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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FoREcLo-
rs - SURE SALE

Notice is hereby given that. that GER
tain mortgage made, executed and de-
livered by Benjamin F. Miller, single
man, mortgagOr, to the Brush-McWlll-
dated the 31st day of December; 1915,
and filed for record in the Office of the
Register OF Deeds of Ward County,
North Dakota, on the 3rd day of jan
uary, 1916, at 1:45 o'clock p. m, and re-
corded in Book Pa Of Mortgages on
page So; and assigned by the said mort
gagee to James Street Of Dubuque, Iowa
will be foreclosed by sale of the prem
Uses in said mortgage and hereinafter
described at the front door Of, the Court
n. D.. on the 18th day Of March, 1922.
at two o'clock D. M, to satisfy the
amount due on the said mortgage on the
day Of sale. The premises described in
are situate in the County Of Ward and
State Of North Dakota and described as
follows, to-wit:
Southeast Quarter of Section
r Thirty 900 in Township One Humid
sea and FIFTY E Tnfes F2e Se 9s
West Of the 5th ?. NJ. and contain
ing 100 acres more or less accord
ing TO- the Government Survey
thereof. III $50, ~
There will be due on the said mort
gage on the day of sale the sum Of
Thirteen Hundred and Fifty One Dollars
and four cents, (Which said sum in
cludes the amount of taxes paid and in
Dated at Minot. N. D., this 9Th day
Of Feb. 1922.
. $ Sheriff of Ward County, n. D.
r. TT. Bradford,
Attorney for James Street
Assignee of Mortgage,
Minot. n. D. 2-9-6t
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

other organizations. Those wishing
one of the almanacs may receive it
by sending dollar to the Western
Publishing Co. and he will also re-
>eive a Scriptural calendar and good
map Of North Dakota.
Mr.. Hoff is one Of the pioneers Of
Minot. In 1895 he started the first
creamery in Minot and "a years ago
opened the Economy Furniture store
He was the founder and first post.
master at Huffland and the first mer-
chant of White Earth. Later he
plated and promoted the town of
Palermo, N. d., on his homestead 20
years ago. He was the towns first
postmaster and still owns the town
ste. He was the first publisher of
{ Scandinavian newspaper in this
section, "The Mouse River Tidende''
and later owned the Palermo Stan
dard. He now publishes the Nord-
vesten, the only Scandinavian news
paper published in western North
Dakota. f-a -
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Western Publishing Co. Issues Inter.
eStinp Almanac

The Western Publishing Co. of this
city, Of which our old friend, J. G..
Hoff is the manager, has just issued
q very neat and useful Almanac, the
first of it's kind ever gotten out in
the city. The advertising section of
the almanac had been patronized very
literally and Mr.. Hoff must have
made quite little money from his en-
terprise.
The almanac contains besides thou
sands of interesting facts which are
useful for reference, much local in
formation about the Minot clubs and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-02

which became due Dec. Bird. 1917. Dec.
3, 1918. Dec. 3. 1919, and Dec. 3, 1920.
There will be due on said mortgage
at the date Of sale the sum Of $393.79,
total sum due on date IF sale of Three
Hundred Ninety-three Dollars anu
Seventy Nine Cents l$393.79) together
with the costs and disbursements in
this action.
Dated at Kenmare. N D., this End
day Of February, A. D. 1922. *
s..2..r USH-McWILLIAMS
COMPANY. a Corporation,
Mortgage.
NJ. r. Keith,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Kenmare, n. Oak. 2-9-t6
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Petitions are in circulation at Dick

Petitions are in circulation at Dick
inson for the recall Of all the present
city officials, extravaganza being the
charge made against the admins
tration. It is said to be the purpose
of those who are behind the move to
make clean sweep. Of all the official
positions and to put in a new set. If
sufficient names are secured to the Pc
titions the election will probably be
held about the middle Of April.
Wilson Richards, the president of
the Commission, recently resigned on
account of the need Of giving his at
tention to his own business,
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County of Ward 81
+INgCOUNTY COURT,
Before Hon. VIM. Murray, Judge
In the matter of the Estate of Allie
4Lockman, Deceased. Il
g Belle Leighton, Petitioner.
All heirs al law, names un-)
known and all other persons) b
interested in the above nained) ~
estate. Respondent.
The State of North Dakota to the
above named Respondent and all per-
sons interested in the Estate of Allie
Lockman, Deceased: st I.
You, and each of you. are hereby
notified that the above named petitioner
herein has filed in this Court her
petition praying that letters OF adj
ministration upon the estate Of Allie
Lockman late of the City OF Minot in the
County OF Ward and State Of N. Oak,
deceased. be granted to Belle Leighton
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OVER $1,OOO,OOO PAID DAILY
TO EX-SERVICE MEN

Washlngton.-The United States is
spending. over $1,000,0OO in cash
every day in payments to disabled ex-
service men and their dependents, ac-
cording to Colonel Forbes, director of
the Veterans bureau. Colonel Forb-
es States that the United States gov
eminent will spend over $50 900 900
for soldier relief during the current
year of 1922 and points out that this
sum is greater than the entire ex-
penses of all departments of the Unit
ed States government in any year
prior to 1897.
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ICELAND MAN FINDS
MEADOWLARkS
THRIVE I'M STRAW

Egeland, N. D., Feb. s.-Ward
Skeen, young farmer living near
this place, reports that he found two
live and very chirpy meadowlarks at
a strawstack while hauling straw
Tuesday.
The larks have evidently been here
all winter, and do not seem to be any
the worse for their experience Of
wintering in the north near the Cana
dian boundary, according to Mr.. Skeen
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POUNDMASTER NOTICE

The following listed animals have
been impounded and will be sold at
the expiration of 80 days from the
first publication Of this notice. Sale
will take place at School House No. A,
Free dom township, otherwise known
as the Foster school house.
One dark brown mare with white
spotted forehead, weight about 1900
lbs, apparently old.
Bay mare with white strip in fore
head, weight about 1850 pounds white
right hind foot, apparently young.
Dated Feb. 16, 1922.
w. F. WHORLEY, Poundmaster.
2/16-3t Minot, r. F. D., No. 3.
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Basketball Tournament March 10 and

The champion basketball tourna-
ment for the Northwestern district
will be held at the Minot Normal
school gymnasium March 10 and II
There will be eight competing teams,
including the, Minot high school team.
Plans are being made for a banquet
for the players on the evening Of
March 10.
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sn111rr,s SALE
Special Execution
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA)
o.. COUNTY OF WARD 8
IL mi II. v1or ~

/ T.
COUNTY OF WARD
Kari Kulaas, Plaintiff,
r., VS.
W. j. Gerding as Administrator
OF the Estate of Elmer A. Marsh)
deceased also known as e. Al
Marsh w. j. Gerding as Admin-)
lstrator of the Estate Of Kittie)
Marsh, Deceased; Second Nation-)
al Bank of Minot, ". Oak, a.
Cooperation: and Il. A. Shirley)
Defendants.)
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
by virtue Of an execution to me direct
90 ana delivered. and now in my hands,
Issued out of the Clerks office Of the,
Fifth Judicial District Court State of
North Dakota, in and for the County
OF Ward. upon judgment rendered in,
said Court in favor Of Kari Kuiaas,.
Piainttn. and against w. J. Gerding as
Administrator OF the estate of Elmer.
A. Marsh. deceased and w. j. Gerding-
as Administrator Of the estate Of Kittie.
Marsh deceased ct al. Defendants
have levied upon the following de-
scrlbed real property Of said defend.
ants: to-wlt:
me East 20 feet of the West so 81
Ieet or Lots 2l-22-23 and "a OF
Block :, OF the Original Townsite
o. Mlnot. more particularly de-
scrlned as Follows: Commencing at
WON'T on the north line of Lot ~,
| % foot each of the northwest cor
/ right sngles to the north line OF
sald Lot ~ parallel with the west
line OF Lots 21-22-23 and. "a of
along ese south III loS n ees 81
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Sheriff of Ward County, n.

Attorney for James Street.
Assignee of Mortgage,
MinOt. N. D, <
The Jasper news., 1922-02-23
"a TERRIBLE BLOW"

SYNOPSIS Field, twenty
eight years old, and beautiful, u
the social secretary OF the hfta.
tous Mrs. Isabel Carter ~
"Crowalands." Richard Garter
home, and governess Of seventeen
year-old Nina Carter. Ward TWEEN
ty-four years old and impression
able, fancies himself In love WIN
his mothers attractive secretary.
Mrs. Carriers latest "affair" Is Win
young Anthony Pope. ana the
youth is taking It very seriously.
Presiding over the teacups TINS
summer afternoon, Harriet Is pro-
foundly disturbed by the arrival OK
n visitor. Royal Blondin. Next
day, at a tea party In the city
Blondon makes himself agreeaoIo
10 Nina, and leaves a deep impress
sion on the unsophisucated slr''
Harriet's agitation over the appear.
ance of Blondin at "Crownianos
is explained by the fact that ne
had been q disturbing element IN
her life ten years before and she
fears him. The man is an avowed
adventurer, living on the gnlilUlIy
of the idle rich. He trahhly All
nounces to Harriet his intention OF
marrying Nina. and urges her 10
aid him. She is in a sense IN nus
rover, and after pleading win MN
10 abandon his scheme agrees 70
follow a policy of neutrality.
Knowing the tender feeling she mas
inspired in Ward Carter, Harriet
Ia tempted 10 marry him for the
position and wealth he can give
her, though realizing she does not
love him, Blondin has ingratiated
himself with Madame Carter, kleh'
ards mother. and she Is whole
heartcdiy-lu favor OF his marriage
with Nina. Ward urges Harriet to
marry him. She procrastinaies.
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belle, bv any means And after them.
what1 Was It concoiynble that tIlosu
fatal sixteen years would fan "a ilest,
tify Tony and Isabelle wherever they
went. even though The press was not
eagerly assisting them7 SuppchlnE
that Isabelle never thought Oh Crown
lands, OF her handsome son and her
Young daughter. OF the man whose POI
fence and clevefness hnd lifted her 60
all this luxury from al apartment in a
small town, would no memory OF The
place she had held. ard The friend
ships she had commanded. haunt herr
Truly there wusrnIwnys society for Che
Tsnbelles, but to HnrrIefs clean sense
Il seemed but the society Of a iaIl
II wouldn't change places with her r.
Harriet decided, In the soft silence nntl
darkness of the summer night.
From EsabelIe's problem her thoughts
went TO her own, to Royal Bipndln. She
was wakeful and restless tonight sim.
ply becnnse she could not decide just
how much she need fear him. Firstly,
was there any reason for nntagonizing
him, and secondly wonId he hurt her
n she did,. For Royal could not punish
her without Furnishing himself and
could not Danish her from Crownlands
II he ever hoped to show his own face
there again. But Ninai
Was Blopdin so bad7 She tried "a
ask herself the question honestly. and
an honest shudder answered II before
It was fairly framed. She tried to pic
ture Nina's marriage, their early days
together. the breakfast table, where
the crude little girl Numbered aud
fioundered IN conversation, her helpless
devotion. that would annoy and exas
perate him. She saw Ninn's near
sighted eyes yelling with hurt tears
Eina's check book eagerly surrendered
to win from her lord few delicious
hours Of tbs Old flattery, the old attcn
! tion.
ut would take a clever woman Il
hold him." Harriet thought. 'and 4
wouldn't be worth clever wcman'i
| while"
Ninn--Ward--R oyal--niclarh Til
wearying procession began again Roy
al might treat her with honesty n,
honor. He WINS not small In everything
and she had never done him harm
But--there might come the terrible mo
The Jasper news., 1922-02-23
CHAPTER vlU

Sudden peace and confidence flooded
her spirit. She sat on, dreaming and
planning. but with no more mental dis
tress. With the prayer she had gained.
IN some subtle fashion new self.re-
spect. She would not let him Brighten
her again; after all, while she COM
manded her own soul, Royal Blondln
could not hurt her
"And he shall not marry Nina
citheris Harriet decided. going IN
sin and cold. but full Of resolution
she looked Of elock--it was nlmosl
The Jasper news., 1922-02-23
~But that--she whispered Ia
the depths of her soui--thRa
was nonssnss."
eTo De coNrINUEpJ
Joy Brsaks Hearts.

Hearts do break. according 20 a
noted heart specialist, but very seldom
OF grief. He says he has seen an an.
imni rupture its heart through Joy,
and It Is nearly always Jos thai breaks
the heart. What happens Is that vlo'
lent emotion causes chemical sub
stance 70 be poured Into The blood,
which stimulates the nerves OF the
heart. The blood vessels are cou.
tracted and the heart has to pump
against greatly Increased resistance.
Emotion causes more cases Of heart
failure than hard work.
The Jasper news., 1922-02-23

"Ths Lad Gets a Beautiful and Wise
and Very Discreet WIFE," He Was
Beginning. But Harriet sIIeneed Him
AnorIly.
ment when she had to face Richard
with the confession. Yes. she had
known him before. Yes. they had On.
tered into a tncIt compact. Yes, she
had kept from Nina's father a secret
that, while It might be unimportant,
certainly should have been told him.
Impossible to think the thing TO any
conclusioni Too many possibilities
might alter the entire situation. II she
we're married safely to Ward, for ex-
ample--i But then she dared not mar
ny Ward w.h Royals attitude was
finally defined. For II her position
were dangerous now. what would II be
IL she had committed herself irrevoca-
| bly, to deception by marringe7 Wards
young, crude intolerance sitting In
judgment upon his wife = Harriet
shivered.
Suddenly she fell upon her knees
and dropped her bright head ngalnsl
the Wide balustrnde. For long time
Harriet had not prayed. But now, IL
few words, and quite without pre-
meditation, there burst from her IN,
most sincere prayer Of her life. Sh,
looked up at the stars.
"Godp she said, softly, aloud. hell
mel Make me do what Is right. how
ever hard It Is. Fnther, don't let mi
make another mistaken"
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CHAPTER VII-continucd.
3

At four o'clock Richard came home,
and the instant Harriet saw his face
she realized, with a shock even sharp
or than the original moment OF IN
crcdulity, that he had had no success
I'm his search. lie was alone. Ills
face was drawn and gray. he looked
hot and rumblet and utterly weary;
more, he who had always been the
pink of well-grOomed perfection
looked old He asked Bottomley
briefly II Madame Carter was In her
room, and, being Informed that she
was, went hastily upstairs.
II was TO the old lady's beautiful
sitting room that Harriet was sum-
moned q few minutes later. She knew
at once that lie had told his mother
all he knew and feared.
Madame Carter was shockingly 0gl-
tated. She had deep sense of the
dramatic but she was not entirely act
Ing now. Her face was pale under Its
rouge, and the painful teArC of age
stood I'm her eyes.
"NIss Fleldl I" said Madame Carter,
eve have Just had most terrlble-a
most unexpected-blow |"
Harriet simulated expectancy.
"There Is every reason TO believe
nursued Madame Carter. majestically,
"that my unfortunate dnughter-in-law,
Mr. Carriers wife, Isabelle, has yield
ed to the passion Of her lover! No,
let me talk, Richard" she interrupted
herself as the man raised haggard
eyes 10 watch her impersonally. "faT
better TO face the facts, my deari My
son tells me, Miss Field the-thC
vell-nich incredible statement that
forgetting the honor of womanhood
and the tender claims of maternity
"Aiiss Field" Richard did not have
the manner OF interruption. but hi'
auiet voice dominated the other voic'
none the less. Madame Carter fell 81
lent, and watched him with mournfu
prIde. Miss Field" he said, eve
want your, help. The facts are these
williams had all the roads watched
they did not go by motor. Mrs. Car
Ter reached New London at five o'clocl
yesterday; pOpe's boat. the Geisha
pulled out Mt half,past six. From
what Williams Bmen picked up, at tn
dock, Pope did not expect her was t
have sailed this morning. She al
rived. and evidently he thought II wis
10 hurry their start. The pier had
dozen boxes for the GeishN on 1t. gre
ccrIcs and what not, That they lef
behindi They Will probably skirt III
coast for few days. and put !
somewhere for supplies. But that
he passed his hand wearily across hi
forehead-"that doesn't concern u
now. We got there at ten last night
hours too late, Of course" His volc
fell. he mused, with a knitted brow
"welll" he said. suddenly TecalIln
himself. "Now. Miss Field, wal
YOU 10 get hold Of Ward. | want I'll
b>v. home ut oncel He must know
Blu, there is OF course chance th;
Mrs. Carter Isis planning to retur
There may be a woman friend wit
her-it's not probable. but it's poss
bic. don't want any one in Il
house. or out Of II, 10 suspect. and
Won think It Is possible, should III
NIaa prOtectedi"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

If YOU want to see some pretty cls-
play windows take look at the 1ouS
to the store of the American SAFES
company. They give the place the
metropolitan look and would 90 cred
# to Atlanta. And Mr.. Pintcnuck says
he has not yet done what he IS gong
! to do, when his fixtures come, IN tne
matter Of having pretty display VIM
dows. 1t is evidence OF Sevefai
things. it means that the town IS
growing and making an effort to 60
forward, ard i stresses the tass 1ha'
the merchant who has the nice VIII
dows takes pride in his store aao
his business and wants to make slnle
very best appearance that ae CAT. ;s aso
also make his place attractive, .ana
that means a whole lot for the mer-
kant and for the town also. Let Us
~ t. to have attractive windows.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

ty about it, he gave the money while
he is still living. That is the way to
do, if you have the money and en-
pect to give any OF it to the use Of
those things which Will help, give it
while you live 50 that you may see
and enjoy the blessing the gift has
been. Now if some of the wealthy
friends of Newberry college. and
some who wanted to do something
really worth while, would just give
old Newberry couple hundred
thousand, even, it would be q great
blessing to the Christian education of
the youth Of the land, and that is the
only sort of education that is going
to furnish the leaven and the ballast
to keep the old ship of safe from GO
ing asea on the breakers and. well,
the great educational need today is
to teach more of the precepts Of the
golden rule.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21
TURNED OVER TO CIVIC Asso'
CATION

The edition of The Herald and
News of December l will be IN the
hands of the Civic association OF
Newberry. The advertisements and
the business end is theirs. We are
only going to print it for them. They
furnish the advertisements and make
the contracts and collect the money
for that paper and give the publisher
a commission on all business carried
in the paper. And we have contract
ed to print a minimum number OF
copies of 5000 which is some 700
more than our regular edition ana
we may print more than that mum
ber. 1t depends somewhat upons tae
amount of business which may R ses
cured from the advertising p1blies
We have one or two contracts bN the
year and it is understood that ID TIE
copy from these contracts calls Tor an
insertion on that date we will have 10
carry out the contract. ALI, or most
all, of the advertising in The Herald
and News IS on the fat rate basis, and
each issue stands alone and for itself.
We feel that we should make this
statement in advance SO that sah sad-
vertisers might be apprised of%the
fact that the issue of December IS
in the hands. of the Civic association.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

T. J. w. is after the highway COM
mission about the road that is1golng
to be built out by Union school. They
do need q road down that side. We
understand that the work OF laying
out the road is now in progress and
we must wait in patience and the
road will come. So the road from 20
maria to Little Mountain Is badi:
needed, and then the cross road out
;by st. Pauls church, and down to 70
maria should be built. Personally
we would like to see the road across
here 90 by Jolly Street school ano
take that route to Pomarla, out eien-
er one viii help. -
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

Church is oat. The dollar sale
closed on Saturday nighSlIS As
fairly well though it should have
been better. We will correct the list
and make the credits just as sSon IS
we can get to i. We are still short
on help and with the education edl-
ton on hand for the next two weeks
we may not be able to get the Isl
credited. But we will do the best
we can.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

We are arranging to observe Ma
tional Education week in this county,
December 80 inclusive. The pastors
of the various churches in the county
are requested to preach sermon on
education on Sunday, December 3,
and a program has been arranged
for each day during the school week,
and on Saturday we hope to arrange
one or two rallies in the county
where education will be the topic for
discussion. The purpose is to arouse
an interest in education ard especial
ly to improve conditions in our rural
schools. To make the people of the
rural distress see Tie Importance and
.Ale neces-'t'- Of e,"'ng these children
an equ&. 2-yo-e.cny with the other
children of the county. l hope we
may be aSle to get the schedule ar
ranged in time for publication in the
next paper, and also that The Oh
served may publish it. On Tuesday,
which is designated IS Patriotism
day, the local post Of the American
legion has agreed to take charge OF
the program and furnish some one or
more to go to each school and pre-
sent flag and make short talks on
the flag. The personnel and schedule
for this day will be arranged at
once. ! have promised the legion
that the trustees would furnish the
flag pole and that the teachers would
arrange for some one TO accept the
flag in a short talk l hope the trus-
tees will see to It that the pole is
ready, and that the teachers VII
provide some one, from the SUDDEN:
body preferably, to accept the flag.
We want all of Us to cooperate and
make this week memorable in the
educational history in this county,
We are hoping to have committee
visit every school every day during
the week, and we want to see some
OF the patrons Of the school. al OF
them IN fact, al the school wheH the
visitors arrive so t::lst the visitors
may know that the patrons know
where the school house is. You will
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21

Here's ar item from the Florida
Times-Union: During the electric
storm last Monday. Mr. Clyde Ander-
sons horse was killed by lightning
sanding near tree Very careless
of some enc to leave "l:ghtninc
standing near tree
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-11-21
These streets such as Glenn Q,

neSS StieetS suIn s'o !
vh.ch the traveller enters the town
that IS those leading in:o the high
ways, should be kept al least as gooo
as the highway. We do not like t.
hear people say, we'll, VIC mus: be II
town from the condition Of the road
the street being SO much worse thar
the highway. And if yoa will ride
out Glenn and most of the other:
leading into the highways you vii
find they are rough and bad and keer
you iolting along. College stree:
does well and so does Main street ou:
to the highway, but Glenn and Boun
dary are especially bad. Fix 'em VI
a little, town folk, please.