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Tryout? Hdd by Men's and
Women's Organizations
at University.
The names of 12 candidates ror tne
I.-"- university men's iGlee club, who were
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cessful In the try outs given them
Shis' week. and the names of seveni
other candidates who will receive
trial, were announced this
morning by E. H. Wilcox, acting head
of tite university department of music.
Twenty-four women were success
ful in gaining places in the university
Uiee club and 16 others, will
be given further tryouts.
The personnel of the two glee clubs
will include, besides the new people
as listed below, the members of last
year's organizations.
Men's Club.
ment, Livingston. Mont. George
Lund berg. Fairdale Leonard Mag
nuson, Oscar Mehus, Lindley Mowry,
Larimore, and E. E. Ostrander, Dev
ils Lake, will be given further try
outs.
Women's Glee Club.
Cora Berg. Grafton Alice Budge,
Rolette Clare Bunnell, university
Helen Garvey, Grafton:, Bertha Gil
bertson, Lisbon: Esther Hurtt,
Hoople Olga Jacobson,. Grafton
Agnes Johnson, Grand Forks Kath
erine Londergan, Grand Forks: Flor
ence Miller, university Edna Myhre,
Rolette Arlouine Olson, Grafton
Ruth Quam, university Esther Rinde,
university Ruth Trangsrud, Kindred:
Florence Wilcox, Mphall, yrill be given
further tryouts.
The first meetings of the glee clubs
ywjl! be held next week.
Trip Through Canada.
The men's, glee club trip has al
ready been arranged for and will
'comprise a trip through western Can
ada. The majority of the Canadian
^universities do not have glee clubs
md they arc particularly interested
8| ,!/. in the work that the United States
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universities are doing in their music
.departments, said Mr. Wilcox.
HIGH SCHOOL AND
ALUMNI TEAMS MEET
The Grand Forks bigh school foot
,vVr: IvkII team is scheduled to clash with
',Hn alumni team at University Field
/.•' this afternoon.
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t'P of the alumni aggregation was still
more or less in doubt.
F,or the high school, it is expected
that Coach O'Keefe will give practi
cally all of his men a chance during
the course of the contest
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PIONEER FARMER OF
MEKINOCK IS DEAD
Ole Peterson, aged 67. a pioneer
retired farmer of Grand Forks coun
rty, died at his home in Mekinock
Friday morning.
He is survived by his wife and two
children. No arrangements for th'e
funeral have been announced as yet.
Mr. Peterson was one of the well
known residents of Mekinock, and
Was among the earliest settlers of this
locality.
SATURDAY IS
CHILDREN'S DAY
As far as possible we try to keep
Saturday open for the examination
of school children's eyes.
Don't wait until you receive a re
port from, school that your child has
defective sight. His vision may be
normal, yet so strained that he can
not study without undue nervpus
•train.
We prescribe glasses only when
we ai^ positive that good will result
from their use.
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Diphtheria
Catis Now Located
By Health Officer
Diphtheria oases In Grand
Forks have now Increased to
twenty, Samuel daman chy
health officer said today.
There lias, however, been a
marked, decrease In the disease In
the schools of the city, and Mr.
daman and his helpers believe
tliat the carriers of the disease
have been Isolated to large ex
tent.
Every precaution is bring tak
en, and the health authorities
have issued a warning that any
infraction of the quarantine
regulations will be dealt with to
the full extent of the law.
Club Members Make Par
ents "Sit Up and Take
Notice" of Work.
In the men's club, Ralph Landis,
Jamestown Everest Fowler, Pem
bina: W. R. Disbrow, Cavalier
Gjems Kraser, Grafton Howard L«ee,
Walhalla Alfred Alf, Blanchard Ma- Members of Boys' and Girls' clubs
rian Avery, Rogers Clarence Bate- jn
county
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h^raser, Grafton William Hagen, L*in- good crops as the youngsters raitie
da Arthur Nygaard, Grand F\rks and
an(j lo
Walter Vikon have been definitely tenjng pigs or raising sheep. In some
selected. 'cases the children excel their par
Julius Greenfield, Fessenden Leon-
often make their parents
hard and shrewdly to produce as
have the same success in fat-
ts
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ard Helgerud, Harvey George Elizabeth Burr, county club leader.
To show the industry of one club
I member the instance is cited of a boy
who raised an acre of potatoes this
year and sold them at the top notch
price of $2.50 a bushel to harvesters.
according to Miss
This young farmer is an advocate of
In the woman's organization, Ag- the pyramid system of investment for
lies Bergit, Warren, Minn. Ruth Hay, he took his entire funds derived from
the potato crop and invested in
sheep.
Blanche Kadell, Edgeley Evelyn
Kloster, Buxton Emma Martineau.
St. John Mabel Seim, Blanchard
Cornelia Carr. Hunter Effie Freeman,
Sheldon: Margaret Graham, Forest
River: Janette Harris, Pembina
Grace Hudson, Bowman Florence A.
Miller, Grafton Helen Purdy, Ham
ilton Verneita Thompson. Pembina
Thelma Tobiason, Larimore Teresa
Tombs, Grafton Katherine Babcock,
Grand Forks A let ha Bird, Grand
Forks Ellen Baldwin, Langdon
Mary Helen Cassell, Hope Louise
Buhlitz, Morgan, Redwood county,
Minn. Clara Nygaard, Grand Forks:
Alfhild Liev'erts and Faith Griffith,
Grand Forks, were definitely selected.
The youngster has an idea that with
a few sheep he will be able to con
vince his Dad that wool growing is
profitable in Grand Forks county.
One lad wheedled two acres of land
from his uncle last spring and plant
ed corn. When the harvest was made
it was found that the boy had raised
a larger and better grade crop than
his uncle. "Uncle" is up on his toes
and will stag* a surprise for the
youngster next year, he declares.
Any number of instances of the ex
pert farming of youngsters such as
these are contained in the complete
reports of club members to be filed
with the county leader soon.
RAINES RETURNS
FROM SERVICE IN
FAMOUS DIVISION
Maxwell Raines, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Raines, formerly of this
city, now of Portland, Ore., is here
today, having recently been discharg
ed from the American army after
serving in France with the famous
First division.
Raines is a graduate of the Grand
Forks high school. He enlisted in Co.
at the outbreak of the war, and
went to France with that unit, being
later transferred to the famous First
division.
BOYS' AND GIRLS'
CLUB ACHIEVEMENT
DAY DATES ARE SET
Dates have been set" for a number
of boys' and girls' club meetings
throughout the county during the
next few weeks.
The 'Grace township club met Fri
day night and Miss Iva Lempe was
elected secretary of the club. Com
mittees were appointed to lay plans
for an exhibit and program to be held
the evening of October 24.
The Niagara Township Livestock
club will have their achievement day
program the evening of October 17.
The Niagara Boys' and Girls' club
will hold the exhibit and program
October 3. The Hegton Progressive
club will give the achievement daty
program exhibit Saturday, October 4.
COAL OPERATORS
HOLD MEETING TO
DISCUSS DEMANDS
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 27.—The coal
operators of the central competitive
field devoted three hours today to
consideration of the demands of the
I miners contained in the report of the
'scale committee adopted at the Cleve
land convention of the United Mine
Workers and submitted to a joint
conference of operators and miners
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here.
Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of
I the operators' delegation, declined to
say what progress had been made,
but indicated that he was hopaful a
compromise would be reached.
RE1NSCH TO RETURN
TO UNITED STATES
TO PRACTICE LAW
Tokio, Friday, Sept. 19.—(By the
Associated Press)—Before going on
board the steamship Venezuela on
which he will make a voyage to San
Francisco, Dr. Paul S. Reinsch. for
mer United States minister to China,
denied today a report that he had
been retained by China as political
adviser in Washington. He said he
was going to Washington to practice
law, ajnd that he might probably act
as legal counsellor for China.
Discussing conditions in China Dr.
Reinsch declared Americans in that
country were not anti-Japanese but
believed in the matter of the Shan
tung peninsula the restoration of sov
ereignty to China by Japan would
mean the "return of the shell."
believe Japan holds a trump card, if
she will only play it," he continued.
"That is to return everything wrung
from China by Germany and
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BOYS SOMETIMES WIGHT TO HEAD
RIVALFARMERS
re­
tain only the privilege of entering
Shantung on equal terms with the
rest of the world."
BRITISH TROOPS
HAVE MOVED OUT
OF ARCHAHCEL
London, Sept. 27.—The British
evcauatlon of -Archangel has been
completed with the exception of 201
highland^!*, who are expected to em
bark today,, according to an announce-1
ment here.. W'*
(jRAND FORKS HERALD,
Minot Man to Take Charge
in This City After
November 1.
Ira D. Wight, manager of the Minot
branch of the Stone-Ordean-\Vells Co.
for the last ten years, has tendered
his resignation to that company and
on November 1 will take charge of
the Grand Forks Overland Co., re
cently purchased by the Minot Auto
Co., according to Percy Miller, mana
ger of the Overland company.
Mr. Wight has purchased an in
terest in the concern and will be
named a director of the company at
the next meeting of the board of di
rectors, it has been announced.
Mr. Wight has been one of Minot's
leading citizens for the last ten years
and has been prominently connected
with practically every civic undertak
ing Minot has launched during that
time. He is a member of the Minot
Association of Commerce. Rotary
club and Town Criers' club.
Under Mr. Wight's management the
Stone-Ordean-Wells Co. has made
rapid strides of advancement and his
executive ability will stand him in
good stead in his work in this city.
DRAfiNGS SHOW
ELEVATOR SITES
Prepared For Exhibit to In
dustrial Commission to
North Dakota.
Fascinating. Novel is to
AppearSerMlginEvening
Herald Beginning Monday
Beginning Monday afternoon, September 29,
a norelby Elisabeth. IWeans, published by Bobbe Merrill
appear serially in the Evening Herald.
Drawings of possible sites in Grand
Forks for the proposed state owned
mill and elevator have been prepared
by Bert D. Keck, architect, under the
direction of the industries committee
of the Commercial club.
Blueprints have been made show
ing several of the possible sites for the
industries, including that offered by
R. B. Griffith for the erection of the
buildings.
These will be exhibited to the in
dustrial board of the state which has
charge of placing the industries at any,
time the board prepares to hold hear
ings in the matter of the location of
the industries.
UGHT COMPANIES
WANT MORE MONEY
The central character of the story "la a woman who was "literally
golden. She hnd black hair shot with gold, her black lashes and.
brows had the same tint of bronae, her eyes were frankly yellow."
Add tp this the fact that she was a Belgian refugee, that she knew
Mexico Ukc a book, that she was an actress to the tips of .her fingers,
had the lithe grace of a tlgirfess, and' the primitive tastes of a savage
covered by tlie ways of a woman of the world.
The novel of the middle west that the author has woven about
this fascinating personality Is one of Intense interest. It has at every
turn of the corner the fine thrill of a drajna of character and action.
It will begin to appear serially in the evening edition of The
Herald next .Monday, and will be continued daily.
OVERLAND CO.
Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 27.—The
railroad commission announced today
that it would conduct several hearings
next week on requests to increase the
price of gas and electricity to the con
sumers to meet the increase in cost of
production. On Monday the commis
sion will hold a hearing aV Jaipes
town on the petition of the James
town Gas Co. On Tuesday morning
the commission holds a hearing at
Velva to listen to arguments on the
petition of the Velva Electrical Co.,
and on Tuesday afternoon will go to
Balfour to hear arguments on the
Balfour Electric Co. petition.
INVESTIGATION OF
SUGAR SHORTAGE
IS AUTHORIZED
Washington. Sept. 27.—Without de
bate the senate today adopted a reso-
"The Tigers Coat,"
Co., will
LEFKOVITSTO
GIVE ADDRESS
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Duluth Rabbi Secured to
Speak at Commemoration
Festival.
Rabbi Maurice Lefkovita, Duluth
Jewish community's spiritual leader,
has been secured to give the princi
pal address at the Harvest Home fesT
tival held to commemorate the feast
of tabernacles, to be held at 8' o'clock
the evening of October 9.
This service is' obligatory on all
Scottish Rite Masons and a special in
vitation has been extended to all Blue
lodge Masons, their "wives and sweet
hearts" to attend the festival.
Rabbi Lefkovits is a lecturer of
note and has taken a most active part
in all Jewish and civic affairs and his
influence has extended beyond Duluth
Rabbi Lefkovits will be remembered
as having spoken at a banquet in this
city a year ago."
TAYLOR IS NAMED
AS INSTRUCTOR IN
EUROPEAN HISTORY
J. W. Taylor of Lindon, Wis., has
beerf named to fill the place of In
structor in European history In the
University of North Dakota, made
vacant by the resignation of Dr.'
Francis Tscham, it Was announced
this morning, by President T. F. Kane.
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lution by Senator' New, Republican,
Indiana, authorizing the agricultural
committee to investigate the present
sugar shortage and determine whether
legislation to penalize speculation is
necessary.
"YOM KIPPUR" WILL BE
OBSERVED SATURDAY
AT THE TABERNACLE
Yom Kippur, Jewish day of atone
ment, observance will be held next
week commencing at sundown Friday
evening and lasting until sundown
Saturday evening. The first service
will be held at 7:30 Friday evening in
the .tabernacle.
The atoning ritual is observed an
nually on the tepth day of the sev
enth month fTiijri) In the autumn,
shortly before the Feast of Taber
nacles or vintage festivals. The ob
servance this year falls on Saturday
of next week.
GETS $1140
GOVT JOBS
The first Government exam in-1
ation on calculating machines
ever given in North Dakota re
sulted in appointments, at $1140
a year, for three Dakota Business.
College graduates, Misses Minnie
Mitbo, Margaret Callahan and
Ellen Anderson. Miss Mitbo ac
cepted a position in the Postoffice
at Washington. The other two
declined, having accepted
ions elsewhere. ....
-'J/X-posit­
Miss Maiy Heys go«s to the
Fort Yates Indian Agency: at
$1140.
Fall Business Coufses ^e" now
starting. For particulars, ad
t. L, Watkifls, 806 Front
Street, Fargo, N. D.
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Mr. Taylor will come to Grand
.Forks immediately to take up his
duties. He has been connected with
the history work in the state teachers'
college of Iowa, and has been doing
some graduate work in the University I $5 a day when' in session with
of Chicago. For a time he served as limit of such sessions placed at
an instructor in the high school in
Burlington. Ia.
Dr. Tscham's resignation was be
cause of ill health in his family.
STUDENTS CELEBRATE
OPENING OF SCHOOL
Students of the state university had
a perfectly gorgeous time Friday
night, paddling freshmen and parad
ing the streets of Grand Forks.
After giving the Freshmen the
Third degree, making sure that the
faculty were safely entertained at the
residence of President Thomas F.
Kane, the students, 600 strong, pro
ceeded down town and entertained the
citizens, the program- Including a call
at the auditorium where a dance was
in progress.
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Pilot
Arrangements are being made
by which Myron Bacon, aviator,
wlll pilot the..special train of
GrandForka booulma into Red
Ijake, Falls in his airplane next
Tuesday.
A large number/of Grand Forks
bnslnem men have already nipted
up for .the trip and Its success is
thought to be assured.
The plan Is to have lit. Bacon
meet the special'train a short
distance outside of Red lake
Falls and pilot it Into the city.
Lt. Baoon Is to appear In airplane
flights at' Bed lake Falls that
'•day.
KING INVITED
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Invitation Sent to Belgian
Embassy by Mayor and
Commercial Club, -ty
King Albert of. the Belgians is in
vited to. visit Grand Forks in .a tele
gram sent today to the Belgian em
bassy at Washington.
The telegram, is signed by L. W.
Myers on behalf of the Grand Forks
Commercial club,-and Mayor H. M.
Wheeler as chief executive of the
city,
through northern Minnesota and the studied railway work with the late
state at large. He is the author of 'James J. Hill, and elaborate plans are
several brochures and pamphlets and being made for their reception there
a number of articles.
The 'king and queen are now on
their.way to the United'States on the
steamer George' Washington and are
expected to land in this country about
October 1.
They have expressed a desire to
visit St. Paul, where King Albert once
Whether or not any other cities in the
northwest will be visited has not been
announced asi yet.
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MINE EXAMINERS
ARE APPOINTED
Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 27.—Irving
Mathys and Albert Waddington, both
of Wilton, were made members of
the board of examiners of mine fore- I
men this week following their passing
successfully the examinations held I
September 17. These two men, with
John Hanwell, state mine inspector,
comprise the board.
The examination consisted of oral
and written questions on' theoretical
and practical mining, gases and mine
ventilation.
Hanwell receives $2,500 a year and
the other two members of the board
the
ten
days each year.
f- TO
MONTANA
Miss Rose Lilleco left school to go
to Montana, where she accepted a po
sition at $100 per ftionth. Aaker's
Business College received six requests
for- office help during the week and
filled three of them so far. New. term
begins next Monday and a number
of students have arranged to enroll
at that time to get started on the
road to a good position. Night school
begins Qctober 6th.
Arguments For McWilliams
^Fortune, May Be Made
V-C'W,
Next Week.
'.'Arguments will probably be heard
in the county court here Uefore
Judge L. K. Haasell Wednesday of
next week in the case of Mrs. Reina
O'Brien against the estate of the late
John C. McWillioms, according to At
torney C., J. .Murphy.
The case was- started with Mrs.
O'Brien endeavoring to prove that she
ift the daughter of J. C. McWilliams,
intestate, and is therefore sole heir
to his estate, involving some |175,000.
The testimony in the case was taken
during July and the filing of.briefs
and hearing of arguments'was eet for
tu date this month but was later
changed1 to the early part of October.
Fisk & Murphy of Mil are ap
pearing for Mrs. O'Brien and Murphy
& Toner of Grand' Forks, James Man
ahan of St. Paul, Cuthbert & Smythe
of Devils Lake .and Samuel Radcllffe
of Larimore. are appearing for ,the
heirs of the McWilliams' estate. The
heirs are one brother of the late J.
C. McWilliams, and two sisters, and
the children of a third sister..
BUYS FARM AT RYDER.
Ryder, N. D., Sept. 27.—Martin
Snippen came here from Montana a
couple of weeks ago and-decided to
stay. He has purchased three quar
ter sections from H. E. Johnson and
will operate a sheep ranch,
A DRAFT OF 61 HEAD FROM THIS
FAMOUS HERD WILL BE SOLD AT
At (OVERVIEW FARM, GRANDIN, N. D.
Maxwaltdn. Stamp 2d 414029
1 ^lany of the/ femaies will te bred to Maxwaltion Stamp 2d 414029,
Grand Champiph- Bull State Rair 1915 and Senior Champion 1918
and 19191, or Merry Stamp SS58SS, the First Prize Two-Year .Old
at State Fair 1919.
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The Bank Draft
The bank draft is a mentis of send
ing money avvay to other places. It'
is also a meang of carrying money
—or it's equivalent-—when travel
ing, and when the actual cash is
not desired. A bank draft may be
cashed as readily as a postoffice or
express money 'qrder.
Bank drafts.can be secured in any
amount desired for a very small,
fee.- v. -. v-Ik .-'v
4% on Savings—Ho withdrawal re
strictions. interest allowed on every
calendar month money is on deposit.
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EDITION.
Mrs, Margaret Geirtzske^
Helped LjOcal Soldier Out
(of German Prison. ,'
Mrs. Gentzske when securing the
license, related her experiences 'in "a,
German military prison, where she'
was held after being .convicted of aid
ing Allied soldiers to escape. Shea
was one of the men' she assisted in
making
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James W. Shea of Grand Forks hfts
secured a' ^license to wed Mrs. Marv
garet Gentsske, who was convicted ol\
treason in Germany and who aided,
him In making his escape from a Gerf
man prison camp during the war, ,afc^. ff?
cording to information received frorri,\
New York today..
The couple secured a license at, tHfl/C
office of City Clerk Peter J. -Skully
New York. Mrs. Gentzske said she^
was 81 years of age and that she Wfui,,
a journalist. 'She is unable to speakf.
English. Shea, who gave his resi-'
dence as Grand Forks, was a soldier
In the United States army and gave:
his age as 28 years. 'f
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an escape from the prison:
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In Mr. Skully's office Mrs. Gentsska
showed a decree or divorce, which'1
said that the German government]
had divorced her from her husband,
because of her conviction of treason.^'
This afternoon Shea could not
identified with Grand Forks. Hfe la
not listed in the city or telephone di-.
rectories or with available rosters of"
city men in the service.
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