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Twelve Pages Never before in the history of Williston has a better program been given at the closing exercises of the High School than that ren dered at the Star Theatre Friday night, June 3d. The weather was fine, every member of the class did exceptionally well and the only un pleasant feature was the smallness of the hall. Owing to the trouble in seating the audience the program did not commence until about nine o'clock when the curtain was raised show ing the stage beautifully decorated with American beauty roses, strea mers of the class colors and with the motto of the class in large let ters at the back. Seated upon th9 platform were the members of the graduating class, the members of the school board, the county superintendent city superintendent and the principal of the high school. .The graduates dressed in beautiful white gowns were seated in a semicircle in front, each of the young ladies holding a large rose and the one young man seated in the center with arose in his button hole. After a selection by Onstad's orchestra of eight pieces and a short invocation by Rev. F. S. Hollettof the Methodist church, Miss Adele Mounger, stepped for ward and delivered the Salutatory. She spoke with ease and quite dis tinct and her address was unusually practical for a graduating paper. She said that the proper education embraced the all around develop ment the mental, moral and physi cal and that education was not merely an acquiring of knowledge but was to secure a life out of liv ing and not a living out of live and that now as they were to step from the school of preparation into the school of achievement they were determined to be true to their class motto: "We will find a way or make one." She closed by extend ing to the audience a most kindly and cordial welcome. After a piano duet by Misses Eidsness and Allen, Miss Oleta Lukens gave the class history in a humorous and somewhat irionacally egotistical manner, reviewing the class as a whole from its birth into the high school from the eighth grade, giving a few remarks about the additions to the class as they became members. She said that Ernest Francis, the one gentleman HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WAS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD STAR THEATRE PACKED TO HEAR GRADUATES FRIDAY NIGHT-SEVEN BRIGHT YOUNG LADIES AND ONE YOUNG MAN RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS Top row—Ol^a Berg, Elsie Hagen, Oleta Luteins, Edna Anderson, Vera Major Bottom row—Frances Kellogg, Ernest A. Francis, Adele Mounger MEMBERS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS/1910 tion being pui#uu. i* member, was the most noted lady's man of the high school and accused him of purposely planning to thus graduate. Miss Lukens was perfectly at ease and spoke sufficiently loud enough to be heard all over the hall, although the order was not the best at any time. A song by the high school chorus consisting of six young ladies and two boys, was very well rendered and then followed one of the best numbers of the program an oration entitled '"'A Dream of Destiny" by Miss Frances Kellogg. The theme was that America was to be a na tion of destiny, with all the good features of the old countries and few of the bad, and was to eventu ally incorporate the true Brother hood of Man, elevating the masses and giving to those who did not inherit them the opportunities of those who did. In order to ac complish this end it was necessary that America's citizens should pos sess earnestness, patriotism and de votion, and that thus this country would be known and should be known for other things than selfish agrandisement. She said America was a nation of homes and in the home was where the country had its best bulwark. A beautifully worded and well given number was "Day Dreams" by Miss Vera Major. These dreams were a vision of the ideal of achiev ment and it was the great men of the world who made their dreams come true. The mother's dream was oft an inspiration to her son. And thus imagination, or dreams, were oft a practical help and that the members of the present gradu ating class hoped to follow the. bright star of their day dreams and thus find success. Miss Major spoke well, althovgh she was much handicapped by an interruption in the form of a juvenile solo not on the program. The most applicable andpractical number on the program was an oration by Mr. Ernest Francis en titled "A Study in Agriculture" in which he outlined an agricultural course for the public school chil dren even from the smaller grades. He said this state was destined to become the great food producing section and that therefore the peo ple should be prepared for agri culture. His talk was along the Continued on page 12 Lady Delegates to St Louis' Miss Pence, Mrs. Louis Perkins, Miss Mary McAndrews, Mrs. D. I. Todd a^d Miss Ella Gogan left Tuesday for St. Louis where they go to attend the first convention of the American Woman's League, having obtained free transporta tion and all expenses paid by each securing ten full paid members for the League. The American Wo man's League is becoming well known as an institution for the education and betterment of the life of women and has a local federation in Williston of someth ing like seventy members at the present time and good prospects of obtaining more and will secure for the Williston federation a chapter house costing at least $5,000. The local federation numbers many of the leading ladies of the city among its membership and with the pres ent membership could have a chap ter house built costing $2,500 but desires the better house and will therefore secure the additional members necessary. Williams Has Beit Wheat David F. Kinsr, living near Trenton, this county, received a gold medal last week for an ex hibit of wheat which he had at the National Corn Exhibition at Oma ha, Nebraska. The wheat was pronounced by the judges to be the best milling wheat raised in the United States and was of the Bluestem variety. Mr. King was in Williston this week and showed the beautiful gold medal to many of the citizens as he is proud of it, not so much on his personal ac count but because it demonstrates the superior quality of Williams county wheat. A small house for rent R. Brownson. 43 COMMENTS OF STATE PRESS ON CANDI DACY FOR GOVERNOR-LOOKED UPON VERY FAVORABLY Hon. Geo. W. Wilson, who is a candidate for the republican nomi nation as governor, is satisfied with the progress of his campaign, and believes that the voters of the state tiring of the continued factional quarrels, will turn to him as candidate for the office who has no factional entanglements, and believes that the state of North Dakota is entitled to a republican governor and a republican adminis tration. Wilson was for years editor of the Ward County Reporter at Minot, and has made good. His business qualifications are proven by the fact that at the age of fifty-two years he has accumulated a competence, all of it won from the hard work of a pioneer in the newspaper business in Ward coun ty. He homesteaded originally what is now the townsite of Stan ley, the county seat of Mountraill county, and he has realized hand somely from the ownership of the townsite. He owns the telephone exchange at Stanley, has varied business interests and farms 500 acres of land. He intends to begin within a few weeks upon the erection of a $50, 000 brick business building at Stan ley, and has great hopes of the growth and prosperity of that section.. For several years Mr. Wilson has been register of the land office at Williston, but he has resigned that position and the resignation has not yet been acted upon. He has a wide acquaintance through Williams, Ward, Mountraill and McKenzie counties, and he believes this section will cast some 17,000 rrotw-wivw-wM.. juiun. iwu uuun uuiw. wrut 1 VOL XV NO 50 WILLISTON, WILLIAMS COUNTY, N. D., THURSDAY. JUNE 9, 1910 $1 PER YEAR IN ADVANCB -See E. WHAT PAPERS SAY OF GEO. W. WILSON votes at the republican primaries. He believes that two-thirds of these votes will be cast for him, and that with that as a nucleus he has an excellent chance of gaining the republican nomination.—Bis marck Tribune. Geo. W, Wilson, of Williston, N. D., republican candidate for the office of governor, is a man upon whom all factions of the state can unite. He does not belong to any particular faction, but is a re publican in the broadest sense of the word. He came to Minot about 22 years ago and for about 18 years was editor and publisher of the Minot Daily and Weekly Reporter. About four years ago he was ap pointed register of the U. S. land office at Williston, when that office was established, but resigned a few months ago when he was urged by his many friends to come out and run for governor. In his capacity as register of the land office he has been fair and square to all homesteaders and done what he has considered his plain duty to all, and thus won a lot of loyal friends who will be too glad to cast their vote for him, not only at the pri mary but also at the general elec tion. He is the nominee for the office of Grand Master of the I. O. O. F. of the state of North Dakota and at the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Minot, June 7-8 he will be duly installed as Grand Master or head of that noble order in the state for the next year. Mr. Wil son is also proprietor of the town site of Stanley, the hustling little city in the new county of Moun traill, and is also owner of the Stanley Sun, one of the brightest newspapers in the state. He is a pleasant and conservant gentleman and if nominated and elected will give the state a clean business ad ministration, and he himself will be the governor, as no strings whatever are attached to him. We recommend Mr. Wilson to the vo ters of the state.—Lawton Repub lican. SENT TO FEEBLE. MINDED INSTITUTE RUHLE CHILDREN OF NEAR HOGA COM. MITTED TO GRAFTON INSTITUTE BY COMMISSIONERS As a result of an investigating visit to the home of Martin Ruhle, living eight miles north of Tioga, by County Superintendent Mrs. Tatem on Thursday, May 26, the four oldest children of the family were committed to the institute for the feeble minded at Grafton by the county commissioners this week and arrangements haye been made for them to leave next Mon day. The children were committed uncjer the compulsory school law. The family consists of seven chil dren and are the same children who were lost on the prairie in a snow storm some two or three years ago and after wandering to White Earth were finally located at Epping and identified as be longing to the Ruhle family by the address on some mail which they had in their possession. This is a rather pathetic case, but the school authorities and the county commissioners feel that they have done the best thing for the children and the parents in sending the four oldest to the in stitute as they will be given ad vantages there they could not ob tain elsewhere, and the commis sioners also think some steps will have to be taken to separate the parents as the mother is not of a sound mind either. For Members School Board Fred H. Smith and E. B. Link announce themselves as candi dates for members of the Board of Education in the Graphic this week subject to the action of the voters at the election to be aeld Tuesday, June 21st. Both of these gentlemen have been residents of this city for seVeral years and are well qualified for the office and would make good officials if elected. me rirm.««uoiuu dhul It was a pleased audience that listened to the program given at Gates opera house Monday night by the ladies of the Civic League and the greater [portion remained to enjoy a dance afterward. The program opened with a beautiful selection by Prof On stad's orchestra from "Maritana" by Wallace, a piece of music of entrancing melody with a stately cadence that was especially appro priate to the object of the enter tainment. This was immediately followed by an exquisite rendering of the Hungarian Rhapsodie of Liszt by Mrs. LeRoy Smith on the piano. She was encored but did not respond. The violin solo, "Romanze" by Sundson rendered by Prof. Onstad was a most beautiful selection and was given in the excellent style possessed by this talented musician and in responding to an encore he gave a short selection from one of the old favorites that was also ap preciated. Another number of the program by Prof. Onstad was a Hungarian dance from Welesche. A number of exceptional merit and beauty was the vocal solo by Mrs. B. L. Hardaway, the selection being an Irish love song full of all the mellowing memories and en dearments so easily expressed by the composers of that enchanted isle. She did not respond to the encore. v. A novelty in the form of a read ing in country dialect was given by Miss McNivin in which she in troduced an immitation of the vio lin, banjo and cornet, each of which she imitated to such a degree of perfection that it would have de ceived the ear. This was one of the best numbers and one of the best appreciated. The imitation of the violin was extra good, so much so in fact that it was beautiful. She did not respond to the encore. Miss Wilkinson's rendering of "A May Song" was especially good the selection being full of sweet melody which the singer inter preted to perfection. In respond ing to an encore she gave a short humorous selection. Another vocal solo was one by Miss Morene Mead entitled "A Garden 6f Roses" and it £was well given. Mrs. Maud L. Mead told the story of Sakajewea, that beautiful and heroic Indian mother who guided Lewis and Clark over the then trackless mountains and prai ries of the west to the Pacific, in a most pleasing and beautiful voice and manner and incidently men tioned the fact that the statute was about ready to be erected. The statute is to cost $3,000 and the money is all raised excepting about $900. Mrs. Mead is a most pleas ant speaker and has an ease of manner seldom excelled by any lady while on the platform. Father S. J. Arsenault gave a reading in French-Canadian dialect that was both humorous and pa thetic and was perfectly interpreted by the Reverend Father as he showed himself much at home in handling that difficult speech. He responded to an encore with a short selection. A piano solo was well given by T. O., Arsenault after which the orchestra closed the program with an overture entitled "Bridal Rose" by Lavelee and the hall was pre pared for the dance which followed. •tat* Historical Society THE CIVIC LEAGUE GIVES GOOD PROGRAM MONDAY LADIES ENTERTAIN GOOD SIZE CROWD AT GATES' OPERA HOUSE MONDAY EVENING—ABOUT $75 CLEARED—GOOD DANCE AFTER PROGRAM Circulation 2500 Odd Fellows Meet at Minot The twentieth annual session of the I. O. O. F. Grand lodge of North Dakota convened at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning at Minot for a session of three days- The Rebekah lodge assembly will con vene at the same hour. An excellent program has been prepared and it is expected there will be at least five hundred dele gates in attendance. A large del egation went down from Williston as this city is especially interested because Hon. George W. Wilson is to be installed as Grand Master. H. Vohs had charge of the ar rangements of the delegation to the meeting of the Odd Fellows, while Mrs. Maud L. Mead took the drill team of the Rebekahs. Following is a partial list of Odd Fellow delegates: Paul Field, J. C. Field, V. R. Asbury, J. J. Bailey, J. S. Penson, J. E. Pettis, W. S. Glissman, T. R. Blanken ship and A. J. Field. The delegates of" the Rebekahs are as follows: Mesdames. Wm. Snyder, H. Vohs, W. N. Jeffrey, S. Coulter, J, C. Field, J. S. Pen son, T. R. Blankenship, George Hilbish. New Towns Near Stanley County Surveyor Frahm, of Ward county, is preparing plats for the new towns of Lostwood and Lunds Valley in Mountraill county. The new towns will be located in the center of a very good farming country with a large and rapidly developing territory adjacent to them. Both will be on the new extension of the Great Northern at present being built out of Stanley Lostwood will be 18 miles from» Stanley and Lund's Valley will be six miles from Lostwood and 24 miles from Stanley. No announcement has yet been made by the Realty company as to when the opening sale of lots willii be held. TEACHERS WILL BE HERE JUNE 20TB An excellent corps of instruct ors has been obtained for the Teachers institute which will meet here at the High school assembly room for one week beginning Monday, June 20th. Mrs. Tatem, codnty superin tendent, announces that notices have been sent out to one hundred and seventy teachers, over a hun dred of whom are sure to be in at tendance. The instructors are as follows C. C. Schmidt of the State Uni versity Mrs. J. Sanderson of Grand Forks, assistant in elemen tary work Miss Fisher of Valley City Normal, assistant in the pri mary work Miss Mary Pett or Minot, special instructor in draw ing, penmanship and music. State Superintendent W. L. Stockwell will also be here. The meeting of the school offi cers of the entire county will be held on Saturday, the 25th, and the teachers will be held over to attend the meeting. See H. V. Smith for mortgage loan. 50 148-3t." Signed, Alex Lester. I Williston, N. D. a second