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vr .i'f •vl }f" uAyg, 5 lr-' K.. ,t The ...0..v.. ature was 87 on the 14th. Lowest 15 on the J6th. VOL. XVIII. NO. 46. AUTO ACCIDENT LAST SUNDAY CAR TURNS OVER WHEN STEER ING GEAR COMES LOOSE OCCUPANTS INJURED While out motoring last Sunday a party of Williston people narrowly es caped very serious injury when the steering gear on their car broke and the car turned over, throwing the oc cupants to the ground. In the party were Ole Hellund, Siver Otesa, Miss Olson and Miss Metcalf. The accident occured as they were passing through Mondak and the auto party returned to Williston on the evening train. Miss Olson received bad bruises about the face and Miss Metcalf had an arm and shoulder badly sprained and bruised. Mr. Hellund and Mr. Otesa were not injured to any great extent. Miss Metcalf was unable to meet her class es in school the first of the week. .CIGAR MAKER GOOD DAIRYMAN ~r* tytiAf ONE MAN HAS DONE IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS IN WIL-^ LIAMS COUNTY Some days ago the Graphic reporter visited the dairy farm of W. A. Palm er, located just a few miles north of the city, and some things observed there will certainly be of interest to every farmer in this sectin, as well as in the state, as to just how one man in Williams county is making a suc cess out of the dairy business. To begin at the beginning would, perhaps, give a better idea of some of the things encountered in the business up to the present time. Eleven years ago Mr. Palmer came to this section and located on a piece of land, which has since been put under the irriga tion ditches. For a few years he farmed along the lines of other men first taking up land here and then gradually drifted into the dairy busi ness. In this first venture he had a number of ordinary cows, such as usually found in a farming-commun ity where little attention has been paid to live stock. He worked along with this class of stock and gradually became discouraged, as the business did not seem to pay. Two years ago, it is reported Mr. Palmer was very much dissatisfied and wanted to get rid of his farm and stock. Then there came a new idea into his work. I ast fall he went east and broug! nome a car load of good Holestein cows ~o take the place of the other cows he had on the farm. Almost instantly there was a great change in the busi ness, ar.d incidentally the revenue -f the farm. Now the owner of the farm is very well satisfied indeed and it is doubtful if he could be induced to sell, because as he stated, he is just now getting a good start and fees some great possibilities for the 'U'iry bus ness in this section in the future. He said that he could now see where he had lost a great deal of money by not putting in thoroughbred stock sooner. On the farm at present there are fifteen cows, fourteen of which are Holesteins. The milk produced by each cow is weighed at each milking and a complete record is kept of this. On the day that the Graphic reporter visited the farm the amount of mi.'k produced by the herd was 310 pounds. In addition to keeping a record of the amount of milk, a testing machine is in use, which shows just exactly which cow is the most profitable to the farm in the production of butter fat. As -soon as the cows have been milked the milk is poured into the separator and the cream taken out. This cream is then cooled, bottled, and is soon ready for the market. A large pro portion of the milk then goes to a very healthy looking lot cf Doroc Jersey pigs, of which there are nehrly a hundred, including young and old. The proprieter of the farm states that lie finds a ready cash market in Wil liston for everv ounce of cream that his herd produces, and contemplates adding to the number of cows just as fast as he can. The cows are fed on alfalfa and a mixture of ground feedf their rations being carefully proportioned TTiere -is enough alfalfa stacked to feed for ^another year without raising any •more. An abundance of good water "is provided from a well in the barn. In addition to this herd of fifteen /dairy cows, and. a thoroughbred sire, there are ten head of horses, nearly a hundred hogs, chickens, and number of young calves on the farm. Equipment It is interesting to note that this farm in equipped with just about as good electric lights as we ave here in the city. The electricity is gen erated by a small dynamo and gaso line engine in the creamery building. This engine is used running the cream separator, grinding all the feed, and pumping water for the stock. Every room in the home in supplied with electric lights and they are also placed thro'isrhout the barn. Con venient switches turn the liihts off or on as they may be required for use in the various parts of the barn. The dynamo has a capacity sufficient to carry about thirty lights, which are ample for the present buildings. When the lights are wanted in t*: evening the engine is started and left running 0\C -V' Clubs Held Meeting On Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock representatives from the Civic Lea gue, Book and Thimble Club met in the Library to complete plans for clean up day. The meeting was organized by making E. C. Carney Commissioner of Streets and Public Improvements, chairman, and Mrs. W. C. Lynch secretary. It was de cided to follow somewhat the same line as had been followed former years in arranging the committees to work. The City will be divided by the lines of the four Wards and the several committees will meet at 9:30 A. M. as follows:—First Ward—City Hall. The committee will be composed of two members of the & club, two from Civic League and one from the Com mercial Ciiiu Wll nave charge ot the work, slso Supt. forester will designate five boys to assist in each ward. The committee in First ward are:—Mr. and Mrs. S. Brownell, Mrs. C. W. Jennison, Mrs. George Mcin tosh and Mrs. W. S. Davidson. Second ward committee meets at Central School Building and is com posed of—Mr. R. M. Calderwood, Mrs. E. C. Carney, Mrs. John Penson, Mrs. Paul Leonhardy and Mrs. C. I. Win gate. Third Ward meets at Library and is composed of: Mrs. A. H. Yohs, Mrs. L. B. Dochterman, Mrs. Clarence Elli thorpe, Mrs. R. J. Walker, and Mrs. George Farries. Fourth ward committee meets at Webster school and are the following: Mrs. L. N. Shelden, Mrs. S. M. Hydle, Mrs. C. R. Modie, Mrs. C. C. Macken roth and Mrs. L. O. Higley. until the lights are not needed longer. The equipment is so arranged that when the family retires for the night the engine may be stopped from the house, thus saving many steps. Boys Interested Now we have told you about the cows and other things on this farm but nothing about the principal rea sons contributing to the access so far attained. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Palmer there are four boys on the f?rm, three of them grown young men. They are all intensely interested. The elec tric plant and other machinery is in charge of one of the boys. He spent a year at the State Agricultural Col lege and come back and put in the (Continued on page 4) TWO BIG BANKS TO CONSOLIDATE NUMBER OF MEN INTERESTED IN LOCAL BANKS HERE TO CONFER IN MATTER A move is under way whereby two of Willistons large banks will be con solidated. The consolidation will bring under one management the First National Bank and the Citizens National Bank, and it is understood that the consolidated institutions will Some of the men interested in these banks, and who are here in connection with the deal, are:—Chas. H. David son, Minneapolis. E. J. and O. J. Weiser, Fargo. O. I. Hegge, Minne apolis, C. F. Ross, Minneapolis. Allen S. Miller. Minneapolis. Thos. F. Mar shall, Oakes, N. D. H. C. McCartney, Oakes, N. D., and a number of others. Those locally interested in the insti tutions have been in conference with these gentlemen. MARRIED IN ST. PAUL Victor C. Johnson, chief engineer at the Reclamation Power house, was united in marriage to Miss Elveda Edna Ringins in St. Paul on Tuesday of this week. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride at 6655 js'y-f'l.'i) Orange Street. Mr. Johnson has been at the local Reclamation plant for the past five years and has made a host of friends here who extend their very best wishes to hini ana his bride upon this happy occasion. BAND MEETING Notice is hereby given that a meet ing of the Williston Band will be held on Tuesday afternoon, May 13th, for the purpose of electing doctors, and any other business that may be for consideration of the meeting. S «r Should Saturday the 10th be a rainy day the following Monday will be Clean Up Day. If Williston is going to be an up-to date clean city it requires you—every citizen to co-operate with the City Of ficials and good ladies of the City to get out and help, remembering that Charity begins at home. A dirty'city is a disease ridden city—a clean city, healthy. We must have teams to haul for us and would like to have men with teams volunteer to help on Saturday. See the Commissioner of Streets. Some Suggestions Now that we are to have a Clean up day, which has been tlje usual cus tom each spring, a few suggestions as to how to avoid a large amount of this work might be in order: Don't throw any dirty water or garbage water or garbage where flies can get at it. If you haven't a sani tary garbage pail, ».ho1.- some out of the way plac6 iti the back yard leaving the dirt piled upon one side with a shovel conveniently near. The days garbage is thrown in, a shovel full of dirt may be sprinkled over the top, thus leaving no material exposed, as a breeding place for flies. Don't throw old papers, magazines, etc., into the yard. Every windy day the streets and private yards are made unsightly by this litter. Filth Holds Disease Disease and death are co-partners, and their connecting link is, in many instances, the common or typhoid fly. It is a carrier of the germs of typhoid fever, cholera, diarrhoea* dysentery, tuberculosis (consumption) and many other varieties which as yet have not been actually determined, but which may, according to high author LIVERY BARN BURNS MONDAY be known as the First National Bank, which will occupy the banking rooms r^*e barn belonged to Mr. Nudd and now occupied by the Citizens National jt js EARLY MORNING BLAZE DE STROYS LIVERY BARN IN CEN TER OF BUSINESS SECTION- A livery barn in the center of the city, near the Bruegger Lumber yard, was completely destroyed by fire which started about five o'clock Mon day morning and a number of smaller buildings near by were badly "scorch ed. The hardest kind of work by the department, and the fact that there was little wind, only prevented the blaze from spreading to adjoining buildings and the lumber yard. The barn was full of horses but they were all gotten out before the fire gained much headway. Just what started the blaze is not known. This same barn had a close call a few weeks ago when a bad fire started in the Brueg ger lumber yard adjoining. The electric light wires through the alley, and which supply a large part of the city to the south, were destroy ed and for several hours sections of the town were without lights. The city repair forces did a good job in getting the lines in working orler shortly before noon however. A tele phone cable carrying about seventy five telephones was burned off and the telephone service was crippled until repairs were made, un(jerstood Bank. surance on the building or any of the Some time ago a rumor was cur rent that a consolidation of these two banks was being considered, but no positive information was given out. Since that time the deal has been pending and it is "understood will be completed in a few days. Some of the parties interested, when, asked just when the new arrangement would be come effective, stated that they could not say positive but would have a statement to make public in a few days. contests. ',. ,wr. .Vt. that there was no in- HEARD MUCH OF NORTH DAKOTA PARTY OF FOLKS FROM FLORIDA VISITING IN WILLISTON—HAD HEARD MUCH OF N. D. J. M. Harris and son Harold, and two daughters, Verda and Bertha, are in Williston, having come all the way from the state of Florida "just to see what is up in this great Northwest country. Their home is at Fort Laud erdale, Fla. They said that this is their first trip to the great west and that they had heard a great deal about North Dakota and Williston. When asked if they expected to locate in this section it was stated that they were not sure, and that the visit may continue for a few days or perhaps longer. They were very well impress ed with the state so far. SCATTERED GROCERIES A delivery team belonging to the City Grocery got away from their driver Monday and scattered a wagon load of groceries along the streets for a couple of blocks. The runaway team was captured after they had damaged the wagon and harness considerably. NO MEETING MONDAY The city commissioners did not hold their regular Monday night meeting owing to the fact that Commissioners Bruegger and Cooper were out of the city. The meeting was adjourned un til Friday evening. WILLISTON, WILUAMS COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1918.<p></p>SATURDAY ity, include the bubonic plague, lep rosy, smallpox, hook worm, anthrax, pink-eye and similar eye troubles, and parasitic worms. The most fearsome of this terrible list as it touches the country prob ably is typhoid fever which, according to the United States Census Mortality Statistics for the decade ending with 1909 covering a registration area of eighteen states, was 24.4 per cent for rural districts as against 22.6 per cent for cities, the basis being per 100,000 population. Possibilities in a Pound of Manure Twelve hundred house flies, and per haps more, will issue from a pound of stable manure, and thus under fav orable conditions the offspring of a single fly, wintering over in the house, may in the course of the summer, as just shown, reach a total almost be yond belief. O'l 6iie ay the number of bacteria, or disease germs may range all the way from 550 to 6,600,000. Imagine if possible, the potential dangers is suing from a single insect like this, loaded as it is with death germs more effective than a modern 14-inch can non in war. Disease Germs Found on Flies Actual figures on sources of bac teria from flies have been obtained by the Connecticut Agricultural Experi ment station. The statement shows that on 19 cow stable flies the total number of bac teria was 7,980,000, with an average of each fly of 420,000. On 94 swill barrel' flies the total number of bacteria was 155,000,000, with an average for each fly of 1, 660,000. CLUBSFURTHER ROAD BUILDING CLUBS OF STATE TAKING UP GOOD ROADS WORK IN EARN ^ST—WONDERLAND TRAIL (Federated Commercial Clubs Spec ial Service) One of the most needed improve ments in North Dakota is in the high ways of the state, therefore, this sub ject is receiving the attention of a large number of our Commercial Clubs. One of the best plans for im proving the needs is to select some through road upon which to center the attention and make of that piece of road an example of what can be accomplished. This work is now be ing done by the Commercial Clubs of Larimore, Devils Lake, and Minot, which organizations are working upon an east and west road across tabs state, which will become apart of the Wonderland trail, the Automobile highway from Duluth to Seattle, and which is being promoted by an organ ization having its headquarters at Grand Forks. A number of Ward County farmers living near Donnybrook have taken much the same idea and have selected a piece of road in their neighborhood, which they call the Windmill Road. They have graded and dragged this road until it1 is one of the best in the state and as a result they take great pride in it. MANY TREES WERE PLANTED ARBOR DAY WAS OBSERVED BY PLANTING TREES IN PARK AND ABOUT CJTY Arbor Day last Friday was observ ed in Williston by the planting of a large number of trees. The largest number planted in any one section of the city were put out in the city park under the direction of the Superinten dent of Streets and Parks, in which work the school children and teachers of the city took a large part. Up wards of five hundred trees were pro vided for the park and nearly the en tire square was planted. Just previous to the starting the work of putting the trees into the ground Commissioner Carney made a short talk to the crowd assembled, stating how the tree planting had been arranged for without expense to the city, and extending appreciation to the G. M. Hedderich Company, who furnished the trees free of charge. He then called on Jos. W. Jackson, who made a splendid Arbor Day talk. Mr. Jackson was one of those inter ested in the donation of the park to (he city. One of the provisions under vhich it was donated was that trees must be planted and cared for and other improvements made from time to time. The speaker said that he be lieved an effort had been made to comply with these requirements, but perhaps not as much of an effort an required, and that the planting and 1 ',• ,rl i"' v" On 144 pig pen flies the total num ber of bacteria was 133,000,000, with an average for each fly of 923,000. On 26 dwelling house flies the Jotal number of bacteria was 22,880,000, with an average for each fly of 880,000. On 18 swill barrel flies the total number of bacteria was 118,800,000, with an average for each fly of 6, 600,000. On one large bluebottle blow fly the total number of bacteria was 308,700. If flies stayed in the vicinity of the pig pens and cow stables, danger to human life would be somewhat lessen ed but the fly extends its range to outhouses and piles of decaying veg etation, carrying on its thickly hair covered legs and body millions of dis ease breeding organisms which are left on the food spread upon the table as the fly walks about seeking nour ishment. Fly Specks Dangerous Bacteria and death dealing organ isms of all kinds absorbed by the fly into its digestive tract pass out into the fly-speck absoultely unimpaired, and capable of transmitting disease in a thousand ways. And the common house fly is a ter rific feeder, having a well developed appetite. It swallows at a single meal nearly one-half its own weight in food. When eating freely of material containing plenty of moisture, the house fly has been known to deposit a fly-speck every 4 1-2 minutes. The digestion of the fly consists simply in the absorption of those sub stances in the food readily soluble in weak digestive fluids, and the evacua tion of all others. proper caring for the large number of trees to be put out, would help to fulfill the agreement. Following the addresses the chil dren were given the trees and they placed them in holes prepared. A number of men assisted in the plant ing. Water was -used in all of the holes where trees were planted and the chances for nearly every one growing are very good. The trees, though small, all had a good healthy appearance, and with a little care will doubtless soon add much to the ap pearance of the park square. In addition to the trees planted in the park there were several .hundred planted about the lawns of the homes of the city by the property owners. HIS BANK ROLL ROLLED AWAY STANLEY MAN PUTS $95.00 IN SHOE AT HOTEL HERE AND IT GETS AWAY Last Monday night Sam Boobes, of Stanley, retired for the night at a local hotel and when he awoke in the morning he was short just an even $95.00 in cash, which he had the even ing before. It appears that when he went to bed he took the roll of money and placed it in one of his shoes for safe keeping. The door to his room was left unlocked and during the night the money walked out and is still at large. The victim of the rob bery slept soundly and did not hear any one who must have entered the room and got away with the cash. The management of the hotel is un able to account for the loss and thorough search has been made, but no clue has been discovered that will lead to the re-capture of the elusive lucre. MR. BOB MAKES DECIDED HIT The local talent play Mr. Bob put on by the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational church last Fri day night in Gates Hall made a de cided hit. The audience was large and enthusiastic, giving the neces sary inspiration to the action so that they were at their best. The play was just the right length and had a continuous movement so as to sustain the interest from first to last. Miss Miriam Shaw as Mr. Bob Miss Lois Brown as Aunt Becky Lester Jaynes and Maybelle Boystrom as nephew and niece of Aunt Becky Gladys Pen son and Roland Shaw as maid and Butler—and Herbert Metzeer as the man of many names (a solicitor) made up the cast of characters and each Tjart was taken so well that it would be difficult indeed to say which was the best. Miss Toftley's well established repu tation as a director was enchanced and she received well merited ap plause. The specialties were a duet Mr" r.rid Miss Bild-vin and a Mandolin solo-by S. J. Dorothy, all of which were roundly encored. Arrangements have been made for the play to be repeated at Cottonwood Lake on Saturday night. Annie Haugen, 14 is dead at Rug by, according to word received in this city today, as the result of shooting herself with a 12-gauge shot gun. "-A.-:.---.' A .'•• J*. %. to ha^ Npw that wo are to have the CHORAL UNION The second concert by the Williston Choral Union will be given in the Li brary Auditorium on Saturday even ing, May 17th. The oratorio to b« presented is Maunder's "Song of Thanksgiving," together with several single numbers. This will be the last concert of the season. The previous concert given by the Union soma weeks ago was a splendid success in every particular. It is believed by Thomas P. Cooper, secretary of the North Dakota Bettor Farming association that fully 90,000 swine will be shipped from the state during the coming fall to the South St. Paul market, where the greatest amount of pork is sent from the stato of North Dakota. ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED WILLIAMS CO. BETTER FARMING ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED, LAST SATURDAY The Williams County Better Farm ing Association was organized at th* meeting held at the court house last Saturday afternoon. The meeting was attended by about fifty, two thirds of which attendance were business men of the city and adjoining towns. A. F. Nohle, of Buford, acted as chair man of the meeting and F. P. Berg man as Secretary. Thomas B. Cooper, Secretary of the North Dakota Better Farming Asso ciation, was here and for more than an hour addressed the meeting on the work and organization of the Better Farming Association in North Da kota. After Mr. Cooper had finished his address a number of questions were asked by those present and then the matter of organizing was taken up. A motion was made and carried that the association be organized by elect ing a board consisting of the county commissioner and two other directors from each commissioner district. Ac cordingly the following were chosen as the board of directors: First Dis trict:—U. L. Burdick, F. P. Bergman, Frank Banks. Second District:—E. W. Jeffrey, William Burns, P. A. Hag ge. Third District:-—Herman Nelson,. G. A. McGee, A. A. Folden. Fourth. District:—A. E. Scace, R. C. Snook,. M. C. Webb. Fifth District:—L. T. Jellison, Jerome Meyers, Emil H. Lee. The directors were authorized to enter into an agreement with Mr. Cooper such as might be required for the carrying out of the work in Wil liams county. Mr. Cooper's Talk Mr. Copper in his talk covered many splendid points in the better farming movement. He went into detail as to the reasons for the movement, what it would mean in a few years and ex plained what had already been accom plished. Some of the things covered (Continued on page 6) DIED Perkins:—Mrs. Ancil Perkins died at her home in this city, Saturday, May 3rd, following an illness extend ing over a long period. Marietta Wells was born December 25th, 1844, at Bedford, Ohio. Jan uary 1, 1866, she was united in mar riage to Ancil Perkins, who together with three children survive her. The daughter, Mrs. L. L. Lampman and one son, Louis F. Perkins, live here, and another son Arthur C. lives in Southern Minnesota. In 1870 the family moved to Cleve land, Minn. Mrs. Perkins' health be gan to fail in 1907, and since that time the parents have lived with their children, who had moved .here. Very early in life the deceased unit ed with the Christian Church and re tained a close relationship with the church until her death. A funeral service was held at the L. L. Lamp man home on Tuesday, May 6th, at 10:80 a. m. Rev. M. D. Wickard, of the Methodist Episcopal Church con ducted the "services. Many friends gathered to pay their respects to the memory of a good life, and to extend sympathy to the relatives. Interment was in the Williston cemetery. ," ATTORNEY LEAVES Solomon Esberg, who has been'' practicing law here for the past year, has closed his offices and gone to Schafer in McKenzie county. He will remain at Schafer for a couple of months when he will go to New York for a visit and mav return later to this section. Mr. Esberg made many friends in Williston who wish him success in the practice of his pro fession wherever he may decide to lo cate permanently. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere gratitude to the friends and neigh bors for their kind services and beau tiful floral offerings unon the death, of our beloved wife and mother. M!' S'wk fiX-it JtelRSffiiVt "*11 cleaned up Saturday the city will do it and chcfrge It to you. PER YfiAR IN ADVANCft fl 5 CONCERT MAY 17 SECOND CONCERT TO BE GIVEN ON THAT DATE AT LIBRARY AUDITORIUM 'vV5 i/ «HV I W 'vV $8 Ancil Perkins. Arthur and Louis F. Perkins.. Mrs. L. L. Lampman.