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si This Issue 16 PAGE£ r* & ft' to 1^4 300 EDUCATORS ATTEND MEETING RECORD BREAKING ATTEND ANCE AT TENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF NORTHWESTERN EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. The tenth annual meeting of the Northwestern Educational Association of North Dakota in this city on Thurs day and Friday of last week was the most successful meeting, both from the standpoint of attendance and tal ent that the asociation has ever held. The sessions were held in the Audi torium and Assembly room of the Nor mal school, where every facility was placed at the disposal of the assem bled educators and the exceptional at tendance at every session showed that the visitors appreciated the opportun ities afforded. The attendance was a record break er and the registration far exceeded Ike most sanguine expectations. The earollment war. in excess of 300, the largest previous enrollment being but 186. J. H. Colton, superintendent of Tow ner schools, president of the associa tion, presided at the general sessions aad kept the immense gathering in hand in a creditable manner. At the business session on Friday the fol lowing offlcerse were chosen for the ensuing year: President Miss Anna Peterson, superintendent of Williams County schools. 1st Vice Pres.—Wm. F. Clarke of the Minot Normal. 2nd Vice Pres.—A. C. Berg, superin tendent of McHenry county schools. Secretary—Miss Blanche Dalager, principal of the Central school, Minot. rais is Miss Dalager's eleventh con secutive term in office. Treasurer—Supt. Rockne, of Ren ville county. As a gathering of educators the Northwestern Educational Asociation has attained a prominence that is scarcely secondary to the state assoc iation. The gathering this year had as unusually large attendance and the array of speakers of both local and national reputation has never before been equalled in this section. Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, of the Superior Court of Cook county, 111., addressed the association on Thursday afternoon and evening. His subject Thursday evening. "Traitors to Jus tice," was a scathing arraignment of the present system of court procedure. On Friday Miss Maria Sanford, Pro fessor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, addressed the Association, taking for her subject "Growth, the Teacher's Duty." Her address was full of inspiration and the masterly manner in which she presented her subject made a profound impression upon the assembly. Miss Danford is a famous educator, and while well past the alloted age, her voice is clear and has a ring so true that it carried conviction to every heart present. Mrs. Jean McNaughton Stevens, of Towner, full of enthusiasm and good aheer, was present and delivered a splendid address on "Opportunity," be fore the Rural section. Mrs. Anna M. Peterson, of Williston, captivated her auditors by an im proraptu address on "A Better Type of Consolidation." Would that our limited space per mitted a more extended notice of the Many unusually fine papers read be fore the association. is to be hoped that in the future same provision may be made for the publication of the papers that would appeal to the general public as well as the teachers themselves. mir II- N. W. E. A. of North Dakota is an organization of the highest class aad Minot is proud of the honor of en tertaining this great assemblage of educators. Surrey Farmers' Plowing Bee. On Monday morning a number of the members of the Mouse River Loop Grange No. 21, and other farmers, not members of the order, met at the J. W. Pearson farm near Surrey and put ia a long day's work in the fields. Fif teen plows, three drills and two har rows, pulled by more than 100 horses, were going steadily all day and when six o'clock came that evening more than 90 acres had been plowed and a goodly portion of it had been seeded. Mrs. Pearson, assisted by Mrs. Mar garet Perry, had a king's dinner ready for the visitors, and it, alone, was worth the day's work. The following farmers were either 'present or represented by teams and mea: Foreman H. C. Hasmussen Arthur Wetmore, Alvin Rasmussen, C. F. iWeed, J. F. White, Sam Peters, Claude jHaines, D. Laughridge, J. W. Smith, Earl McAlister, John Bradley, Tom jZook, Paul Burns, Jesse Withers, Al ifred Charnstrom, A. L. Bank. Chas. |Fox, Albert Rasmussen, A. Schrader, Geo. Bradley. DEATH OF MRS. JESSE D. TOWNS OF SAWYER. On Saturday, May 1st, at St. Jos eph's Hospital, Minot, Mrs. Jesse D. Townes died of heart failure, after having sustained hopefully an opera tion the previous day. Mrs. Towns' maiden name was Neva A. Hays. She was born in Knox Co., 111., April Vol 14 No. 3. Minot, Ward County, North 18th, 1866, and was married to Jesse' D. Towns July 13th, 1887, and remov-' ed to North Dakota in the spring of 1888. She confessed Christ and was baptized in December, 1896, and united with the church at Fairview, Iowa. She leaves a husband, three chil dren, one brother, R. H. Hays of Mi not, and three sisters, Mrs. Keiver of Perry, la. Mrs. Clark, of Penora, la. Mrs. Sexton, Adell, la. and Mrs. Dou ghan of McHenry, N. D. The funeral services were conducted at Sawyer in the Baptist jihurch on Rev. of Minot. Tuesday at 2 p. m., by Rev. F. B. Sapp, A large number of friends and neighbors were present and many floral tributes were offered. Mrs. Towns was a consecrated wife and mother and was loved by all who knew her. She will be greatly missed by all. The influence of her good life still remains as an inspiration to all who desire to live a noble and useful life. LOFTUS IN THE LIMELIGHT. George S. Loftus and the Equity Exchange will soon be in the limelight. The investigation will be searching, as it should be, and the' Independent feels certain that the members of the Equity Exchange will not be satisfied unless the proposition is gone in to in a thoro manner. The pub lic wants to see the case tried strictly on its merits and no packed decks should be used. The Independent will be sorry, in deed, should the trial result dis astrously for the Equity Ex change, for we honestly believe that the principles of the organ ization are right. We have rea son to believe that the farmers have not received the right treat ment at the hands of the Cham ber of Commerce and we ought to have an Equity Exchange or some other effective organization backed up by honest men, to com pel that organization to give honest weights, honest grades and honest prices. The govern ment could do nothing better than to step in, take a hand in the matter and give us a taste of federal inspection. The North Dakota farmers have been "suck ing the hind teat" long enough. We hope that Loftus will have an opportunity to tell at the trial just half of the crooked things he knows about certain concerns connected with the Chamber of Commerce. Why Not Build a Barn. There is no better investment on a North Dakota farm than a well built, warm, commodious barn. If you have been worrying along with one of those primitive, small structures for years, why not take a tip from us and after the spring seeding is done, build a barn as an investment. We have just car loads of splendid material in our yard and will be glad to talk the proposition over with you. Rogers Lumber Co., H. S. Johnson, Manager. Twenty-one Outfits Work in One Field. Twenty-one of the neighbors of Mrs. J. W. Pearson and family gather ed at the farm near Surrey Monday and plowed, harrowed and seeded 95 acres of crop. Mr. Pearson died re cently, following a long illness, and one of the sons was ill, hence no farm work was done until that time. The good hearted people of the Surrey dis trict took the matter into their hands and did a most commendable job in a remarkably short time. It was an un usual sight to see 21 farming outfits at work in one field. Hannah Lagerwall a Bride. Joseph Hicks and Miss Hannah Lag erwall were united in marriage in this city by Judge Wm. Murray, Monday, April 26. The event came as quite a surprise to their many friends, who hasten to offer best wishes. The groom is a steady young man who has made his home south of Mi not. The bride is well known here, having had charge of the offices of Dr. Sweet and Dr. A. D. McCannel for years. She recently made final proof on a valuable homestead on the reser -ition. At present, she ia visitingt at the home of her sii Minn. ister at Graceville, Minot Jumpers for Big Stakes. Emmett Hileman, who recently re turned from New York with two promising running colts bought by Henry Phillips from August Belmont, is training the jumpers at the Minot track. He will race these colts at Denver, Colo., Reno, Nev., and San Francisco this season. Mr. Hileman is an old time jockey and has been very successful the work. The horses cost Phillips $1600. New Manager for Lyceum. J. H. Gardner, who has had charge of the Saxon theatre at Great Falls, Mont., arrived to take charge of the Lyceum, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Richardson. Mr. Gardner has had much experi ence in the management of theatres, having been in charge of the Empire Theatre at Butte and the Synograph at Spokane. He contemplates making some extensive improvements at the Lyceum. Building Elevators. The Western Construction Co., of this city, of which L. T. Stromswold is manager, will build elevators at Ep ping, Tokio, McCanna, Parkin and Hen, besides several in Saskatchewan. THE WARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN THE STATE. MRS. JOSEPH KINNS DIED AT SURREY WELL KONWN WOMAN PASSED AWAY MONDAY NIGHT FROM HEART FAILURE REMAINS INTERRED AT SURREY. Mrs. Joseph Kinns passed away at her home at Surrey, Monday night at 11:30 o'clock, following a long illness frcm heart trouble. Altho ailing all winter, she had been seriously ill but three weeks. The funeral was held from the Naz •arine church at Surrey Wednesday afternoon, the sermon being preached by Rev. Lyman Broueh, her pastor. The remains were interred at Surrey. The deceased is survived by her hus band, a daughter, Miss Lottie Kinns, and a son, C. E. Piatt, of Powell, Wy oming, the latter being unable to at tend the funeral. The husband suffer ed a paralytic stroke a short time ago and is now an invalid. Mrs. Kinns was born at Dayton, O., and was 57 years, 6 months and 12 days old at the time of death. She had resided in the Surrey district for the past eight years. She was a mem ber of the Nazarine church and was considered one of the hardest, most conscientious workers for the cause. She was a most excellent woman and the surviving relatives have the sym pathy of all. WARD COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION To all Organized Classes in Ward County Sunday Schools Greetings: The North Dakota Sunday School Association offers first and second pre mium ribbons to the two counties of the state having the best exhibit of or ganized Class Activities at the State Convention held in Minot. June 15, 16, 17. The president of Ward County Sunday School Association, Mr. J. H. Burkhart of Berthold, has asked the Count-On-Me clnb of Minot to take charge of this part of the exhibit. In order to have an exhibit worth while, something that will be of interest to the hundreds of Sunday School work ers from all over the state who will at tend the Convention, something that will be an incentive to other classes, it will be necessary for each class' in the county to do its little part. What has your class been doing? Please send an exhibit to show North Dakota just what you have done. Organized Class* Activities are many and varied, running through the phases physical, social, mental and spiritual. An exhibit should include photographs, posters, write-ups, handwork of all kinds, including drawn and relief maps, lof the Holy Land, Paul's Journeys, Mission Fields, books of original de siem containing illustrated hymns and Bible stories, memory texts, mission ary stories, graded work books, pla cards showing work done—in fact anyI thing and everything in the Organized Class line, from work done in class Sunday to throughout-the-week activi ties. Will your class help? Perhaps you have not done as much as you planned, but what you have done may be just what is needed as an incentive to some other class. Will you ask your secretary to drop me a card saying "Our class will help in the Organized Class exhibit of Ward coun ty for the State Convention?" Then plan your exhibit and send it by Dost express prepaid to Mrs. George Bar ry, Minot, N. D.. to reach her not lat er than June 12th (unless you plan_to send exhibit by delegates, in which case please let me know). Have ex hibit plainly marked with name of class, name of school and town, and al so "Ward County Organized Class Ex hibit." Other exhibits your Sunday school may be able to help Ward county with are fa) Best Cradle Roll Exhibit (b) Best Hand Work Exhibit. Will you, as a class, call the attention of your Sun day school to the above. If there is an Organized Class in your Sunday school that does not know about the exhibit planned please share this mes sage with them, for Ward county wishes to have every class in the coun ty interested and represented. Yours sincerely, mmmm Dakota, INCIE cnninr JONES DED AT SAWYER ONE OF THE COUNTY'S EARLI EST SETTLERS DIED LAST NIGHT AT THE AGE OF NINE TY—FUNERAL IN MINOT. "Undo Chralie" Jones, aged 90 years, who came to Ward county thir ty-two years ago, died at his home in Sawyer at 8 o'clock Wednesday even ing, from old age. He had been quite hale until a few days before his death, when he failed rapidly. Altho he pos-j sessed a very rugged constitution, he wasi unable longer to battle with Fath er Time. He remained conscious un til the day before his death. *Hie funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the remains will be, interred at Rose Hill cemetery. The' relatives, accompanied by the body, ar rived this afternoon. TCie funeral sermons will be preach ed by Rev. W. C. Hunter and Rev. P. W. Eriekson. Hie deceased was born in the state of New York and during his earlier years Mr. Jones was a miller. He came to Ward county from Medford, Minn., shipping his effects to Bis marck and hauling them across coun try to the Mouse river, a short dis tance west of where Sawyer is now located. He was accompanied on his first trip by Justice C. C. C. Willis, of this city. They arrived at Mouse riv er May 20. 1883. Mr. Jones proceeded to build the old log house that the I Jones family occupied for a number of years. He continued to occupy the I land, on which fie "squatted," for I many years, counterl GLADYS MONTGOMERY, Chairman Exhibit Committee, Count On-Me Club. IMPORTANT When thinking of Sunday school work do not overlook the fact that in order to keep up the standard of Sun day schools in Ward county-it requires money. We have a pledge to the state association this year of $125.00, which must be paid this month if Ward coun ty is to receive credit. A number of the schools makjng pledges at Donny brook last summer at the County Con vention have not been paid and these should be paid at once. Also those in terested in Sunday school work should also help by sending a small contribu tion. Will you not all help? This is an important part of the work when you consider the state convention is coming to Minot this year. Ward coun ey should report its pledge paid in full. Let us do it. We can if all help. Please be prompt in sending whatever you feel like sending to the treasurer this month by the 20th if possible. Top Notchers. According to the Buick Bulletin Eby & Young, local Buick agents, are 25 cars ahead of any agents in, five states. Last week. $42,000 worth of Buicks went thru their hands. moving to Sawyer a few .years »ro. Tn those days, land could I not be homesteaded, as it had not yet. I been purveyed. Mr. .Tones found only a few settlers most located alone the river, of the older settlers of the coun- ity covninir later that, year and the following year. He found Frank and I Ed Booth. wh« had squatted on land near Sawyer, 'tiers but the number of set- alone: the river could have been on one's fingers. Mr. .Tones is survived bv his wife, who is nast eiehty vears of ace. Two children who were born to them, pre I ceeded them, the first wife of P. W. I Davidson passing to the Beyond sev era! vears ago, and a son, Clarence, led a few years ago. Four grandchil dren survive. Ernest Davidson, of Por jtal: Mrs. Montfromery of Harvey, Mrs. Florence Hayes and Mrs. Asa Benton, who reside in the west. "Uncle Charlie" never needed the services of a physician or surgeon un til two years ago when he fell on an icy sidewalk and fractured his hip. It looked at the time as tho he could not survive, but his wonderful constitu tion pulled him thru and he got up and around again. He never used tobacco nor stroner liquor, spent the greater portion of his life out of doors, never worried over things, and lived such a life that his conscience never troubled him. He often said that these were the reasons for his long life. He was a fine type of a citizen, be ing regarded as scrupulously honest. He took great interest in politics and read the newspapers carefully until a I few days before his death. He retain ed his faculties in a remarkable man I ner. He was 90 years old in February and many of his old friends gathered to celebrate the occasion. He was un usually jovial that day and apeared good for several more years. Subscribe for The Independent. M. Thursday, May 6, 1915. Subscription $ 1 Per Annum Light Fall of Snow. A light snow fell over the north west Tuesday night, but by noon the following day it had disappeared. Just ten years ago to the day, there was a five inch fall of snow here and twelve years ago on June 6, a snow fell which drifted in places to a depth of several feet. Tuesday night's snow was welcome, but we could have used a foot or two more of it to good ad vantage. Champion Strong Boy. Barney Varaberg, a prosperous farmer living southwest of the city, has a couple of husky lads. One of them shouldered a hundred pound sack of flour and caried it to the house, when he was not yet ten years old. Barney considers that he has the champion strong boy of Ward county. -,•» v?' & $ $ NON-RESIDENTS MUST HELP. Never before has there been such a concerted action in gopher destroying in Ward county as there is this spring. Poisoning is the most effective way of get ting rid of the pests. It has been determined that very little good is accomplished from giving a bounty on gophers. North Dako ta paid out last year $59,000 in gopher bounty in the various counties. Naturally this means that many gophers were destro yed but they are such prolific breeders that those that were killed were hardly missed. It doesn't do a great deal of good for one farmer to kill the goph ers on his farm when perhaps just across the road there is a farm held by some speculator who doesn't believe in investing in a dollar's worth of gopher poi son. The legislature very wise ly passed a law to overcome this difficulty. Ten resident land hold ers of any township may petition the township board to destroy the. gophers on all vacant land and the work may be done at not to exceed ten dollars a quarter per annum. It is believed that the work can be done well for six dollars a quarter and it is worth this to any land holder. W. A. Peck, county agricultural agent, has been touring the county with Mr. Yerrington, an official go pher executioner, giving demon strations in gopher poisoning, with such excellent results that no lesS" than eight of the town ships will employ men to destroy the gophers under the state law, and others are coming in rapidly. Farmers who are interested in this should write Mr. Peck at .-» .-« «. Benno Drug Store Opens Saturday. The Benno Drug Store will open I Saturday in the White Front block, south Main street. George Benno, who has been engaged in the drug business jat Bov. bells for several years, is the manager. The fixtures and stock are being installed and Mr. Benno will give Minot ny of the very best stores of the kind we have ever had. He is a thoro merchant and he is certain to pet his hare of the business. His store w'll present a very attractive appearance. Former Citizen May Lose Leg. Louis Eockivitch, a former employe of the t\ N. in Minot, and who was connected with the local Salvation Army Corps, submitted to an opera tion for cancer of the leg at St. Bar nabas hospital, Minneapolis, Monday. His leg may have to be amputated. He recently graduated from the Salvation Army training school, Chicago. He bears tho distinction of being the only Montenegrin engaged in Salvation Army work in the United States. A STREET, MINOT, N. D.,IN THE EARLY DAYS The wagons seen were filled with buffalo bones, the residents making considerable money picking them up on the prairies. Whole train loads were shipped out. One of the early settlers seen in the picture is Hon. James Johnson driving in his buggy. "Jim" now drives a Buick, he having developed into one of our speediest "go devil" enthusasts. You will hote that not an auto is to be seen in the above picture, this scene being taken long before these machines were in use. 1 FIRST SECTION TO INSTITUTE K. C. COUM AT WIllKTON SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES MINOT SUNDAY MORNING AT 6:30—J. A. ROELL, DISTRICT DEPUTY, HAS CHARGE OF CEREMONIES. A Knights of Columbus Council will be instituted at Williston Sunday. A special train will leave Minot Sunday morning at o'clock, many from this city leaving for the City of Op portunity. The train will pick up wissengers enroute and arrive at Wil liston at 10:15. No less than 300 Knights will gath er at Williston that day. It is esti mated that fully 75 from Minot will attend. The new Council will have a mem bership of a hundred and a class of 76 will lie given the degrees. J. A. Roell of this city, district deputy, will have complete charge of the ceremonies. One of the features will be a big ban quet at the armory in the evening. Prominent Knights from over the Northwest will attend, among them being members from the Supreme Council, State Deputy Thacker of Grand Forks, Grand Knight Trainor of Devils Lake and Francis J. Murphy, Asst. Attorney Genetal. Eight Wards for Minot. Pres. Shaw introduced an ordinance Monday night, to redistrict the city of Minot, providing for eight wards in stead of six. All wards excepting the third are to remain practically the same, the third ward, which lies on the North side, and which is the largest, to be divided into three. The matter will be taken up next Monday night. Minot May Install Septic Tank. L. V. Parker of the public health laboratory, and E. J. Thomas, city engineer, made a report to the city commission on the experiments they have been conducting for the purifica tion of the waters of the Mouse river. They recommend an Imhoff septic tank. sample of the sewage, after it had passed thru the test, shows up as clear as crystal. Our friends down at Logan may well have visions of soon dipping up aqua pura right out of the Murmuring Mouse as clear as and crystal-spring—visions, mind you. Christian Church Services. Sunday school at Labor Hall 10:30 a. m. Preaching at 11:45 by F. B. Sapp. This will be the State and National Mothers' Day and the music and ser mon will all be appropriate to the oc casion. No preaching at night as Mr. Sapp will speak at Williston on Sunday ev ening. All are welcome. Making Ice Cream. The Minot Dairy Company has its ice cream manufacturing department in full operation and is turning out a fine quality of goods. An expert ice cream maker, connected with La throp's, in Minneapolis, for years, has arrived. The very latest and best ma chinery has been installed and the company is certain to do a nice busi ness. Minot Will Have Band. Lafe Flaten is working on the or ganization of a twenty-five piece band that will give a series of concerts in the park during the summer. Minot has many capable musicians and thia town surely needs a good band. mmm 1 ft U-iA |4| &