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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22

s 1/2 feet deep at it's greatest depth.
There is a 50-yard racing course be-
tween platforms. The pool is filled
with 100000 gallons of pure city wa
ter which is treated from time to time
with small solution Of copperas.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
A. C. Editor Becomes Publisher

Fargo, N. J, June 22.-Thomas L.
Bayard, assistant editor Of the state
Agricultural College, has resigned TO
take over the editorship and manage
ment Of the Enderlin, N. D., Inde-
pendent. Mr.. Bayard, native Of
Pennsylvania, was employed on local
daily papers prior to his connection
with the Agricultural College two
years ago.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
Church Sale in forming

Church Sale in forming
The Ladies Aid Of the From congre-
cation will hold their annual sale
June 20. Dinner will be served in the
church basement. Refreshments, in
Guiding ice cream can be bught dur
ing the afternoon. Everybody invited.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
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I Lamb Born. Without a Tail i

+. s. Woodiwiss Of Norwich, +
: has lamb, born recently, with J.
: out the semblance Of a tail. 1t +
!. is of the feminine gender and !
: the owner is now anxious to get +
< tailless male if there is any !.
: such animal. He believes it +
= possible to breed a species of +
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
Registered Shooting Tournament
July 8

The annual registered tournament
Of the Minot Gun Club will be held
in this city July 9. The events will
be for 500 added money.
The program will consist Of 100
sixteen-yard targets, so handicap
targets, 16 to % yards, and so tar
gets, doubles. Further information
can be received from DR.. ]. r. Pence,
secretary.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
Oldest G. A. r. Member at Wahpeton

Is 80
The following officers for the G.. A.
R. and W. r. c.. were elected at the
annual encampment which ended at
Wahpeton Thursday:
For the G. A. R..-Department COM
mander, Smith stimmel, Fargo; SEN
ior vicecommander, w. r. Whitcomb,
Crazy; junior vicecommander, Lon
Bachelor, Valley City; chaplain, H.
w. A. Mergel, Minot; medical d.
rector, H. j. Rowe, Lisbon; delegates
to national convention, Des Moines,
Iowa, in September: James E. Her.
bert, Jamestown; c. H. Newton, Far
go; alternates, j. B. Ashelman, Far
go, and J. D. White, Minot.
For the w. R. president, Hat
tie Durfey of Fargo corps but Wah-
peton resident; senior vicepresident,
Anna Thompson, Devils Lake; junior
vicepresident, Ruth Tughill, Cakes;
chaplain, Sarah Smith, jamestown;
treasurer, Cora Terryel, Fargo; dele
gates to national convention, Louise
Hoffman, Jamestown; Harriet C.
Jones, Lisbon; Isabelle McClernan,
Grand Forks; alternate-Alice Nick
ell, Wahpeton; Theresa Culliton,
Grand Forks; Ada Hagerman, James
town; executive board-Ida Bayard,
Fargo; Ella Carlisle, Fargo; Myrtle
Stewart, Minot; Phoebe Kennedy,
Grand Forks; Dorothy Nelson, Valley
City. ~
city.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22
Good Rain Wednesday Morning

Good Rain Wednesday Morning
A good rain fell in northwestern
North Dakotha early Wednesday
morning, ..35 of, an inch being regis
tered in Minot. This is a wonderful
help to the growing crops, following
the 1872 inches rainfall Of last Thurs
day. Never has the soil in North
Dakota had more moisture at this
time of the year. Nothing can beat
us out of a big crop. .zG
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22

Major E. S. Person is in South Da-
kota on business.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-06-22

Wahpeton, N. D., June 22.-''1t
makes us feel good to get together
and talk over old times now and
them" says E. w. Tolbert, of Hea-
ton, Wells county, Oldest G.. A. r.
delegated to the 33rd annual joint en-
campment of the North Dakota De-
partment of G. A. R. and w. r. c.,
which was held here last week. He
says he enjoyed the convention, while
his sentiment is an index of the pre-
vailing spirit among the As Civil war
veterans and 100 members of the w.
R. C. attending the encampment. Mr..
Heaton passed his Goth birthday April
18th.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

A TITLED WASHINGTONIAN. Henry
Edward Pellew, ninety-four-year-ol
resident of Washington, who recently
succeeded to the title Of Viscount Of
Exmouth and 1900 acres of British
soil, finally consents to be photographed.
The aged gentleman, who places his
half century of American citizenship
before his British viscountcy, intends
to spend his remaining days at the
capital underwood
Right---AMONG THE MOURNERS at
the funeral of the late Lord North
cliffe, England's famous publisher, was
Sir Thomas Upton, the noted British
merchant and international yachts
man, pictured here in unfamiliar black
as he arrives for the impressive cere-
monies at Westminster Abbey.
wide World
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

FLAPPERS - Miss San
Francisco tTanissa Zara),
chosen to represent the
Coast city at Atlantic
City's national bathing
b eaut y contest, gets n
few confidential aquatic
pointers from the great
est swimmer of them all
"a California seal, with
which she frequently
frolics when playing mer-
maid in the Pacific off
Gin House. UHdcrseeoa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

Right - MRS. GEORGE
J. GOULD, former We're
Sinclair, pictured with her
loader and dog during a
day of grouse hunting at
Castle Grand, the Gould
country estate in Eng
land. International.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

Left-A POLO-PLAYING
KING. A nice long, cool
bracer for King Alfonso
of Spain between the
chukkers of a recent polo
game at Deauville, France,
in which his najesty's
team was defeated by All
outfit captained by Tom
my Hitchcock, of New
York. Underwood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

H%sXSSs ~ Ia ~ ~ IA IL i
WE'D. John Hartman,
SON of MIR. and Mrs. Oil
yer Hartman, Of New
York, and his bride, the
former Alice A. Laidley,
of Chicago, a ward of
Howard Chandler Christy
fright, the artist, at
whose studio the nine
teen-year-old pairs secret
wedding of several weeks
ago was announced last
Monday. The bride has
resided with the Christys
for the past two years
while engaged in The study
OF music and dancing, and
1t was during an after
noon party last spring,
when the young Princeton
student went for q swim
in the pool of the Hotel
des Artistes. where the
famous illustrator has his
studio, that the young
couple first met.
International
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

WATERMELON TlME-A study in expression group
Oh sunny California youngsters snapped at Salvation
army childrens picnic Los Angeles demonstrating
the only way really to enjoy luscious watermelon How
long can You look at it without watering?
Rgppu
Evening star., 1922-09-03
LAYS HIS SUICIDE +,
ToLOvE FOR GIRL:
Harry G. Hammit Of Atlanta
Places Blame for Act on;
Georgia Society Maiden.
SOUTHERN CLAIM AGENT
Dragged Down Until Miserably
Unhappy" He Says, in Note to 2
Associated Press.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September Harry
Z. Hammit, claim agent for the South.
ern Railway in Atlanta, was found
dead today in his room at the Hotel
pennsylvania. On a table near his
BODY was a bottle containing poison
and several letters in which Hammtt,
said his suicide was caused by q
prominent society girl of Rome. Ca.
and her family
Leaves Several Letters.
10 thls g1rl, whose name the mcdi-
cal examiner withheld. Hammit left
a note which said he hoped 10 meet
her in heaven. Other letters, pre-
pared Tor mailing were addressed to
his mother. Mrs. EIla H. Iammit of
Bristol, Va. Miss Ida Patten. Judge
harper Hamilton and Mrs. George,
E- stiles or Rome, Ga. There also
was written request that the record
ers OF the Shriner temples i'm New
YORK and Knoxville, Tenn be notified,
Local representatives of the South
ern Railway took charge of the body.
Mr.. Hammit left typewrittcn note
addressed to the Associated Press.
reading, in part as follows:
Explains Suicide Ressons.
cSiSt 10 TAKE such step as i
am about to take. but ! have been
dragged down until I am miserably
unhappy. and / have been in this
state for some time. and il is all
caused by prominent society girl
OF Rome, Ga. really and honestly
am leaving, the earth because il /
stay here l know i will bring unhap-
piness to people that l will come to
know besides those ] now know, and
L prefer to take chances on the here
after rather than to bring any more,
misery to humanity .
Il feel that / have at last woke up.
and. knowing myself as / do. I am
not a coward to take my own life.
PLEASE publish in all Atlanta pa
pers.
(Signed) II. G. HAMMIT'
A postscript 10 the note Hammit ad-
dressed to the Associated Press referred
TO Miss Ethel Gordon Stiles and Miss
Penelope Stiles of Rome, Va, as ac-
quaintances.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
MASONIC DEGREE
FOR PRESIDENT
Initiation to Be Feature of
10th Annual Meeting
at Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, September q
President Harding will be admitted to
membership in the thirty-third degree.
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, at the
10th annual meeting of the Supreme
Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of
the United States, to be held in Cleve-
land, September 16, it has been an
nounced.
The President will be one of many
notables who will gather here for the
meeting. state governors. senators, rep
resentatives, statesmen and men Of
affairs Of several foreign countries hav-
ing signified their intention Of attending.
Sir John NJ. Gibson, former premier Of
Canada. and Thomas r. Marshall, for
mer Vice President Of the United States.
have written that they expect to be here
for the council meeting.
Among other prominent men who will
be candidates for the highest Masonic
degree are Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck Of
Michigan, former Gov. c. S. Dineen Of
Illinois and Benson w. Hough, justice Of
the Ohio supreme court. More than
$50 candidates for the degree will be
honored at the meeting.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
PRESIDENT TO REMAIN
At |. HOME LABOR DAY
Industrial Situation Prevents Week
End Cruise or Any Other
=

President Harding has no plans fol
trip today or tomorrow and &C.
cordifig to an announcement made al
tho White House he and Mrs. Hard
ing WILL. aside from going to church
today, spend the brief holiday quietly
at the White House.
Early In the week it was intimated
that the President and Mrs. Harding
and small party of friends would
cruise. on. the yacht Mayfower dur
ing the week end and over Labor day
but the Industrial situation and other
important matters of state made this
Impossible.
Because of conditions that have
arisen during the summer months
the President has found it necessary
to keep close to the White House. and
although: he is known to have longeo
for a trip to some quiet place Where
he and Mrs. Harding could rest up
and enjoy. the cool and ease OF the
opAn: he has refused to grant himself
thfsL, privilege. It was thought by
those close to him that he wpuld
close his, ONCE during the middle OF
the sumner and go away TOT a mon.n
tended vacation during his first sum
mer n the White House; louise, But ut. he shin has :
al he has frequently termed 1t;
Deapfte this confinement and lack
Of change, the Executive is none the
Worss sfor wear physically, according
70 Rrir. Gen. Sawyer. the Harding
family. physician. He has managed
to keep at and to acquire a good omr tan
some ON. the. golf links.
Il il considered likely that he VIII
make two or three short journeys out
Of washington this month. the nrs'
one viii be to Detroit to participate
In the ceremonies incident to the
laying of. the corner stone FOR the
handsome new Masonic Temple TOT
thaA city! From there he is expected
to 70 to Cleveland to be mads =
thirty third degree Mason. Later, !.
Is understood. he has accepted an
invita- stion to go to Mooseheart, 1lI. az
the guest Of Secretary OF Labor
Davis.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
BOOTLEG SUPPLIES
CUT OFF BY RAIDS
Federal Agents Claim Dis.
covery of Big Whisky
Ring in West.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, September "A whisky
reclamation service with capacity to
supply a vast circle of bootleggers
was said to have to have been un-
covered by raids in several states,
it was announced today by L G. Mutt,
director of prohibition for the CEN
trail states. He declared the boot
Logging ring was the largest un-
covered since prohibition went into
effect.
The principal raid. he said, disclosed
100 barrels of reclaimed" whisky At
q plant in Minneapolis, Mimi, operat-
ing as a manufacturing place for
bluing. In Illinois. he said. farmer
members of the ring were found who
protected their business with sawed
of shotguns.
The frequency Of 100-barrel ship
ments Of denatured alcohol, Mr.. Mutt
said, caused the Minneapolis raid
Arrangements were made today, it
was learned, to relieve Charles A.
Gregory. federal prohibition director
for Illinois, December l, when he will
take another federal position. Mr..
Gregory's resignation was said ito
have been deferred some time at
the request of United States Senator
Mckinley.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
AMERICAN DICTIONARIES
GIVEN LONDON OVATION
Party, Returning From Tour Of
French Battlefields, Honored
by British Government.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 2.-Thirty- six
members of the American Legion
party which has been touring the
battlef1elds on the continent, in
cluding nine women, arrived in Lon
don today. They were met by a rep
resentative of the British government
and a military band. Capt. ]. J.
wickers of Richmond. Va, was in
charge Of the party.
Shortly after their arrival the visi-
tors went to st. James palace, where
they witnessed the mounting of the
guard. They visited Westminster
Abbey and laid wreaths on the tomb
Of the unknown warrior and on the
cenotaph The crowds along the
route cheered the legionaires as they
passed in uniform escorted by mem
bers of the British Legion and gov
ernment officials.
Representatives of King George
were at hand to show the party over
Windsor Castle this afternoon, while
tonight they were to be the guests Of
the government at theater. On
Monday they will attend a memorial
service to the American dead in
Brookwood cemetery. Felicitous mes
sages were received by the party to-
day on their, arrival from Marshal
Foch and Field Marshal Haig.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
MORE FREIGHT HANDLED
THROUGH LAKE ROUTE
2,777, ,O3S-Ton Increase Noted in
August Report of
Engineers.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Sep
tember 2.-Movement of freight
through locks here during the month
of August aggregated 10.285,914 tons,
according to the monthly report is
sued by the United States engineers
Office. The movement was 2,777,0S8
tons greater than that Of the same
period last year, despite falling off
Of more than 100000 tons in coal
cargoes for the month, as compared
with August. 1921. The total move
ment of freight up to August 81, this
year, was 32,542.S15 tons. an increase
of 1,714,686 tons compared with the
same period in 1921.
Bituminous coal carried throughout
the canals last month totaled 1885,
Eli tons, against 1,69S,068 tons in
August Of last year. No anthracite
passed through the locks.
The bulk Of the freight movement
last month was iron ore. which ag-
gregated 8.935.561 tons. as against A.
3S4,949 tons in August. 1921.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
SUBURBAN TROLLEY
SERVICE RESTORED
Damage Of Heavy Rainstorm
Estimated at Thousands
of Dollars.

Suburban car service. partially
paralyzed by the record d-breaking
storm yesterday morning, which
delused Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia, and marooned
thousands of commuters, was COM
pletely restored to normal last night.
Virtually all of the more than five
inches Of rain that flooded the city
in the eight-hour storm period had
water -filled cellars In scores Of
homes had been bailed out.
An exact estimate Of the damage
done by tho storm, District officials
believe, will not be known for sew
eral days 1t is believed. however.
that the figures will run into the
Complete service on the Washing
ton-virginia electric line was not
restored until 8 o'clock last night
after officials of The road spent a hec-
tic day trying to restore, traffic. The
cars had been. tied up since early
muters and others marooned. Before
noon,, however, the electric line car
ried passengers by bus to Virginia
Highlands and transferred them to
cars at that point. The tie-up on
this road was caused principally by
an inundated bridge at Four Mile
Run.
King street in Alexandra, east Of
the Union railway depot, was blocked
by the water which had backed up in
the street. Several inches Of mud
also was carried on the street by the
heavy rain, and the Motor Fire Com
pany No. 5 Of Alexandria and city en-
ployes were called out to remove it.
The storm also delayed trains on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac railroad for several hours, due
to a washout at Cameron Run, south
Of Alexandria.
Evening star., 1922-09-03

nj true progress to prosperity auo
s,oiitical security.
Zen. Woods arrival in the islands,
she correspondent continues, the in,
Tuence of his forceful. magnetic ana
s'ngularly human personality began
ho be felt with tonic effect. All Amerl-
cans and foreigners and many Fill
pinos had become seriously alarmed
nd discouraged by the economic COL
n'.pse which threatened the Islands.
The outstanding achievements or
Gen. Woods administration have been
and the downward revision of the
budget. whereby nearly 20,0O0.0OO
pesos (normally s10.O0O.0O0) was
Saved to the treasury. and the dis
J"ssl of a strongly intrenched politi-
cal oligarchy.
Expedited Work Of Courts.
Wood cleansed the judiciary and
eHpedited the work of the courts"
The writer says, land established
I.szarco asylum and the Culion leper
colony, recruiting In comprehensive
uNeasures for the eventual eradication
OS leprosy from the islands. Through
sis initiative liberal and sympathetic
support has been given to the ad-
vsncement of science, particularly in
those branches bearing on sanitation
and hygiene. and upon agriculture"
The correspondent then says that
the establishment of the Manila port
area commission by Gen. Wood has
siven an impetus to harbor improve
Uents, and has facilitated the dock
jig of ocean going steamers and the
loading and unloading of cargoes.
Measures have been put through for
extending and co-ordinating the ar
1eries of commerce on land and water,
with a view to affording better serv-
ice with cheaper rates.
Island. Credit Redeemed.
.'one of Gen. Woods first steps"
she dispatch concludes, was to pre-
pare and put through the legislatu
a series Of measures calculated to
rrhabilitate the currency system and
reinstate the peso to its normal par
value of SO cents gold. AS a result
Of these timely measures the credit
Of the insular government was re-
"semed. With the restora ton of con-
fdence. new capital has been imported
been given a new lease Of life
Commenting editorially upon Gen.
Woods record in the Philippines. the
Times, under the caption: "a Great
american Administrator says: ITO
Gen. Wood are due the thanks not
only Of his own countrymen, but Of
the British people. for his emphatic
assertion of the necessity for pre-
serving the white mans power and
the white mans prestige IN the
Pacific: Curiously enough, Japan and
China have both seen fit to honor him.
As true friend of Great Britain, as
one who has done worthy service in
time Of war with our great allies, and
not the least as the host of the Prince
bf Wales during his visit to Manila
recognition as the British government
can bestow''
Evening star., 1922-09-03
U. S. LIQUOR CONVICTIONS
IN YEAR TOTAL 1900
Haynes Says Arrests for Drunken.
ness Have Decreased
go Per Cent.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
wINONA LAKE, Ind, September 2.
Every American citizen has enter
,ed into a contract with the govern
ment, of which he is a part, to OBJ
serve all the laws and to contribute
to the best OF his ability to the sup
port of the fundamentals of the
government" declared R A. Haynes,
federal prohibition commissioner, in
an address before the international
convention of the Disciples Of Christ
(Christian Church) here this morn
ing. IF there should be a general
disregard of the sacredness of such
a contract nothing but anarchy
could result"
Mr.. Haynes also stated that during
the past year there have been over
1000 convictions for violations of
the prohibition law in federal courts
He said that arrests for drunkness
have decreased so per cent, legal
consumption of red liquor has
been reduced from about 100000
gallons before prohibition to about
100000 gallons this year. During
the past year various fines. assess
ments and taxes amounted to nearly
So. zoo. 600, whereas the, work Of en-
forcing the prohibition laws cost
only $9.500.000.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
FATHER OF NINE
TOOK FIRST WIFE
WHEN HE WAS74

BEAUvOIR, Miss, September B.
Married tho first time when seventy
four and the second time when sew
enty-eight, after which the stork
brought nine babies to his homo. ia
the record of James Henry Turner.
Confederate veteran, ninety-four
years old. who is an inmate Of the
Soldiers Home here. Mr.. Turner'S
second wife died two years ago.
II never went to picnics nor dances.
no parties where there were girls
and grew up to be a typical old
bachelor" the veteran said. Girls,
somehow. failed to attract me even
after I was grown"
He Joined church fourteen years
ago, when he was eighty.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
DAMP PLAN PROTESTED
BY ANTI-SAL0ON LEAGUE

CHICAGO, September 2.-The Anti
Saloon League Of Illinois today an
nounced that formal protest will be
filed against the proposed beer and wine
referendum, petitions for which have
been carried to Springfield. The petit
tions proposed to submit, to the voters
two propositions which the league de-
clared in its announcement, today were
illegal.
A formal protest will be filed, it is
said, asking that this state follow the
precedent set in the state Of Ohio sew
eral years ago, when a similar beer and
wine petition was offered by the vets
but rejected on the ground that a vote
on this question would be absolutely
void and without effect.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
NOTED VAR HORSE
BURIED WITH FULL
MILITARY HONORS

FREMONT. Ohio, September q
Black Youco. war horse, Col. Webb C.
Hayes charger throughout the Cuban
and Porto Rican campaigns and dur
ing the Philippine insurrection
twenty-five years ago. is dead and has
been buried with full military
honors. The flag of his country was
draped about the body of the veteran
as he was lowered into his grave.
Black Youco Is said to have been
one OF the most travelled horses in
the world.
Evening star., 1922-09-03
HELD ON FRAUD CHARGE.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, September2.-
F. S. Albritton. formerly an .automo-
bile dealer, who was reported 70 nave
accident, was bound over today to
await the action Of federal grand
iury on a charge of using the, mails
fo defraud. Albritton was arrested
on the Pacific coast in search begun
by federal and insurance company
o,erafiyes after an effort was made
I'd collect $105,e00 life. insurance he
had carried. His son and . former
employe alse ars held II the case. Z
Evening star., 1922-09-03
DEMOCRATS TO MEET.
State Committee to Convene 4
Richmond September "a.

WINCHESTER Va, September D.
A call for a meeting of the demo-
cratic state central committee In
Richmond September % was issued
today by Chairman Harry F.. Byrd.
The purpose of the meeting was said
organizations in all congressional
districts where there will be repub-
lican opposition in the coming cleo
tion. The seventh and ninth dis
tricts will receive special consider
alton, Mr.. Byrd said.