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WiM _\y .f.4. w-r 1 i- & 4- y-r^ 4' V 5.•-• -'i'.M V county. ttv & v. ••', '. V'' .:-'--.V.Op \o l\i® At about 10:30 o'clock last Thursday evening the large A. C. Wiper grain elevator burned to the ground with 15,000 bushels of wheat, 4000 bushels of oats, 2500 bushels of rye, and 1000 bushels of flax. The grain »as fully covered by insurance, and Mr. Wiper was paid for every bushel by the insur ance companies at the market price on the day following the fire. The elevator building was valued by the insurance company at $25,500 and was insured for $6,000, and there will be a heavy loss to Mr. Wiper on this property. About 10„000 bushels of this grain belonged to farmers who had it stored there, and the balance belonged to Mr. Wiper. He was keeping it for seed for his farms, dnd also intend ed to sell some of it for se*d pur poses. The cause'of tlie fire will prob ably never be known, though It is generally believed that it started from a hot box in the pit. A fire had started' in the pit from a hot box on two different occasions sev eral years ago, and the chaff and dust Ihere smouldered for several days before it was discovered and put out, and it is believed that this fire might have started the same way. The machinery in the eleva tor was run on the day before .'the fire for the purpose of cleaning IH CWf MHl STARTS WORK HEA6 renin EDITORS IRE SAL IT II Now Editor Hoyt of the Portal International objects to being called names, and like the old fossil edi tor at Powers Lake, hints tHat* It' is not m^ch use arguing with a per son that resorts to calling names. All of which shows that lie is about as constotent asa common jackass. Who started calling names in Burke doun'tv in! newspaper controversies? WJlo was the first one to use the terms of "skunk'* and '"hound"'. *fyajr terms were never mentioned V fa Mjr way bv any of the newspa per* ojthe oountv until such lying Va^bottte'iUter Editor Gee and Edi tor Hoyt found t!*at they oottldn't'. find anvt^^: ^tttb'ful to say about tho farmen': origination, am* then turned loosd^ oh editor of The TMbcne, for supporting the farmers In their effort to "better thWr jponx •v ditious. '. It was ••••/p«fectl^ Jeffiti mate to:call The T^tbujii^ |odltor. the fmaen of the county anil eir .^^j^ia^Leairue,' hound*. 1 sd Huge Grain House is Totally Destroyed with 22,500 Bushels of Grain, at 10:30 Last Thursday Evening A. Bastgate, the new county of his articles just to show our agent for Burke county, arrived readers what line of argument he here on Monday of this week from 'i his home at Bottineau, and is 'now articles know that he treated us located in the building at the rear' like a gentleman ail the way of the First State Bank, the Same through, and is entitled to like place where County Agent Edwhrds I treatment himself. He never had was formerly locked. He is i» any argument to show, why either married man, but will not move: The. Tribune editor or the farmers i his family to Bowbells until the cf the county should not exist here, end of the present school term, so and resorted to the only line of his children are able to finish their dope that he knew how to peddle., term in the Bottineau schools. The people of Columbus "and vicin- This will be Mr .Bastgate's first ity know the "free love" editor, experience as a county agent though know his past record, and know he to a graduate of the North Da-( what to expect from him. People kota Agricultural College, and spent in other parts of the county would most pt his life in the ptudv of farm 1 not have had this knowledge had topics. He is a very pleasunt fel- Malioney knew enough to keep sil low to meet, and we predict tnat he will get "along lovely in Burke coun- Farmers from all parts of tlity county are invited to drop into Mr. Bastgate's office whenever in town to get acquainted, and write or phone him at any time about any thing pertaining to their farm that they want advice on. To start with he is looking after poisoning of gophers in such places where his assistance Is. needed, and is also making arrangements for a fight on Marmarth, N. D., April 21—With the hoppers so as to be ready In the findftig of the body of Fred CM6- these pests show up in any Prinz of Marmarth, former Milwau large numbers in any part of /the kee employee, in a deep pool near etc..,,but of eourw WMMiiit when wr •«*!$§ in a very short time, it was impos sible to do anything toward putting the conflagration out, and the boys put in their work keeping other nearby, buildings from igniting. The wind .was from the north aaid several-times during the evening the. depot platform caught fire from the intense heat, but in every in stance it was put out before any damage was done. graln for seeding purposes, and the Mrj Wiper tells us that he will the same as cash from outgoing engine was'shut down before six build a new grain elevator immed- treasurers, certificates of deposit in o'clock in the evening. When fir it ately, or as soon as the debris is state or national banks, for the rea seen the lire had broken out in sev era! places near the top, while: the interior was a mass of flames. .:A1 the fire department was on the job rtructure will not be as large as the old one. but will be more mod ern in every way. en'a dose of thctr own medicine. The "free love" editor at Colum bus appears to be on the same or der as Hoyt, and he says there is no use arguing with The Tribune on account of our calling him names. Of course he never called us any names. We published two uses, and those who read these ent. .Now everyboc-y appears to know who he is, what his past rec ord', is and what might be expected from 'sif striped animal of his kind. BODY OF iisSING MAN 13 FOUND :c» i»:i the Milwaukee railroad track neir Mazda, the mastery surrounding the ,,disappearance of the man, midsing for two weeks, has been cleared up. The fight foot was found to have been partially severed at the ankle. Prlnz when Jast seen aHve, left Marmarth with two companions, catching a ride on a freight train with the intention of going to Rhame. The three climbed to the top of a freight car, but two, be aming cold, decided to make their roy to the caboose, leaving Prtnz behind' after he declined 'to accom pany .them. After a lapse of two weeks a brakemah saw the outlines of a body in pool beside the track. Investigation resulted In finding the body. It is believed/that Prlpz' at tempted to dlnib -down the car and Jump off, and'.tha$ his foot became caugU under the "wheels HSxam inat'on showed he must have rolled down the embankment into the pool and then drowned, probably too weak from his injury to save him self. y He yrae single. A brother re^ slides at Marmarth. The body Vas shioped to the old home at Louis^ yille, Ky. MBTHODWT EPISCOPAL CHURCH Preai^inB services at 1Q: 30 and .j:--,. 18^^VSchdol at 11:46 A, M. The big piles of grain are now being loaded onto cars for shipment I county treasurers have sent to the cities where they will be dis- that they would deposit all funds lit posed of to the best advantage by the Bank of North Dakota, wheth the Insurance companies. Some of! er the opposing majority of county the grain is badly burned, while: commissioners like it or not. In much of it does not seem to be Rolette county the majority of the damaged in any way except being county commissioners went so far smoked. as to sue the.county treasurer in As practically all of Mr. Wiper's district court in order to prevent seed grain was stored in this eleva- him from dejfositing county funds tor, and seeding started generally in the Bank of North Dakota. How this week, it sort ofv put him up ever. District Judge A. G. Burr rgainst- it to procure such seed as: found in favor of the treasurer, J. he needed immediately, but he pur-! O. Stadheim, when he decided that: chased about 1000 bushels of a! "The court is of the opinion pood grade of Marcus wheat at an that the county commission elevator at Coteau the fore part of the week, and Joe Walleen is now i hauling same from Coteau to the reveral Wiper farms with a truck. Mr. Wiper also ordered a carload of Canadian seed oats immediately, mid this should be here by the Lat-I ter part of this week, so he believes i lie will be able to put in all the urers are being warned by the state land he originally planned on. bonding department not to receipt c»n be of ser AM) A OONTINDATION OP THE BtJRKE COUNTY BULLETIN AND THIII BOWBGLLl BC|i(iKTlN CANNOT com OEMS Bismarck, N. D., April 21.—Pub lic treasurers are having troubles of their own these days, especially those that do not or will not follow the new public depositary law. Many such treasurers are risking both personal prosecution and the loss of public funds. These troubles of treasurers are largely due to the opeation of the initiated law effecting public funds and to certain rulings of former Attorney General Langer, which make it imperative on the part of the state bonding department— backed by the attorney general's de partment—to protect its. funds in particular and public funds in gen eral. Treasurer is Own Boss To begin with, public treasurers who do not agree politically with. local boards have nad trouble with them as to designating depositaries. Prom Slope, Rolette, Burke, and other counties present or incoming word ers have no power at present to designate depositaxies nor to compel the treasurer to fol low their suggestion. It is his duty to safeguard the public u n s Warning Issued moved out of the way. The new son thpt such banks may either be unable to pay such certificates when presented or may fail 'before they are paid. Treasurers are 'further warned that they are subject toj prosecution and. to_ cancellation of thefr bonds if iEhey Keep deposits or make. deposits in state or national banks where such funds are not fully covered by bonds as pvixvu-ec by the new depositary law, enacted by the recent session of the legisla ture. $70,000 in Closed Banks In short the state bonding de partmegnt cannot stand any sudden large drain on its funds, hence it and ,t,he attorney general's depart ment are insisting that public treas urers watch their step in tracking the new depositary laws. Vol. 22 No. 47 Bowbells, Burke County, North Dakota, Friday, April 22, 1921 $2.00 Per Year Incoming county and other treas- What makes the state bonding department especially insistent in this matter, is the effect of a ruling that was made in 1919 by former Attorney General Langer's office, in which the then state treasurer. Obert Olson, was advised that lie was not obliged to deposit funds of the state bonding department in 'the Bank of North Dakota but could deposjit these funds where he pleased. Thereupon the state treasurer deposited these funds in various baulks in the western part of the state with the result that $70,000 of state bonding funds are "frozen" in these banks. There appears to te no doubt that Langer's office had no legal right to make such ruling, as the bonding fund law specifically pro vides that funds shall be deposited in an "approved state depositary." and there was then only one such depositary—th/» Bank of North Da kota. (State Treasurer Steen, by the way. now deposits all such funds in the Bank of North Dakota.) The^season for-fishing for suckers Last Sunday there were people in Des Lacs Lake opened last week! present at the meetings iVom Kvn when most of the ice left the lake mare, Edson, Crosby, Westminster, which permitted the setting of nets. I Northgate, Flaxton, Lignite and at About 30 fish to each net seems to other meetings from Donuybroalt, be the average catch each night, Velva and 'Burlington. The Gospel' though in some cases much larger still has its drawing power and catches are 'reported. souls are still saved in the same old Cloudy ami Unsettled EVANGELISTIC SERVICES CLOSE HERE SUNDAY The special evangelistic meet ings held under the direction of Dr. Paris E. Wells in the High School Gymnasium of Bowbells came to a fitting close Sunday night. A large audience of about four hundred g«ve splendid tribute to the work of this man of God. Brother Wolls preached every night for three weeks (with only a single excep tion ). In a re-consecration service held early in. the meeting about sixty responded. During the continua tion about 40 signed cards accept ing Jesus Christ as their personal savior. she has added strength and she is April, she was annointed by Dr. This is surely a modern miracle and a testimony that God can and will heal the body, as he did in the days of Jesus on the earth, when He finds The Faith". Reader, look up in your bible and read James the fifth chapter. On some of the afternoons, in 'the M. E. church, special meetings were held to study scriptural heal ing. Dr. Wells gave bible readings and christians followed him, in their bibles. Quite a number tes tified to help received in the study, and others wh'o came for definite anointing with oil and prayer testi fied to their healing. After one of these meetings the evangelist with Rev. Gunter and Rev. Christ went to the home of Bernice Willyard, age twenty-five, who was known to have been sick for fourteen years and had sought help from many sources, doctors, chiropractors, os teopaths without permanent help. This young woman gave positive evidence of her christian faith and of her belief that God not only could but would heal her for His glory. (She had been now sixteen weeks in bed.) After communion service and prayer by elders -.n ne church Dr. Wells annointed with oil in the name of the Lord and Brother Gunter taking her by the hand asked her in the name of Jesus Christ to rise up and walk wliich she found strength to do and has been doing ever since. She pives God all the glory. Here with is given a testimony from Rev. H. A. Tewell, a former Bowbells past«r. He visited the meetings and also this home and writes as follows: "I am more than please to bear witness to the cure of Miss Bernice Willyard of Bowbells of more than a week ago. I have been acquaint ed with this young lady for three years. She hoi&. been in-bed for months'not able, to sit up In-bed or to move herself in bed. According to doctors who have examined her, her lungs were almost entirely goue, the red corpuscles had disap peared from her blood. This was tested a few days before her cure by an accidental wound in one fin ger. J!o blood came, just a light colored substance. A wound a few hoursi after cure bled freely. She can feel her lungs expand and contract now as she breathes. Her lower limbs from her knees down were black—no circulation. Not &o now, thev are regaining natural color—she walks anywhere, up or The last nine months in Burke dovifn stairs, to church sings and county has been the driest period plays the fiano. I asked her two experienced in Burke county dur weeks ago now if she thought she! the past 12 years or more, and could be headed by faith and her!if we to come up to anywhere reply was 'I know I'm going to be near our average of rainfall this healed.' Her faitli is most won-! season then moisture will have to derful and complete. Every day I A special meeting of the county athletic Board of Control was held in Flaxton last Saturday, and among other matters or Business a cross country relay race was ar ranged for to be run off Saturday, April 30. The race is to Tie between the two towns of Bowbeiis and Flaxton, and the distance covered will be thirteen miles. Five schools have entered—Bowbells, Flaxton, Lig nite, Columftus and Portal. Thir teen men will constitute each team, each runner covering a distance of one mile. The course will follow the green trail, which runs six miles north on the first section line west ol Bowbells, and then six miles west into Flaxton. Thirteen judges will be stationed along the route, one a,t every mile interval and two marshals will watch the course during the time the race is in progress. In order to show fairness to the smaller schools, the rules provide that seven of the team be selected from high school and the other six from the grades. way. Dr. Wells made special mention of the solendld co-operation of the local pastors, and of many courte sies and helps received from the citizens of Bowbells. Tlie Presbyterian church will re ceive the new members on Friday evening and the Methodist church next Sunday morning- at 10:30. Show by your presence at church services that the meetings did you good. tor Wells, the evangelist, pastor Gun-' culture here we never had as dry a ter took her by the hand and said i Signed: F. W. CHRIST, Chairman Evangelistic Committee, Mi not Presbytery. PRECIPITATION WAS VERY SMALL HERE fail thick and fast during the next f6w full of joy and prajse and good I torney Phelps of the Burke Ab works. On Saturday, the 9tli 0 i months. During the time At- straot Co. kept the moisture record the U. S. Department of Agri- sPu11 tis w« have arise and walk in His name. She P»*t nine months. The record of did so immediately while she had Mr. Phelps shows the following not taken a step before, for months, moisture received each month by Se3 her Miss Willyard is her best inches: testimony. Most cordially H. A.: July, 1920 1.68 Ttewell." August 1.52 September 2.40 October .52 November none December January, 1921 February .... /March WHIZZING BOLLETS Sherwood, N. D.. April 21.— Three bullets whirling around the car failed to stop two alleged whis key runners in a two mile chase by state and federal offlcers. But when tlie fourth missed the driver by an inch their nerve failed. As a result Paul Cysewski and Warner Brootat of, Jamestown arte In the Mohall ja41 today and their Hudson Six and sixteen cases of Old Scotch confiscated by prohibition agents. The arrest was made early today by a force under F. L. Watkins near the,border seven miles from here. The runners sighted the officer* and "stepped ou the gas.". As the officers pursued they fired four times. Throe shots hit the side of the car. and the fourth- struck the' tiros, glanced off the brake and missed the driver by an Inch. He then stopped the car and the two surrendered. The men, who awaiting arrival of an attornev from Jamestown* car ried a revolver, it to said, A which make* the, charge Wony.V I B. A. Stefonowicz: NMuy PoMie. NIENTS MADE FOR THIRTEEN MILE RELAY RACE Seven of each team will be dis tributed from Bowbells and six from Flaxton. Judges and runners at the Siebert Hotel in Flaxton will meet at the court house at 1:15 when the final mile is run. Tlu for instructions, and a.t 1:30 the prizes will be presented by the distribution will be started. The mayor of that city, and an address race will start from in front of the I of welcome given by Bertie Nelson, post office at. Bowbells exactly at I Everyone will be welcome to 2:30, the men going down by the come out and see the team picked Bowbells Implement building and next Monday afternoon which will following the track to the section compete in the big relay race the line west of town, where the second following Saturday. An announee men will take up the trail. A mes- ment of the placing of the runners sage will be carried from the mayor over the course, telling just what of Bowbells to the mayor of Flax-j ^a.'r will .-iin. v i be ma le n. ". ton. Prizes will be awarded as' week. follows: First, Twenty dollar gold piece second, ten dollar gold piece, third, live dollar gold piece. The judges from Bowbells who will take care of the first seven miles of the race will be Lawrence Larsen, Frank Woods, F. E. Heck el, Staale Hendrickson. C. A. Perry. Raymond Wiper and Emil Xeliring. Supt. Harry E. Polk and H. W. Pearson are to be marshals of Un co urge. A great deal of fnterest is al ready taken in 'the race, and up wards of twenty boys are training daily in an effort to make the team. There promises to be considerable competition in tlie selection of the thirteen men, which will be made next Monday by an official tryout. All men desiring to enter win be started over the Woods half mile track and the first, thirteen men to finish will make up the Bowbells team. The tryout will be at 4:30. The public will be permitted to follow up the runners on the course, but not to pass them. If they de sire 'to get to Flaxton for the fin ish, they will be requested to go around the regular course. It is expected that a big crowd will be Bismarck, N. D., April 21.—All depositary, bonds of .public treasur ers must be approved by Attornev General William LemUe's office as to form, according to a decision of Mr. Lemke's office. Treasurers who have personally taken up the matter with the attorney general's office have been inrormed of the ruling. Some treasurers who have with drawn money from the Bank of Nor«h Dakota have not submitted bonds to the attorney general's of fice, apparently applying' different interpretation to the new deposi tary law. The section of the law applying to bonds says that "said bond shall be in conformity to a form prescribed by the attorney general and the amount and suffi ciency by the board or governing body of such corporations." A form was prepared by the at torney general and sent to treasur ers. o- I" I o- had during the .32 .12 .35 .47 6.38 I -o THORSON O (From Staff Correspondent) The basket social which was to be held in School No. 3 of Battle vie township last Saturday was held cn Friday iuutcad as there w:is to be a dance in Battle.view on Satur day evening. The crowd wuan't large on account of changing the date and everybody beini so busy. Mrs. Olaf Pladsen has been sub stituting for her husband at haul ing the school bus since' springs work set in. ""vs. Essen spent Wednesday with Mrs. Martin Satlire.' Several from this vicinity attend ed the dance at Battlevicw on Sat urday evening. A good crowd at tended. Rev. Buekneburg gave instruc tions to the children, who are to be confirmed, at the school house on Wednesday. Arthur Dahlin and Carl Beclt strom are helping P. M. Olson for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hanson, Mr. a"'i Mrs. D. Davidson, Mr., an.d Mrs. H. M. Carlson and R. G. Pow-' ell were Sunday guests at M. Ol sons. Miss Anpa Wick is driver for the west bus since Selmer Gullickson has quit for spring's work. Wo understand that the Gust Larson family from south of White Earth have moved back on their farm near here. They have had the misfortune to be- partly burned out at their home near White Earth" We all welcome them into our midst again. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Carlson called on the John Aune family on Tuesday evening., Mrs. James Maruskie and baby who have been spending some time at the Gust Lund home, are now nicely located on the It. G. Powell farm, which Mr. Maruskie has rent ed for the coming year. Cor. V k. For Sole—^Rooming house oppo site Soo depot. Furniture fpr sale and building for rent.. Address Box 108, Bowbells, N. D. 45-4tp Y IS /ft i /V.vjgjjp •m* Vi