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The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
MORE ABOUT
LOCAL BAND

In reference to what we said III
last weeks issue of The Tribune
about the reorganization of our
band, Rev. Arsenault reiterates his
willingness to give two evenings a
week to rehearsels as soon as the
boys get together and come to some
definite understanding as to person
mel and Instrumentation OF the banu.
Mr.. Siemers also falls in with the
movement. and assures us that he
will give some Of his time to the
furtherance Of the good work. Rev.
Arsenault will give class instruction
also private lessons to the beginners
as soon as they give their names and
instruments they wish to take up
The preliminary details will be
worked out at meeting to be heiu
at the High school auditorium on
Monday evening, October 18th.
At second meeting to be held
later officers will be elected. In due
time every citizen will be asked to
cooperate and do his share to back
/ up a movement which means SO much
to Bowbells and the community i
serves in this section of the count,
Now all band boosters be on hanc
Monday evening, October 18th, ant
| help make the organization . sue
cess.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
BURKE FARMER
HANGS HIMSELF

Chas.. e. Irwin, prominent farmer
residing east Of the lake committed
suicide Wednesday morning by hang
ing himself. He had been working
in the barn during the forenoon and
when he did not come to the house
when the dinner bell was rung. his
Oldest daughter, Mildred, went to the
the barn to call him, and found his
body hanging in one Of the stalls.
The girl cut the rope and let the
body down before informing the
rest of the family Of the tragedy.
The authorities here were notifi-
ed Just before noon and Sheriff
DrinkWater and States Attorney
Hanson went to the scene Of the
tragedy, and County Coroner Gro-
gan Of Flaxton was called. From
what the authorities could learn it
was plain case Of suicide Mr.. Ir-
win had tied a rope to one Of the
joists, put the end through the top
Of the partition into the next stall
and after fastening the rope tied d
slip knot about his neck and then
stepped off from fonr-by- on which
he had been standing. No inquest
was held. FL
No reason can be given for the act
by any of the friends of the deceas-
ed, he having been better off finan-
cially than the, average farmer, and
no other trouble is known of which
might have caused this action. We
are told that he was subject to spells
Of spondency, and at times con.
planned Of poor health and hard
times, although during the past few
months he was apparently satisfie,.
with things in every way, and the
news of his death came as a great
shock to his many friends here.
The Irwins resided In Bowbells for
several years and are well known to
the people Of this city. Mr.. Irwin
| was pleasant man to deal with, was
a good neighbor, and everyone who
| knew him was his friend. His wife
and several children survive, anu
these have the heartfelt sympathy
of their friends here.
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MAUD HENDERSON co.
[ WILL SHOW AT ROYAL

For three days starting Monday,
October 18th. The Maude Henderson
Company 80 we'll known through
ont this country will be seen In thls
city. The company is SO we'll known
and popular that 1t Is scarcely nec-
etsary to take the spaceSto describe
tlsem They still have most Of the
same old members rnat have been
with the company for several years.
Anna Hughes, Maude Henderson
Edward Gray, Maude Curtis, George
= Gray, Jack Mansfield are the Ola
members Mr.. and Mrs Eddie Rlv-
ers and Dewey Moser are the new
members.
The opening bill, Monday night,
aSmiling Throughs IS one OF tne
B great successes Of the day.
1t is a play which is thoroughly ad.
apted to this company. drama ol
heart interest as well as comedy. A
tear and laugh, gripping and play
I long to be membered.
The company will produce a line
of successes never before seen In this
city. Among them are THE Shep-
7 herd Of the Hills, = Common Clay
The Traffic Turn to the Right
4 and many others.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
FROG CATCHING
new INDUSTRY

Hankinson, N, ID, oct. i. Frog
Hunting for the market is unique
industry Of North Dakota which is
proving profitable to professionals
operating at Lake Elsie, Richland
county, and Buffalo lake, Sargent
county according to reports reach
ing here. i
One crew of the frog compal,
with Headquarters at Morriss, Mimi,
has been operating at Lake Elsie for
the last several weeks, using $4,000
worth Of equipment. They are said
to have realized a good profit from
their harvest. Another crew has
been working at Buffalo Lake.
The operators say that the lale
summer and early fall is the best
time for gathering the frogs. Tehy
are now shedding their skins, after
which they hop off into the water
for the winter. Nets from / 800 to
q, ,000 feet long are set along the
shore for them and the chop offs Of
the frogs land them in the neto
Men then haul in the frogs in bar
rels and ship them to eastern maj
kets where they sell for fancy prices
A Morris man has been in the bust
ness several years. He says that II
the last year he has shipped more
than $4,000 worth Of frogs to New
York, and that he hopes to exeeet
that amount this year.
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ARE GETTING
new MEMBERS

Starting Wednesday morning OF
this week drive for new members
and renewals Of old mem berships in
the Nonpartisan League in Burke
county Is being made. A crew of
six men started work Wednesday and
will continue here until the county
has been thoroughly canvassed. The
organization work is in charge of c..
G. Griffith, former resident of this
county, and who is quite well known
in this section of the state. Mr.. Gri,-
fifth arrived in Bowbells Monday eve
ming and the others the following
day.
Mr.. Griffith tells us that his crew
has been at work organizing for the
league for some time and had adde,-
more new members, men who had
in the past worked against the or
ganization, than has had ever been
the case In any other membership
drive in which he took part. Accor.
ding to Mr.. Griffith, the reason for
this is that there is an almost univer-
sal dissatisfaction among the people
with the Nestos administration and
its failure to secure any relief for
the farmer. The farmers of the
state have threshed good crop this
year but on account of the extremely
low prices being paid for farm pro-
ducts they are worse off than ever
before. The sentiment is more fav-
orable to the movement than ever
before, and both farmers and busi-
ness men realize that political action
lis necessary in order TO secure any
relief from the conditions which pre-
vail not only in this state, but in
all parts Of the country.
We learn that the organizers are
meeting with better success in Burke
county than ever before, very few
being found who are not in favor Of
the program, and from present In
dications this county will be organic
ed almost solidly within the next few
weeks.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
CHANGE MADE
IN COM. DIST.

Petitions were filed in the office
of County Auditor G. j. Kopriva, the
latter part Of last week by several
voters Of Burke county asking that
the boundaries OF the Ficst and Sc
,cond Commissioners districts be
changed, taking Richland township
out OF the First district and putting
1t into the Second, and transferring
Vanville and Dimond townships from
the Second district to the first.
The law requires a number of sig
natures equal to that of % per cent
of the votes cast for congressman at
the last general election in order to
make the change. After the requir-
ed number Of signatures are secured
a board consisting of the county au-
ditor, county judge and clerk OF
court have the power to reject "a
grant the change asked in the petit
tions.
County Auditor G. j. Kopriva,
Clerk OF Court.C. B. Stitt and Coun-
ty Judge J.. l.. Finke met on Tuesday
Of this week to consider the advlsa.
bility of such change, and after
going over the proposition decided
that 1t would be to the best interests
Of the county as a whole that the
change be made, and the request o1
the voters was granted.
The morning after this board hao
passed on the petitions an injunc
tion issued out of the district cour'
by Judge George H. Moellring was
served on the board to enjoin tn.
county auditor from filing said peti
tions and the board from acting OIL
them. The members Of the board, G
r Kopriva ;. +. Finke and G. 3
Stitt are to appear before Judgs
Moellring at the district cour
chambers a Minot, October Z, at
o'clock D. m to show cause why TN
order should not be made perman
ent
The fact that the petitions were
| filed Sept. 9th and were acted OF
Tuesday. October 3rd, makes the in
| junction proceedings look rathe
| foolish, as the Injunction was gottel
out to prohibit this board from do
ing something that had already beer
done. The complaint in this action
was signed by IT. A. Kirkelie, but i
is generally conceived that he Is Oh
tly tool of the man higher up. TIL,
hull of the ring, Kirkeiie's politica
boss. does not care to show his han,
in public in this case anys more thai
he has in others The average bust
ness man in Bowbells, with the ex
ception Of one or two are not tn sym
pathy with the tactics used by tn
one or wo. However, every time
something like this is pulled of 4
gives the city of Bowbells anothei
! black mark with the people OF tn
county, although the city as a whol'
is not to blame for what one or tW'
| Of its business men do.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
KANDIYOHI
ilrom STAIR correspondeI I

{lrom staff CorrespondenU
Mrs. David Anderson and Alice
Ekstrom are assisting Mrs, Peter u.
Nelson during threshing.
Mrs. Otto Carlson and son visit
ed at Peter q. Nelson home Friday.
William Stannard and sons pull
ed home their threshing rig last
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Verify Patterson and cniid-
rem are here again and expect to
spend the winter in this vicinity,
Mr.. Patterson will Join them as soon
as he finishes threshing
Mrs. Gust HeIlix and son visited
at the home OF the formers sister,
Mrs. Chris. Schmelling last Sunda,.
Mrs. Arthur Leslie and family
and Mrs. Lenna Thorkelson visiteu
at the p. G.. Nelson home last Mon.
day.
Chris Schmelling came out to tbs
farm last Monday to look after the
threshing. M q
Mrs. Arthur Leslie and daughter
called at the Hans Sande last Fri
day. Mrs. Leslie and Mrs. Sande au.
toed to Kenmare the same day.
Chester Leslie Of Minot visited al
the Arthur Leslie home Sunday.
Miss Vivian Schmelling OF Mino1
visited at her parental home sun
day,
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
|. ". ". BLAMED
IN STACK FIRES

Mandan, N. D., Oct. Members
OF the i. w. w. are blamed for dam
age occurring In various parts OF the
Missouri slope in the last few days
in which grain stacks have been
burned and threshing machinery
damaged.
AL Brisbane, Grant county, five
stacks Of hay on the the Robert Fran
zen farm were fired and members
Of the state fire marshal's depart
smenf who investigated declare they
found evidence that cinched the liz
.cendiary theory.
Near Mannhaven in Mercer county
six stacks Of grain on the Adolf Os-
ter farm were destroyed by fire De-.
lieved to have been ineendiary as the
fire burned only the stacks and not
the intervening stubble.
A. week ago the magnetic and other
equipment from the threshing trac-
tor of N. B. Lewis, near OakdaIe in
Dunn county, was stolen. Another
magnetic and repairs were obtained
and the outfit moved to another 1o.
cation. On the second day of thresh-
ing horseshoes, rocks and other arti
cles placed in the bundles nearl,
ruined the machinery.
Il -- Il M 1ss
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his ribs on one side and revolver
on the other and he was ordered to
drop it. He did. After picking up
the money which amounted to about
$4,000, the desperadoes quickly
made their get away leaving Dellage
and the driver Of the truck at the
liquor station with the dead man.
After they had gone Mr.. Dellage
raised Metaff up to see il anything
could be done for him but finding
he was dead they called help to look
after him and started for the border
with their load of booze.
When they reached the bridge at
at Roche Percee they were again
held up BY what they thought to Be
the same bunch as what did the
shooting ct Bienfait The men took
possession OF the truck and Lees
Cadillac car and ordered them to
drive on across the line. When ab0us
two miles on this side Of the bor-
der stop was made, and the rob.
bers loaded the booze from the truck
| into three cars OF their own and MI,
IDeIlage's 4 car and drove OH. Before
|going, however they disconnected
Isome of the wiring On the truck. 4
Iltook only few minutes to repair
1.-The wiring On the truck and Dellage
Twas then taken home by the trucE
ldriyer: HIS arrest followed = short
time later
As u summary of the whole thills
lDellage IL out 1870 o o. Hi cash tbs
49,. -, = - I, 4 ~ y M his G0dilIa
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Frazier / / Will Speak
Here Friday 0cl. l3

Lynn =. Frazier, three times go.-
ernOr OF Norlh Dakota, and now a
candidate for United States senator
from this state on the Republican
ticket will Speak at BoWbells Friday
evening at eight O'clock. Mr.. Fra
zier opened his campaign on Mon
day OF this week, and plans on maxi
Ing three addresses each day during
the campaign. .s
Mr.. Frazier is as well informed on
the actual political condition in th..'
state as any man living, he is one of
the best known speakers the Nom
partisan League has in the field,
and what he has to say will be. "
general interest to every voter in
the state. Every business nlaa, far
mer 1snd laboring man, as we'll as
their families should plan on attend
Ing this address, or one Of the others
10 be given by Mr.. Frazier in this
county. The former governor has
delivered addresses in many places
during the past ten days and has
been greeted by unusually large
crowds everywhere he has spoken,
and there is no reason why ne
should not receive the same receptioii
here fs
1T has been proven several times
over that the only way the city OF
I BoWbells can attract large crowd
to political meeting is to hold q
Nonpartisan meeting. During the
past several years we have never
seen such large crowds in BoWbells
to hear an address as what has at
tended the Nonpartisan meetings,
and there Is no reason Why we
shouldn't have the largest attend
ance ever to hear our next United
States Senator.
Besides speaking at Bowbells at
$500 b. M. Mr.. Frazier will deliver
an address at Mohall at 300 p. m
and at Kenmare at 4::3O p. m. the
same day, and on October 4 at Col
umbus, 200 p. m. at Noonan, 4: 80
p. M, and Crosby at 800 p. m
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PIONEER DIES
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

Gust Albertson Of this city pass.
ed away at the Ke1mare hospital at
seven o'clock on Tuesday morning Of
this week following an illness Of only
q few days duration. E:4 became III
last week from paeumon'.a and la
grippe, and Sunday suffered an Mt
tack Of appendicitis. He was Inn
mediately taken 20 che kenmars h1.s-
pitai where an operation was per-
formed the same afternoon, but It
was found that the appendix bad
burst, and at that time there was
very little hope fur his recovery. He
grad dually grew worse from that time
until the end Tuesday morning. His
family were notified OF his serious
condition at three D clock Tuesday
morning and his wife inlmediateiy
left for Kenmare 70 be at his he'd
side.
Mr.. Albertson hal resided in this
county for abous % years, having
come here with the earliest settlers
and settled iii Rosalanf where he
tfarmed up to the time sf his death.
He was man we'll liked by all his
neignbors, was always willing to 80
Iout OF his way To do something ior
his friends and everybody VINO
knew him was his friend One thing
especially noticeable was the pridu
he took In his family. Probably no
man In the county thought more o.
his children than did Mr.. Albertsou
and there was nothing that he war
not willing To do for them. When
1.-The children became of school age hf
| purchased 4 large residence iii thii
/ city ana moved his family u town
isso tl,at the children co1ld have tns
l advantage az the 4cho ools here Durint
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CANADIANS BRING MURDER
CHARGE AGAINST DELLAGE

Lee Dellage Of near Lignite, who
was arrested by Sheriff Drinkwater
and Deputy Masters on the charge
of having Intoxicating liquor in his
possession last Wednesday morning,
III being held by the sheriff here ~
the request or Canadian authorities
who have warrant for his arrest
on the charge Of murder III eoHnec-
tion with the killing Of Paul Metaff,
representative Of the Dominion Dis
tributors. q liquor firm at Bienfait,
Sask. early Wednesday morning
Metaff Was shot and instantly Kill
and about SIG, 900 Ia currency togeth-
er with q diamond pin were taken
at the same time. This Is believed
~ 50 the work OF q band Of despera-
does which have been terrOrizing the
ueople along the Canadian border
i AL seyeral months, and adds anoth-
er, III their long list Of crimes.
h Dellage had gone "a: Beinfait
where ii is alleged he purchased q
( large quantity Of liquor from Metaff'
INA LIQUOR according to reports re-
Il porfa received had been loaded On
B z larKe truck that the liQuor Hrm us-
& Ns .fo deliver the stuff to the border
ana Dellage was Ia the act Of pay.
4 drar Metaff for IT when number q
men broke Iii thruogh the win ndows
"A avery side armed with high pow:
cred rifles and ordered Dellage and
Metaffs to ssstick seIn Mp One o1
d d nm robbers accused Metaff of get
!. tines, one of his pals, Dave Kelly
n s,rd aafd that now lie was going te
Metaff Without further nc:
n n 4sls M M shot the liquor agent, killina
4 z1l3' ssss', IN snataa1tly. when tho robbers
& s1;o7If FOUND the counter To look 9
Dellage thought lle maen|
~ l,al money and arted 70 picl
J. fI,is nm ; y vRa xed inss 'll''s
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the summer time the family would
move to the farm In ROseland town
ship and back to town each winter.
The children were just as proud OF
their father as he was OF then,. and
family more attached to each Cher
would be hard to find anywhere.
Gust Albertson was born in Swe-
den So years ago, and came to the
United States Fl years Of age. He
settled at Farewell, MIMI. and re-
sided there for nine years after
which he came to Burke county and
filed on q homestead in Rosaland
township on which farm he resided
since that time with the exception
OF the last few winters when thu
family lived In Bowbells. Seventeen
years ago he was united IN mar
riage to Jennie Anderson. and IL
this union were born six children,
all OF whom are still living.
The deceased leaves to mourn his
demise q loving wife and six child
rem, namely: Agnes, l6 years old,
Clarence IA, Walter IL, Ellen 10,
Edith s, ana Marie, about two Years
old also q brother residing ct Fare-
brothers and two sisters III Swede-,
beside q large number 0f friends.
Short funeral services were held
at the Alberts0n residence IN B0f.-
bells at two o'clock yesterday ~
1 ternoon and at the Presbyterian
church at three O'CLOCK, Rev. Fred
IN. Christ officiating and was Az
tended by y large number Of people
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REJECT
LAKE COUNTY PETITIONS

Attorneys Cooper and Clark OF
kenmare filed the petitions contain
ing 1916 signatures asking that the
proposition of consolidating Burke
and Reville counties and the Goose
neck OF Ward and making Lake
county OF them with County Audi
tor G. J. Kopriva on Tuesday morn-
ing OF this week. The county COM
missioners Of Burke county were
scheduled to meet that day and II
was asked that they act on the pe-
titions immeditely as soon as they
went into session.
In the meantime, while the Ken
mare men were still getting signers
on their petitions, the business men
of Bowbells got together and start
ed circulating remonstrance petit
tiontion, and this was circulated the
fore part of the week. Up to Tues
day afternoon Of this week $40 sig
natures had been secured on the re-
monstrance petitions, and these
were filed in the office of the conn
ty auditor Tuesday afternoon.
In order to get the consolidation
proposition on the ballot 1t would be
necessary to have the signatures of
SO per cent OF the voters of the
county. The Kenmare petitions con-
tanned 1916, or 201 signatures over
the required number, and the re-
monstrance petitions contained 57t
signatures. This left the petitions
circulated by the Kenmare people
short about 369 signatures.
The board Of county commis-
sioners met Tuesday afternoon but
did nothing with any Of the petitions
until the following morning. After
both sets Of petitions were gone oy-
er, the names compared and tthe
signatures counted the board passed
resolution denying the petitions
asking that the consolidation propo-
sition be put on the ballot giving
as It's reason that there were insuffi-
cient signatures on the petitions.
While we do not pretend to
know what the people in favor of
the consolidation are doing, 1t Is
generally believed that they are still
circulating their petitions and will
file additional names with the coun-
ty auditor some time before Satur-
day evening, which fs the last day
day on which petitions can bs filed.
If enough additional names can be
secured by them to overcome the
number OF signatures on the remon-
STRANGE petitions the proposition will
be put on the ballot at the coming
fall election. But on the other hand
il those circulating the remonstrance
patifiOuS arn ctjl1 ,u0rEyros 0nd cun-
ceed in securing number of names
equal to that gotten on the petitions
for consolidation the proposition will
remain where it is and viii not be
voted on.
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HATCHET SHARES
SEWERS ARTERY

Wahpeton, N. D., Oct. 4-One
should always be careful what no
carries on the hip. John Meur, local
carpenter, was carrying q hatche.
yesterday as he rode his bicycle to
his home from work.
An automobile from Campbell,
Mimi, speeded up behind him and
bumped into his wheel. The hatcher
severed small artery and Meur is
In serious condition today from the
loss Of blood.
Physicians say, however, that he
will recover.
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TWO YEAR OLD BABY
5s DROWN IN TANK OF WATER

Hazen, N. d. Sept 30.-viola Paul-
son. the 2-year old daughter Of Jacob
Benz, Jr., farmer near Expansion, N.
d., fell into IA inches of water in
a stock tank and drowned. The body
was found lying face downward
"a half an hour after the accident
is believed to have happened. All
efforts Of resusciation failed.
The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1922-10-06
O'CONNELL WITHDRAWS
FROM STATE OFFICE RACE

u. bismarck, N. D., Oct. I'D. {.
,O'Connell OF ToWner, nominated in
the Democratic primary for attorney
general, has served the Secretary OF
State with notice Of withdrawal anu
directing him not to place his name
on the ballot Mr.. O'Connell, 1t i.
understood, also was nominated for
states attorney In McTfenry county
and prefers TO make a campaign for
that office.
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PASSENGER SHARES
FINES FOR SPEEDING

Park River, N. D., Oct. 5--The
responsibility of automobile driving
from the back seat was officially re-
cognized by justice of the peace
when passenger in a speeding car
was fined $40 and costs for violating
the law.
The driver Of the car was also
fined $50 and costs for failure to
properly control the car. The pas
senger, according to the theory of the
cout, was remiss In failing to exei-
else proper control over the driver.
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L. A. Stefonowicz, notary public
Office in The Tribune building.