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campaign of'classified ad-1 verti«lng-—attractive enough and persistent enough to find a tenant for any deiirable property—will coat so little that It will go'«» the moat profitable Invest ment you have ever made VOL. XIX. NO.!6. I" PUBLIC LANDS FOR GRAZING SEN. GRONNA "HAS BILL PROVID ING FOR LEASING PUBLIC LANDS United States Senator Gronna of North Dakota has introduced into senate a bill, wHich if it become a law will have an important bearing on the counties of western North Dak ota. This measure provides for the leasing of public lands for grazing purposes. The proposed law gives fhe president power to create grazing districts in states where the u"®ett}*J •public lands are more suitable for crazing than for agncultural pur loses The lands within these dis tricts will then be leased to the peo ple under the supervision and direc tion of the secretary of agneulture. These leases will be for terms of from one year to five years, depending on the nature of the land as classified bv the government, and the rate lor such lands will be not less than one half of one cent per acre per year, and for not more than ten cents per acre per year, the exact rate to be deter mined by official appraisement. The secretary of agriculture will prescribe the maximum area which each person will be allowed to lease, and no person will be permitted to lease more than the prescribed area. The public generally will not be al lowed to pasture stock on such leased lands, and any one who Joes so will be liable to punishment by fine and imprisonment. The lands thus leased will not be withdrawn from homestead entry. A person may file on such leased lands at any time but in such case the en tryman will not be allowed to settle on the land until the lease therefor has expired, or has been c^nce'le° And after such leased land has been entered under the homestead law, it will not be released to anyone. The proposed law provides for c®r" tain priorities of right to lease lands. "A bona fide homesteader, or owner of land under actual cultivation, will be given a preference right to lease lands within five miles of his land, provid ed that the land applied for, together with the land which he now owns or occupies, does not in the aggregate, exceed the area-prescribed to be al lowed to each person. Subject to such preference, any person actually oc cupying lands for grazing purposes, prior to the installation of the leasing system, shall have a preference right over any person not so occmmnsr it. And any oerson who has obtained a 'lease shall have a nreference right to a new lease for the same land. Any leasee will have the privilege of making improvements on the leas ed lands, and anv subsequent lessee will have to pay the owner the value of all such improvements not remov ed. before he can enter on the land. Transfers and assignments of leases will not be permitted, except with the consent of the secretary of agricul ture. No assignment will be allowed where the result would be a consoli dation of holdings. The secretary of agriculture is given the power to regulate the number and kinds of stock to be grazed on any given area, and is otherwise charged with the duty of conserving and pro tecting the fertility and productive ness of the land leased. It is expected that the measure will become law: If it does, as it probably will, it will solve the problem^ of dis posing of all public lands in this state which are too rough for suc cessful culfivntion, and provide a means by which persons who desire to engage in the stock-grazing business to do so without trespassing on one another and on the farmers. (_ WEATHER CHIEF IS APPOINTED HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WEATH ER BUREAU IS SELECTED— INVENTOR Prof. Charles Marvin has been se lected for Chief of the U. S. Weather bureau to succeed Willis Moore, re cently removed. Professor Marvin, the new chief, was in the instrument He was appointed to the old signal service in 1884 from Ohio. President Wilson sent the nomination to- senate Tuesday. Under Professor Marvin more at tention will be paid to weather re ports and forecasts as they affect the agricultural and general farming con ditions of the-country. Other changes will be made the bureau, but Secretary Houston is not ready to announcement them. Pro fessor Marvin is the inventor of many instruments used by the bureau. He represented the department of agri culture on a number of important meteorological congresses and has written extensively on the subject of weather investigations.. ARCHITECT WAS HERE Mr. J. G. Woodruff, architect, who made the plans for the new school building, was in the city Monday and Tuesday going over the plans with the board and also with M. J. Bor sheim, who will erect the building. Williston "RIGHT CUT** IS WRONG An interpretation placed upon the North Dakota Snuff Law by Attorney General, Andrew MiHer, says that the sale of "Right Cut Tobacco," as well as any other substitute or imitations of snuff, are prohibited in North Da kota. The "Right Cut" product was widely advertised through the state about the time, and sinee, the law was passed. This paper carried .some ad vertising of this class up to the time the law was passed, at whteh time the contract was cancelled.. A number of .papers about the state have continued to carry the "Right Cut** ads. FAST MAIL IS DITCHED IN MONT. WENT INTO DITCH NEAR WHITE FISH—TWO OF CREW KILL ED OUTRIGHT The Great Northern fast mail, No. 27, westbound, was wrecked at Rock hill, near Whitefish, Mont., Monday. Engineer Forcum and Fireman Carl Smith, both of Whitefish, were killed instantly. Express Messenger, Lamb, was badly injured. The train was running at high speed when it was wrecked. The ejcact cause of the wreck has not been determined. The engine left the rails and turned over. One of the mail cars piled on top of the engine. ENGINEER HINES KILLED SUNDAY WRECK NEAR THIS CITY COST LIFE OF ONE OF THE CREW —OTHERS JUMPED Engineer, Mike Hines, of Minot, was killed instantly Sunday evening at Avoca, a few miles east of this city, when his engine ran into the rear of a work train and turned over. The fireman on the train and other members of the crew saw the inpend ing disaster in time to jump and none of them were injured. It appears that there were two sec tions of a work train hauling gravel,' and the forward train stopped" for something, anci forgot to send back a signalman. The rear section, with Hines at the throttle came upon them, and was unable to stop in time^ al though the reports are that Hines' train was not running very fast. The fireman said that he saw the train standing in their path and call ed to Hines to jump, and that he would have had time to save him self, but for some reason did not pay any attention to the warning. The engine was thrown from the track and turned over on the side, and he was caught in the wreckage. He was badly crushed. A number of cars were thrown from the track and badly broken up. Traf fic over the road was delayed for sev eral hours while the wreckage was being cleared away and a new track put in place. The remains of the dead engineer were brought to Williston, and were taken to Corning. Iowa, where he has a sister living. Hines was one of the best known railroad men in this section, having been running through this section for about twelve years. INJURED MAN FOUND TUESDAY WAS FOUND ON PRAIRIE NEAR SPRINGBROOK—DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED A young man about eighteen years old, giving his name as Hall, was found laying out on the prairie two miles from Springbrook Tuesday fore noon by two men driving by in an au tomobile. The young man was suffer ing from a blow of some kind across the forehead and his head was badly cut and swoolen. Although able to tell his name, he was unable to tell lust how long "he had been there, how he got there, or how he was injured. He said he had worked in the Great Northern roundhouse some time ago and said something about being a fireman on the railroad. The two men finding the injured man put him in their auto and brought him to Williston where medical aid was obtained. ELKS ENJOY OUTING The Elks and their wives had a de lightful time on their boat excursion last Thursday afternoon. They left here shortly after 1 o'clock and wjmt down the river twenty miles. The boat returned to this point about 9 o'clock and took the excursionists on up the river a distance, returning at 10:30. The Williston band was on the boat and furnished delightful music for the dancing and for the en tertainment of the crowd of more than 200 Well filled lunch baskets were taken along and the crowd enjoyed their picnic dinner on the boat. There is some talk of giving another excur sion in the near future. STORIES OF THE FAR SOUTHWEST SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT LIT TLE KNOWN PARTS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY (Note—The following is the first of a series of articles about the great southwest, written especially for the Graphic. Subsequent articles will follow each week. Don't miss them as they contain some interesting ex periences.) Las Veges, N. M., July 26:—There are plaees aad things, men and condi tions to be found in the remote places and mountains of New Mexieo ana Arizona that but few of us know of —places that Pithole in its wildest oil days would look a Sunday school in comparison. About twenty miles north of the Cliff Dweller's ruins, and twenty miles back from Denver and Rio Grande's narrow gauge railroad, is a lumber town, miner's headquarters, Mexican's hang out, Indian's resort and general roundup of "rough necks," that must be about the toughest place owned by the United States. Here men fight it out, and end it. Grand juries and the penal code do not bother these people. Sometimes a U. S. Marshal makes a bluff at in vestigating some bad affair that leaks down to the railroad towns, and some times tM" forest rangers will go in and cut out a flagrant case of crime. But on the average these men aire a law unto themselves, and they make their own ordinances, and enforce them in their own way. There is a great forest of yellow pine in this section and a company hauls twenty miles to a railroad. North, south and west there is no railroad for many miles, and this timber town is naturally a center for black, white, tough gamblers and fugitives. I went to this region to see the great stone lions, called the mountain lions of Cohite but I did not see them. From an old moun taineer, who had lived forty years in these uplands, I learned that the re ward was not worth the journey. He told me that many years ago these curiosities were worth a journey from anywhere to see, but that the vandals, our Americans, who could see nothing Wonderful in anything that has a dol lar behind it, dynamited these ancient idols to discover if there was not treasure bueried underneath them. He said one was totally ruined, and the other partially destroyed, and that (Continued on page 2) YOUNG WIFE PASSED AWAY MRS. JOS. DONOHUE SUCCUMBS TO ATTACK OF TYPHOID ILL SIX WEEKS The announcement of the death of Mrs. Joseph M. Donohue, which oc cured last Thursday night, came as a shock to the entire community. Although she had been ill with typhoid for about six weeks, she was, on the day just previous to her death, reported to be somewhat better and on the road to recovery. This report was a source of much relief to the many friends and to the near rela tives, who, however, were much shock ed to hear of her sudden demise Mayme E. Shea was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shea, of this city, and was born on September 20, 1891, and was therefore past twenty one years old at the time of her death. A little more than six months ago, January 7, 1913, she was united in marriage to Joseph M. Donohue, also of this city, and the sincere sympathy of many friends is extended to the bereaved husband who is tailed upon to undergo this great sorrow after a few months of happy wedded life. Much has been taken from the hus band and from the sisters, brother, mother and father and a large circle of friends, but the fadeless memories of her Christian life are theirs. Following the attack of typhoid fever a few weeks ago all that skill ed physicians, loving hands and an anxious household, could devise and apply for her comfort and assistance were brought into play, but all of no avail, and the end came peacefully at 10 o'clock p. m., Thursday evening. Near relatives surviving besides the husband are, a father arid mother, Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas Shea three sis ters, Bridgie, Katie and Maggie, and one brother, Willie, all of this city. Mrs. Donohue was a member of St. Josephs Catholic church, from which the last services were held on Sunday morning, July 27th. The remains were laid to rest in the Williston cemetery. TEACHERS EXAMINATION Elsewhere in this issue will be found the official notice of the next teachers examination, which wilj be held in the court house in Williston on August 14th and 15th. The notice gives the program in detail. WILLISTON. WILLIAMS COUNT*. NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY. JULY 31. 191S. FARM BOYS ENCAMPMENT COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED —UNDER AUSPICES BETTER FARM ASSOCIATION Williams Co., was well represented at {he Farm Boys Camp which was held at the state Fair under the direction of the Better Farming Association by Leonard Poe of Williston and Edward Suitland of Tioga. It is doubtful if any feature of the state fair aroused more genuine inter est or, did more that will result in such permanent good than did the Farm Boys Encampment. Represent ing practically every county in the state, the boys gathered together for the purpose of learning to be better farmers, and to learn the impartant fact that farming is a business and a great business. The boys were encamped under military discipline in sixteen sleep ing tents beside class and mess tents. Everything possible was done by the Better Farming Association and the Fair Officials to make the boys com fortable. The outing, in fact, com bining as it did study and recreation, proved to be a great success from every standpoint. The boys were given daily instruc tion at four class periods. They arose at six and retired at ten and every hour of the day was filled with some thing of interest ^nd entertainment. The fair association extended the privileges of the grounds to the boys, and the Y. M. C. A. held free swim ming classes for them. Hundreds of visitors, many of them farmers, "in spected the camp and saw the work that was being done. Horses, Alfalfa, Beef cattle, Rota tion, Corn, Hogs, Silos, Dairy Cattle and Farm management were a few of the subjects discussed by the B. F. A. experts. The splendid exhibition of stock on the grounds proved an un usual opportunity for the boys to study the best blooded cattle at close range. In fact, so pleased was the fair management with the work of the boys that they were chosen to lead the prize winners in the live stock parade. It is Impossible to over emphasize the value of a camp of this nature, by far the most original and thorough of any* held in the United States. To boys wavering between farming as a life work and the lure of the city, it showed in a very effective manner that farming is a business and the great business of this state. The results of the Farm Boys En campment to the state agricultrally will be great, its contribution to bet ter citizenship will be greater. BORSHEIM GOT THE CONTRACT LOWEST BIDDER FOR THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING—BELL DOES PLUMBING The .bids for the erection of the addition to the Central school build ing were opened by the School Board at a meeting held Tuesday evening. The contract was awarded to M. J. Borsheim, of this city, who bid in the job at $21,450. Daniel Bell, also of this city was awarded the plumbing and heating contract at $3,253.- There were five other bidders for the general contract. Mr. Borsheim was only a little under the next near est bidder. The highest bid was that of D. A. Denny, of Minot, who bid $25,000. The bidders were: D. A. Denny, Minot M. J. Borsheim, Wil liston Peter Larson, Rugby Olson & Matteson, Minot G. J. Harding, Wil liston and Mr." Bartleson, who built the Westlawn building. The electrical contract comes under the head of the general contract and this wasvnot up to be awarded by the board. The successful bidder expects to be gin work at an early date and push the work to completion. Mrs. S. M. Hydle, President of the Board, states that they hope to have the new addi tion ready for use by Thanksgiving. Another matter coming before the board was the designation of a de positary for school funds. The funds were divided between the Williams County State Bank and the Williston State Bank, whose bids, were the high est. CARD OF THANKS To the friends who cam", to us in our hour of trouble, and contributed all that human kindness could sug gest, to help and comfort, we return most heartfelt thanks, and although such devoted -friendship cannot re move the sad memories that linger, it brings into view the brightest side of humanity, and throws the pure light of an unselfish friendship into a darkened home. May the day be far distant when those friends who gathered around us will need similar attention, but when the times comes may they receive the same full meas ure of generous aid and tender sym pathy they brought to our home when death was an inmate there. Jos. M. Donohue. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Shea and Family. I HAb FINE TRIP Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Carney and children returned Monday morning from a several weeks trip to eastern points. They went by way of the lakes to Cleveland and from there to Mr. Carney's old home in Pennsylva nia. They attended the old soldiers' reunion at Gettysburg. From Gettys burg they went as far east as Bos ton and Springfield, Mass., and vis ited many points of interest. The trip was a most enjoyable one, but Mr. Carney says the west still looks better to him. HEDDERICHS WILL BUILD ADDITION PERMIT ISSUED TO BUILD ADDI TION TO STORE—WILL BE USED AS SHOE DEPT. Preliminary work has been started on an addition to the Hedderich De partment store. The addition will be built in the space between the pres ent building and the Graphic Block. The walls of the Graphic building and the Hedderich store will be used and the two ends, front and rear of the new part will be built of brick. When the new addition is completed it will be occupied exclusively by the shoe department of the store. An entrance from the street and also from the present store room will be provided. ALLEN CRAZY SAYS THE JURY JURY IN MURDER CASE BRINGS IN VERDICT OF INSANITY —KILLED EMERY Thomas Allen, of Schafer. who was confined in the Williams county jail for the past few months charged with the murder of Brownie Emery, was adjudged insane by a jury at Minot. on Monday afternoon. Th•: case was transferred from McKenzio to Ward county upon alleged prejudice. The jury reported after being out only about ten minutes. The quick verdict was reached after listening to expert testimony of Drs. H. C. Windell and Carlos S. Jones of Wil liston. The physicians had made a thor ough examination of Allen and their testimony was practically the same. They stated that he is suffering from Paranoia, a disease conductive of the strange hallucinations. It was brought out that at times Allen conducted himself in a perfectly rational man ner but at others he was dangerously insane. It is believed that he was in one of his most dangerous moods when he murdered young Emery. Young Em ery was paying attention to a ranch er's daughter about 17 years of age. Allen, a man of 47 years of age, re sented this and witnesses state that he went to the home of ,the girl, re moved the wheels from Emery's wagon and did other unrational things, and lay in wait for Emery. When the lad emerged from the house to go home Allen shot him to death. Other witnesses to testify were Nick Comeford and John Gable. They cited various instance? to prove that Allen was insane. Allen was represented at the trial by A. J. Bessie of Williston, while C. C. Converse, states attorney for Mc kenzie county, handled the prosecu tion. THE CITY WILL CUT THE WEEDS NOTICES BEING SERVED TO THAT EFFECT ON PROPERTY OWNERS If people who own property about the city do not cut the weeks growing thereon this week the city will do the job and charge it to the property. Notices to this effect have been serv ed upon property holders by the su perintendent of streets. There are many vacant lots about the city covered with tall weeds, which will scatter millions of seeds in a few weeks if they are not destroyed. Also there are many places about the city where persons living in houses have allowed the weeds to grow unmolest ed. A small amount of work on the part of the owner of the property, or th"? occupant of the house, will result in a vast change in the general ap pearance of the city and it should be a matter of civic pride to see that the orders of the officials are complied with. LOCATE IN CHICAGO Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schucnecht left Tuesday for Minneapolis. From Min neapolis they will go to Chicago, where Mr. Schuknecht has accepted a position in a bank. Up until the time of the consolidation of the Citi zens and First National he was em ployed in the First National Bank ^Mr. and Mrs. Schuknecht has made many friends in IVilliston, who regret to see them leave the city perman ently. The worker 1111 a good^if, this, and tsrdfJjpr ady to know* ^hat he most show bp" «r. tact and capac ity iir .rtanner and mat* advertising. If he do^ V*. he will find the Job! $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE REGULAR SESSION MONDAY EVENING COMMISSIONERS HELD LONG SESSION—NO LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS The city commission held a lengthy meeting on Monday evening. Al though the meeting lasted for nearly three hours there was not a very large amount of important business trans acted^ Most of the time was taken up in formal discussions of various affairs. In the absence of Pre*. Craven, Vice President, Jas. H. Coop er, presided, Commissioner Carney was present, having returned from a four weeks trip to the east. G. M. Hedderich and Company made application to erect a building in tho narrow space between their buildingr and the Graphic Block. The appli cation was granted. The report of Mr. Wilson, who re cently audited the city books, was brought up and held over for further consideration by the individual mem bers of the commission. A communication from the Wil liams County State Bank asked^ that certain funds on deposit be divided equally between that bank and the First National. This was referred to the commissioner of finances. An important matter coming up was that of the proposed river work at Williston. Commissioner Bruegger brought this up and explained the sit uation to the other members and saidi that it was a very important matter to the city at this time. He explained also that it would take about $30,000 to complete the work proposed and that about half this amount is avail able from the government. The pro posed work was explained in the last issue of this paper. It was decided to have the president of the commission confer with the president of the Com mercial Club with reference to call ing a meeting of the club to take up this proposition and see what can be done. Mr. Arnold, a civil engineer, ap peared before the commission and stated that he contemplated opening an office here and asked what would be the prospects of procuring the city work in case he opened, such an office Mr. Arnold proposes to open head quarters in Williston and do work for a number of towns in this section and at the same time, take care of the' city work at so much per day. He stated that the rate per day for work done for the city would probably be $10. He was directed to leave his ad dress so that the matter could be taken up later. The city scavanger appeared be fore the commission and made com plaint that he was putting up a bond to do this work while some one else is doing the work. Mr. Carney said he would look up the ordinance and see that the provisions were enforced. The resignation of C. C. Macken— roth, as superintendent of the water and light department, was formally accepted, and George Bissell) of Mi not, was designated to fill the vacant position. A sample of a cluster street light' was submitted by the Williston Elec tric Company. The auditor was di rected to get prices from a number of other companies for the same classr of light. Mr. Swanson, representing the Gen eral Electric Company, appeared and asked for a renewal of the meter and transformer contract with his com pany. The contract was renewed. The bill of Mr. Atterbury for a re fund on sewer assessment was turn ed over to the city attorney for ad vistigation. ANOTHER PARCEL POST CHANGE ORDERS NOT YET RECEIVED AT WILLISTON OFFICE— LARGE PACKAGE A change in rates has bt'fn ordered in the parcel post service which, it is claimed, will be a big boost to the volume of business. The change is designated to become effective Aug ust 15. The order, which is given herewith, has not yet been received at the Williston office. "On and after August 15, 1913, the* limit of weight of parcels of fourth class mail for delivery within the first, and second zones shall be increased' from eleven pounds to twenty pounds. The rate of postage on parcels ex ceeding four ounces in vfeight shall be five "cents for the first pound and one cent for each additional two pounds or fraction thereof when in tended for local delivery, and five cents for the first pound and one cent for each additional pound or fraction: thereof when intended for delivery at other offices within the first and sec ond zones." FAIRVIEW 6—WILLISTON The Fairview Giants took the Wil liston team into camp Sunday after noon on the local diamond Ly a score* of 6 to 0. This made the second vic tory for the Fairview bunch. There was a good crowd out to witness the game. yW i'M .4 "/f, 'V? /i