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Vol. 20 No. 38 TWO THIEVES CAUGHT IN ACT OF ROBBING PIONEER STORE Owing to the watchfulness of Pa trolman G. D. Peoples, two strangers, giving their names as Claude McFar land and R. J. McBride, were arrested at the Pioneer store, owned by Peter son ft Muus, on North Main street at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning. Peoples, in making the rounds of the alley, noticed that some one had entered the Pioneer store thru the basement door. He called to a man walking up the Soo track to notify the police station while he guarded the store and Patrolman Bronson soon ap peared. The two men were seen in the store and learning that they had been detected, they ran to the front of the store attempting to get out of the front door. Peoples saw their heads sticking over a counter and fir ed his revolver several times thru the rear door. One of the bullets went thru a seat in front of the counter and passed thru the counter as well, but did not hit either man. The fel low then ran into the basement where they were arrested. They were tak en to the police station. In a gunny sack they had a key hole saw, a brace and bit and an iron bar. One had a flash light, but neither was armed with a gun. The men had taken nothing out of the- store, but when discovered were over in the corner near the safe. They refuse to talk much, but admit that they arrive^ from Kansas shortly before Christmas. They say they know nothing of the Wilser robbery, so evidently more than one gang is At work* Oser Webb, colored, who owns sev eral houses in the southwestern part of the city, conferred with the men at the city jail, where they were taken. The men had been occupying Webb's dance hall and say another man had given them permission to use it. In Webb's dance hall, police Wed nesday morning found two boxes of cheap dishes which had been stolen out of J. B. Reed's warehouse when it was robbed Saturday night. These men, no doubt, were implicated in this robbery. Thieves on Christmas eve broke in to the warehouse of the Gamble Robin son Co. and stole more than $400 worth of tobacco and cigars. The Simmons Seed Co. lost $15 when thieves Tuesday night broke into the office and ransacked the safe. The checks in the safe were not touched. The Minot Farmers Grain Associa tion office was broken into Tuesday night, but nothing was taken. The Northwest Grocery store was robbed of groceries, candy, cigars and other 'riterehandise to the value of $40 the same night. The thieves pried off the lock. The robbery of the J. B. Reed Ware house No. 1, located on the G. N. right of way occurred Saturday night. The thieves entered the place by pry ing off the lock of the front door. •3 They must have carted the stuff off on a dray for the loot included three bundles of valuable rugs, owned by an eastern concern, two barrels of cut glass, one hogshead of handpainted chinaware, a double barrel shotgun and several boxes of dishes, the total value reaching several hundred dollars. Jurors Drawn for January Court The following is the list of jurors drawn for the special January 1922 term of district court which will con vene January 3, 1922, at 10 a. m. and 1 the jury will report January 4, 1922, at 2 P. M.: Fred Almy, Minot. Nils Lunde, Carpio. G. E. Urdahl, Berthold, Route 1. H. J. Rogers, Benedict. H. E. Christenson, Sawyer. George Bauman, Ryder 1 Olof Odlund, Velva. E .H. Gross, Keiimare. H. E. McFall, Minot. Fifed Miller, Minot, Route 5. H. L. Shuttleworth, Surrey. J. B. Jensen, Makoti. Ole Enockson, Makoti. Edward M. Hanson, Donnybrook, Route 1. G. O. Gilbertson, Douglas. Cecil A. Birch, Berthold. A. H. Peterson, Minot. J. O. Runingen, Carpio, Route 3. Wm. Cordes, Douglas, Route 1. A. V. Benton, Berthold. Peter Peterson, Douglas. Tom Feehan, Minot. Selmer Hanson, Plaza, Route 1. Mont Darling,/ Berthold, Route 2. Fenn Baker, Berthold, Route 1. Thos. Nomeland, Makoti. W. H. Gettle, Ryder, Route &4I Ole Stalberg, Kenmare. R. H. Emerson, Minot. M. O. Hulberg, Minot, Route 8., Andrew Lodien, Oyder, Route 2. Alva Peasl^y, Max, Route 8. R. N. Jorgenson, Kenmare, Route 1. J. S. Bjelland, Carpio. Nils Neverost, Makoti, Route 2 Joe Erickson, Donnybrook, Route 2. Jens K. Kristenson, Kenmare, Route 1. it* $ H. E. Roberts, Burlington, Route. 2. A. F. Muzzy, Sawyer. John Boben, Douglas, Route 4. 111 "Old John" Patient in Minot Hospital Velva Journal: Word has reached the city that "Old John" Solberg, for many years a familiar character on the streets of Velva, has recently been moved' from the Ward county poor farm to a Minot hospital and tt in a pitiable condition as a result of a paralytic stroke. A movement has been started to send the patient a holiday greeting from Velva in the form of a box of Christmas goodies. mw\ Fred P. Mann of Devils Lake Address ed Rotarians Fred P. Mann, former president of the North Dakota Retail Merchants Association, and a member of the Devils Lake Rotary club, accepted an invitation of the Minot Rotary to ad dress them on Better Business at the luncheon held Tuesday evening at the Association of Commerce rooms. There were a number of guests. Mr. Mann is proprietor of one of the largest retail stores in North Dakota, doing a business of approximately half a million dollars annually. He spends upwards of $12,000.00 annually for advertising and urges the merchants not to curtail their advertising ex- Slann enditures the coming year. Mr. urged a clpser co-ooeration be tween the businessmen and the farm ers and suggested that the Rotarians occasionally invite the farmers to at-, tend their luncheons. Speaking of present business conditions, he admit ted they were anything but gratifying, but predicts an early revival of busi ness. He pointed out that North Da kota would be quicker to recover than many of the states because our people are not so heavily involved. He urges that the Golden Rule be applied to business both as regards the mer chant's relations with the public and the employees. John Morrell, manager of the Northern Produce Co., who employed from 30 to 70 people at the Minot plant, gave a valuable address on the relations between the employer and the employee. His company im presses upon the employees the im portance of courtesy for all with whom they deal. Special musical numbers were ren dered by Otto Ellison and Lafe Flaten. J. H. Colton sang a solo and Ed Shir ley surprised all with the manner in which he rendered an Irish song. Some good Scotch stories were told by Dr. A. D. McCannel. Governor R. A. Nes tos, former member of the club was made an honorary member. Dr. A. M. Hardaway was chairman of the evening. Stewart-Powell Nuptials The marriage of Dewey W. Powell and Miss Marguerite L. Stewart oc curred at one o'clock this afternoon at the Presbyterian Manse, Rev. P. W. Erickson officiating. The couple were attended by John Jamieson and Miss Bessie Wilson and the bride's mother, Mrs. Belle Stewart, was also present at the wedding. The happy couple left for a short honeymoon after which they will return to this city to reside until spring. The bride was charmingly gowned in a navy blue Canton crepe creation, with beads and wore a corsage bou quet of pink tea roses. The bride has resided in Minot for a number of years, graduating from the Minot high school in 1917. She is at present employed as stenograph er with the Minot Association of Com merce, holding a similar position for years with the Minot Auto Co. She will retain her position with the Minot Association of Commerce for the pres ent. She is one of the most popular members of Minot's younger set. Mr. Powell is connected with the Farm Bureau Federation at Huron, S. D., and has done some very effective work for the South Dakota Sheep and Wool Growers Association. He is a very capable young man with a bright future in his profession. N. D. Dairymen to Convene in Minot in March The North Dakota Butter makers and Dairymen's Association will hold a convention in Minot March 7, 8 and 9. The program will include lectures on the care of cattle, cream in all of its branches, the best feeding methods for stock, and many other subjects by some of the biggest dairymen in North Dakota and Minnesota, includ ing some of the experts from the dairy department of the Minnesota and North Dakota Univesrsities. Fully two hundred delegates will attend the convention. The aim of the associa tion is to get as many farmers as possible, interested in dairying. There will be miniature silos on display. A banquet is to be served on the ev ening of March 8. There will prob ably be reduced rates for those desir ing to attend the convention. John W. Morrell, manager of the Northern Produce Co., of Minot is president of the association, and Major E. S. Person of Minot is the treasurer. Robert Flint, the dairy commissioner, is secretary. "Win" Mitchell Has Resigned Bismarck, Dec. 26.—"Win" Mitchell of the Department of the State Bank Examiner, this morning tendered his resignation as office deputy, the resig nation to take effect January 1. Mr. Mitchell terminates his association with that office to accept the duties as business manager of the Lignite Industries corporation. The Lignite Industries corporation is incorporated for one million dol lars and has but recently completed its organization and perfected a pro gram for North Dakota. For the present its central offices will be lo cated in Bismarck. The holdings of the company in this state, cover the coal reservation at Richardton, New Salem, Glen Ullin, and Minot, and the' output of its operation will include briquettes and chemical by-products. i: c- -f•: .a-rewri- /t 8%fW?\~p*ffii'i THE WARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF WARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MINOT THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE STATE Potato Growers Air Grievances at Meeting A large number of potato growers from the Berthold, Lone Tree, Des Lacs, Burlington, Foxholm and Minot districts, attended a very important meeting at the Association of Com merce rooms Tuesday afternoon, call ed to discuss the unsatisfactory results from marketing potatoes from the last season's crop. G. E. Waterman was elected chair man and John Huseby secretary. H. L. Finke of Berthold was pres ent, representing growers of his dis trict who have shipped 13 cars on con signment to the Valley Potato Co. of Moorhead, with instructions to sell. Two cars were reported sold, but it appears that all the others are report ed in storage all the way from Moor head to Kansas City, and altho they were shipped early in October, main ly, the company has not given the shippers a satisfactory explanation for the day. Some of the potatoes shipped on the same date, with straw in the bottoms of the cars and straw around the sides, were received O. K. at some points, while at others they were reported frosted. Wm. Matz dorf, H. L. Finke, M. P. Brye, R. Lau denschlager, Joe Makens, Anton El stone, John Lewis, Clarence Hettinger, K. T. Olson and C. L. Stevenson are the Berthold growers complaining. K. T. Olson reports receiving only 30 cents a bushel net on one car he ship ped to Marshalltown, Iowa. The commission firm charged him commis sion for selling 30 bushels reported short. C. L. Stevenson shipped a car of potatoes to Des Moines, Iowa. They struck a poor market. Another commission firm offered to handle them and charged him $128 to sell the car, with an additional charge of $70, besides he had to pay $4.00 a day to sell them. John Mclsaacs of Lone Tree has not received drafts on two cars he sold, the potatoes netting him only 34 cents a bushel. The buyer saw the potatoes in the field and pronounced them prime stock. G. E. Waterman shipped a car to Peter Fox & Sons which was reported 4,000 pounds short. He was charged $268 freight and $288 expenses on the car.' The potatoes netted him 18 cents a bushel. Representatives of the Soo and the G. N. at Minot attended the meeting and informed the growers that they could secure memorandums of the re ceipts for their cars turned over to the consignee. It was stated that the G. N. Agent at Lone Tree is like wise agent for Peter Fox & Sons. One of the growers exprssed the opinion that some of the commission houses may have sold the potatoes and may be using the money to finance other deals. John Gruber, secretary of the Fox holm Potato Growers Ass'n, stated that six cars were shipped to the Minnesota Potato Exchange early in October on which no returns had been received. He has received the inspec tion returns only, tho he and J. J. O'Leary have written them repeatedly. On the potatoes the Foxholm growers received drafts for, the potatoes net ted them from 70 cents down to 30 cents. John Huseby, county agent, said he had boosted the Minnesota Potato Ex change and recommended that concern to the Foxholm association. "This comes back as an awful slap at us," he said. He also stated that most of the Makoti growers werte satisfied with their dealing with the Minnesota Exchange and the Granville growers who sold to them out of the field early Berthold, N. D. Dec. 24. Special to the Independent:— Death trap crossing, two blocks west of the depot, on the Great North ern railway, reaped its harvest again about five o'clock last evening. This time it was Ole Hagen, his wife, son and daughter, the entire family. After attending the holiday ex ercises of the public schools in this city, Mr. Hagen with his family in an enclosed cutter, drove to the railroad crossing, halted for an engine pulling a coach to pass and then not thinking that two engines with trains woulji be following so closely, attempted to drive across the track, when No. 221, known as the "Dinky" ran into the Hagen rig. Mr. Hagen was injured internally Mrs Hagen suffered an injured hip and bruises about the body and little Eleanor, aged 9, suffered fatal injuries which caused her death in St. Josephs hospital at Minot, Sat urday at 5: 30 o'clock p. m. An arm and a leg had been torn off and her head was badly cut. Little Robert Hagen suffered a broken leg just above the ankle. The train stopped and the unfortu nate people were placed in the bag gage car and carried back to the depot, where the Berthold physician was summoned. A local train was hurridly made up and the victims taken to the hospital at Minot. Mr. Hagen and his wife are re covering rapidly and the son, Robert, is getting along as well as could be expected. They are all out of danger. Mr. Hagen was able to leave his bed at the hospital Saturday. Eleanor's brief life of nine years was full of tragedy. When she was Transportation Tax Repealed Jan. 1 The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway company announce that on January 1st, 1922 the Trans portation tax on freight, passenger, baggage and sleeping cars, will be re pealed. On prepaid freight shipments ship ped prior to midnight of December 31st, 1921, the war tax will apply. On collect freight shipments where the transportation service is com pleted on or after January 1st, 1922, with charges to be collected at desti nation, the tax will not apply. In adjusting overcharges on freight, carriers will not make any refunds or adjustments of tax on or after Jan uary 1st, 1922. It will be required that the claim for refund of tax must be filed with the United States Treas ury Department on Form 46, with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue within four years from the time tax was paid, claim being barred by the Statute of Limitation if received after such time. ,, This means a saving of eight per cent on passenger fares and sleeping car berths and three per cent on freight rates, a very material reduc tion. The fare from Minot to Min neapolis at present is $18.08 but after Jan. 1 it will be $16.74. James Nealy, who gained notoriety a year or so ago when he was shot and seriously wounded by a Mrs. Shotts, was arrested on a vagrancy charge Tuesday night. received from 84 cents to $1.05 net. H. L. Finke remarked that nine years ago the Berthold growers were "gyped" out of 55 cars of potatoes and had grown accustomed to it. W. C. Edwards of Lone Tree stated that one car shipped from that point had netted $300 and another car of potatoes just as good shipped at the same time brot nothing. One car of sacked potatoes Was reported 11,000 pounds short and another 5,000 pounds. Some of the growers stated that the bulk potatoes had brot bet ter prices than those that had been carefully sacked. John Werner of Burlington stated that on four cars shipped, no returns had been received. They were con signed to the Valley Potato Co. Among the Foxholm growers pres ent were Thos. Kinney and Chas. Sher burne. A resolution was passed asking for the support of the N. D. Farm Bureau and a committee from the Agricultural College, in sending a committee to the various points to ascertain just what has become of the potatoes. N. D. Gorman stated that a committee from the A. C. is going to investigate the shipments made to the Minnesota Po tato Exchange. FOUR MEMBERS OF FAMILY IN JURED IN CROSSING ACCIDENT only one or two years of age her own mother, who was Mrs. Conrad New grin, sister of Albert Swan of Minot, died in Minneapolis, leaving her husband and two sons besides Effie Eleanor. The family was broken up, a boy of 7 or 8 years going to an aunt at Walcott, N. D., and the oldest boy, now about 15, remaining with the father who is understood to be in Moorhead, Minn. Eleanor was adopted by the O. A. Hagen family near Ber thold. Dec. 17, 1915, Eleanor's two little foster brothers in the Hagen family were killed in a similar accident on the same crossing in Berthold and un der the same circumstances, returning home from the Christipas exercises at the Berthold school. Besides a number of individual ac cidents, some minor, while others very serious, five schoiol children, two of whom belonged to this same family, and the driver were? killed on Dec. 17, 1915, at the same crossing and about the same hour of the day. Mr. Hagen is a prominent farmer, living about four miles southwest of Berthold. He is the secretary and manager of the Federal Farm Loan Association, hail adjuster for the state hail insurance department and is a prominent representative of the Non partisan league. Unless the railway company wakes up at once, by providing signals for crossings in incorporated villages, the people will demand in unmistak able terms that the legislature enact a law compelling railways to make such provisions. The remains of the little girl were shipped to Berthold Tuesday where the funeral was held. :iv n. Tpw" Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Thursday December 29, 1921 Subscription $2.00 Per Annua County Purchases Flatland Property The county commissioners Wednes day afternoon passed a resolution pro viding for the purchase of the Flat land house and lot on Fourth St. S. E. for $5,500.00 to be used as a detention hospital. The building is a large frame structure consisting of ten rooms and faces the east. It is lo cated in the same block as St. Joseph's hospital and the Sisters of the hospital are said to be willing to operate the detention hospital. The county ex pects to turn the property over to the city of Minot as soon as the city is financially able to take it. The county will then pay the city its share for the care of the county patients. The transaction was handled thru the Helling Land agency. a^j Iff yyyWW^i^twih fe""W FIRE DAMAGES STOCK OF A. D. BROWNSTEIN EARLY TUESDAY Professor Ladd's "Financial Experts" Langdon Republican: According to a Washington dispatch to the Fargo Courier-News, our "Senator" Ladd gave a delightful little dinner the other day to a number of "finance stu dents". Among those present who made speeches were the following: Melvin D. Hildreth, of Fargo B. H. Lieu, China Dr. Sayeda, Japan Mrs. Hulst, Grand Rapids, Mich. Coin Har vey, Oklahoma C. C. Daniels, New York Dr. Templeton, North Carolina Mrs. Norman Dimstead, Kentucky and Chas. Edward Russell. Talk about a gathering of intellect ual giants! Phew! But didn't the senator overlook a few of his old pals, some of the rank and file here in North Dakota, who helped him to gain his present exalted position? As "students of finance", we'll eat the senator's old hat if Jack Hastings, Thomas Allen Box, A. C. Townley, Job Wells Brinton, H. J. Hagen, Prof. Roylance, and a few others that are more or less familiar to North Dakotans, can't give those guys from Japan and China cards and spades and beat them to a fraz zle. But the senator undoubtedly im agines he is earning his salary by en tertaining every radical of any prom inence from any where in the wide world. But it is a cinch that while he is doing that he isn't doing any body any harm, even if he isn't doing them any good. And what a great time they do have when these comrades get to gether in a sort of "uplift" or "up heaval" society! And what they won't do to the fi nancial question, outside of getting hold of all they can of it, will be a lot. Charity Some three hundred Minot families received aid the day before Christ mas thru the good offices of the Elks, Salvation Army, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and the various other Minot organiations and more fortunate I citizens. In practically every case, this help was urgently needed and this is not the only assistance that will be necessary to see some of our people through until they can secure employment in the spring. This condition can be ascribed prin cipally to unemployment, though lack of thrift is undoubtedly to blame '"'or some of this poverty. One home which the writer visited was scrupu-1 lously neat and clean. The mother I had the rooms in good order and there I was a cheery fire. The kiddies were neatly dressed and had clean faces. The little house needed the assistance which was given. Such a woman is certain to come out all right. She is willing to help herself and the oppor tunity will not be long in presenting itself. Let us describe another home visited We knocked at the front door. A big strong man called out in a gruff voice: "Go round to the back door". We did. The kitchen was indescribably filthy. The youngsters all had dirty faces. A load of coal had been dump ed into the middle of the kitchen floor, handy to the stove. The man of tho house might have been employed scouring the faces of his young hope ails, but instead he sat toasting his shins by the sitting room fire. He probably needed help but the chances are that when he was getting good wages, he spent the money he ought to have been saving for a rainy day on Some people will forever be pooi because they -simply will not help themselves. Others, and we miglii say, the most of those receiving.aid, are in but temporary needy circum stances. At one home a little babe had been born the night before. The prorc' father said he hadn't had any sleep for 48 hours, but he was happy and his wife and little one were getting along fine. There wasn't any nurse. Dad was the nurse, cook and general house keeper. Three little children were happy and one called out gladly. "Wo got a little baby at our house". It doesn't take riches to make happi ness. We stopped at a little cottage to make inquiry for a place where a package was to be delivered. The mother was bustling around prepar ing for Christmas eve. Three little children were smiling. The home was neat, warm and cheerful. A lit tle Christmas tree sat on top of the sewing machine, all decorated for the evening. Daddy would be home from Work in an hour and his happy family were awaiting his arrival with ex pectancy. Hundreds of homes were made happy on Christmas day by the de livery of these Christmas boxes. Those who contributed to this cause may have- the assurance that not a cent's worth of merchandise went where it was not badly needed and those in charge sincerely hope that no one deserving was overlooked. D. Davis, prominent Lansford farm er, was in the city Tuesday. t, if •"•"Wir .i'.j"1.'^1 •. JU Fire early Tuesday morning diti considerable damage to the stock of furs of the A. D. Brownstein Co., in the Parker block, East Central avenue. The fire is believed to have been caused by a son of Mr. Brownstein who visited the store at 11 o'clock the night before and pressed his coal with the electric flatiron. He state* that he does not know whether or not he turned off the electricity and it is very probable that he did not. The fire had been smouldering for some time before it was noticed and the first that anyone knew that them was afire in the place was when ono of the front windows was blown out by the smoke. The fire department responded promptly, but had a hard time to get back into the rear of the room whero the fire originated, on account of th.i dense smoke. The fire laddies wer» compelled to creep into the room on their hands and knees and finally put the fire out with water. The damage is considerable. Mr. Brownstein had a large stock of val uable furs and besides, there wer») many valuable furs in storage or in state of repair. Mr. Brownstein an nounces that the owners will be re imbursed fully. Mr. Brownstein was visiting friends in Devils Lake at the time, but hur ried home. He gave the fire depart ment a substantial check in apprecia tion of their good work. The loss to both the store and build ing is covered by insurance. Much of the stock in the front of the build ing was not damaged badly except from smoke and water. The insurance adjusters are now at work and it in expected that the store will be re opened later. The damage to the building is not great, as the structure is fireproof. It will have to be re-painted and re decorated on the interior. Norbert D. Gorman Weds Roberta 1 Stewart Norbert D. Gorman and Roberta Stewart were united in marriage at the Presbyterian church at nine thir ty o'clock this morning by the Rev. P. W. Erickson. The couple were at tended by George E. Valker and Miss Laurel Alpstag, sister of the bride. The wedding was a quiet affair, at, tended only by the relatives and a few close friends of the couple and imme diately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Gorman left by automobile for Fargo where they will make their home. 1 Mr. Gorman was for several years Ward county agricultural agent, and is at present, Assistant State Leader «f agricultural agents. Mr. Gorman is also an instructor for county agents at the Sta^e Agricultural Col lege. He is one of North Dakota's most prominent agricultural experts" and h&s already done an immense amount of good for the farmers of our state. His future cannot help but be very bright. Mrs. Gorman is the daughter of Fred Alpstag, 310 First St. S. E. She has resided in Minot for the past five years. She attended school at Grand Forks and Langdon and is an accomplished and cultured young woman. Curlers are in Action The Minot curlers have begun their schedule games this week, and some good games are reported. M&jor McCannel's rink spilled all the dope Monday njght by trimming Dr. Ker mott and his "champeens". The fol lowing is the personnel of each rink: 1 movies and graphaphones. In practically every case however, those who delivered the Christmas' boxes were thanked. One big strong woman, however, who had telephoned her own name to the committee, not only failed to offer any thanks, but began snooping into the box at crct to see what had been sent her. "1 want you to take a box over to my son, who lives close to the grocery store," she said. Brewer, Violette, Graham, Kermott, skip. Novak, Davy, Piper, J. Pence* skip. Cooper, Taylor, Brittin, A. D. Mc Cannel, skip. Rutten, Schimanski, Wallace, Mul roy, skip. K. F. Mills, C. .B. Mills Winters* Kennard, skip. Powell, Tompkins, Frahm, R. W. Pence, skip. Sandberg, Hamilton, Sweet, Small wood, skip. "Van Duzee, Foley, Hardaway, Aiu land, skip. Erenfelt, Martineau, Lang, Har-tl„ skip.' McGrath, Smart, Dunnell, Jones, skip.. Dahl, Roach, McGee, Barron, skip,. Holker, Shaw, Dan Lambert, Brad ford, skip. Howard, Wilson, Robinson, skip. Trego, McGuihan, White, F. B„ Lambert, skip. Youngman, See, Campbell, Perry,, skip. ftoir° ^avies, Huss, Davis, skip. Greer, Colcord, Cox, Heger, sk 1 ,% Vallely, Williamson, Williamson, J. McCannel, skip. Bond, Goss, Gross, Upton, skip. Fisher, Ross, Porter, Violette, skip. 241 Marriage Licenses During 1921 According to the record of Judge Wm. Murray, 241 marriage licenses were issued out of his office during 1921. The mopth of December, us ually very active for Cupid, has been unusually quiet matrimonially. Carpio Woman to Insane Asylum Mrs. John Bjelland of Carpio, was taken to the state hospital for tho insane Wednesday after spending two days in the county jail. She was in the asylum before and her condition is regarded as wiry serious. it !"f "•kit