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campaign of classified ad vtftlilnf—attractive enouih and persistent enough to 11M a tenant tor any desirable property—will cost so little that it will go on record as the most profitable Inrest 1 ment jrou have ever made! VOL. XIX. NO. 11. ONE MAN DEAD ANOTHER DYING TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT STAN LEY—DRANK ACID BY MIS- .) TAKE—DEATH FOLLOWS One man is dead and according to latest reports it is believed another will succumb as a result of an acci dent at Stanley on Tuesday, when a party of young men mistook a bottle of carbolic acid for a bottle of whis key. The dead man is Oscar Fosse, a barber, aged 24. The other man who is in serious condition is Earl Con rad, aged 26, a druggist of Stanley. Fosse died ten minutes after drink ing the acid. Fosse and Conrad, in company with Louis Mann, were returning from a dance in the town hall. Some one of 'the party, it is said, proposed that the trio go the Dakota Drug Com pany's store to get a drink of some kind. Back of the prescription counter were a number of bottles some of them labeled, others not labeled. One of the party handed a bottle supposed to con tain whiskey to Fosse, who drank hurriedly of its contents and then passed the bottle to Conrad. Conrad is said to have taken a generous drink when Mann, the third member of the party thought he detected the odor of Carbolic acid and started to call Con rad the druggist's attention to it. His suspicion proved correct but his warn ing came too late for Fosse was then writhing on the floor. Conrad was soon overcome. Mann gave an alarm and a physician was rushed to the store. Fosse was beyond hopes by this time and died within ten minutes af ter drinking the poison. Stomach pumps and heroic treat ment applied in cases of this kind were given to Conrad but the physicians hold out no hope that he will live. Mann, the member of the party who escaped says the accident occurred in the twinkling of an eye. He has re cited the details to the authorities as nearly as he can recall them but the shock is so great he can not yet give a coherent account of what happened. Fosse, the dead man, was one of the well known young men of the town •shaving been a barber there for the past flwo years. Conrad, whose life is dis paired of, is a leader in young people's circles and has wc.Acd in the Dakota Drug store for over a year. Mann is employed on the Stanley Sun. At the inquest the coroner's jury return ed a verdict that Fosse died from acci dental drinking of carbolic acid. Fosse is a brother of Mrs. Percy Gifford of this city, and is well known here. REGULATIONS ARE NOTICEABLE CLOSE WATCH ON AUTOS HAV ING NOTICEABLE EFFECT FEW MORE VICTIMS The close watch being kept on auto ists of the city and visiting autoists, by the police force is responsible for a very noticable change in speed about the city streets. Occasionally some one cuts loose, in the outskirts of the city when well out of the reach of the police, but along the main and cross streets autos take their time and have been keeping within the limit A man from Minot was brought up during the past week and fined the usual amount for breaking the speed ordinance, and one or two locals had to pay fines for the same offense dur ing the week. The police have been making the autoists stop on the right side of the street with their cars heading with (the traffic. Several have been direct ed to turn their cars around right when they have stopped them headed the wrong way. This rule is being complied with and a car does not re main in the wrong position very long until the owner hears about it. FACULTY FOR MINOT NORMAL PRESIDENT CRANE HAS AN NOUNCED LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL TEACH Minot, Aug. 31.—President A. G. Jk Crane of the Minot Normal school, which will formaly open its doors this fall, has announced the personal of the first faculty, and it includes the names of several well known educat ors. The new institution of higher learn ing in North Dakota has been given a splendid impetus, with a liberal ap propriation for its maintenance, and the indications are that the student roll this fall will be very large. President Crane's faculty announce ment contains the following names: A. C. Crane, psychology formerly superintendent of Jametown, N. D., high school. William Clark, history and educa •v tion formerly of Forsyth, Mont. Miss Julia G. McDonnough, Eng lish graduate of Mtnesoto normal school at Mankato, Mum., and formal ly principal of Tracy, Minn., high school. Huldah L. Winstad, geography and librarian graduate of University of Minnesota and former instructor in Valley City, N. D., normal. Miss Amy M. Simpson, music and drawing graduate of Northwestern university and recently of Moorhead, Minn., public schools. Chas. W. Hammond, agriculture and mathematics graduate of Iowa agriculture college and recently of LaMoure, N. D., agricultural school. George Altman, physical education and history graduate of Indanapolis normal and formerly of Mt. Vernon, Minn. Eula J. Miller, critic teacher, normal school formerly instructor in Valley City, N. D. normal school. Miss Isabel J. Divine, critic teacher for third and fourth grades, model school formerly of Wheeling, W. Va., high school. Miss Hazel McCulloch, model school formerly teacher in North Dakota rural schools. Elsie J. Cook, model school form erly teacher in North Dakota rural schools. While the new school building has not been completed yet, temporary arrangements for handling the school work have* been made. HURT WHEN CAR WENT OVER BANK AMBROSE PEOPLE INJURED AS CAR LEAVES ROAD EIGHT MILES FROM WILLISTON A rather serious automobile acci dent occured on the Marmon road eight miles north of Williston last Friday afternoon when a big Veile touring car left the road and went over an embankment injuring two of the five passengers in the car. The accident occured where the Marmon road goes down- into a big coulee and crosses the coulee on a fill. The car was coming toward Willis ton and as it came down the hill into the coulee it ran off the fill, struck the iron culvert, turned around but did not turn over. One fender was torn off, the front and rear axels were bent and twisted, and the car was, otherwise badly damaged. The driver was severely bruised and Miss Agnes Butler, one of the passengers was also Injured. Those riding in the car at the time of the accident were: Smith Fassett, Ancel Fassett, Almand Fassett, Jos. Lutky and Miss Agnes Butler. They were on their way to Willis ton to file on some land through the local land office at the enlarged home stead openings which took place Sat urday. Word was telephoned in and cars went out and brought the members of the party to town. The car is still laying in the coulee, the damaged parts having been taken off and brought to the Bruegger garage for repairs. KEYS LOST Lost Sunday night on First Ave nue West or on Main street or on road going west past grave yard a bunch of keys containing a door key like yale key, a large flat key for doors of Cary safe. Has Cary safe Co. name on it and number 12. Several other small flat safe keys and also has a large, key for presto light tank. Keys are on brass key ring. Finder please leave at Graphic office. 11. Adv MARRIED Kvalheim-Rodberg:—Abraham O. Kvolheim, of Maddock, and Miss Aug ust M. Rodberg, of Ray, were united in marriage by Rev. Distad at the parsonage in this city Wednesday af ternoon. After a short wedding trip they will go to Maddock to live, where the groom is employed as a carpenter. SENTIMENT FOR A FREE FERRY SMALL ATTENDANCE AT MEET ING BUT GENERAL DESIRE FOR FREE CROSSING The public meeting called for last Friday evening to discuss the matter of a free ferry over the Missouri was not largely attended. Only about 20 business men were present Those present however were representative of the business men of the city. The ferry proposition was brought up and every one present seemed to thing that it is tne only thing to do, and that we should by all means provide ft fr66 ferry. The Mcintosh ferry can be pur chased for the sum of $3,000, and the Jerry iresent owner offers to operate the for the remainder of the year for a salary of $100.00 per month. The matter was referred to a com mittee, who will go into the proposi tion further. SCHOOL STARTED Willistons public schools opened on Tuesday morning with a full force of teachers on hand to take up the years work. A list of the teachers was pub lished in this paper last week. The opening attendance was well up to that expected and will increase later as a number of families move into the city for the children to attend school. Williston Graphic The local land office last Saturday presented a scene of much activity, and called to the memory of many the earlier days rush of homesteaders to a large extent. The rush at the Williston office was due to the fact that on August 30th the enlarged homestead act allow ing persons to file on 160 additional went into effect, and many were on hand to take advantage of the new ruling and increase their holdings from 160 to 320 acres. LOCAL LAND OFFFICE SCENE OF RUSH SAT. Many of those who filed during the day came in on Friday and were on the scene early in the morning before the office opened to make their filings. The steps leading up to the offices were jammed full, and the line ex tended down along the street some dis tance. About 240 filings were receiv ed during the day, and up to the time this paper goes to press the total has reached about 450. Nearly 100,000 acres of land has been taken up in this land office district, and, according to Register Thos. B. Murphy, about 200,000 acres are yet available, some NEW STATE LAW NOW EFFECTIVE DRINKING CUPS BARRED FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN N. D.—ALSO TRAINS On September 1 another new law became effective in the state of North Dakota. This law is one passed by the last legislature which bars the public drinking cup from trains run ning through the state, and from all stations, public and parocial schools, educational institutions or public buildings. This law which follows closely the action taken by other states on the same question is a decided reform and violation of the law will be treat ed as a misdemeanor and is punish able by a fine of not over $25. In conjunction with the law, is a federal statute barring public drink ing cups from interstate trains, so that the state should be free from any menace of that description in regard to the public health. BADLY HURT BY A VICIOUS BULL YOUNG GIRL IN McKENZIE CO., VICTIM OF VICIOUS ANIMAL —SERIOUS CONDITION The fifteen-year-old daughter of Alfred Hanson, a farmer living near Hay butte, in the western part of McKenzie county, was gored in the thighs and lower abdomen Saturday afternoon by an angry bull and ser iously injured. Contrary to the wishes of her par ents, she had gone afoot to the herd where the bull was grazing, instead of using a saddle horse as usual. She was accompanied by a dog, which un doubtedly proved to be the means of saving her life. The enraged bull at tacked her furiously time after time. The dog exhibited its true canine faithfulness in each instance by at tracting the bull's attention in time to give the young lady opportunity to make a temporary escape. Finally the dog attracted the bull to a dis tance which enabled her to escape around a hill, from which place she was able to reach the house without further attack, as the dog probably gave the bull sufficient opportunity to exhaust his belligerent tendencies without further attack on human life. The young lady is in a serious con dition, but there is good hopes of her recovery. WILL ATTEND MEETING Attorney Wm. G. Owens, of this city, will attend the state Bar Asso ciation meeting, which, will be held at Mandan, on September 9 and 10. Mr. Owens is on the program for an ad dress. His subject is "The Inheri tance Tax Law. He is the author of the bill introduced and passed at the last legislature regarding the in heritance tax in North Dakota, and is considered an authority on this sub ject There can be no romance without a man in it—unless it's a girl. MANY FILINGS AS RESULT OF ENLARGED HOME STEAD ACT-CAME FOR MANY MILES-MORE THAN 250 FILED ON ADDITIONAL LANDS SAT URDAY—TOTAL FILINGS TOOK UP ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES-ABOUT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND YET AVAILABLE. WILLISTON, WILLIAMS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1913. 11.00 PER YEAR IN of which, of course is rough land, while the large amount of this is splendid farming land. The majority of the filings last Saturday were for land in McKenzie county, while there were a goodly proportion from Divide and Williams counties. The force in the local office handled the crowd with dispatch and by after noon the larger part of those here to file had been taken care of. They came for many miles from different sections of this land office district: Some came on horseback, some by train and many came by autos, while many drove in by wagon. A large number of those who were in the mi nature frontier rush here Saturday were persons who desired to file on certain land before someone else beat them to the office, and in a few cases it is reported that rather lively races were indulged in to reach here ahead of the other fellow. The filings will continue right along and the total acreage of the land so taken up will gradually increase as it becomes more generally known to out siders that it is now possible to file on the larger homestead. NEW GRAIN IS NOW COMING GRAIN FROM 1913 CROP BEING THRESHED AND HAULED TO THE LOCAL MARGET The first of the 1913 grain crop has started to come in to the local ele vators. No figures are yet available but a goodly amount has already been hauled to the elevators and sold. The grain brought in is of the very first threshing and is of good quality so the elevator men report. As the threshing progresses the grain will begin to pour in more rap idly and will continue for the next sev eral months, and perhaps until the 1914 crop is ready for market. A considerable amount of grain has been threshed within a few miles of town, and the separating process is now generally in full swing. An addi tional threshing rig" is being taken out of town every few days to take up the seasons run. ONLY HOPE OF DEFEATING BILL LIES IN THE GALLINGER SUB STITUTE WHICH PROVIDES FOR BALLOT BOX REFERENDUM Washington, Sept. 3.—Whatever hope there may be of defeating the Tariff bill and thus preventing busi ness depression which is sure to fol low the slashing of duties, lies now ex clusively with the Gallinger substi tute. Although the margin was nar row by which free sugar and free wool were upheld in the Senate, it was sufficient to indicate that the Demacrats will succeed in passing their bill unless the Gallinger substi tute is accepted. One of the most important develop ments of the week was the receipt by many members of the Senate of petitions from nearly all the States urging the adoption of the Gallinger substitute. Senator Perkinr, of Cali fornia, presented a number of these memorials to the Senate, but the Dem ocrats pigeon-holed the petitions which came to them. President Wilson's program for free sugar in 1916 carried the day in the Senate when the Democrats ral lied to the support of the bill and de feated all amendments. With all but Senators Ransdell and Thornton, of Louisiana, standing firmly, the Demo crats defeated the Bristow amend ment for a compromise duty, the Nor ris amendment against free sugar, and the Gallinger amendment against free maple sugar. A hard fight was made for the Bris tow amendment, but when finally forc ed to a vote it was defeated, 39 to 34. But for the absence of Senators Works, Stirling and Lippitt (Re publicans), and Senator Poindexter (Progressive), the vote probably would have been 39 to 38. This close margin did not alarm the Democrats leaders, however, for on a canvass of the entire membership they were certain of a majority. A subsequent motion by Senator Gallinger to strike out the provision to make maple sugar and glucose free of duty in 1916 was beaten, 37 to 35. Action on free wool was in accor dance with the Democratic program and by the same narrow margin. Nine Democrats were paired with nine Republicans on some of the votes. Senator DuPont, of Delaware, who is slightly ill in Paris, is paired with Senator Culberson, who has been ill for some time in Atlantic City. Sen ator Root, of New York, is understood to be on his way back to America from Europe to cast his vote against the Tariff bill. Senator Works is in California, and is not paired with any Democratic Senator. Unless some other Democrat decides to stand with Senator Ransdell and Thornton against the Tariff bill, the vote on the final passage of the bill will prob ably be 48 to 47. Should the Demo crats insist upon voting in pairs, the advantage would be slightly in their favor, as Senator Burleigh, of Maine, is ill, and Senator Works, of Cali fornia, has indicated that he does not expect to return to Washington dur ing the Tariff session. Senator Du Pont's vote would be offset by Sena tor Culberson's—both being ill—but with Senator Root back in his seat the Republicans would still be short Burleigh and Works. Thomas F. Logan. BUDGET LAW NOT CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY GENERAL CONTENDS THAT NEW MEASURE WILL NOT HOLD WATER The state budget law passed by the last session of the legislature is un constitutional according to an opinion filed by Andrew Miller, attorney gen eral. Mr. Miller claims that the bill violates the state constitution in sev eral particulars. Chief of these is the attempt to fix the salaries of the state librarian, dairy commissioner, and others which under section 62 of the constitution should bt treated in a separate bill. The constitution provides that a general appropriation bill shall pro vide for the expenses of the legisla tive, executive and judicial depart mnts, interest on the public debt and for schools. All other appropriations must be covered in separate bills. The budget law, however, does not provide for the expenses of all these departments, and does include a num ber of other items, of which no mem tion is made in the constitution. Section 61 of the constitution pro vides that no bill shall embrace more than one subject which shall be de fined in its title. The budget bill violates this provision, as it repeals a number of laws having nothing to do with appropriations. It is claimed that the budget law also violates the constitution it at tempting to amend laws, which it mentions by name only. Section 67 of the constitution provides that any bill which must be amended must be re-enacted and published at length. CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS Last Monday evening, on advice from Stanley, Sheriff Erickson took a man off the train here who was charg ed with appropriating some clothing at Tagus. Two suit cases containing the clothing were found in his pos session. Tne man was taken back to Stanley the next day to stand trial for the crime with which he was charged. FALL MILLINERY OPENING Opening days are always brilliant days. We invite you to come Sept. 6th, Saturday, to see out first show ing of early fall models. We have the newest and best in the market, at Miss Taylor's. REGISTRATION IN PROGRESS NOT AS LARGE AS EXPECTED THE FIRST FEW DAYS—TOTAL PROBABLY REACH 80,000 Registration for the Fort Peck In dian lands in Montana has started, and already a large number have reg istered for the drawing which takes place on September 23. While many have registered the rush has not been near as heavy as was anticipated for the beginning. Two hundred were in line at Great Falls when the office opened the first day. At Glasgow only about 500 regis tered the first day. First estimates were to the effect that from 1000 to 1500 persons would register each day at each of the registration points, Miles City, Glasgow and Great Falls. A number of people from Willis ton have already registered and sev eral more are planning to go to Glas gow for that purpose before the 20th of the month. Miss Mabel Sims, of Glasgow, was the first to register, at the Glasgow office. Alex Baynham, of Fayette, Ky., was the second. He is a man past 71 years of age. The proportion of persons regis tering from outside the state so far is about four to one. Special trains will be run to the points of registra tion by the Great Northern before the date of closing. f'l'.V The worker who lady to All a good posit S knows this, and realizes tH*® must show business tast capac ity in the mannen 9 I mat* ter of his advertls:«g If he does this, he will fli 8 16 J°b !j VANCBJ ICQ MAN KILLED NEAR MONDAK FAST TRAIN CUT BODY INTO SHREDS LAST SATURDAY— LAYING ON TRACK Last Saturday night about 10 o'clock a fast mail train ran over a man, who was laying on the track be tween Buford and Mondak, and liter ally cut him to pieces. The engineer saw the victim on the track as his train rounded a curve, but he could, not stop. The train was brought to a. stop some three or founr hundred yards from where the man was hit, and the crew went back and all they could find was pieces of the man lay ing along the track. The matter was reported to the officers at Williston and Coroner Distad went out and made an investigation. The name of the dead man it was found was Emil Anderson, and his home was in St. Charles, Mo. He had evidently been drinking heavily and had l&llen down on the track and did not ,know where he was. Two or three empty half pint whiskey bottles were found near where he had fallen on the track, and a full bottle was found in his coat, which he had taken off and laid to one side. From the best information obtainable he was a man about 35 years old, and had been working at different points in Mon tana during the summer. The re mains were picked up, placed in sacks and brought to Williston. Relatives in Missouri have been notified and the remains are in the Hamre morgue awaiting orders from the relatives. WEDDING IN GRAPHIC FORCE Last Saturday afternoon at Plenty wood, Mont., a quiet wedding took place when Mr. Edgar Corbett, of the Graphic force, was united in marriage to Miss Vern Boyn, formerly of Princeton, Minn., but for the past several months a resident of Willis ton. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Henry, of the Congrega tional church, of Plentywood. The contracting parties gave no intimation of their intentions and the wedding was a complete surprise to their friends. Mr. Corbett is a brother of the edi tor and publisher of the Graphic and has been employed for a long time in the mechanical department, of the pa per as linotype operatoy*. The bride has lived here some months and has been employed as a saleslady in a lo cal store. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett returned to Williston Sunday and will make their future home here. SAILOR TAKES STRANGE CRUISE RECRUITING OFFICER PATTER SON NAVIGATES NEW CRAFT —DISASTEROUS RESULTS Recruiting Officer Patterson of one of Uncle Sam's recruiting stations,, was the victim of some hard experi ences recently. He best describes the mater: "A former friend of mine has been insisting that I try his new motor cycle," said Mr. Patterson, "and I finally gave in although I have not even ridden a common wheel for ten years. I boraded the craft in front of the house and turned on the propeller. She answered to her helm awfully sluggish but I headed her due south and started down the avenue with all my canvas spread and turning up about forty knots an hour when a sudden squall of wind took away my~ top hamper and in trying to grab it, the good ship jibed and I went over board at forty knots an hour. Fwould have been sliding yet but for the curb ing of the street. "Following this voyage, I might say that if I have to go overboard, I much prefer to fall in the ocean. It's softer landing. The motorcycle was more or less a derelict when we were picked' up and taken back to port. MAY SHORTEN THE DIVISIONS SOME REPORTS OF G. N. SHORT ENING DIVISIONS OVER MAIN LINE THROUGH HERE Citizens of White Earth are con tending that the Great Northern Rail way is going to move their divisioir point from Minot either to White Earth or to some point west of Minot. It is understood that the road contem plates .shortening their divisions, ow ing to the fact that with the present length of the divisions is hard to run* trains in compliance with the law reg ulating the labor hours of employes. Another matter, so it is reported, with which the railway officials arc not pleased, is the treatment accorded them in the division of freight at Mi not. It is claimed that certain freight contracts made at Minot for a divi sion of the traffic between the Great Northern and other roads, have not been lived up to, and in their view of this is little to hold the divisioia point at Minot.