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OLDEST PAPER
WILLIAMS COUNTY
PLAY DAY FOR THE
SCHOOLS MAY 24TH
PRIGRAM OPENS WITH DINNER
AT EXP. FARM AT NOON
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
Play Day for the schools of Wil
liams County will be held at Willis
ton Thursday, May 24. Thegreater
number ofthe schools have already
held their preliminary field events,
and reports are being received daily
by Miss McCradie, County Superin
tendent. An effort has been made
this year to incorporate something of
the patriotic spirit of the May Day
fetes of the French into the celebra
tion. The day's program will begin
with a basket dinner at the Experi
mental Farm, promptly at twelve
o'clock. At 1 o'clock the flag raising
will take place at the Great North
ern flag pole near the station, to be
followed by a parade, headed by the
Williston High school band. The ex
ercises at the ball park will start at
2 o'clock, followed by the field events
beginning at 2:30. At.6 p. m. prizes
will be awarded the victors from the
band stand at the corner of Main
street and Broadway. The field
events are as folows:
For Roys of Rural and Town Schools
Below High School
60 yard dash for Class A boys (75
to 100 lbs.)
Running broad jump for Class A
boys.
Running high jump for Class A
boys.
75 yards dash for Class boys (100
to 120 lbs.
Running broad jump for Class
boys.
100 dash for Class boys (over
100 lbs.)
Running broad jump for Class
boys.
Running high jump for Class
boys.
Three-legged race for boys below
75 lbs.
Relay race, any class, 240 yards,
4 boys compose a team.
For Girla of Rural aai Tew* School
Below High School
30 yard dash for Class A girls (8
to 11 years.)
Running broad jump for Clas3 A
girls.
Baseball Throw for Cless A girls.
40 yard dash for Class girls (11
to 14 years.)
Running broad jump for C'ass
girls.
Baseball throw for Class girls.
50 yard dash for Class girls (14
years and over.)
Running broad jump for Class
girls.
Baseball throw for Class girls.
Potato Race for each of three
classes of girls. Four girls compose
a team. Each school may enter two
girls in this contest.
For High School Only—Class
One-half mile relay.
Halfmile race.
Pole vault.
Shot put (12 lbs.)
Running broad jump.
Running high jump.
100 yards dash.
220 yard dash.
The Prizes
For school having the best section
in parade—Silk banner.
For school winning greatest num
ber of points—Wall medalion.
The foregoing prizes will be held
by the winning schools for only a
period of 1 year. Any school winning
ning schools for only a period of
prize three times in succession may
retain it permanently.
All Williston and its schools are
invited to make entries in the pa
rade. The Williston school, how
ever, may not compete for the ban
ner to be awarded the school having
the best section in the parade. No
Williston High school boy above
the field events.
In case of rain on the 24th, the
Play Day wil be held the following
Monday, May 26. Schools wishing
to make entry in die parade should
notify Miss Annie McCradie, County
Superintendent of Schools at once.
WILLIAM HOWE FUNERAL
William, 16 year old son of M. G.
Howe, fourteen miles east of Willis
ton, died Monday, May 12, of pneu
monia. His mother and' two other
children are very ill with influenza.
Two sisters and four brothers besides
the father and mother, mourn his
death. The oldest brother lost a leg
in France, and is at present studying
at one of-the government schools in
Tennessee. His sister, Miss Ramel,
is in this year's graduating class.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Hitchcock at the Thomas under
taking parlors at 2:30 o'clock Wed
nesday. The remains were interred
in the Williston cemetery.
Mrs. N. EI Elsworth re
tamed on
Saturday from a visit with relatives
in Minot and Stanley.
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LARGE AUDIENCE EN
JOYED CLASS PLAY
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY GIVEN ON
THURSDAY EVENING AT AR
MORY GREAT SUCCESS
The 1919 Class Play of the Willis
aon High school was given at the
Armory on Thursday evening, May
8, to a very appreciative audience
The fact that the play, "Rebecca's
Triumph," has long been a favorite
with amateurs and that some of those
in the audience had taken part in
presenting it during their own school
days, did not detract in the least from
the interest, but rather heightened
it. Leona Vohs as the orphan, Edith
Sorum as the old nurse of the family
who adopts the little girl, Alpha
Boe as the "Rich Lady on the Hill."
who later proves to be the orphan's
aunt, and Doris Rundell as the mis
chievous girl who in the name of a
mysterious man, carries on a clandes
tine correspondence with the old maid,
played by Viola Hagen, were leading
characters, all well taken and strong
ly played. Bernardine Champion, in
the role of "Crazy Mag," who is not
really' crazy, but simulates mad
ness as a disguise, and who later
proves to be the sister of the "Kich
Lady on the Hill" and the mother of
the orphan Rebecca, had perhaps the
most difficult role of all, and elicited
the most personal applause. Fan
nette Poasonault as the colored girl
and Margaret Bennett as the Irish
maid were particularly good. The
girls of the Cooking club, although
in a dramatic sense minor characters,
counted greatly in the success of the
Frof. O. H. Hood, of the Bureau
of Mines, ,S. M. Darling, lignite ex
,)«?rt, of Washington, p. C., and C. P,
Wflljams, assistant chief of con
struction for the Department of the
Interior, with his office at Denver,
were in the city the first of the week
Mr. Williams was here in the inter
ests of the irrigation project and
Prof. Hood and Mr. Darling repres
ented the Government in its search
for a location fpr a briquetting
plant.
The Government has appropriated
the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars to be used in the study or in
vestigation of the briquetting of
lignite coal. As the experiment
work has been in progress for some
time the plan now is to build a plant
somewhere to manufacture briquets.
They propose to buik) a plant that
would turn out 100 tons of briquets
a day. The plant would have gas
to sell and this could be used by .the
city.
This proposition is the best that
has been before our citizens for a
long time an dthe beauty of it is
that we should have the best chance
of all to land the plant. We have
the Irrigation plant which it would
help a great deal we ha*e the
Government mine which could with
in ten days notice deliver 200 tons
of lignite a day to the briquetting
plant and we have the government
coal lands reserve of over 1200 acres
in conection with this mine. Takeg
all together this gives us a fine
chance and if the people are wide
awake and push the work there is
no reason in th eworld why we
should not land it.
And when it comes to live ones
pushing, you should have been at
the Community Club banquet Tues
day evening, when these distin
guished visitors were entertained at
a luncheon, songfest and smoker.
The I. O. O. F. dining room was
crowded and everyone enthusiastic.
After a fine luncheon and many
songs and talks were delivered by
several local men and the visitors.
The talks by the local men were
good, but we are sure you want to
know what the visitors had to say,
so will give our space to them.
Mr. Williams gave an interesting
talk about the irrigation project and
the values of land after it had been
successfully irrigated for years.
Mr. Darling In speaking of the
briquetting plant said in part:
"I am not a stranger to Williston
and this splendid reception makes me
feel at home. I was here in 1911.
We heard that a man by the name
of Bruegger had a dream about
Lignite so I came out to investigate
Plans were under way to start work
but were held up for the past four
years on account of the war. This
dream about Lignite has a chance
to come true for no matter where
this plant is located, if it proves a
success every place like Williston
that has coal beds will be sure to
have a plant. You folks are on top
of or living over the largest body of
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Former Soldiers
May Wear Uniforms
Theact of Congress approved on
February 28, 1919, provides that any
person who served in the United
States Army during the present war
may wear the uniform after discharge
provided that it shall include some
distinctive mark to be prescribed by
the Secretary of War. The red chev
ron has been precribed to be worn/by
discharged enlisted men in recognition
of duties performed in the service of
the country. This is now designated
as the distinctive mark required by
the before mentioned act and will be
worn by discharged officers and en
listed men alike. This also applies
to discharged officers who accept
commissions in the Officers, Reserve
Corps, until called to active duty,
when the red chevron will be removed
A chevron will be worn point up mid
way between elbow and shoulder on
the left sleeve of the coat or over
coat and' on the shirt when worn with
out a coat. It is unlawful under the
National Defence Act for the uniform
to be worn by discharged officers or
men without this distinctive mark,
and the offende renders himself
liable to civil prosecution and punish
ment by fine not exceeding $300, or
by imprisonment not~ exceeding six
months or both fine and imprison
ment.
Norman Lunde who has. been with
the Williams County Bank for some
time left Saturday for Laurel, Mont.,
where he has accepted a position with
the Laurel State Bank.
play. Altogether the production
showed splendid coaching and much
hard work on the part of Miss Gill,
who had it in charge, and was a cred
it to the girls who took part in it.
coal on earth. In early days it was
thought that Pennslyvania had the
largest fields and the best coal.
When this coal is briquetted it will
be the equal of the best Pennslvania
coal and can be sold for less. In the
treatment we propose the coal will
be broken up and the by-products
will be used. We know what to do.
The thing is to run a plant, show a
profit and use the products. Gas
will be produced and this coal is the
.best gas producer on earth, bar
none.
Now, as to the market for these
products. The figures show that
this territory, the Dakota and
Western Minnesota, is supplied with
coal the haul of which is upward of
1000 miles. You have got this ter
ritory at your mercy,—the two Da
kotas and Western Minnesota.
That territory alone will take up
more of these products than you can
build plants for in the next ten
years. As to the price—I expect
to be interested in that plant, and I
am not going to make any rash pro
mises. But those briquets will be
far under the priceof anthractic or
of any eastern fuel. I won't say
anything about lignite because
lignite is not a fuel.'
Then, of course, there are volatile
oils, also your valuable coal tars in
this The expense of refining them
is too great, and we don't propose
to do it—just ship them in the raw
state. We may use some of the
light oils, such as creosote, which is
valuable for treating leather and
wood. We may take that out, but
ammonia, we don't bother with that.
When we come to double our busi
ness, we will probably take out some
of the ammonia and phosphates, and
I hope that by that time some of your
gentlemen—under the stimulus of
your experimental farm and reclama
tion service, will be ready to put
some of the fertilizer on the land.
I want tp let my associate, Mr.
Hood, have something to say." (Ap
plause.)
Mr. Burdick, in presenting Mr.
Hood, remarked that he had never
before had the privilege of talking
to an audience of millionaires, but
that he was addresing millionaires
now, because he knew that everyone
there had some lignite.
Mr. Hood, of the United States
Department of Mines located at
Washington, D. C., chief of the De
partment of Fuels ?nd Mechanical
Equipment, who has been for some
A Government Briquetting Plant is a Possibility
Party of Government Men^Here the First of
This Week Looking Over Field for Plants
Location—Briquetting Would Work
in Connection With This
Irrigation Project
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Mr. & Mrs. Kenney to
Live in Minneapolis
Mr and Mrs. Clyde C. Kenney left
Monday for Minneapolis, where Mr.
Kenney has acepted a position with
the Northwestern Electric Co. Mr.
Kenney returned recently from New
York City, where he has been in the
Naval service. Mrs. Kenney, -Who
was Miss Helen McGuiness, is a grad
uate of the Williston High school
and has many friends in this city.
During her husband's absence in the
service she had been teaching the
Palmer school northwest of town.
SCHOOL EXHIBITS
On Thursday, May 23, there will be
a general exhibit in the various rooms
of the Webster building and of the
grades in Central school, of the art
work done by the children. There
will also be an exhibit of sewing from
the Domestic Science department of
the Junior and Senior High school,
and probably a demonstration of cook
ing in' High school gymnasium. The
exhibits will be open from 1:30 to 5
o'clock, and the parents and public
generally are most cordially invited
to attend.
War Savings Stamps purchased by
the children of the Williston schools
have ,reached a total of $1077.80 from
January 1 to date. The total pur
chase of W.S.S. by the Senior High
for the years of 1918 and 1919 is
$2490.25, and $3550.00 worth of Li
berty bonds have been purchased by
the Senior High school pupils during
the two years. $676.10 has been pled
ged to War welfare work in the same
period, $288.50 having been pledged
in one campaign. The enrollment in
the Senior High school is 264 pupils.
time in the plant at Pittsburg, the
center of the largest coal district in
the United States, spoke as follows:1
"I wish from the bottom of my
heart that I could entertain you as
well as you have been entertained to
night, and return to you a bit of the
inspiration which I have felt in seeing
in a town'this size a community gath
ing together—I understand on short
notice—and with so much vim and pep
and good hearty people in it as I see
before me tonight.
"Mr. Darling and I started on a
journey about the middle of March.
Having been a college professor for
a good many years—which Mr. Dar
ling twits me of rather often—you
know it is a habit of college profess
ors to stay pretty well at home. But
since the middle of March I have got
ten to feel quite like a travelling man,
and under Mr. Darling's instruction
I have acquired a number of their
habits and traits. (Laughter.)
Mr. Darling: "When I get through
with him he will be a real human
being!" (Laughter and applause.)
Mr. Hood: (Continuing.)
"I will confine myself more or
less to generalities—to some of the
greater problems, Mr. Darling hav
ing given you quite clearly some of
the details of our problem. I think
it is a bit of interesting that there
should be at this time representatives
of two parts of the great Department
of your government here with you to
night. (Turning to Mr. Williams.)
Wehave never met each other before.
We are, however, neighbors in the
great new building that has been put
up in Washington, the largest Gov
ernment building in Washington
the Interior Department. Under
Secretary Lane this department has
prospered. It has stated to the coun
try, I believe, a little more clearly
than it has been stated before what
it is all about. What is the Inter
ior Department of the Government?
Some people say it is a sort of waste
basket in which all the odds and ends
are placed. That Is hardly true. I
believe it to be that Department of
the Government which serves the in
dividual in many of his own undertak
ings. It is that part of the Govern
ment which takes care of education,
which takes care of Indian individual
ity, the reclamation and irrigation
of land, and appeals to the individual—
and so might I go on naming the
several bureaux that are in that de
partment. Now, your irrigation work
goes, with the Agricultural depart­
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WILLISTON, »WILLIAMS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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OUR VICTORY LOAN
QUOTA SUOSCRIDED
WILLIAMS CO. SUBSCRIBES ITS
VICTORY LOAN QUOTA—LIST
SUBSCRIBERS GIVEN
We are informed by County Chair
man Reiger that Williams county has
subscribed its quota to the Victory
Loan. The following is the list of
subscribers:
Anton Ahlson, W. S. Arthur, George
Anderson, Chris Anderson, Bessie
Baldwin, Allan Bain, F. C. Becker,
C. J. Barry, Hazel Brant, Ada Claire
Brownson, Frank Banks, W. H. Bangs
Mrs. W. Benton, Hjalmar Barrud,
Mary Bullock, M. J. Borden, John
Bruegger, E. W. Blaisdell, L. E. Bell,
Richard Brown, Elmo Brown, H. K.
Brown, Selma Brauih, Andy J. Coo
per, J. A. Carney, E. C. Carney, John
Craig, Alice B. Daley, Dr. Dochter
man, Alexander Drapes, Effie C. Dit
more, D. W. Danielson, W. S. David
son, T. H. David, Ella Dumholt,
A. A. Bradley, Mrs. A. A. Bradley,
N. W. Brinton, Oscar Bell, Bur
dick, S Brownell, Eva Brownell, F.
P. Bergman, Clara Bellach, Rachael
Bell, Joe Cutting, John E. P. Cox,
Gust Carlson, Lena Crow, S. J. Crea
ser, p. H. Corcoran, J. A. Cunning
ham, Mrs. C. F. Currie, C. C. Converse
J. I. Case Co., Mrs. E. Dickson, M. S.
Donovan, James Duggan,. E. E. Dre
ger, V. G. Dickey, W. H. Denny, A.
N. Eidsness, I. C. Erikson, E. T.En
gen ,Eastern Star, C. Ellithorpe, Wm
Edge, E. M. Erstad, George Farries,
A. G. Forzley, Ernest Francis, W. C.
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ment in a way, in that together they
are trying to reap from the surface
of the earth those riches which stand
at the bottoifi of the wealth of this
country. It is rather unusual, how
ever, to have a line of work that con
nects not only agriculturally, but
connects mining with work of this
sort. Mining is the second of the two
great industries on which the coun
try must depend for raw material and
for food. It is not generally known,
I believe, that for every $200 of farm
products from the farms of this
country, $1 is used by the Government
to foster the business of agriculture
through this great Agricultural de
partment. But here is the great busi
ness of mining, which gets raw ma
erial of all sorts, which gets the coal
from which all power must come,
that has had a bureau in the depart
ment to represent its interests only
during the last eight or ten years, and
the amount of money that is spent—
that is returned to the industry for
invesment purposes, is a very, very
very small fraction. 1 bring this up
only to indicate that the Bureau of
Mines which I am privileged to re
present has a field ahead—a field of
usefulness, of appeal to the individ
ual, which is comparable somewhat
to the field of usefulness of our great
Agricultural Department. And here
I find a brother member of the de
partment of Interior bringing togeth
er the reclamation work, the irriga
tion work, and work in mines. It
pleased me greatly today to go
through this great mine which is on
your reclamation project.
One of the functions which the Bu
reau of Mines is charged is investi
gating fuel products. Coal is one of
the first of the mineral products. It
fills two out of three cars of all rail
road traffic, and about one-third of
the energy of the railroads.is taken
up hauling this product to and fro
over the country. Now fuel prob
lems are many. I could talk all
evening on the many and caried prob
blems that come to your Bureau of
Mines in this field. But this new
problem of lignite has been thrust
forward in rather a conspicious posi
tion by the passage of a bill appro
priating $100,000 for the ihvestiga
gation of lignite and peat.
During the war the fuel problem
as you know, became very serious.
It became a matter of national impor
tancewhether people who were living
on top of a great fuel bed demanded
that the transportation facilities of
the country should still be used to
bring you your cherished fuel from
the East—anthracite or bituminous
coal. Some of the districts had to
dealt with rather sharply. Some dis
tricts had to be denied their usual
fuel. Because of that, a state like
New Jersey, that has no lignite, that
i3 next door to the great anthracite
mines, is equally interested with you
in the development of your lignite
resources, so you will learn to use
them. I understand that you have
learned that here, but I am speaking
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SCHOOL PLANNING
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PLANS SHOW BUSY WEEK FOR
GRADUATES AND OTHERS
INTERESTED IN PROGRAM.
Plans for commencement week are'
almost completed, and promise the
usual, and perhaps more than usual,
interest. The Baccalaureate Sermon
will be delivered at the Armory on
Sunday, May 25, by the Rev. Geo. S.
Notwick, pastor of the Norwegian
Lutheran church. A mixed chorus
drawn from the various church choira
and well known local singer8 will
render Kipling's Recessional by Do'
Koven and Dudley Buck's Festivalt:
Te Deum. It is possible, also, that
the Women's Chorus, whose mem
bers are teachers in the Williston
schools, will assist in the spedaL
music.
On Monday evening, May 26, the*
High school Band will give a concert
at the High School auditorium under
the able direction of Prof. A. Onstad.
The band will be assisted by Mr. H.
Aden Enyeart, tenor, of Grand Forks,
reputed to be one of the best tenors
of the Northwest. The High School
band, which' has made remarkable
progress under Prof. Onstad's direct
ion, is an institution in which Willis
ton should take great pride, and this
concert promises to be, at any rate,
not the least interesting of the events
of Class Week, and will undoubtedly
be well attended. An admission fee
will be charged, the proceeds to be
used for the purchase of new music
or instruments for the band.
On Tuesday night, Class Night, at
Armory, besides the usual salutatory*
and valedictory orations, the reading'
of the Class Will, the Class Poem, the
Class Prophesy and the singing of the|
Class Song and other selections by
the High School Chorus, it ia hinted
that a rather unusual program is fo
be given. The production, it is under
stood, is to be a pantomine portraying'
the part taken by the United States?
in the great war, from the first
to Arms" to the final grand event of
the organization of the League of
Nations. Each scene is to be preceded
by an appropriatevmusical number,
including Bergen's setting of "Flan
ders Field," a Peace Song, and the
Victory Song will perhaps be the
"Star Spangled Banner." Details are
withheld this week, but full announ
cements are promised for next week,
and the fact that the pantomime is an
original conception, and that a great
deal of enthusiasm and hard work
are being put into its preparation
adds to the interest aroused by the
meager information obtainable. The
pantomime will undoubtedly prove one
of the very interesting events of the
week.
If present plans can be carried out
and arrangements completed, it is
hoped that an'alumni banquet will be
given on Wednesday night, at which
time the organization of the alumni
association of the Williston High
school will be completed.
The regular commencement exer
cises will take place on Thursday
evening, May 29, at the Armory. The
address will be delivered by Bishop J.
Poyntz Tyler, Episcopal Bishop for
the State of North Dakota. Special
music will be furnished by the Mixed
chorus which sings on Baccalaureate
Sunday, by the High school chorus,
and the Womens chorus. Mendel
ssohn's "Nocturne" from "Midsum
mer Night's Dream" will be render
ed by the Women's chorus, the "Car
mena Waltz Song" will be song by
the High school chorus. The Highs
school chorus will also sing "Morn-:'
ing Invitation." First honors this
year are carried off by Miss Edith
Sorum, while Margaret Jeffrey of
Grenora takes second.
Commencement Week is a true
Community Week, and aside from the
interest universally felt in the young
people who are taking their first step
from the days of care-free child
hood to the more serious days of
young womanhood and manhood, the
programs announced for the week
will enlist the attention of those who
enjoy really worth-while things. It
is hoped that the public will find its
enthusiasm equal to doing justice to
the full program of the whole week.
MARRIED AT FARGO
Word was received in the city thfr
week of the marriage of Howe An
derson of Fargo to Miss Myrtle Mor
tenson also fo Fargo. Mr. Andersons
formerly was employed in this city
by the J. C. Penny Co. and has a host
of friends here. He is now with the
Anderson Piano Co. at Fargo.
Geo. Buhler and R. Welliver
were visitors in the city the later
part of last week. Mr. Buhler is still
in the garage business in Miles City*
Mont., but Mr. Welliver has moved to
Minneapolis. Their many friends
were glad to see them again.
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