF the Golconda peo-
pie duplicated their pledges. their
acts reflects their pastor. A. J.
Bowers. We wish to cite in this
connection few pi the express
ions OF the. delight Of the visitors
Deacon Barnett OF Marion Phil
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11

All ministers and messengers
Who intend to attend the Mt.
Olive Association next month at
Mound City, send in their names
to Rev a. f. Daniel. pastor, at
once, SO he may be able to have
his committee secure homes
II you will do this. you VIII great
ly lesson the burden OF the COM
mittec and pastor.
J B. Mcclary, Moderator.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1922-08-11

Rosetta Price. Edna Robertson,
A. c. Rolden.
At 400 an impressive sermon,
was delivered by Ed. Rodgers,
which was enjoyed by all.
At 7:3o p. m a sermon was
delivered by DR.. c. c. Phillips,
which was able and appreciative
, by the audience. Collection for
the day S22 90.
Wednesday
The devotionals led by Sister
Emma Long, OF Centralia, were
enjoyed by all present, Sister Long
being a good singer. as well as
knowing how to pray.
Various committees made their
reports and the officers for the en-
suing year were elected. The
Rev CLANCY, OF Carbondale will
fill the office of president OF this
body next year.
The report OF the committee on
Resolutions was especially inter-
esting. Rev. Milan, challenged
some OF the terms used in this re-
port andquite discus sion. follow
ed.
Supt. Of Missions, DR.. c. {
Phillips. reported the sum OF S25
"a paid out through him to the
aged in this district
Rev McCauley of the Presby-
terian church was introduced to
the Institute and delivered one Of
his masterful addr, sses.
At-4 100 Rev. Barton. delivered
a soul stirring sermon.
At o:3o p. IN. Rev. ID. l..
Braxion. delivered an interesting
sermon to an expectant cong e.
CATION. He did ample justice to
the occasion.
Thursday p M.
The Ladies control this day as
has been a custom for a number Of
years. The president Sister M.
b. Taylor presides with dignity.
Much interest was manifested in
the opening OF the session and
increased as the day wore a.
way until at evening time it had
reached its zenith in the excellent
literary program rendered.
An interesting feature OF the
morning service was the coming
forward OF young man desiring
the prayer OF the Association that
he might become a christian.
All OF the officers for this de-
partment were elected. The va
rious other reports were made.
Thurday Afternoon
The devotional service at this
session was very splitting The
personal efforts of the Associa-
tion should not be overlooked, for
these efforts are truly great. Al
though few in number, their spir-
itual and financial efforts have been
such as should set a mark for the
other Associations OF this and
other diitricts. Words of com
mendation by Drs. c. c. Phillips,
and w P Washington, who
painted beautiful picture of the
Baptist Home in Golconda. which
has been named Baptist Heights
A number OF visitors were in
troduced and made interesting
talks Some thoughts of one OF
the speakers brought about very
heated discussion.
Sermon by Rev ] B McCrary,
which was quite instructive, Text.
John ii:44.
The amount of money raised bv
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continue in session until Sunday
night.
Bessie Cork. Reporter.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

Garrison Independent: County Cor
oner DR.. E. C. Stucke was called to
Wilton Tuesday to investigate the
death of child who had no medical
attention during the illness preceding
death. The cause was found to be
diphtheria., This is the fifth fatality
from this disease to occur in the vicin-
ity Of Wilton in the past few months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
Recalls Days Of Grading Wheat

Recalls Days of Grading Wheat
Olaf A. Olson visited the Indepen-
dent office today and being in a rem
iniscent mood, talked of the early days
in Ward County. Mr.. Olson re-
called the season of 1884 when he
raised 20 acres Of wheat on his home
stead just west of Minot in the valley
that averaged AZ bushels per acre.
He harvested the crop with cradle,
cutting only two acres day at first
finally getting toughened in so that
he could cradle three acres in day.
He wished at the time that the wheat
averaged less. He threshed it with
a home made machine which he i'm
provised out of log, larger at one
end than at the other. He fastened
the small end of the log to post and
hitched an OK team to the large end
of the log, pulling it around and
around over the sheaves of wheat:
He would make winters job out OF
his threshing, as it always threshed
out better on the frozen ground. He'd
sweep up the wheat and chaff and run
it through tanning mill.
The closest railroad was at Bis
marck, 100 miles away and he market
ed one load of wheat in Bismarck and
another at Washburn, where the boats
would come up the river for the grain.
Wheat was worth only IS or 80 cents
a bushel but the early settlers figured
on growing only enough wheat for
their flour. Mr.. Olson would re-
ceive "a pounds of flour, IL pounds
of bran and pounds of shorts for one
bushel of wheat. He'd make the
trip once in the fall and once in the
spring, and travelling with an OK team
it would always take two weeks for
the round trip, allowing them a couple
of days at Bismarck to see the sights.
There were but few settlers around
this locality in those days. There
were the Spoklies, Gasmans and the
Thygesons, Chas, Larson and family,
down the river, and Jim Johnson and
the other settlers up the river. The
first winter the settlers not realizing
what it would require to see them
through till spring, got short of food.
Mr.. Olson had laid in a stock of ten
sacks of flour, barrel of pork and 30
bushels Of potatoes, which he got at
Fort Stevenson. Chas Larson and the
Spoklies had laid in only three sacks
of flour each and by February they
were out. On account of the heavy
snowfall, they couldn't get to Bis
marck and Olson let them have some
of his flour. Charlie Larson was
handy with rifle and killed many
deer in the woods along Mouse river
Mr.. Olson visited a friend near Velva
and caught 300 large pike in water
hole, almost wagon box full and this
helped out the food supply.
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way we found pretty good roads into
The Dalles, Oregon, and arrived there
at 1880, only to find the roads impas-
sible west of US and the charter on the
Tell expired. We kept the wires hot
to Portland and finally got the COM
pany to charter the Tell by the month
and to come after US. We were at
The Dalles until a. m. Monday be-
fore they arrived and left at z a. m.
We had wonderful trip down the
Columbia river and arrived at VAN
couver, WASH, at $3.50 p. m. At
Vancouver the Studebaker, the Dodge
and myself started for Seattle which
is some 200 miles. We drove 80 miles
that night to Chehalis, where the l.
w. w. had the trouble with the Ameri-
can Legion about a year ago. We
found good roads from Chehalis to
Seattle and made it by 3 O'Clock Tues
day.
/ live about 3 miles out from the
heart Of the city but am lucky in
finding cheap rent. Have a three
room house with sleeping porch,
running water, lights and partly
furnished for $500 per month. Liv-
ing is a little cheaper here than in
Minot, as one can go down to the
public market and buy things quite
reasonable. Potatoes, $1.4O per
hundred pounds, eggs, As cents, but
ter 4S cents and meat is much cheaper
than in Minot
Times are tough here now and many
idle men, a good many of them with
large families. The city is doing all
it can to help them get work and
always gives the married men the first
chance. We have had some snow
here since Sunday and the coolest
weather for years, they say. l have
not been troubled with Pleursy since
leaving Minot, but we all have bad
colds due to the change of weather.
saw big ship on fire the other
day, and they sure had some force to
put it out. There are SO paid
Fire Departments here and 8 police
departments.
Well my hand is getting all cramped
from writing, so will close, wishing
you all a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
l.. T. LARSON,
1892 Fauntleroy Ave.
Seattle, Wash
P.S. Some of you be sure and write
as l like to hear often from Minot.
l.. T. L.
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Leonard Larson Writes of Hard Auto
Trip Through the West

Leonard Larson Writes of Hard Auto
Trip Through the West
Leonard Larson, for many years a
member of the Minot Volunteer Fire
Department, who left with his family
for the West some months ago, has
written Chief Leas very interesting
letter from Seattle, where he is now
located.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. Fl, 1921.
Hello Bunch:-~
should have written to you before
but some how never could get around
to it. left Boise, Idaho, for Seattle
November /, and did not arrive here
until December 6, as l was caught in
that big snow storm that swept the
west at that time. l would have
made it over the Blue Mountains but
broke an axle the first day out and it
took nearly all day to have one put in.
Left Boise on Wednesday noon and
arrived at La Grande, Oregon, Friday
night. / drove nearly all afternoon
Friday against the snow storm, which
was about half rain. The roads were
good, however, and not very cold but
had a bad time to keep the windshield
. clean, so that could see to drive. La
I Grande is the first town east of the
Blue Mountains and by Saturday noon
there was 2 inches of snow on the
summit and roads impossible. Sat-
urday noon four of US ordered so
foot box car and shipped our cars to
Pendelton, across the mountains. On
account of slides we could not get out
of La Grande until Monday and did
not get our cars at Pendelton until
Tuesday. On arriving at Pendelton
we learned that the roads were
blocked west, but was told by the road
commissioner that they would be
open by Friday. sent my family to
Seattle by train and stayed in Pen
delton until Friday noon when three
cars of US started out. The first rs
miles was good going but after that
we just had trail to follow and snow
one and half feet deep. We made
Arlington that night and there found
some thirty cars held up there on ac-
count Of snow slides west. The bunch
were all sore by the way they were
being held up by the town. Rooms
were $3.50 to $500 with out heat or
water. Meals 81 90 up and the same
at the garage. That night we wired
to Portland and offered the men who
run the Tell 100000 to come and
take us to Portland, but they would
not come, and we could not charter
box cars as the o Short Line was
blocked by slides and they were rum
ming over the N. p. to Tacoma and
then to Portland.
Well, Saturday morning we made
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up our minds to start out and break
road, so we put wooden bumper on
the rear of big Paige, a bumper on
front and rear of a Studebaker and a
bumper on the front of Dodge road
ster, and in that way started out.
When the Paige got stuck, the other
cars bumped it out, and when that
would not work, we shoveled. We
made some 18 miles by o'clock that
night but ran into a big snow slide
and had to clear a large place in the
snow and made camp there for the
night. We were near the railroad
track and were able to get 10 new
cedar ties, so kept up good fire all
night. There were about 10 ladies
and seven or eight children in the
bunch but no one suffered. We had
no grub, so sent the rear car back 8
miles to Balock, where there was a
store. All he had was some bacon,
spuds canned tomatoes and coffee.
One of the men had new copper
boiler and we made a stew in that.
We had no bread but made flap-jacks
out of pan cake flour.
Sunday morning we started to dig
through drift which was about one
mile long and six to ten feet deep. 1t
was hard as ice and we had to cut it
with axes. When we were nearly
through that slide we were able to
send a man ahead and he came back
and told US that there were about
three miles of slides ahead Of us, so
we had to turn around and 60 back to
Balock, "where the store is" and
stayed there all night in a large
empty building that had stove in it..
Next morning we started South
over a three mile hill on the old
Oregon trail by the way of the John
Day Ferry. It took US all day to
make IL miles and for one and one
half miles we had to drag the Paige
over the crusty snow. Arriving at
the Ferry, we found the cables down
and the Ferry across the river full of
water. 1t took US six hours Tuesday
morning to rig up the cables and
pump the water out of the Ferry, but
after we got it going it only took us
about two hours to put the 80 cars
across. After crossing we found
better roads but lots of water in
them and we made Wasco, "15 miles"
by $3.50. From Wasco to the High
way it is 9 miles but we found white
people there, and the Road Commits
sioner sent z men with a big truck
ahead of us to break the road. They
were only a mile from the Highway
when we caught up with them, but
they had run into a 10 foot slide and
we worked until o'clock before we
got through. After hitting the High
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

w. F. Thompson retires from his
position as postmaster at Sanish Jan.
"a, and will locate elsewhere. He
Is one Of the pioneers Of Sanish and
has done much for that enterprisinR
little city.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
N. d. Woman Kills Self

Westhope, N. D. - With a partly
empty bottle of poison and razor
nearby the body of Mrs. James Hunt
was found in a barn near here. De-
spondency over ill health is thought
to have prompted her to self destruc-
ton. - -..,-.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05
Sauce for the Gander

whats this ?" said John Smith, as
he came upon his wife's new sew
ing machine knee deep in snow drift.
ooh, just put it out there to keep
your lawn mower company" replied
the wife.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-01-05

Miss Alice Daily, who campaigned
for the N. P. L. in North Dakota
during the recent recall campaign,
has been selected as candidate for
governor by the leaguers of South Da-
kota, sss-,..s.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07
BUSINESS BOOMING

The Brighton Furniture Co.
has recently received orders
for fibre furniture to such a
large amount that it will neces-
state running the factory to its
fullest capacity for at least six
months in order to fill them.
This is good news to all Island
Ponders, for it promises more
growth in population and in in
dustry to the town.
Thirty-five more weavers are
required at once. This means
that they must be brought here
from out of town since all the
available local help has already
been given positions.
We congratulate Mr.. Conroy
on the present big run of bus1-
ness, and trust that it will long
continue, for the prosperity of
this booming industry means
prosperity to us as a communi-
ty,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07
War Department VIII Help
Postoff1ce Deliver Santa Claus

In order to reduce as far as
possible the extra expense Incl
dent to handling the mails dur
ing the Christmas rush, Post
master General Work has con-
cluded arrangements with the
War department for the use of
hundreds of army motor trucks
during the height of Christmas
mailing. These trucks will be
assigned from the various army
corps headquarters located at
Boston, New York, Philadel
phia, Atlanta, Columbus, Chi
cago, Houston, and San Fran
cisco. They will be used in ev-
cry instance in large cities
where the cost of transporting
them and operating them will
be less than the cost of renting
trucks from private corpora
tions.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07
ANNIVERSARY

On the evening of November
28th, a delightful party was gi-
ven Mr.. and Mrs. Fred GirouX
it being the 28th anniversary of
their marriage. The affair was
planned by their children and
was a complete surprise. About
twenty-five were present, each
with a gift. They received ma
ny beautiful and expensive ar
ticles, which they sincerely ap-
preciated.
Music, dancing and cards
made the evening pass pleasant
ly. Refreshments of all sorts
of appetite tempters, were
served before the home going.
All wish them the blessing OF
living to celebrate their Colder
Anniversary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07

seats in&ne Advisory Commit
tee of v ch L A Cobb is chair
man ant Jill have a voice in
making up the general pro-
gram of the Department.
The thanks of the supper
committee go to the Rev. N. H.
Snow, and to Mrs Thurston,
president of the Auxiliary.
An indoor Track Meet and
dog roast was held in the Jun
ior Rooms Monday night. The
$falowing events were pulled
'of:
l. 5 mile race won by the
"Blues" to the tune of 80.
2 Shot put, won by "Blues" Al
B. 2 yd. dash, "Blues"won Sd
A. Hurdles, "Blues" won 5-3
s. Tug of War, "Blues" 40
g. High Jump, (Cancelled.)
Z Relay Race won by the
"Reds" to the tune of SO.
The "Reds" are home today
nursing defeat while the Blues
made themselves merry with
hot dogs and mustard.
Messrs. Cushion and Tracy
had charge of this program of
fun and eats-mostly eats.
Secretary Winslow spent
Saturday and Sunday in Port
land visiting friends.
Sec. Hill is spending the
weekweek in Portland. Stoessel
Norcross is working in his
place during Hills absence.
Alterations and repairs are
going forward enlarging the
Boys Rooms to accommodate the
growing crowd of fellows.
The Second Troop met Tuesday e.
vening in charge of Prof. Thibadeau
The evening was spent taking tests
and preparing for the State Com
missioner's visit when mass meet
ng will be held and badges awarded
:; o the Scout candidates.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-12-07
Postofice Department Ready
To Redeem War Savings

Postal workers will have an
added burden in addition to
handling the Christmas mail
this year because of the extra
work involved in redeeming
War Savings certificates for the
Treasury department which
fall due on January 1st, 1928.
More than two and half
carloads of paper are required
for the printing of fifteen mil
lion cards which are to go
through the mail to certificate
holders urging them to redeem
their certificates in advance, or
to exchange them for Treasury
Savings certificates.
In addition six million forms
have been printed for distribu-
tion among postmasters and
for use as interim receipts in ex
change for War Savings certif-
Gates pending the arrival of
Treasury funds to redeem them
Five million more forms
were printed for the use of GER
tificate holders who wish to ex-
change their War Savings cer-
tifcates for Treasury Savings
certificates.
The redemption of the certi-
ficates will mean not only a
great deal more work for pos
tai clerks and, in the smaller
offices, the postmasters, but
will add considerable bulk to
the mails during the Holiday
season when it is already at its
maximum.