The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-04-13

mercial hotel. No more will pocket
is to have his walking papers, while
the dip, the camel walk and the
shimmy have had 'finis" written fol
| them inside the boundaries of Des
Laos.
| But that is not all. Today thN
| "City Mothers" brought down from
the shelves the musty statutes that in
the past have been entirely neglected
by the men. They are to be ex.
amined with the utmost care. II
there is anything in them which will
aid in making Des Laos place of
heavenly rest the woman government
is for it.
The new lineup contains Chair
man of the village council, Mrs. HI. L.
Halverson; trustees, Mrs. T. NJ. Fill
bert and Mrs. G. J. Johnson; assessor,
Mrs: D. V. Berry; treasurer; Mrs.
Nal Shafer; president, Mrs. F. w.
Ward; justice of the peace, Mrs. Re-
becca Barnes. ~ ~.
housekeeping With Vim
Their initial movement truly was
typical of the sex. Assuming possess
sion of the town hall, they donned
dust caps and aprons and with
brooms, mops, soap and water, pro-
ceeded to clean up the entire build
ing. Four ancient cuspidors, targets
for masculinity for years, were
dragged. from the council room and
thrown into the ash-can. Today they
followed the cleanup procedure and
ventured the opinion that it will take
at least a week to make the old
building fit habitation for clean
officials.
After that, they say, everybody
look out.
ton. A few husbands opposed. Mr..
vote for his wife for marshal.
Whether he made good that threat
no one knows, nor cares, least of all
analysis now is the representative of
the law and it does not get anyone
anything to argue with the long arm
Of the law, especially when that par
ticular unit happens to be ones wife.
The new officials announce that
relatives, husbands included, will be
shown no favors. Every mothers
son who lives in Des Laos, they in
sist, is going to toe the mark. Not
alone the letter but the spirit of the
law is to be observed.
A Bolt From the Blue
Up to six weeks ago things ap-
peared to be moving along quietly.
The men who had been running
things flied for re- election. Then,
right out of a dark sky, the women
announced they intended naming a
complete ticket. This sounded like
unusually good humor to the men,
who refused to take the statement
seriously until the women launched
their campaign.
The women held public meetings.
They organized torchiight parades.
The result was that, one by one, the
men dropped out and the women
went into office by 2 to vote.
when we said that we were going
to have bigger, better and cleaner
Des Laos, we meant it," explained
Mrs. Halvorson today. "We will start
right in with the affairs Of the coun-
Gil" .-. -
eve expect the cooperation Of
every CITIZEN" said the justice Of the
peace, Mrs. Barnes. "We have lot
to learn and it may take us some
time, perhaps, to get the drift of
things. But once we get going there
will be no monkey business"
The immediate future looks
gloomy for the men folk. No one
even dares hazard a gness as to how
drastic the new officials will be.
Wards Dire Threat
"You can't tell blamed thing
about. women says Ward. "'They
probably will put in a whole lot of
fool regulations and then expect us
to live up to them. Well, by ginger,
if they get gay with me, there isn't
any reason why l can not get out Of
:Des Lacs." /
Ward is the most resentful Of all Of
the male citizens. He can not see
any reason why town affairs should
be steered by women. He always has
believed, he says, that woman's
place was in the home alongside the