The Wahpeton times. [volume], February 14, 1918, Image 1

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ANTELOPE CONSOLI
DATED SCHOOL
In our issue of January 31, wc
published an article regarding the
Antelope Consolidated school near
Mooreton, which was prepared by
the State Superintendent o£ Pub
lie Instruction at Bismarck.
N. P. Johnson of Mooreton was
in the city last Thursday afternoon
and
called at the Times office for a
social chat. He took exception to
the article in a number of respects
and said: "As a resident of Ante
lope and a subscriber to your
•y paper, I offer this as a correc
tion to the statement published
fu
your issue of January 31, 1918. 1
believe the writer has been misin
formed as to the condition of the
schools in Antelope at the time
Miss Dobrear came here.
"I believe that the schools in
Antelope can show as good a tv
eord as any rural school' in Rich
land conuty. I am willing to give
mother
all the credit die has
ed. No doubt, she hes done some
good. On the other hand, she has
done some harm—one action off
sets the other.
"I could mention several teach
ers who have taught for years in
Richland county, and soipe of
them are nearly as old as Miss
Dolbrear, and they got most of
their education in the schools 6(
Antelope and some of the younger
ones are teaching at the present
time. All of them received their
education outside of the litle zone
where mother has done her good
work.
"The fact of the matter are thnt
consolidation was advocated years
before Miss Dolbrear «ame to our
support. The teachers in the oth
er parts of Antelope township
were doing their part at the some
time.
"I am no* exactly certain, but
—4» the rti} Inowlc lgc, Miss
Dolbrear was never in arw other
school ia Antelope township ami
all her work has been done in a
little tbird grade school house,
with a second grade effort. It
certainly is remarkable. Several
parties have expressed their dis
appointment and disatisfaction to
me, relative to the time when the
building was dedicated.
"The speakers at that, tim.*
made a special effort to advertis"
what ma had done,''"' said Mr.
Johnson, "but tliev forgot thai
dad was under the load, too.
"Whether It was intentional or
whether tliev had been led to be
lieve that all the brains in Ante
lope township were centered on
one little crowded spot. am un
able to state. Hut do feel thai
the school board should at least
have credit for doing one thing.
They drew their salaries, so I in
fer that they were on the job, at
least, a portion of the time.
"Although the school Is now
running satisfactorily, there are
yet some problems to solve, which
I feel confident will
in the near future.
"A Farmers' club has bwn or
ganized here, and some good work
is being done along that line.
Meetings are held every second
and fourth Friday of each month.
By changing the program at each
meeting they have succeeded in
bringing the people together in a
social way, thereby creating that
good old-fashioned community
spirit which spells success.
"Here's hoping that these re
marks may find their way in print
and we hope that the public will
know that we are in this matter
in a friendly way, side by side."
The Times will be glad to pub
lish any other communications on
this subject, or on subjects of in
terest to the people from any part
of Richland county.
A RECORD PRICE
A quarter section of Mcintosh
county land brought the highest
price ever paid for University and
school lands in North Dakota at
the sale conducted by Land Com
missioner W. J. Prater when it
sold for $125 an acre. There w??
another nun ter section of Me
WAHPETON HIGH SCHOOL
QUINT MEETS WATERLOO
The Wahpeton high school team
journeyed to Fargo last week where
they met the fast Agricultural
college team in one of the fastest
games of the season, Wahpeton
losing 26P to 17. It was the Wah
peton high school's first defeat of
the season. The Agricultural
Preps made all their points by
field baskets, each man on the
team getting two or more, and
each one outshooting his oppon
ent. Ladd and Loftus starred, for
the Aggies, while Lunday was the
big man for the Wahpeton .high.
The lineups and summary:
Wahpeton—Lauder, Weis,
Schneller, f. Lunday, c. Wolf, g.
Forbes, g.
Aggies—Ladd, f. Roberts, f.:
Loftus, c. Mares, g. Wilson, g.
Goals—Lauder, 2 Lunday, 3
Ladd, 2 Roberts, 2 Loftus, 4
Mares, 3 Wilson, 2.
Free throws—Lunday, 7.
Referee—Sinclair, Fargo.
INDIANS ALSO MEET MATH
DEFEAT IT FARGO
The Wuhpeton Indians basket
ball teg went to Farg» Friday
for a game with the Young Men's
Christian association quint, which
game took place in the Y" gym
nasium in that city. Our boys
were outclassed, but put up a
rather interesting' game despite the
one-sidede score of 27 to 10 i:i
favor of their opponents. One of
the Fargo players scored six field
baskets, while Wahpeton could get
none. This is the Indians second
defeat by that team.
The lineups and summary:
Indibns—P. Whitefeather,
Needham, f. King, c. Kingbird,
g. J. Hoy, g.
Fattfo Y. 2T. C. A.
Camp. f. Murray, c. Ilagen, g.:
Ryan, g.
Substitutes: W. Whitefeather
for Kingbird, Booth for Camp,
Pratt for Ilagen, Aldrieh for Mur
ray.
Feld baskets: P. Whitefeather.
3 Needham, 1 Kingbird,
Ward, 2 Camp. 1 Murray,
Ryan, 3 Booth, 1.
Free throws: Ward, 1..
Referee: ITolzer, Moorhead.
MONTANA BANKER HERE
John Powers, a former resident
of Havana, Sargent county was
in the city Sunday enmute from
his home at Bainville, Montana,
where he is president of a le.ink.
Mr. Powers stated to a Times re
porter that the weather has been
more severe in this state tikis win
ter than in Montana, and that
hundreds of horses which haw
ed the prairies in northwestern
North Dakota and northeastern
adjusted Montana have "starved to death the
past- couple of months. Mr. Pow
ers is well known to many Wahpe
ton people, having been a resident,
of this state since territorial days,
vhen North Dakota was admitted
into the union he was elected a
uember of the constitutional con
ventiou which convened in Fargo.
Intosh eountv land that sold frn
£120 and still another that sold. bargained for.
for $80. Approximately 60 des- day night over the Great Northern
cpritions were sold at fr-m $20 to for Havana and Fortnan, where
•125 per acre, the entire transac- he has business, and after a fort
tion amounting to $478,573.^ five night's stay in that section of tho
per cent of which was paid in country, will again return to the
eash. Montana city.
He was a member of the state leg
islature for several terms from
Sargent county in the early days,
lie was at one time said to be the
largest laud owner and heaviest
taxpayer in Sargent county, and
until a few years ago, was owner
of the Havana creamery. During
the past several years, Mr. Pow
ers has been actively engaged in
the State banking, real estate, and
loan business in the Montana eity.
He reported having met John Slat
tery, a former Wahpeton boy, and 1
a nephew of Mr. an a Mrs. W. K.
Purcell of this city, on numerous
occasion, and that Mr. Slattery is
a leading lawyer of his country.
with offices at Glasgow, Mont. Mr.
Powers usually speeds his winters
in Flordia and other southern
states, but said he wanted to en
joy another Mont-ana winter, s«i
decided to remain North this year
but that the cold snap had been
pretty steady and more than he
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He left here Suu-
M. G. Mylira went to Fargo last
week to meet with other represen
tatives of the Lutheran church i.\
counties olf the southern half of
North Dakota who met at luncheon
with R. A. Nestos, Minot, state
chairman in the campaign to raise
$25,000 for work among United
States soldiers and sailors of Luth
eran faith, February 18 to 20, in
Fargo, Friday last.
Matters relating to the conduct
of the drive were discussed, and
the following county chairman
were named:
Cass county-—J. II. Dahl, Far
go-
«Mayville.
Steele—E. II. Gilbertson, Fin
ley.
HUM HBOEI
affirms
Fred Worrier, treasurer N. F.
Schuster, secretary: II. Hoff
man, chemical companyRichard
Zander, hose company IIcnn.iM
Brandt, hook and ladder company.
WAHPETON BEATS LISBON
AT BASKET BALL SAME
The Wahpeton high school bask
to ball (print went over to Lis
bon, the capital of Ransom count
last Friday, and that evening took
the fast high school team of that
place into camp.
WAHPETON, RICHLAND COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918.
"COMFORT SPOTS" AND "COZY CORNERS" FOR THE FIGHTERS
"Comfort spots" and "cozy corners" are tin- hy-words of the ninny church organization* working to make the
soldiers fighting on the western front mow c.mnoitnhle when they, are sent behind the lines to rest up from their
trench duties. Numerous tents with plenty of
ni.v
set up, to get tbe men back Into shape and iliem feel nt home. These "comfy" spots are situated not a great
distance behind the lines, but they are not
within
the range of gunfire.
OHiiroM^
URGE WAR WORK FUND TO AID HER SOLDIERS
Chairmen were not named for
several counties, particularly those
Grijrgs—Rev. P. A. Thoreson,
Hanniiford.
Richland—M. G. Myhra, Wal
eott.
Ransom—Rev. O. J. Neslieiiu,
Lisbon.
Dickey—J. B. Gronback, Oakes.
Sargent.—.lens Peterson, Milnor.
Barnes—Nels Langcmo, Kingal.
Stutsman—Rev. J. C. Wisaes,
LaJImire—M. E. Bcrgh, La
Moiuv.
Burleigh—H. (J. Grow, Bis
marck.
Morton—T. Rotnen, Mandau.
ijfvk—II. E. Skaugc .Taylor.
Golden Valley—Edw. Hovcrson.
Beaeli.
'I'll'' lineups and summary
ili
er,
pet oil—Schneller, f. Laud­
f.
Lunday, c. Wolf,
Forties,
g.
Lisbon—Trumbull,
jf.:
K'itT,
rhHtt-
Hankinson. N. 1)., Feb. 13
Hankinson Volunteer Fire depart
ment have elected officer's for Coit and Cole for Lisbon
«is follows: 1). S. Mcllwain, chief, '"'"'d goals—Schneller, 1 Laud
Wm. Daddatz, assistant chief
f. Tracy,
c. Geisler, g. Koeneke.
SiiMilntes—Weis for Wahpeton
j'*1'-
I«iniday, 4 Forbes, 1 Kiff, 3
Harris. 1.
IS.
I'mils—Schneller.
lent
HE IS A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR
I'lillipp S. I •sup. of "iili Kopr. a (ieniiiiii Itcil Truss dog
Captured at
KoInkoiih. Kpf whs triiiufl
wounded Oemmnx In No Man'* Land and he bet'tniie a fHiulllar figure to tbe
Pollux In iIn- front rue trenches. In recent nurprlse engagement on a Ger
man trench Kopf was found In bin kennel and made prisoner. Mr. Page, wbo
baa been driving an ambulance on the western front for mom tine, brought
Kfl* over bis ntwa to tbia country.
2 Kiff, 2.
Referees—Bluine,
Jones.
OPENS
fer I
CREAMERY
llankinson, N. I).. Feb. 13—The
Kh liland Butter and lee Cream
('ini|iMiy with tin* Geise Bros, in
eliJiisre. has opened here. They of­
tie farmers every cent possi­
ble for
the
cream and hope to secure
patronage of the public by
si|ii ire dealing. The plant has
been overhauled and put in excel­
condition. New equipment has
iI
so been added.
to nrry tonl nud drink to tbe
IMMIMtM)'
®mes
tujuimiumm
fuzzy blankets to warm u|t the troops, and wooden huts have been
in the far southwestern part of
the state. Arrangements for these
will be made at a later date.
Ft'oks, and Monday at Minot.
The campaign will be confined to
persons of Lutheran faith who are
over confirmation age. Local can
vasses will lie made by teams ap
pointed from each Lutheran
church.
Notli Dakota's contribution will
be part olf a national fund of $750,
000 to care for the spiritual needs
of Lutheran soldiers and sailors,
in cooperation with .the work of
Young Men's Christian asso
ciation.
B01 SCOUTS 10
BIG IMLLY
The Wahpeton troop of Boy
Scouts will have a big rally next
Tuesday evening, Fcbruarv 19 at
8:00 o'clock.
A good live program is beiti..'
prepared by the scouts. Sever )I
good speakers have been secured.
The scout interest has been
growing so rapidly that the scout
officials are desirous of organizim?
other troops in order to accomnm
date ^fiose who want to get on th
scout wagon.
Come on boys join tlx
and help to win the war. New
troops will be organized at tin
rally and scoutmasters will It.1
provided for all.
lie prepared! Do a good turn
daily!
scoiiis,
RICHUND COUNTY REAL
ESTATE CHAN6ES HANDS
Otto Bart/ and wife to II. A.
Merrifield, NW 1-4, 11-130-42. $1
and other considerations.
Margaret M. Wigtil to Ole P.
Ilcglic, and wife. S 1-2 of NW 1-2
N 1-2 of SW 1-4. 12-133-49. Con
sideration $8,000.
Joseph E. Rickert and wife to
Annie E. Rickert. lots 7 and 8.
block 3, Woodruff's addition to
Wahpeton. Consideration $1,000.
John Vokory and wife, et al.
lots 1, 2, 3, block 22, old townsitc
of Wahpeton.
Roberts Land Company to
Michael A. Grennan, SW 1-4. 31
129-48. Consideration $8,300.
Albert 'Granrath and wife to
Wesley Patterson, lots 2, block 14,
Win. Root's addition to Wahpeton.
$1.00 and other considerations.
Wesiey Patterson to Daisy Gran
rath, lots 3 and 4, block 17, Wm.
Root's addition to Wahpeton. $1.00
and other considerations.
Circulation 2,650
Liberty Grove School district, part Judge Allen and Stenojrraplie
of NE 1-4, 17-131-31. Consider Divet will againlie here. The first:
lion $160. case to be considered, unless settled
It. C. McClintoek and wife to out of court in the meantime, will
Nick Meyers and wife, S 1-2 of be that of M. A. Wipporrrian w.
Postoffice salaries will more than'sell school house No. 4 in said dis
likely be raised. trict on Feburaiy 25.
No. 42
OVER $1,000,000
KILL BE HIBLE
More than .$1,000,00 will be avail
able for investment in county
leed and seed bonds out of the
university of school land fundes
as a result of the action of
the university and school land,
board last Saturday in ordering
an apprisal in seven counties in
the state. It is estimated that
the receipts from the sales of
lands in the counties where sales
and appraisals have been ordered,
will be sufficient to take care of
the board's obligations for school
aiul drainage bonds, and for farm
loans, and that all the money now
available for investment can be
used in llie purchase of seed ahd
feed bonds. By the state purchas
ing the county need and feed
bonds, the farmers will save two
per edit on their loans, for the
state buys at 4 per cent, while
banks have been bidding 6 per
cent. The state, however, will not
be able to buy all the bonds.
A COMPARISON
Lust Saturday Mr. Nestos held a
similar meeting with Lutheran antically correct so far as the states
ehuivli representatives at Grand *u general are concerned, but they
do not hold good in Wahpeton.
Last week we published a state
ment in the Times to the effect that
a comparison of the prices of liv
ing iu Minnesota were cheaper
than in North Dakota. The tigurcs
were taken from a table prepared
by Dr. E. F. Ladd, of the statu
food adminstration and are autli-
Mr. Murray of the well-known
and progressive grocery firm of
Diet/ & Murray of this city took
a last week's table as published
in this paper, around to the differ
ent places of business yesterday
morning at the suggestion of the
writer and found that the average
living prices for the Wahpeton
grocery stores and meat markets is
considerable less than the average
for the two state.
The price of bread, according to
Dr. Ladd's table 13.3 cents per
pound loaf in this state, .098 cents
in Minnesota, but only 9 cents iu
Wahpeton.
An eighth-barrel of white flour
in the nation costs $1.61, in Min
nesota and North Dakota, $1.46,
but in Wahpeton it costs but only
$1.40.
Oatmeal can be bought in Min
nesota for .076 cents a pound, and
in North Dakota for 8 cents, but.
Ihe price in Wahpeton is only .063
eeirts a pound.
Onions are 4 cents a pound iu
.Minnesota and .058 cents in North
Dakota, and 3c p*r pound in Wah
peton.
Potatoes ire .41!) edits per peek
in North Dakota, .•{•56 cents in
Minnesota ami 33 cents in Wahpe-
ton.
Rice is 8 to 10 cents pet* pound
in Wahpeton. .122 cents in North
Dakota, and .108 cents in Minne
sota.
Bacon is only 40
cents per
pound'
I mi Wahpeton. while the average
lor the state iR 4!) cents a pound,
and in Minnesota .466 cents
pound.
Pork chops in North Dakota are
33 cents, in Minnesota .309 cents
a pound, and in Wahpeton only 30
cents a pound.
Round steak in North Dakota is
.268 cents, in Minnesota .246 cents,
but in Wahpeton only .236 cents a
pound.
Milk in North Dakota is 12c per
ouart. .107 in Minnesota, but only
9 cents in Wahpeton.
District court, which adjourned
iecently on account of the term in
rvont county, w-iIi reconvene at
'Wahpeton next Tuesday, when
The Western Cnion Telegwph
Companv: the second, that of J.
W. and Mary E. Chanty vs. Mich
ael E. King and Rosa M. T\ imr.
Another ease will be that, of J. A.
Dwver of Hankinson vs. Farmers
and Merchants Rank of the same
city, being an action to quiet title
to the Meske property in Hankin
son.
Countv Agent Wolfe will lect
ure on "Farm Seed" at Great.
Rend next Wednesday.
Brightwood school district will
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