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1'W/, MV 7 A 1 I •4* r* This Issue 12 P»g* Vol. 18 No. 39 About in a, tournament. True Minot won The Snnshine Society of the Pres byterian church served coffee, sand "Viches and cake at the rink duilng the two days. The local-club secured the third floor of the Leland-Parker botel for the visitors. The Minot curlers would not per mit the visitors to spend any money 4f*tliey could help it, Canadian money being declared counterfeit during the two days at the vario^r places of business. A Canadian who remained Quite a number of the Canadians visited the States for the first time. They naturally have had their own opinion about citizens from the states. TTiey had never really had an oppor tunity of studying their American cousins in their own homes. "Let any Canadian ever say a disparaging word .about an American and it will •not be good for him", one of the vis itors remarked to the writer. It is true that if you really want to get acquainted with a Canadian,'you will have to play his curling game. The visit was of a great deal of import ance. It -is just such gatherings as this,/the mingling of Canadians and Americans, in the enjoyment or the most gentlemanly sport on earth, that tends to Ibring about a cleaV under standing between the people on the opposite sides of the lines. While our friends made their long journey, princinplly to curl, the social side of the entertainment proved to be fully, as enjoyable as the game it self. The big affair and one which will long be remembered by every man who was there, was the banquet and entertainment given at the Le land hotel on New Year's pight at 10:30 o'clock at the dose cf the even-, ing draws. No sooner had the assemblage seated themselves at the banquet then Orrin Pierce's local entertainers started a yaudeville show which'lasted "for an hour and a half. The enter tainment consisted of songs,j instru mental. music, numbers, monologues, etc., by Pierce's black and white min. strels. Quigley*s orchestra furnish ed the music, for the entertainment. Mr. Blame sang "Ole Black Joe"r.ac companied by members of the com pany. Will E. Jlolbein, dressed like a dude "coon" sang "I'm Lonesome". Henry Gay Wd G. Q. Colcord appear ed in iblack face and cracked some visitors. jokes concerning the visitors. Mr. Gay sang "&itW«en". David Phil lips appeared in Jewish song and monologue^ Mr. Phillips' make-up was so good that ^one ought suspect tliat he Had a little, Hebrew blood' in his veins. "His Yididish dance was a" •cream. (Lafe Platen appeared as a hobo minstrel and gave two especially fine selections on nis saxaphone ana Violin. Otto Ellison, appeared' as a charming Minot young wpman and sang a Mezzo soprano solo almost as well as some of the members of the fair sex might do. As an encore Messrs. Ellison and Flaten, violin and saxaphone duet, interpersed with singink, ivith Cap Aaker at the piano. This ^kgtch was considered very high hY sents morning.^ The local committee on 1 the Senate at Ottawa, was introduced rocks saw that the visitors' rocks were by the toastmaster. He referred to taken to the rink where they were placed on the ice to cool, ready for the opening games. There were four draws on the eighty sheets of ice each day, giving the local curlers an opportunity^ to play three games during tM Bon§pi^l. The weather had become just cold enough for the sport, which was welcome fol lowihg the warm spell and the ice was in ideal condition, .-—^he Inde pendent presumes that it should give a complete record of the games, tout will pass this up. iWe will say, how ever, that the visitors took about three-fourths of the games.- Curling is their game. To beat tfofe Canadians at their own game would be like try ing to beat a shell game. It cannot be done—that is you can't defeat them :-4~ I aged to slip some money into the con tribution TOX at one of the Minot churches, but the minister learned of it afterwards and has returned him his money. Four of the visitors who wanted to know how it seemed to spend a little money on this side of the line, hunted up a little restaurant in the outer edge of the business dis trict. When they went to pay for their lunch, their money was turned, down. iiml 1 a 0 fliA SoeletT class. C. C. Hvambsal sang "Dixie Eyes" in a very pleasing manner. Mr. Waldron of Minneapolis, son-in-law of Ira Jones, sang a very pretty tenor I solo. The "string" quartet convpris-1 ed E, S. Person, Carl Danielson, Will E. Holbein and Mr. Waldron sang some catchy-songs written especially] Canadian Curlers from Regina, Wey- for the visitors. This number was burn, Moosejaw, and Milestone, Attend Two-Day Bonspiel in, This Cit£. especially good. Melvin Jchnson ap-: peaked in kiltes and gave an enjoy a on iv in a is to of he be of pa sixty curlers" from Regina,!the concluding number the company! v, Weyburn and Milestone, i.san8 "America, I Love You"'. Moosejaw, Sask., responded to an invitati:n f(lonT| The couriers program followed this the Minot Curling Association to en-1 entertainment, with Attorney Francis, joy a two days' Bonspiel find to give\J. Murphy as toast,ma t. Mr.) the local curlers an opportunity, in a Murphy was'equal to the occasion in measure, to reciprocate for the splen-ievery way. "Neighbors from across did manner in which "-they were enter- the road" was the way Mr. Murphy tained on their visit to Canada last* referred to the visitors. February. The visitors, arrived in! Senator Laird of Regina, who repre two special cars early on New Year's c-untry we elect a king every 1 suggested that it might be a good idea to get a Canadian coach for a few weeks each year. Minot learned a great deal from the visitors, some of whom are among the top notch player? in Canada. I the Canadian constituency in The abov by the pleasing manner in which the vis itors had been entertained. He ex pected that the Canadian money would be discounted ten or fifteen per cent this side of the line, but did not expect that it would be considered of no value whatsoever. He referred to the very friendly relations exist ing between Canada and the United States. He said that they had a ™-ercenes tsc hereditary president while in this four years. Heathen proposed a toast _a,lot,,of to our president. Dr. Archie D. McCannel proposed the toast to the King of England and he spoke a few eloquent words which were weld received. "We do not defend or approve Brit a'n's ccurse in all her undertakings," a good many games but few of our the speaker said, "but we realize that curlers have had more than five or! even our own country has made blun six years experience and most of them ders. In the dawn of this new/ day, not more than one or two years. The! after the British and American forces, visitors ©raised the Minot players for! W1tn the aid of their allies, have the good showing they have made din?-, sounded ike death knell for militarism Dr. Van Nuys, Eminent Chicago Di- ing these few years. One curler Was and autocracy, the British and Ameri- The speaker spoke at length on the within a few years. On accjunt of meaning of international friendship, his ability as an organizer and citing the example sefby Canada and cutive he was chosen by the General the United States, and declared that Assembly* for this particular work, before any international friendship There were over 100 present at can be lasting or binding the people Tuesday evening's gathering, dele of one nation must know and trust gates being there from Burlington, the people of another nation. He Ryder, Tioga, Ray and White Earth, spoke of higher righteousness and how The Burlington delegates reported the it must be ^eeply implanted in the organization of their club and that it hearts of the people before the pre- was functioning successfully. posed league of nations or any other After a thorough discussion cf the organization trf nations can be xf as- various activities that such a club sistance to tl\£ world. could undertake with advantage ~to Mr. Erickson made an appeal for the church and community an organ better citizen^ and particularly that ization was effected with 'the follow- miaofa Uio tAaat tiraa wa. 'ID. S. McCannel of Regina proposed curling, and it was responded to by B. A Normal school. The evening opened with singing Qod Save the King, and America. The room was very prettily decorated with the Stars and Stripes and the Union Jack. The' foll6wing evening after the games, the visitors were informally entertained at the Elks Home, their Minot friends remaining with them until the departure of their trpin. .Dr. McLaughlin of'New Rockford, broth er-in-law of Atty. F. B. Lambert of this city, who was visiting here, and Joe Belaitger, Soo agent, sang a tium WW WlMIIgvl ,0W O^CUli BAllg IIUU1 her of enjoyable French songs. The following is a complete list of guists: ,' well as the guests. His toast was re-! similar organizations plied to by Norman McMtirchy wjio churches. was responsible for the tribute to Mi-^j -^r not's ability to entertain quoted at Regina the beginning of thi**article, and Ed.: Niel McCannel, Rov McCannel, D. &ec "v JS 4 MR. AND MRS. JOHN QUIGLEY AND THErR ELEVEN CHILDREN I"ar.ne^ husky healthy growing boys and girls, but both Mr. and Mrs. Quigley are can people should be heart and soul together. Misunderstanding and mis-' trust which have caused differences in the past should be cleared away I and our friendship continued." The inspiring address of Dr. Van over with relatives a few days, man-1 could Mr. Erickson. The speaker's sembly's Committee on Men's Work a -K- MISeHMl vine, Spoke at Large Gathering Wednesday Evening—Is En listing 500,000 Men Workers In presenting Rev. P. W. Erickson Nuys, eminent Chicago divine, who to the gathering Mr. Murphy declared spoke at the Men's banquet held in that fee above all other men in Minot the panors of the First Presbyterian should receive the highest award from church WrHne^day .evening _avot'.sed the American government for serving intense enthusiasm for the launching -with distinction during the war per- of a Men's Club which will co-operate iod., The toastmaster reviewed the with the executive 'board cf the church strenuous efforts of, M^. Erickson to in promoting greater fellowship keep the, morale of the people up dur-| among men and mobilizing the forces ing the war and informed his listeners and efforts of the church for Christ that no man in Minot could better say ian* leadership in community and tjie things that vere in the hearts of world affairs. Dr.-Van Nuys is as- Americans at the gathering than sociate secretary of the General As- subject was "Our Neighbors". and is touring the western states in As had been predicted by the toast- an effort to enlist the co-operation of master, Mr. Ericksondid say the the 500,000 men of the Presbyterian things that-were in the hearts of the church, directing Men's Bible Classes, Minot people^at the banquet and he Brotherhoods and Clubs. Dr. Van said them very eloquently. He spoke Nuys came into especial prominence of the term "Our Neighbors" and de- while connected with a church at clared it must refer to the Canadians Goshen, Indiana, where he was suc for 'we have 'no neighbors "on the cuessful in building up a Mjn'« Club ?outh'. from a membership of 25 to over 700 exe- frp "P 0»*Q'VI r*i TfpflciiiPAt* 1 which their governments'are founded. B. Davis Sergeant at Arms, V.' E. In replying Dr. George M. Bowman, Stenerson. mayor of Weyburn, acknowledged the Steps will at once be taken tiTen eloquent tribute from Mr. Erickson. roll a membership, a meeting for this I., 0 The genial boss of Weyburn also pass- purpose to be announced at an early.on mere statement as to quality. A Sup*. M«r»nnAl Rav s»n«fnr I Kee'gh, another popular Canadian S. McCannel, Roy Martin, Senator W. I viaing ne naa tne Doaras for curler. H. Laird, J. A. Weicker, H. Hettle, Dr.,.he ^lg Parker, D. W. Grant, Geo, Holden, R. the toast to "Our Curling Association" which was a tribute to the game of E. J. McKee, Geo. Minckley, J. Flatts, „oc Edon Hastings, Chas.-J. Watson, H. I H."Bradford, of Minot^ and Major jj. HannahV'X'jr'Mason,! W.^wart]' .. G. Crane, president of the Jtfinot1 Mr. WiggiAs, Mr. Anderson, H. Whis- P,hS[fifClub' kins and Mr. Porteous. John H. Lewis proposed "the toast, Weyburn to the ladies, replies coming from I A. G. Halstead, J. E. Howarth, N. Adam Hasting of Regina and Charles Bray, W. R. Learmonth, Dr. Bowman, Watson of the same city. T. J. Un Kauf, Jas. Tedford, Geo. McCraig, Ed Hull, Ed Hudson, O.JS. Black, Joe Warren. Milestone 5 John Glen, Bill Glen, S. Strickland, G. Strickland, M. McManus, Pete Powers, C. Driscoll, C. Button J. Spil ler, A. Campbell, A. J. Bradley, D. ^nnan. Moose Jaw Jud Battle, W. Little, Ed Keogh Sam .Might, Mr. Watt, Mr. Fisher. North Dakota has 8,891 Indians, ac cording to the United States Bureau of Indian affairs, which issued a re port relative to the number of Indians in the United Stages. THE INDEPENDENT. HAS THE LARGEST C'T^( V!. N'l I- ANY WEEKLY IN THE STATE This Issue 12 Pages Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Thursday, January 8, 1920 ,'e is a picture of John F. of their boys and girls, of whom they!last Quigley an tip! teen ir. the family, father, mother, rector of the famous Quigley orches and eleven fin?: boys and 'gilds. Who tra, 011 Mf the very "best organizations say.~ that thirteen is an unlucky num-'of its kind in the west. He* declares ber? The census enumerator should! that one of these days he will have an not overlook Mr. Quigley and his ex-j orchestra composed exclusively of callent family. Mr. and Mrs. Quigleyj pritai of his family. Mr. Quigley were married Feb. 11, 1902, anj came! is employed with his music nearly to Minot in 1906. All of the children every nig)t in the year and he usually birt three were born in Miiwfe, The spends half of each day with hid children are: Patrick, Catherine,buildir.s: and contracting business. He John, Harriet, Helen, Julia, Tim, Joe, has just been elected an honorary MerceHes Bob and Adyienne. None of member of the Minot Town Criers ld familv of\ thie city are justlv proud. Mr/Quiglev is di- ,on'y an(i in these w.c .uyvi, the H. C. L. it is some little equal to the task of taking good care wealth in Minot ullcll1 thfe world can be made safe in the ing officers: President, A. G. Crane as being a very effective way of put-' prospector named*Redding have a goV chargevof th« aoartinents future if. the, American and British .Vice President, H. M. Wilson Sec- ting one's business before the pub-' claim in the northwest that produces °n(1 floor, lost abou* $4,O')0 people are true to the principles on retary. ed a few "appropriate" remarks, Ye- date. I successful merchant must gain the .lo!)' md Schools Are Woll i- -n calling in the old day of the Canadian This movement is in line with the! confidence of the public, otherwise all Care of—Few Vacancies Exist. west, how the familiar greeting was ifiore advanced ideas regarding the the publicity iji the world will avail: "Have you got water on your place?" employment of the lay members of' t'lem nothing. Mr. Woodward is re- County Superintendent, of School He noted that the greeting has chang- the church in active work connected' Parded as one of the best advertising A. M. Waller recently informed the ed. „with Christian ideals in community Preston S.Hallpian spoke next", prb-'affairs. This Club bids fair to be- A- F-. Bacons address on out dooi posing a toast to "Our Guests". Mr. come an immense force looking Hallman has quite a reputation as toward this aim and it will have the' ari after dinner speaker and made a generous support of all right think-j£ *-v Advertising Co., kept ^he Town splendid impression on the hosts as ing men as well as the co-oper&tion of I nj«Mn1n« O rnef1 i" the west. a'jvertising v,'n? )r 1 „tlloo„ltl. „llcIlcyc, n'.ne ready! over, ta'k with a number of advertisements' derson discovered a led*,. ... it interesting: lie. He stated that many of the lar£e stores were cutting out the price- was great. Mr, Bacon, "at the head of the Minot Dis- ers,ln uproar' of laughter, He It 6 proved to be a regular Bill Mr. Bacon is the only man in the west !who makes & specialty of bill board advertising. He stated that he could get a great more business in his a ^Te?j.deal aea' h.ne. U) Qlim ../ji °^slIJess 'n ^ls providing he had the boards for sheets.l. He refers to IWrHa "a th^ r,fttnf,VA M?jor bill 0=^e^tS^nd ?e?S0J1- was caHed upon to wh,ch he has consented Major McCannel and Major Crane spoke in behalf of the membergiof the new class. Cap Aaker and John Quigley were elected artist members of the Criers. Secretary Holbein read an interest* ing letter from Gus Hassel, of Bis tparck, former president of the club. The Town Criers Orchestra made their first appearance Tuesday night and the organization proved to be a delightful surprise to the members. There were nine who played Tuesday evening, tho the. orchestra will be much larger within a snort time. Not withstanding that they had practiced but one evening, the orchestra .played most creditably. The orchestra is un der the direction of* Prof. John How ard of the Minot schools and the membership is as follows: John How ard and Guy Humphreys, violins H. INDEPENDENT A. King, piano Leon Ellithorpe, clari-, IjJ net Ira Rush, trombone Cha3. With ers cornet J. H. Colton, bass Holden, saxaphone Dave Phillips, .drums. 1.1 OL. SMALL, FOUMFJJLY OF DEVILS LAKE, IS DEVI) Wei! Known Journalist Goes to Great ?r R"w ird While Patient in Great I Falls, Mont., Hospital. w«k- Marion Small j-ho famous Quii?lev orches- bertha Small of Lewiston, MIL lamous wuigiey orcnes Club and he promises to play with the Town Crier.- orchestra, whenever possible. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Quigley jwith papers at Grand Forks, Fargo, north Ol the Ehi building, sustained are prouder of raising a large family! Cssselton, Mandan and Mott. At Cas-jQ^te a heavy lost, from water. There than they would be piling up all the! s'- 'ton^ he was postmaster for four ^ere„ several feet A. K. Woodward, display manager with ^now. The mjca lies in bard flint shellac and like materia! in the iild at the Fair store, read a very valuable 1'ke rock and stands at all angles. In .A barrel of \vvd alcohol in the paper on advertising, illustrating his making a short cut to camp, Mr. Hen- Hodgjn store exploded and added to ore Waller v„. on a displav board. He urged the marble 150 feet high and approxi- the .firemen worked Hi m°rchants to pay more attention to mately a half mile long. The slabs of 'n theiv frozen clo'1 their window displays, which ought the marble are from two inches to M. B. Fecker, whi occipied a room to b« changed twice a week. He id-'several feet thick. The marble is a assaying $40 to the ton. slashing sales. Some of the country's 'WARD'"-COUNTY SCHOOLS greatest merchants.- use very little ARE NEARLY FILLED prices in their advertisement, relying! The teachers in/the rural districts receive from $70 to $90 a month and their board costs them from $20 to $30 a month, an average of about $2S. Twelve vacancies were reported in the county after the. holidays, the, teachers going to other fields or en gaging ip other lines of work. FALL RESULTS IN DEATH. Mr. and Mrs. George Beck, Mrs. Ffced Heitzleman, and John Faul of Velva were called to Harvey' Saturday by the death of Mrs. Wm. Faul, moth er of Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Heitzleman and Mr. Faul. The deceased was eighty jcears old and about two weeks ago she fell down stairs and fractured her arm and received other injuries which resulted in her death Friday. Subscription $1.50 Per Annum I MINOT HAD $100,000 I ,i\ Pel or Ehr lilock on First Street S. W. Destroyed—Ilodgins Furniture and Hardware Store Complete Loss. A fire doing damage estimated at S S a pi on $ 1 0 0 0 0 0 E man of North-Dakota and for on First, streirt S. W., early Friday *h»' past twelve years engaged in "pub- rooming, almost completely destroy city work in Montana, died at the Co- ing the $18,000 btock of furniture and airbus hospital in Great Falls, Mont., hardware of the Hodgins store and Saturday '.:rning, aged 61. Colonel destroying the office fixtures and sta j.^n-all ha! been suffering "for two tionery of the Roger. Lumber Co.'s months fv.vni acute heart trouble And general office, located on the~ third hope for his recovery was abandoned floor of the building. ibson, of Hobson, S0J} daughters, a The Minot Underwriters. Co., locat- the Misses Jean and ®"on the second floor, lost its office fixtures completely and a large num-, ber of roomers in the apartments on •laughter, and Mrs. Small were with the two upper floors suffered an al hini at the time of his death. Funeral most complete loss of their effects, services were held at the chapel of Kielhack Bros., owners of the gar the W. H. George company, Great aJ?e Falls, and the body was shipped to'were heavy losers. Thirty-'-ix auto Manchester, Ipwa, for burial. mobiles occupied the read of the base Colonel Sniall located at Devils, ment, and it looked for a time that Lake, Nor£b Dakota, 25 years ago,'they would be lost, but the wv.r^t dam coming there from Oil City, Pa., theiaJ?e they sustained was from the Wat p'ace of his nativity. He was editor!er which covered the basement to a of the Devils Lake Inter-Ocean for .depth of several feet. »nd machine shop in the basement years and later was identified Smallwood's grocery, located just years. Smallwood basement, which damaged From Mandan Mr. Small came to much of Judith Gap, Montana, in 1908, and amount of damage was done to the founded the Judith Gap Journal which: stock on the main floor. This loss he published for four years. was all covered by insurance and the After disposing of the Journal in store suspended business but one day. 1912 he became telegraph and night The insurance adjusters are here editor of the Lewistown Democrat-, today and will wind up their work to News, which position he held until, night. 'Joe Hodgins carried .$12,000 1917, when he was elected secretary' insurance. He will receive the full !of the Lewistown Chamber of Com- amount and in addition it is estimated xt mi merce. He was director of the fed- that the salvage will amount to about Tn»fj=Pe* eral v" fill I r? Tuesday closing- months of *he war and mor" $3,500. The Hodgins offices have been iNigfyt moral uud Next. recently was associated in this city moved to the Hodgins warehouse recently was associated in Harlow-! building on Blast Central avenue. Mr. The Town Criers held one of the town, Mont., with I. N. Walker, whom Hodgins is not certain when he will best meetings Tuesday evening in the he first knew in Devils Lake. re-open his store, but his large trans history of the organization, the event. Colonel Small was a Mason and an fer business has gone along without being the monthly banquet at the As- Elk. He was well Jinown over the interruption. sembly rooms of the Association of entire northwest. employment agency during the $2,000, making hte actual loss about 1 Commerce.^ An excellent dinner was served by the Y. W. C. A. During! N. O. HENDERSON DIS the early part of the evfening, Pres.! COVERS UNTOLD WEALTH iwindows or from spontaneous combus-nbu W. F. Jones was in charge. He call-! Ition f-om some cil :ags the real ed on V. E. Stenefeen to explain the Father of Ward County Clerk of Dis- membership drive for the Association! trie! Court Tells of Valuable Gold. just how it started. As Chief Jurtir, of Commerce. The Speaker said that[ Mlc« and Marble Discoveries in Vandenoever of the fire department the Town' Criers appreciated the im-| Peace River Country. and Wm. O'Leary were walking pa portance of' the parent organization! the store at four o'clock in the morn and he urged every member to assist! N. O. Henderson of Crosby, N. D., in the drive if called upon, or to be- father of Thos. N. Henderson, clerk party, they saw the flames, which come a member of the Association if: of the district court of Ward county, asked. who has prospected for five years in hastened aroxind the corner to the fire Orrin Pierfce said that he was "to go ahead with the Town Criers Peace River country. Mr. Henderson apparatus, but the flames^had advanc Minstrel show to be held in February, recently returned from that section The twenty candidates for the even- but intends to return in the near fu- use-'. The firemen ware on the sconc ing filed in aft»r the other members turn. He reports mines of untold a few minutes after the blazeywas dis Ita-! bee:: nited oath, given by C. \thrn turned on vised the merchants to teke more care' rich blue-black.- He also discovered the fire e-cape. Conrad Fecker ailri' in preparing their advertising copy -much of the red and white marble. T'"A T. Fecker. a fireman,/sj t'ered a and said they would find this can ever -be taken out of the heavy loss in their rooms, the latter'? to take their copy to the print shop!country, it will make somebody rich being $1,000, including a $300 and stick afound and see how it is'and furnish material for some magnif- Victor graphaphone. G. A. Chri?tenr set up. He finds newspaper advertis-! icent buildings. sen, another roomer, lost $300 woyth ing the best, but referred to circulars' -Mr. Henderson and a New Yor'- "Allen O :e ', who ws.•• on the Sec 010 wort' of eT'vcts in his suites of rooms. He was not occupying the room at the time, of the fire. Has Been or ili Tndetendont ^dependent that a number of the' Burlington district and one school in north open because no teacher could be se-' ^°ot cured. ^This was also the case in:ff°eK °'jtJ unless r? uen wrack the Gasmann No. 151 and Rice Lake No.iwa'l 'n th* meaner* 131. The city's n.w fi fljjhtin.^ e^uip- Mr. Waller had 264 applications oniment. including engine'truck, which file at the beginning of-" the "school Iwas recently purchased at an expense year, but before all of the schools had: $20,000, paid for itself several secured teachers, the applicants had times over in the one fire, for firemen either accepted positions in the county I they could not have saved the or elsewhere. The schools are pretty well taken care of at the present time and Mr. Waller has worked tiringly in an effort to supply them all well. ,4. -Wild water in the the stock and besides a large The cause of the fire is unknown It may have started from electric (wiring in one of the Hodgins display of the store. No one will ever know :nf. after attending a New Year's had already made such headway. They the Candian Northwest, up in the department and got out the chemical ed so "i me oiner memoers, icjjuils imimks or um.mii uio and'they took their wealth in a country that yetS.remains covered and by 6:30 o'clock, it appoar C. B. Bach. to be explored. He tells of discovering that the fire wa- about out, when a mica mine and he secured some to Bert Stewart, who "proved to be one'samples of the mica taken front gr«a the partitions in the unper stories of the Inst toastmaste's -who has ever thick layers. He returned to the place The blaze was hard to handle on ae presided at a Town Crier banquet. later, but the ground was covered count of the arge quantit. of paint, far that the chemical wa-' not 2 S lidi'fteufty. The ,:::rnin. like U{- Troji'.n-s the second f^or, made erit dow?' The loss to the Rogers Lumber Co. is aho'Jt $f. which is cov e" 1 bv in r-, I'1- offices haVC been moved io the Northern Mnlinc Plow Co. building on East Central avenue. The Minot Underwriters Co. have secured new quarters in the new Ja- crbron block. Ward county schools were unable if '^'le Peter Ehr block was insured open for the fall term owing- to a lack ^or $10,000 while th* los- is estimated of teachers. One of the schools in at Grassland district No. 42 did'not open He expects to rebuild. The on account of a lack of pupils. In brick work is still standing, tho the Lund township, one school did not $50,000 or $60,0f0. Mr. Ehr thot harl more in uranc-e than he wall was/bulged out about a ant' 's aPt to fall when the frost Jacobson block or the block occupied by the Smallwood store, had it not been for this new equipment. The new engine was attached to the hydrant near the Leland hotel and kept up a strong stream of water for hours. No Room in New York hotels Writes Torn ing Man. Ed O. Buran, Torning township farmer, who left for his former nome in Norway recently, wrote the Indfe pendent an interesting letter from New York City, Jan. 2, just before he sailed. He said: "Arrived here yes terday. A bunch of us went out to the Bronx Park and to a big museum. It was surely worth the 10 cents, •W'fii ,$**. Mi 4 Si *y^ I.A? ...... 'vW 'if go- ing out there. The biggest part of those going back for a visit are-from the northwest, west of Minneapolis. Four of us are staying at an old pri vate home^as hotels are crowded. Four SM*4!* steamers^leave New York tomorrow,^* for Europe." t^Tn^TTTT^rr flip' tii I 1 r'.w iK VS I I