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HSSING Hf Mica Ruth Malstrom, Seventeen Year-Old Minot Girl Walked to Granville on Night of Apr. 6— Working in Rooming House. ,• The Minot authorities were consid erably worked up for ten days, dur ing which time Miss Ruth Malstrom, a pretty Minot girl, was missing from the home of her sister, Mrs. Burke of this city. Finally Tuesday, thru the efforts of H. S. Davies, a Sher lock Holmes reporter on the Devils l^ake Journal, the whereabouts of the mising girl were discovered and the Minot went to Devils Lake by railway, and accepted work at Heath's room ing house, a very respectable place, where she has given excellent sat isfaction. The Heath's say that they will keep her as long as she cares to remain. Miss Malstrom, who is an ener getic sort of a girl, stated that she boarded with her sister, did the cook ing and other household work, for which she received only her board. At Devils lAke she is getting good wages and can save some money. She is rather bright young woman and several months ago started the Independent Messenger Service In Minot. She has attended school here Vhere she stood well in her classes. I The third annual ball of De Molay Commandery, No. 10, K. T. will be given at the Masonic Temple Friday ntght. The grand march will take .place promptly at 9 o'clock and un doubtedly a very large number of Ma sons and their ladies will attend. The Sir Knights have very kindly in cluded all Masons on their invitation list and this promises to be one of the most important social functions of the season. Special music has rr?vt* WW*1/* fv +ifift 'y% em. is MKIILS LAKE MINOT TAXPAYER QUIZZES COMMANDERY BALL FRIDAY NIGHT THK INDEPENDENT been arranged and a banquet will be j,e j8hes to stand wholly on his ree one of the features. Altho about 300 0rj Invitations have been issued, all Ma and their ladies are cordially sons invited whether they happen to re ceive an invitation or not. CHILD KILLS SELF TRYING TO SECURE POSSESSION OF GUN Balfour, N. D., April 1 3 While her parents were attending a church meeting nearby, Pearl Perlkrlstenko, finding her father's shotgun in a granary, attempted to dislodge the weapon from its place on the wall, I .discharging the contents in such a manner that her head was almost en tirely blown off. A brother, two years her senior, was in the place, and he ran the entire distance to the church carrying the news to the mother and •4*h( father. Three years ago a little boy in the family was drowned RUSO FARMER KILLED The news of the death of George Bronsak of Ruso reached this city Sunday and was received as a severe shook. Death resulted from Injuries received last Friday morning. He was on hie way to Ruso with a load of .potatoes when his .team became frightened and ran away, upsetting the load on him.' The bones of both lower llmbe were broken and It Is thought he sustained internal Injuries also. He was carried to a near by farm house where he. died Sunday morning. RA8 particularly anxious to find the young woman. Col. Scarlett, president of the Minot Humane society, went %o DeVils Lak» Tuesday to investigate Miss iUalstrom's surrounding. AMBROSE HOMESTEADER INSTANTLY KILLED Ambrose, N. D., April 13.—Three hours after he had reached his home stead near this city, intending to make his permanent home there, Raymond Hanseal of Chicago was accidentally sihot and killed. Hanseal and his companion estab lishing a temporary camp on hla property before proceeding with the erection of a claim shack and in un packing their equipment, in some manner he accidentally discharged the contents of a double barreled shotgun into himself death being instantan eous. His parents In Chicago have been ^notified but no word has been received from them yet. SIGN OF SPRING A sure sign of spring—Dutch Palm er, the base ball enthusiast has re turned from Missouri. Dutch, who played center for the Magicians for a number of years, thinks Minot ought to have a good ball team this year and suggests that a stock com pany be formed. Doc Splllane, the popular pitcher for the Magicians two ytears ago, arrived from the east and is spend ing a week with Minot friends, who are numerous. For ten days the authorities had searched high and low for the girl. It was reported that she had gone to the Herbert Bunn farm near this city and officers went there but found no trace of her. Arrangemnts were being made to make a house to house search of the city when the news was received that she was at Otto: Is dat so Devils Lake. The fact that there has been doing now? been so much talk of white slavery Orrin: Why, done heerd dat he in the northwest, the authorities were pinched a blind pig. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. (Heard at the Gibson Family Reunion.) Orrin. I hear dat our popular sher iff Ed Kelley, has been arrested for cruelty to animals. What has Ed County Commissioner Wh0 Is Again Running on His Record Will Have 0j $75 THE LARGEST VOL. 11. NUMBER 1 THIS ISSUE 16 PAGES MINOT, WARD CO.. N. D., T|HURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1912. it ft Interesting Time Explaining Many and reside in Minot and make a bus Things. ger, better Minot and not be influ enced by some one who wishes to peddle what the Jim jam Jems calls Minot, N. D., April 16, 1912. To the Editor of the Independent: I notice the announcemnt of our commissioner H. A. Hurd of first district, which comprises the city of Minot, as a candidate for reflection and says that the material reduction their record. of taxes in the city entitles him to' Yours for lower taxes, substantial consideration. It seems past three years of the first district. I suppose he has ref erence to the taxes of the year 1910, which we are all familiar with. I also noticed an article in the Inde pendent of last week where a citisen and taxpayer of the first district was refused the records, to look up cer tain matters, so he might vote more intelligently at the coming primaries for the various candidates. He prob ably was trying to look up the cost of the ice-house on the poor farm. I also noticed an article published in the spring of 1911, certified by some of our county commissioners and verified by County Auditor Larson, that when the assessors books, of the city of Minot and practically of the first district, were handed in to them and asked to be left as assessed, our commissioner Mr. Hurd did not take any part in reducing the assessment for that year of this district and learned that he had very important business in Montana at that time. Now it looks to me that the last three years of taxes In this commissioner district has. been the highest of any yet. on record and especially in the residential part, that pays a tax of from $30 to a year and doesn't bring an Income of 25 cents against 1/60 aeree of land in the country which Is assessed for $3 or $4 an acre, and can't be bouglht for $25 an acre. These are the ldnd of reductions we have had In Mr. Hurt's district and especlaly In the resident portion. t&iifps?, Bee Ess, only to be elected for ano ther three, years. We believe that .the time will come as the Jim Jam Jems states when some of our com missioners will give an account of CIKCULATIo|f Off R. A. NESTOS FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY We also noticed that 75 per cent of I ever labor strikes it deserves the sul the improvements of Mr. Hurd's dis trict are in the residence portion such as water mains, sewer, grading, and laying of sidewalks and are taxed up practically all to that portion and that, the resident portion is assessed 40 per cent too high according to the business portion of Minot. I think of a property owner in the residence Resident tax payer of Minof. MOTHER JONES COMING. The Machinists of this city are making arrangements to have Moth er Jones lecture before the people of Minot on April 21 at 8 p. m., In the Opera House. She will speak on trade Unionism in general and on the Har riman railroad strike in particular. The present battle of the Harrlman wage-workers is a noble one. When- lort of all A WATCH In our Grandfather's day was an expensive luxury, and would run with only a fair degree of accuracy To-day the watch is a necessity and inex pensive. The modern methods of manu facture enables us to sell an accurate time piece at a small price. We are showing a 16 size, 7 jewel watch with a nickel case at $5.00, a 15 jewel at $8.00 W. H. REIGHART WATCH INSPECTOR G. N. RAILWAY k'^39 'f' ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN humanity. But when labor recognizes that dustrially it must organize in that all workers should stand together despite the division of their toil and given fully the different names to their real parts, it becomes class demands utmost portion who cannot get rent enough Beside® all that, there is but one from his property to pay taxes and "Mothar d9Bes" and when she honors insurance when a man with a busi-1 a city with her presence none should ness block on main street makes 40 dare t» stay away. For as Eugene per cent profit on assessed valuation in one year. Now it seems to me Mr. Voter and resident man, it is best to think well of these matters and see if we cannot contrive soma method for reducing those taxes for the resident people of Minot, your home, if you please, and by doing so we can induce more people to come a. conscious strike and right of every man the very that is' within him. Debs said: She has won her way into the hearts of the Nation's toilers and her name is revered at the al tars of their humble firesides and will be lovingly 'remembered by their children and their children's children forever. Admission free and don't forget the date. KENMARE CHIROPRACTIC IS RRESTED Dr. fense. up and Woods, Kenmare chiroprac tic was placed under arrest last week, charged with practicing medi cine. without a license. At a hearing before Judge Murray he waived ex amination and was bound over to the county Court. He will demand a trial circulating cards or tickets of the so by jury and in case of conviction, called 'slate' order, with their names will carry the case to the supreme BRUNNER'S WHEAT STORY A. J. Brunner tells a good wheat story without smiling. He says that an( court. such candidates are jointly contrib Dr. Olferman, of Minot, who was „ting to the expenses thereof, either arrested several times for a like of- THE EXCLUSIVE JEWELER I •1 THE STATE a number of years ago, Ed Jack, a prominent Williston farmer, shot a goose and found in its craw some es pecially large wheat," different from any that was ever seen in this coun try. Jack saved the wheat and sowed it, getting a wonderful yield and to day his granary fairly bulges out with this ©xdellent wliieat. It's a good story, anyway. $100,000 FOR NORTH DAKOTA An appropriation of $100,000 for an agricultural plant, shrub, and tree experimental station in North Dako ta is provided for in a bill ordered favorably reported from the senate committee on agriculture. An eastern farm paper, comments on farming in the following note, which applies to the farmers in this locality, as well as it does in the east: 'ft, is well to trust the Lord for a good crop, but one must not neglect to plow and keep the weeds down. The Lord made the birds nf the air, and the beasts of the field, but. they all have to hustle for a living." We all know that there has been too much time' business done, lets get down and dig. MC KINLEY FArtMER URGED B. J. Anderson, a prominent Mc Kinley township farmer, is being tilled by his friends to become a candidate for county commissioner .roni the Second district. Mr. An derson will decide one way or the other this week. RENWALD SELLS DEERING FARM The real estate business has been (juiet during the past, two years, but it is picking up nicely this spring. T. F. Renwald who owns considerable fine farm land, sold a 2 in acre farm south of Deering, known as the Ingvald .Jensen farm, to Jos. Helling of Iowa, whose son will oc cupy the place. 1PW* SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 PER ANNUM MCCOY LEASES MASOliC TEMPLE ATTORNEY GENERAL UPHOLDS WELL'S CONTENTION Well Known Businessman Preparing to Occupy South Half of Tempts With His Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Stock Soon— Paul T. McCoy has leased the south half of tiie Masonic Temple and in less than two weeks, expects to moTe his ladies' ready-to-wear fixtures and stock to that room. The place will be thoroly overhauled, redecorated and glinted and other improvements made, giving Mr. McCoy one of the very best business locations in the city. Mr. McCoy recently branched out into this new line ind his business grew so rapidly that he has found It 'inite necessary to secure larger quar ters for this particular feature of his business. The drug, jewelry and other de partmflits will be handled in the old 'oeation. in the Leland hotel block. It is expected that be will add other lines as it is his ambition to build one of the largest department stores in the city. With his unusual ability as a merchandiser, we can only bespeak for him success. TWO WOMEN WITH BEAUTIFUL JAGS A most disgusting sight wag seen on Main street Tuesday afternoon shortly before six o'clock when two women and one man walked arm ia iirin, with such splendid jags on that they could not. possibly have remained on the sidewalk alone. They walked down First street from the west. The women's hair was awry and the sight was about the most repulsive one we have seen in this city. There is no lower spectacle than a drunken wom an. Candidates Are Liable to Fine and lm-| his candidacy, and second, the prom prisonment If They Form Slates' ise, direct or indirect, must be made and Combinations. by the candidate for the purpose of aiding or promoting his own candi* Hon. Alfred Rlaisdell, Minot. North dacy. Dakota. Dear Sir:—i beg to ac- I believe the purpose and object of knowledge receipt of your favor nn-|this statute is to prohibit candidates der date of March 30th, in which you submit to me the following question, and request my opinion thereon: "Does section 9, chapter 129. Laws offices sought thereon, and when in a has not yet carried his case may not ito so. Woods case will probably be the first one to be tested. direct or indirect manner? Does the statute forbid the circulating of a printed ticket or 'slate* when the candidates have in any direct or in direct manner, jointly contributed towards the expenses thereof? Section 9, above referred to. reads as follows: "No person shall, in or der to aid or promote his nomination or election, directly or indirectly promise to appoint another person, or to secure or aid in securing the ap pointment, nomination, or election of another person, to any public or priv ate position or employment, or to any position or honor, trust or emolu ment." at a primary election from banding together and forming what is com monly called a 'slate' ticket, and co operating with each other in a joint of 1911, forbid two or more candidates effort to bring about each others or set of candidates co-operating and nomination. Such contribution alone might not constitute a direct or in direct promise on the part of any of the candidates named on such card or ticket to aid the others, or to be made for the purpose of aiding er promoting his own candidacy, yet it might, if surrounded by other facts and circumstances tending to show such promise, become an important factor in determining whether such persons had in fact, directly or in directly promised to aid each other in securing their nominations, thus violating the provisions of the statute above mentioned. When applied to the question pro- appear that such person was guilty pounded, this statute reads, "No per- It will be noticed that the statute does not prohibit a candidate from aiding another candidate in his nom ination. The prohibition is that no person shall. In order to aid or pro mote his own nomination, directly or indirectly promise to aid another per son In securing a nomination. In order to violate the statute there must first be a promise, either direct or Indirect, by a candidate for nomi nation. to aid another candidate In 1 1 1 1 Therefore, in view of the provis ions of section 19 of this act, which provides that upon the trial of any action or proceedings under the pro visions of this act for the contesting of the right of any person declared to he nominated to any office, it shall Df any son shall, in order to aid or promote nomination, he shall be punished by his nomination, directly or Indirectly being deprived of the nomination, promise to secure or aid in securing and the provisions of section 21 which the nomination of another person to, provides that whoever violates any any public position." illegal act in or about such provision of this act shall on eon victlon thereof be punished by Im prisonment In the county jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than one thousand dol lars, or by both such line and Im prisonment, It would be the wiser and safer policy for candidates to re frain from such acta and contribu tions. nmnpiMi \w Very truly yoart, I Andrew Miller, Attorney aeneral. am ,:|r5 •mi 4 •six1 fij pi ill SB: i' 1 r^nv'^