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Vol. 21 No. 3 f- ••••. 'MI I S- "-1 PROOF OF PROSPERITY PARADE AND DEMONSTRATION FRIDAY 1H. C. TO ENTERTAIN DEALERS In order to mark definitely the re vival -of business thruout the North west, a great Prosperity Parade with appropriate demonstrations has been arranged to take place in Minot Fri day afternoon and evening of this week. Committees have been at work all week and the various implement houses and automobile concerns are to participate. The idea is a big one and originat ed with the International Harvester Co. vyhich is arranging similar dem onstrations in the cities where the 92 branch houses are located. When business appeared stagnant during the winter, a general meet ing was called by the International Harvester Co. and plans for a revival of business were carefully worked out. The more conservative recommended that business be placed on a cash basis thruout the country, with the I. H. C.j exacting cash transactions with their dealers who in turn would be compelled to demand cash from the farmers for everything they would need to buy. This would have made business perfectly safe but would 'have meant a small volume for the year 1922. After going over the mat ter carefully, the I. H. C. decided that if business was to come back with a vim, it would be necessary to extend additional credit and this pol icy has been adopted generally this year. Any farmer who is entitled to cred it can go to an I. H. C. dealer and get anything that he needs to carry on the business of farming, on the most lib eral credit terms. As a result, busi ness has been very brisk. Farmers everywhere are buying what they need and -,they are thus enabled to carry on their extensive farming oper ations without interruption. The I. H, C. has disposed of 84 of the famous "Red Baby" trucks thru out the Northwest and these are now being brot in for the big parade which is to be held in Minot at 4:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. One dealer is now on his way to Minot from Froid, Mont., 200 miles away, with his Red Baby truck. It is estimated that fifty dealers with these trucks will be represented in Friday's parade. The various Minot automobile con cerns will have in the parade many of the cars which they have sold since Jan. 1. It will be surprising to learn how much business has been done by the Minot dealers since the beginning of the present year. North Dakota business conditions are excellent. The crops have been none too good during the past four or five years in this section, but the present conditions are ideal. Farm ers are putting in extensive crops. They haveplenty of choice seed. Their ground has more moisture than it has had in years and the wheat is already coming up. Plans are being made to grow more corn than ever. An opti mistic spirit prevails not* only in the towns and cities, but on the farms as well. R. R. Greer, manager:of the Minot branch of the I. H. C. returned yester day from Bismarck where a similnt demonstration was held Tuesday. A hundred dealers attended the Bis marck affairs, which was very suc cessful. A similar demonstration took place in Fargo Wednesday and in Grand Forks today. The International Harvester Co. will entertain their out of town dealers, 125 in number, at a banquet in the Association of Commerce rooms Fri day night. The Minot Association of Commerce has named a committee consisting of R. M. Graham, Otto Gross, K. H. Swiggum and J. U. Lyons, which will take charge of the parade. This com mittee- has decided to invite every automobile dealer to have his 1922 jobs lined up in the parade, which will begin at 4:30 p. m. and last until 6 p. m. The Minot Town Criers drum corps will lead the procession. At 8 p. m. a public meeting will be held in the new Scottish Rite cathe dral, to which everyone is cordially invited. Speakers will emphasize the fact that this section heads the pro cession that is advertising all over the country on prosperity, and will maintain its place for years to come. An interesting sidelight of the busi ness conditions in general and par ticularly in the automotive field is found in the figures shown by the In ternational Harvester Company of America, on the sale and delivery of International motor trucks this year. Up to April 1, 1,651 carloads of motor trucks were shipped from the International Motor Truck factories at Akron and Springfield, Ohio. Of this total, 892 carloads were shipped west of the Mississippi river, and 759 carloads were consigned to states east of the Mississippi. These carloads of International trucks would make a single train 14 miles long, or 33 train loads of 50 cars each. The freight charges on the total shipment ap proximately is $247,000. If all these trucks were devoted to the accomplishment of one task, they would be capable of moving the an nual twelve million bale cotton crop of the entire United States, the usual average haul, in 20 working days. The distance necessary to accomplish this feat wbuld amount to ten million miles, or a distance equal Co 00 times around the earth at the equator. The Minot Community band will furnish music at the evening meeting, and other entertainment numbers will be contributed. W. R. Leas, Chief of Fire Department, Engages ill Business W. R-. Leas, chief of the Minot Fire department, tendered his resignation early this week, but on recommenda tion of Police Commissioner Gross, the same was not accepted. Mr. Leas has engaged in 'the auto mobile repair business with Chas. Davy and concluded that he could not hold the position with the fire depart ment. He has done such excellent work however, that the city decided to retain his services at $100 a month, instead of $150.00 and permit him to engage in business for himself as well. Mr. Leas is located across from the fire hall, has a fire phone connec tion in his place of business and if his services are required, will be right on the"job. Under the new arrangement F. T. Hunsley becomes assistant chief and Victor. Bertrand and M. D. Madi son are drivers. BOARD OF 21 TRUSTEES TRIN ITY HOSPrTAL ASS'N.FORMED A meeting of the Communittee of Nine, who are in charge of the or ganization of the Trinity Hospital Association, met in this city Monday night and prepared articles of Incor poration, which were adopted Tues day. They were filed in Bismarck Wednesday. The following is a list of the twen ty-one trustees who have been select ed: Rev. .F. Gullixson, Minot. Rev. F. E. Brauer, Minot. Rev. O. L. Jensen, Minot Rev. M. O. Peterson, Minot. Rev. A. J. Krogstad, Minot. Rev. J. R. Michaelson, Minot. Theodore Meyers, Minot. J. W. Samuelson, Minot. R. A. Nestos, Minot E. A. Shirley, Minot. Otto Ellison, Minot. A Halvor L. Halvorson, Minot. jj Geo. P. Homnes, Crosby. G. W. Meyers, Ryder. I. L. Berge, Velva. £. "J* Rev. F. S. Stickdol, Makoti. Bev.J. W. Roaholt, Crosby. U, Rev. Alf. M. Kraabel, Fessenden. H. Ingvaldson, Fessenden. Silas Dahl, Douglas. A- W. Baits, Garrison. The following from out of the city attended the meetings Monday and Tuesday: Rev. A. H. Grumm, Garrison Rev. J. M. Michaelson, Lansford Rev. W. H. Gable, Glenburn: Ffev. J. W. Ros holt ,_Crosbyj_Rev. G. W. Tolo, Noon an Rev. O, W. Bergquist, Niobe Rev. h. T. Reishus, Velva Rev» A. Ifrtitii, Fessenden Rev. F. S. Stockdat, Ma koti Rev. H. S. Anderson, Douglas Rev. B. Hofrenning, Max Rev. A. Hofgaard, Kenmare .Rev. J. N. Luna, Kenmare Silas Dahl,.Douglafe M. Olsen, Kenmare A. W. Bartz^.Gar rison Mr. Malkevik, Garrison.. The Board of Trustees will meet next Monday afternoon and evening and this will mark '^definitely the launching of the organization. The new hospital is now a cer tainty and it is expected that some thing definite will take place Monday about opening a temporary hospitals A number of sites for a permanent hospital are already under considera tion. Geo. Balch Transferred to Sioux Falls. S. D.# Geo. Balch, who has been connect ed with the construction department of the Northern States Power Co. in Minot during the past six years, left Saturday for Sioux Falls, S. D. where he has accepted a similar position with that company. Mr. Balch has been connected with this company for twelve years and is one of their top notch electrical experts. Mr. Balch sold his home at 517, Second Ave. N. W. to O. H. Bartho lemew, manager of the Penney store. Mr. Balch leaves hjs work in Minot in such fine shape that it will not be necessary to secure a successor for him at this time. Sioux Falls, is a city of £9,000 population. Mr. Balch spent twtf weeks here arranging his work and Mrs. Balch accompanied him to their new home, Road Bntiding Cheaper Road building is costing consider able less in North Dakota this year. In the eastern part of the state, con tractors are accepting jobs of grading side fills, .at 18 cents per'cubic yard, whereas a year or two ago they were receiving 50 and 60 cents a yard for it. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF WARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MINOT THE! WARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT This Issue 12 Pages THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE STATE This Issue 12 Pages Hopkins Recovers Buick Roadster A Buick roadster, stolen from Ray Hopkins, clerk of the county court, more than a year ago, was found at the Automart in this city where it has been kept ever since it was found in an old barn south of the city await ing its owner to show up. R. J. Doebler, insurance man, had a description of the car, but no one had any idea who owned it. Mr. Hop kins did not have the car insured and had long ago given up the idea of ever finding it. Mr. Doebler by acci dent, learned that Mr. Hopkins lost a car answering this description and notified him. A. G. Divet, the Association at torney explained the bank taxation problem at considerable length and at the conclusion, the Northwest group endorsed the action of the committee at Bismarck, when it was agreed with the state board of taxation for both state and national banks to pay taxes on a 50 percent basis for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922. The state banks had already paid the 1919 taxes on a 100 percent basis without protest, so will be unable to recover any portion of the 1919 tax, but the national banks have agreed to pay the 1919 taxes on a 50 percent basis. The supreme court some time ago decided that owing to a law enacted by the last legislative session, bank stocks are not taxable. Notwith standing this fact, the banks consider that it is right that they should pay a reasonable rate of taxation on tneir stock and will voluntarily pay taxes aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollars. They decided to do this in order to show their fairness, the gen eral opinion being that while the legis lature enacted such a law, it was not the intention to relieve the banks from paying reasonable amount of taxes on their stock. Group meet ings held at Bismarck and Cando had already endorsed the action of the committee. W. B. DeNault, manager of the state farm loan department, address ed the bankers in the afternoon. He said that since January 13, 1922, $11, 000,000 worth of farm loan applica tions had been received, and more than a million- dollars worth of loans have been appraised since February, 1922, and of this amount- three quar ters of a million dollars worth have been approved. He said the expenses Woman's Presbyterial Society Con venes in ltlinot May 4-5 The third annual meeting of the Woman's Presbyterial Society will be held at the Presbyterian church in Minot May 4 and 5. About 25 dele gates from outside points will be pres ent and they will be entertained by the Woman's Missionary Society while in the city. The following' program has been ar ranged Thursday, 2 P. M.— Hymn. Devotionals—Mrs. R7 T. Fulton, Kenmare. Greeting—Mrs. A. Carr, Minot. Response—Mrs. H. J. Arnold, Stan ley. Minutes of last meeting. I Reports of officers. Appointment of committees. I Roll call of auxiliaries and reports. I Round Table, "Our Problems"—Led by Mrs. P. W. Erickson, Minot. Thursday Evening— 6:30—Supper with Guild Girls. 7:1 n—Mrs. G. O. Flath, presiding. Devotionals—Mrs. A. B. Morrow, Stanley. 7:30—Talk to Guild^Girls Miss Jennie Moore. 8:00—Mrs. Ouradnik, presiding. Music—Minot. Address—Dr. Adelaide Woodward. Offering. Benediction—Dr. Erickson. Friday, 9 A..M.— Devotionals—Mrs. G. C. Buck, Cros by. Address—Miss Jennie Moore. Election of officers. Round Table Discussion led by Miss Moore and Dr. Woodward. Lunch with Woman's Missionary Society. The guests will include Miss Jennie Moore, head worker, Rocky Fork, Flag Pond, Tenn., who works among the southern mountaineers and Dr. Adelaide Woodward, who is in charge of the woman's department of Mem orial Hospital, Fatehgar, India: This city has six churches, boarding schools for both girls and boys ana 68 day schools, and these institutions, are as sisted by the Presbyterial Societies of North Dakota, in conjunction with the Synodical Societies of the state. The officers of -the Minot Presby terial Society are: President—Mrs. R. T. Fulton, Ken mare. First Vice President—Mrs. T. U. Richmond, Portal. Second Vice President—Mrs. Chas. Ouranik, Burlington. Farming Held Back by Lack of Good Men Clyde Nelson, secretary of the Ward County Farm Bureau, reports that farm work in some localities is being held up by the lack of good men. Farm wages have been boosted this week from $30 to $35 a month by the labor shortage and the fact that men are walking the streets re fusing to work for less. Mrs. M. T. Bowe of Fargo reports the average wage in Cass county is $35. Orders are now being filled promptly in Ward county, it being harder to fill orders in outlying counties as the men prefer to stay close to Minot. N. W. BANKERS TO PAY TAXES NOT LEGALLY COLLECTABLE The members of .the Northwest group of the North Dakota Bankers' Association, held a very important meeting in Minot Saturday, nearly every bank in the district being rep resented. The session opened at the Associa tion of Commerce rooms in the after noon with R. H. Farmer, of Flaxton, the president in the chair. C. H. Zehringer, the secretary, assisted in arranging the very successful meet ing. of the Bank of North Dakota have been cut to about $3,500 a month. The Bank of North Dakota receives no revenue from the state farm loan de partment. He recognizes the needs of the western part of the state for the most loans. Politics are taboo with this department and he declared that the farmer who diversifies re ceives more consideration from the de partment than the straight grain farmer. Prof. G. W. Randlett of the A. C. talked on diversified farming. M. R. Porter read an interesting paper on "Responsibilities and Liabilities of Bank Directors", prepared by Gilbert Semingson, state bank examiner, who could not be present. The address of welcome was given by President Danielson of the Asso ciation of Commerce and B. W. Tay lor of Stanley responded. The in vocation was given by Rev. P. W. Erickson. The following officers were elected: President—B. W. Taylor, Stanley. Vice President—C. H. Christianson, Ryder. Treasurer—W. J. Gar ding, Minot. Member state association nominat ing committee—C. K. Krogfoss, Gran ville. Member executive council in state association—R. H. Farmer, Flaxton. Alternate—A. C. Wiper, Bowbells. Banquet Nearly 200 bankers and their ladies enjoyed the banquet at the Episcopal basement that evening. Attorney B. H. Bradford, as toastmaster made a hit with his well selected group of yarns. The blessing was asked by Rev. G. LeRoy White. John E. How ard's orchestra played a fine program thruout the evening. Among the speakers were B. W. Taylor of Stan ley, A. G. Divet of Fargo, Jas. S. Milloy, secretary of the Association of Commerce, E. G. Wanner of the North Dakota Good Roads association, James Johnson, veteran Minot banker lawyer, W. B. DeNault, Carl W. Ma son, Ed Schuilenberg, St. Paul bank er, and Jerry Sharp of Minneapolis. D. R. Gregg, Sherwood banker, was given much applause when he gave a reading "Gunga Din". Treasurer Mrs. A. C. McLane, Kenmare. Secretary—Mrs. A. F. McLane, Mi not. Secretary of Freedmen—Mrs. H. J. Arnold, Stanley. Secretary of Literature and Mis sionary Education—Mrs. A. B. Mor row, Stanley. Secretary of Y. P. S. C. E. and Westminster Guilds Mrs. Flath, Stanley. Secretary for Associate Member.-! Mrs. Ol&f Braatelien, Crosby. Secretary of Missionary Sewing Mrs. Lewis Ellis, Minot. Solien-Cunningham Nuptials A quiet wedding of much interest in the city took place Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock at the home of the Rev. T. A. Olsen, district super intendent of the M. E. church, 107 Sixth street northwest, when Miss Eva Cunningham became the bride of Noel'Solien. Miss Curmingham is the daughter of Mr', and Mrs. George L. Cunningham former Minot resi dents who moved about a year ago to Walla Walla, Wash., "and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Solien, 215 Fifth street northwest. Miss Esther Solien, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid and Kenneth Falconer was best man. Miss Cun ninghaih was attired in an attractive gown of navy blue Canton crepe with hat to match and .wore a corsage bou quet of pink sweet peas. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the groom's parents, covers being laid for eight persons. A color-note of pink was carried out in all the appointments, sweet peas and carnations being the flowers used. Mr. and Mrs, Soljen left that morn ing by automobile for Jamestown, where they will make their home, hav ing secured apartments in the Nolte mier block in that city. Both young Saving eople are well known in the city, resided here for a good many years. The bride has during the past year been employed at the New York store and the groom has for several years been connected with the same firm, leaving here recently for James town, where with his brother, Mar vin Solien, also formerly of the New York store, he is in the clothing busi ness. £. L. H. Glazer of the Glazer Cloak Shop, leaj£s for Chicago Saturday, to purchase a handsome line of ready to-wear, to replenish their stock Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, April 27, 1922 'Subscription $2.00 Per Annw GREEK RY. EMPLOYE, INSANE WITH JEALOUSY, RILLS WIFE, SHOOTS BABES AT DEVILSLAKE Devils Lake, N. D., April 25.— James Kallias, 24, a Greek, who last night killed his American wife and shot his two children, aged one and two years and then committed suicide by jumping in front of Great Northern train No. 1, a few minutes after the train left the station here, had planned the deed for some time, according to evidence secured today by the police authorities. The older boy is rwt exjtected to live. The younger one is in a very precarious condition, but doctors believe he will pull through. Kallias was prompted to the deed by an insane jealousy toward his wife, but investigation shows that his jealousy was of ain imaginative nature, because the wife, who called Tin State's Attorney Sivert Thomp son yesterday afternoon, and wanted to be protected from her husband, lead him to believe that she was un faithful to him. On the advice of the state's attorney, Mrs. Killias, who was 23 years old, left her home early yesterday afternoon and took her children to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Anderson, who lived a block from the Kallias home. Purchased Revolver It has since been shown that Kal lias became incensed when he learned that his wife had consulted the state's attorney, and that even while she was conferring with the latter, Kallias went to a hardware store and purchased a 25 calibre auto matic revolver. At about 7:30 last night Kallias appeared at the Anderson home and was met at the door by his wife's father. The father had heard that Kallias had threatened to shoot him imagining that the father had come between them, and Mr. Anderson asked Kallias about the threat. "I'm not crazy," Kallias answered, "I do not carry a gun." Mr. Anderson, after Kallias had shot his wife and children, recalled that Kallias had kept his rigut hand in his pocket, and assumed that he had the gun there when he first called at the house. Mr. Anderson left the house about 8 p. m. to go to work at the Great Northern roundhouse. About 9 p. m, Kallias returned. His wife and chil dren were there, as also were Mrs. Anderson, and two of her sons, Clar ence, 13, and Arnold, 11. Mrs. An derson, who had been ill all winter, was in bed in a room off the dining room. Kallias came in and spoke pleasantly with her, and intimated that he wanted his wife to return to his home. Kallias then went into the kitchen, where his wife and children were. "I want you to come back home," he said. Shot in Neck "I will not live with you again," the wife answered. Nothing more was said, and Kallias pulled the re volver out of his pocket and shot his wife in the neck, the bullet severing her jugular vein. Indications are that the mother, when she saw the gun, rushed to a baby carriage, containing her two children. Kallias shot, and the mother fell, upsetting the car riage. He shot his older son, James, Canadian Veterinarian Locates Here Dr. K. W. MacKinnon, a veterin arian of Prince Edward Islands, Can ada, has located here for practice and for the present at least, will occupy offices- in the small building adjoin ing the Scofield Implement Co. build ing on First s.treet S. E. The doctor is a veteran of the Great war being stationed at a large headquarters hos pital in northern France for almost two years. In speaking of his ex periences in France he states that, during one night following the battle of Ypres there were ,1200 casualties among the horses. Their facilities were sufficient to accommodate 2400, however, but it kept their full corps of surgeons busy in the three operat ing rooms for fully 24 hours, working in shifts to care for them. tin Prince Edward Island where the doctor has spent nearly all his life he says the principal industry is rais ing black foxes. At one time, prior to the war a pair of foxes 'brot as high as $30,000 but now the market price is around $1800 to $2,000. He says the courts of the Island arc largely occupied in the trial of theft cases—the price of fox skins making the theft of the pelts rather attractive to the light fingered gentry. Mrs. Roach's Summer Home Robbed Mrs. Jos. Roach has received word that her summer home at Long Lake, Park Rapids, Minn., was broken into during the winter, but has not learn ed what was taken. Information was S1ven 801 jv I Vf'l: by the county attorney. Mrs. oach lost valuables from her sum mer home before. She spends each summer at the lake, and leaves a good deal of equipmentr in the home when she returns to Minot for the winter. Tr^,^• aged 2, next, and the younger out ran into the dining room, and Kallias shot at the child as it ran, the bullet hitting it in the forehead, passing clear through. The older boy was* shot above right temple. At the first shot Mrs. Anderson jumped out of bed and jumped out of the house, and her son also went out, but Kallias fired at Arnold, the younger one, as he ran through tho front door, but the bullet did noi' strike him. After the shooting, Kallias ran out the back door and made for the Great Northern shop yards, a short distance away. When the police arrived, th« mother was dying, and the polico rushed both children to a hospital. Posses Formed Sheriff Ed Elliott immediately formed several posses to search for the murderer. It was thought that he would attempt to jump train No. 1 and the train crew was asked to slow down at the roundhouse and while going through the railroad yards in order to give him this opportunity. A number of deputies boarded the train, while others followed the road in automobiles. Engineer Abrahams" ran at reduced sp^e'd through the yards, and when about a mile from the station, he saw Kallias run to ward the tracks. Before the train could be brought to a stop, Kallias I threw himself in front of the engine, and was cut in two at the waist, dying instantly. Kallias married his wife about four years ago. He had lived in Devils Lake for 10 years, coming here from Breckenridge, Minn. His wife told State's Attorney Thompson yesterday that they had had trpubk ever since their marriage, arid* that •several times he threatened to kill her, and that the last threat was. made on the morning of the murder, when he said he would cut her throat. She said that he would not permit her to speak to other men, and that he forbade her to dance with anyone. Police Court The following arrests are reported at the police station: Chas. Johnston, April 24, drunk. Richard Abrahamson, speeding. O. .Sando, running car with one light and no license. Fleming Gridley, beating his way on passenger train. Geo. Whitt, running car without lights. Harold Meyers, speeding. Basil Reed, running car with no lights. Officer Shockley, the "fly cop" is making several arrests daily and in tends to enforce the traffic laws rigid ly- North Dakota Senators Against Kact Suicide There is no evidence of race suicide among the state senators of North Dakota. Four Senators who sat in one row during the last legislative, ses sion, were the fathers of forty-four children, an average of eleven child ren to each family. Senator Church of Leeds, chairman of the nonpartisan league committee of North Dakota, i:.-. the father of thirteen children. PLUCKY WOMEN RESCUE YOUNG LADY FROM WATERS OF MOUSE Three brave Minot women, Mrs. A. P. Blonde, Mrs. Wilson Handy and re id Eighth St. N. E. near the Riversid-.' Park foot bridge, saved the life of a young woman, about 18 years of age, who fell into the Mouse river Saturday morning. The girl had gone to the river bank, for a bucket of water. The river was about to overflow its banks at this point and the water had washed out the dirt from beneath the-bank. As she stepped on the bank, it gavt way and she slipped into the water up to her neck, her feet touching the edge of the bank, but she was ur.abk to retain a foot hold. Her scrcams brot Mrs. Handy out from her home and. she endeavored to pull the girl out from the water but was not strong enough to*do so. She ran for help and Mrs. Blonde and Mrs. Ferren hurried to the scene. Mrs. Blonde carried her little girl but was afraid to leave her alone on the bank, so holding the babe secure between her feet, she reached out and grasped th* sinking young woman and assisted? by Mrs. Ferren, pulled her safely to. the shore. The young woman hurried home and was soon little the' worse for her. experience. At this time, her- .M name has not been learned. Mothers' Day, Sunday, May li a. Mothers' Day will be observed Sun day, May 14th. The Minot Elks have accepted an invitation from Rev. G. -ni LeRoy White to attend services at the Methodist church that morning, at 10:30 o'clock. P. W. Miller, auto dealer -fronv/,^,^. Grand Forks, transacted business Minot Monday. I »n JH 1 1 1 ,m,v4 ||i'