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Chautauqua Dates
Are Selected
Local Organization Select Officers
for Management of 1915
Chautauqua and Dates Set—
Week of June 27-July 1.
Mr. H. A. Hedges, field super
intendent of the Vawter Chautau
qua System, was in the city Fri
day getting acquainted with our
people and completing arrange
ments for the Chautauqua to be
lield here this summer. Mr. Hed
ges takes the place of Mr. O. E.
Uehymer, resigned, who had
charge last year.
While here Mr. Hedges com
pleted the organization of the loc
al forces, and the officers of the
Chautauqua committee for the
ensuing year will be as follows:
S. R. Morris, Pres. C. J- Nelson,
-Secy. T. E. Hudson, Treas.
Mr. Hedges carries with him a
case of photographs showing
likenesses of the numerous peo
ple booked to appear here on the
program and declares that it has
been materially strengthened in
many ways and that the present
line-up leaves nothing to be de
sired.
Music Galore
There will be five musical or
ganizations, one for each day.Mr.
Hedges says these have all been
.selected with special reference to
their fitness for the places they
are to fill. The companies are:
The Lawson Trio The J- Walter
Wilson Co. The Illinois Sextette
The Avon Sketch Club, and The
Bouchier Opera Company.
The speakers on the program
include Congressman Lenroot, of
Wisconsin C. A. Payne Alva M.
Plattenburg, and Hazel Kepford.
The Mendellsohn Sextette is
made up of six talented and
charming young ladies who sing
and play, and do skits and stunts
galore. The Lawson 1 rio spec
ializes with flute, violin and voice
and renders programs of great
variety and beauty. The Wilson
Company is a combination of
music and make-up with a great
abundance of fine entertainment
features.
The Avon Sketch Club is one
of those artistic organizations that
takes pride in its ability to handle
costumed effects and combine
play with music, both instrument
al and vocal results in musical en
tertainment tor the masses. A he
Bouchier Opera Company wui
give our people a touch ot city
iife by rendering in correct and
splendid fashion selections from
popular opera scenes. Donald
Bouchier himself will appear with
the company.
Orators of Quality
Congressman Lenroot is the
ranking public man of Wisconsin
next to LaFollette. He is a seas
oned lawmaker and stands high
at Washington. The Chicago
Tribune on January 31st publish
ed a leading article urging Len
root as a presidential prospect
for 1916.
Chas- A. Payne is a globe trot
ter and comes with marvelous
views and motion pictures that
will be of interest to all. A. M.
Reitzel is a standard Lyseum lec
turer who discusses "The Meas
ure of a Man." Preston Bradly
is one of Chicago's great preach
ers and orators. C. H. Platten
burg has made himself a big
place on the platform with his
discussions of community inter
ests and the relation of town and
country. Hazel Kepford is the
reader par excellence who will un
fold, in her charming style, that
delightful story, "Polly of the
Circus."
According to present plans the
date of our Chautauqua will be
about June 27-July 1 but no def
inate announcement can yet be
made.
Mrs. R. Stiehl
Passed Away
Mrs. R. J. Stiehl died Wednes
day morning a* 5 a. m- after a
very unexpectedly. Funeral ar
rangements are not yet complet
ed. Details will appear next
week.
The funeral services will be
held next Saturday afternoon at
2 o'clock from the local Metho
dist church, Rev. Gress officiating,
and interment will be in the local
cemetery.
$21,500,00 SPENT IN
RELIEF OF BELGIANS
New York, March 20.
—Over $21,500,000 has
been received aRd the
greater part spent for the
Belgian Relief, according
to a statement by the com
mission of the Belgian Re
lief. One hundred and
ten thousand tons of food
stuffs, a cargo for 20 ships
are now en route to Amer
ican seaports from interior
points.
"The present require
ment of food to feed the
hungry in Belgium," it is
asserted, "is about 90,
000 tons a month."
Dates For
Land Sales
Land Department Announces the
Dates of Sale of School and
Institutonal Lands.
Dates for the sale of state school
and institutional lands in the var
ious counties have been given out
by the land commissioner's de
partment as follows:
Mercer county, at Stanton, on
June 2.
Dunn county, at Manning, on
June 4.
Stark county, at Dickinson, on
June 5.
Burke county, at Bowbells, on
June 8.
Divide county, at Crosby, on
June 9.
Williams county, at Williston,
June 1 1.
Major Frank Henry will make
the sales and no lands bearing
coal deposite or thought to be
coal lands will be offered for sale.
The state engineer has inspected
all of the lands to be offered for
sale. Much of the Williams coun
ty school and instiutional land
was held back because of coal
found there- The railroad com
panies are co-operating and will
undoubtedly see that these lands
are bought up by settlers.
School Land Leasing
School lands will be leased in
every couny in the sate during
Anril. There is a total of 558,
579.25 acres to be leased, all for
terms of five years with the ex
ception of the lands in Cass and
Steele counties. The leases will
be held at the courthouse in each
county. The dates for the var
ious counties are given as follows:
•be figure following the name of
the county indicating the day of
April the leases are to be made:
Adams, 24 Barnes, 12 Benson
9 Billings. 1 Bottineau, 20
Bowman, 22 Burke, 23 Bur
leigh. 7 Cavalier, 9 Dickev. 9
Divide, 24 Dunn, May 1 Eddy.
8 Emmons, 20 Foster 7 Grand
Forks, 12 Griggs, 6 Hettinger,
2 7 Kidder, 1 7 LaMoure, 2 Lo
gan, 1 5 McHenry, 21 Mcintosh,
14 McKenzie, 29 McLean, 6
Mercer, 30 Morton, 1 Moun
trail, 30 Nelson, 10 Oliver, 29
Pembina, 7 Pierce, 19 Ramsey
14 Ransom, 3 Renville, 22
Richland, 5 Rolette, 16 Sargent
6 Sheridan, 5 Stark, 3 Steele,
6 Stutsman, 8 Towner 15
Walsh 13 Ward. 10 Wells, 9
Williams, 27 Golden Valley, 2
Slope, 23 Sioux 4.
M. W. Power
at Killdeer
M. W. Power arrived this week
from Beach and has let the con
tract for his new building on his
lot just north of Cole's market
and opposite the Tribune office.
Lumber and material were haul
ed to the ground and the Hoye
carpenters immediately started
work. The building will be 24x
50 feet and will be finished thru
out, and will perhaps be ready
for occupancy within a few weeks
Mr. Power states that he already
has purchased suitable fixtures
and a portion of the stock of
clothing and shoes and he will be
open for business as soon after
the building is finished as pos
sible. He is optomistic over the
outlook for a good business in his
oarticular line in the new town
of Killdeer and thinks more of
the town and its people all the
time. Mr. Power is alive wire in
business circles and we wish him
success in his business venture at
this place.—Killdeer Herald.
VOLUME XI PUBLISHED AT BEACH, GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1915
Third Trial for
Jim Jan Jims
Jury for Case in Federal Court
Secured—Defendants Charged
With Sending Obscene Litera
ture—Similar to Case Against
Frost.
Bismarck, March 25.—The
case of the United States vs. Sam
uel H. Clark and C. H. Crockard,
edtor and business manager re
spectively of the publcation
known as Jm Jam' Jems and
charged on wo counts wiih send
ing obscene literature by express
or channels of intersate commerce
opened before United States Dis
trict Federal Judge W. F- Booth
of Minneapolis in the federal
court of Bismarck at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
United States District Attor
ney M. A. Hildreth of Fargo is
prosecuting the case while the de
fendants are represented by At
torneys Tracy and George Bangs
of Grand Forks and Dudley Nash
of Minot. Because of the prom
inence of the defendants and the
publication, and the national in
terest centered in the case, the
court room was taxed to capac
ity with spectators when the trial
opened.
History of the Case.
This is the third trial of Clark
an dCrockard. In March 1913,
thety were summoned into feder
al court before Federal Judge
Willard to answer to 24 accounts
of sending obscene literature
through interstate commerce
channels. The first trial resulted
in a disagreement.
The second trial was held in
Tune of that year when the de
fendants were found guilty
both counts. Judge Willard im
posed a fine of $2,000 and costs
for each count on each defendant
with a sentence of two years each
in the federal penitentiary. The
verdict of the jury was based on
two specific charges of the March
and another issue of Jim Jam
Jems known as the sensational
edition that year. Clark and
Crockard carried the case to the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals and won it, the higher
court in its decision of March 2,
1914, ordering a retrial on the
grounds that the case involved
not only the two paragraphs of
»he issue on which the defendants
had been found guilty, but the en
tire articles of those publications
Something like 148 errors were
nlso put forth by the defendants
in their appeal, but these were
set aside by the higher court The
present or third trial now under
way is accordingly a re-trial of
He two counts on which Clark
and Crockard had been found
guilty- Judge Willard, who pass
ed sentence in the trial of June,
1913 has since died, and Judge
Amidon of Fargo against whom
Booth is serving in place of Judge
affidavit of prejudice had been
filed.
Jury is Secured
Both the government and the
defence exhusted their pre-emp
tory challenges before a jury was
finally secured shortly after 6 o'
clock yesterday evening. In all
31 jurymen were examined.
Both the government attorney
and counsel for the defense ex
ercised caution and exacting an
swers in their examinations. It
was plainly seen that the case is
eoing to be hard fought and that
the legal talent involved will put
forth their best efforts. Several
of the jurymen examined admit
ted they had formed an impres
sion in the matter and were ex
cused. Almost all stated in the
examinations that they had at
sorre time or other read the pub
lication or parts of it, and per
used newspaper articles covering
two previous trials, and had at
some time or other heard these
cases and the present case dis
cussed. Wfule there were many
^at knew the defendants person
ally, there were also quite a few
strangers to Clark and Crockard
examined for the jury.
Rapid Fire Questions
Attorney Hildreth directed
much rapid firing questioning to
the score of friendship acquaint
ance with the defendants. Fre
quently he launched forth with
the question as to whether or not
the jurymen, if he had read the
Jim Jam Jems publications or ar
ticles hereof, had not formed an
opinion as to guilt or innocence of
the defendants in regard to the
charges on which they had and
are at present being tried. At­
X.
.if1'
A Newspaper that Causes Comment in a Town that is Talked About
torney Tracy Bangs in each in
stance objected to this question
on the grounds that it called for
the conclusion of the witness and
in each case was sustained by
judge Booth.
SPrinkling of Humor
There was also a sprinkling of
humor interspiced with the ser
iousness of the examinations. In
reply to a question put to a jury
man in regard to his acquaintance
with counsel for the defense or
acquaintance with the attorneys in
his home town, if any, the jury
man replied that he knew neither
Tracy nor George Bangs nor
Dudley Nash, and that the town
in which he made his residence af
forded its citizens no legal talent.
"Lucky town." said Hildreth-
Predict Short Trial.
After the jury had been sworn
in by Judge Booth, adjournment
was taken until 10:00 o'clock this
morning, when the introduction of
testimony will commence. The
government has eight or nine
witnesses to place on the stand
and the defense has none. None
was placed on the stand in pre
vious cases.
It is the opinion of the court at
taches and those supposed to be
in a position to know, that the
"ase will come to a speedy close,
a number even offering the predic
tion that it will terminate with a
-tight session tonight. This opin
ion was shared and ot least hoped
for bv both defendants, who are
confident that they will as quick
ly be aouitted.
Another "racVed house" of
-oectators is looked for in the
courtroom today. The "inner
sanctuary" yesterday was also
well filled with a number of Bis
marck and out-cf-town attorneys.
Ask Citizen Aid
in Boosting State
Mr. Editor: Inasmuch a3 the
immigration law does not become
operative till July i, and of course
none of its funds available till
that time, 1 l.ive determined to
ask the newspapermen of the
state to assist in doing a little pre
liminary work which might be
termed the "Personal Letter Im
migration Movement It is for
each editor to ask the people with
in the reach of his circulation to
write letters to friends and news
papers in their old home in their
respective states, telling them of
their successes of the wonderful
resources of North Dakota how
they raise corn, clover, alfalfa,
cattle, hogs of the nice, pure at
mosphere with its refreshing qual
ities for sleep that the blizzards
which the eastern papers adver
tise so diligently do not occur of
the long hours of daylight and the
abundance of sunshine that this
state has far more coal than any
state in the union, which is a pos
itive fact of how North Dakota
is the last state in the union to
feel hard times and the first to
recover, and many other items of
interest and fact which may sug
gest themselves.
It will be over four months be
fore the immigration commission
"an begin effective work, and in
the meantime at least 50,000 let
ters could be written to friends in
he east.
Fix up this appeal in your own
language, and tell them if they
will send to this office the addres
ses of friends to whom they would
like to have maps and literature
sent, I will see that they are sup
plied free.
If the press of the state will
unite in this "Personal Letter Im
migration Movement" it will
have a tremendous effect for
good. I will appreciate marked
copies of anything you may print
on this subject.
Yours very truly,
R. F. FLINT,
Commissioner of Agriculture and
Labor and Immigration Com
missioner.
Ford Pays
Heirs $7,000
Grandparents of Nels Nelson Kill
ed in Fargo Accident Are Re
membered by Auto Firm.
Fargo, N- D., March 22.—A
signed agreement whereby the
three children of Nels X. Nelson
and their grandparents will re
ceive $7,000 as a settlement for
the accidental death of Nels X.
Nelson, who was trapped with
John Hall, another laborer, when
the first floor of the new Ford
building collapsed at the noon
hour on Feb. 3, last, has been
made between the Ford Motor
company and J. C. S. Nelson, a
brother of the Nelson killed, at
the Ford offices in Detroit Mich.
Mr. Nelson, who is in the jewelry
business here and located in the
Central Drug store on Broadway,
returned early yesterday morning
from Detroit and stated that the
only step now necessary is for
the settlement to be approved by
the court. He added that no at
torneys were employed by either
parties involved.
Hall Settlement Pending
A settlement is pending in re
gard to the accidental death of
John Hall, who left a widow and
four children, the eldest a cripple.
The widow is demanding $8,000
but as yet a settlement has not
been reached. Mr. Nelson stated
that the stories that had been
spread broadcast that the Ford
-ompany had come forward vol
untarily with big settlements were
false- The company dii, how
ever, pay his trip to Detroit and
return.
Speaks Highly of Ford People
Mr. Nelson speaks very highly
if the Ford people and stated
hat he was informed by people
^ornected with the Ford offices
hat the company is giving em
ployment to many left depend
tion with its work, providing they
ent through accidents in connec
vvant to work.
Busy Year For
R. R. Commission
Bismarck, March 25.—Fair
mount is to get anew depot. The
residents there have been after a
new depot from the Milwaukee
for some time but without suc
cess.
The company was instructed
by the board of railroad commis
sioners at their last meeting to
prepare plans and submit them
for approval to the railroad com
missioners by April 15. The
building must be completed by
August 1 of this year.
Cannot Close
At the same meeting the rail
road commissioners refused the
applications of the railroads to
close the statons at Hesper and
Karnak. The railroads were anx
ious to do this but as the receipts
a these two points are in excess of
$12,000 the applications were re
fused.
From the way things look at
present this is going to be a busy
year for the commission. Ar
rangements were partially com
pleted at their me-itm,? Friday to
hold a number of hearings at dif
ferent points through Vive state
The first of these will be at
Minot the first week in April.
There area number of complaints
from this section of the state
which will be taken up at the
meeting.
Want Stockyards
A large number of petitions
are being filed each week for the
establishment of stockyards
various places. This is very grat
ifying to the commissioners
nearly all of the applications are
made because of the large in
crease in hogs, making necessary
increased facilities for handling
tiiis
1
.siness.
in
J. W. McNeice was sworn
and put on duty as policeman and
•treet commissioner, awaiting the
action of the city council to con
firm his appointment, which ac
tion was laid on the table at the
last meeting, the council wishing
to reduce the salary from $ 100
"o $80 per month before con
firming any appointment. John
has been busy this week cleaning
up the streets and filling in holes
about town which endangered
traffic.
iut* Historical Society
VOTES TWENTY-ONE
TIMES AT $1 A VOTE
Indianapolis, March 20
A record voting of twen
ty-two times in one day at
a dollar a vote was claim
ed by Fred Eisner, testi
fying in the Terre-Haute
election case. Eisner tes
tified that he confined his
operations to three pre
cincts. and sa'd he was
cheated out of a dollar
"as the paymaster said I
had r^ade enough money
already.
Albert Mast, one of the
eighty-pight pleading guil
ty, testified he was twen
tv-one years old on elec
tion dav and had "cele
brated it by voting six
times."
"The Spoilers"
Here April 9th
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Maybe you area movie fan and
maybe you are not. If you are
scene,
nverv
in
as
It is a very clear indication that
the farmers are gradually aband
oning excessive grain farming and
are taking up stock raising.
BELFIELD TO INCORPORATE
AS CITY BUILD WATER
WORKS
With only 35 votes against the
proposition, the citizens of Bel
field have voted to incorporate
as a city, and issue bonds of $20,
000 for the installation of a wat
erworks system, with the neces
sary equipment in the power plant
furnish electric lights for the
city.
Washington, goes to the Gamb
ling Hall and gambles in a vain
effort to drown his troubles. He
wins until huge piles of chips are
on the table before him. At this
point Cherry Mlacotte and Bron
cho Kid plot to stop his mad win
nings. The kid takes the dealers
chair in the faro games while
Cherry assists him. Glenister
loses all. It is an intense mo
ment when he rushes from ths
chair and offers to bet his share
in the Midas mine against the
gambline outfit of Broncho Kid
As the Kid turns the
The trouble is, you can't ap
Drecinte it unless you see it. Wil
liam Farum as Glenister and Miss
Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Mal
cotte takes the leading parts.
There are others prominent, such
as Dextry, Helen, Slapjack, the
crooked judge and Politician, and
the Broncho Kid.
Northwest is in
Good Condition
Mineapolis, Minn., March 23.
—The northwest today is in bet
ter condition financially, commer
cially and in an agricultural way
than it ever was.
This was the optomistic report
brought to St- Paul todav by J.M.
Hanaford, president of the North
ern Pacific railroad, upon his re
turn from a two weeks' inspection
rip of the road.
"The northwest will see a larg
er acreage planted to wheat this
year than ever before," said Mr.
Hannaford.
"The high prices of grain will
tend to extend the acreage under
cultivation and divert land from
other usage. A great deal of fall
blowing was done and the coun
try received an unusually large
fall of snow, which is now melting
well."
Eight Pages
fhe
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Coming to the Opera Home on ,od When he wm shot he
F.8
um Big Hit ir. "The Spoilers.
The coming of the Law, the her grand-daughter, Mrs. Mary
•nw that replaces the old "six Scott, near Squaw Gap, north of
shooters" happens just before: here.
me of the dramatic points of the '[he body was brought to her
tory. Glenister, driven to des-1 son's home near Westerheim
piration in trying to save his mine where a short service was held
from the political crooks of Monday evening and the remains
tatal
card
which takes Glenister last
cent. Cherry dramatically comes
to the rescue.
NUMBER 20
Young Man Shot
May Not Live
Son of L- C. Rosenkranz, a Prom
inent School Teacher in Green
River District.
acci-
Percy Rosenkranz was
dentally shot Sunday morning,
and only time will tell whether or
not he will live. Young Rosen
kranz is a young man of twenty
two and has a homestead in Mc
kranz is a young man of twenty
the accident was visiting his fath
er in Green River township.
Percy with his little ten year
old brother had started in a
sleigh to a straw stack some two
miles away where they intended
to fill some straw ticks. They
took their rifle with them and
Dlaced it down in front of them.
In going over a rough place in the
road the young man in some way
accidently kicked the trigger ami
bullet entered the young man**
leg just above the knee and plot**
fell from the .leigh and a. the boy
was no( sltong nough (o
a in to
not it is all the more reason you
should see "THE SPOILERS"
which will be shown at the Beach
Opera House on Saturday, March
9. Movies may come and go, but
those who see "THE SPOILERS"
will always remember it as the
best, bar none, ever seen in this
city. One wonders how the pro
ducers could take Rex Beach's
popular book, by the same name,
and reproduce it so faithfully on
the 3creen. To describe the pic
ture and do it justice is impos
sible. From the time Helen Ches
ter arrives in Alaska and takes!
such a prominent part in the busi
ness and personal affairs of Glen
ister and Dextry, to the final
which is beautiful in
:n?e of the word. "THE
SPOILERS" is a vividly told
story for those
who appreciate
red blooded men and women
Every phase of human emotion is
shown and in such a manner that Mrs. Emily Harman died Fri
it gives a lasting impression. day, March 12th, at the home of
,.ft
was compelled to driye back
home gbout a m-,e for he,p and
eave the wounded man lying in
the snow.
After hearing of the accident
the father rushed to the scene and
found his son lying unconscious
in the snow. He was taken home
and Dr. Cosgrove of Belfield call
ed. When the doctor arrived it
was found that he was in a very
serious condition, and that he
would have to have an operation
performed. The young man was
taken to a hospital in Belfield
where he received surgical atten
tion. There is small chance for
his recovery.—Medora Herald-
Later: The unfortunate man
died at Belfield on Wednesday.
Obituary of Mrs.
Emily Harman
viewed by many friends.
Interment was made in the Sen
tinel Butte creamery Tuesday aft
ernoon, Rev. Burns officiating.
Mrs. Harmon was born May
22, 1839, in the state of Ken
tucky and from there she went to
Missouri with her parents, where
she spent her girlhood.
She was married to George W.
Harmon in 1871 and lived in Mis
souri until 1905, when she and
her husband came to North Dak
ota.
She is survived by her husband,
two daughters, Mrs. Mary Grav
en of Westerheim, and Mrs. Ida
Queensbury of Missouri, and her
only son, Thos. Harmon of West
erheim, N. D- She had been a
member of a Baptist church in
Missouri for 35 years.
Her many friends extend to
the family their most heartfelt
sympathy in this great bereave
ment.
Those who knew her feel that
they will miss a friend endeared
to them by years of pleasant as
sociation and helpful kindness.
That she was spared to reach an
advanced age in full possession of
all her faculties is indeed a cause
for thankfulness. May her mantle
of gentle deeds and loving words
be left with us, and may our last
end be like hers.—Contributed.
Commission Form
at Marmarth
Commission Issue Calls Out Larg
est Vote that has Been Cast in
Several Years—Village Asses
sor is Only Office Un-Contested
The question of incorporating
as a city under the charter form
of government was easily the
leading issue in the annual village
election held last Tuesday, and
was responsible for calling out
the largest vote that has been
cast in several years, 102 ballots
being cast, but of this number on
ly 99 voted upon the commission
question, 75 for, 24 against, 3
being non-committal.