The Ward County Independent from Minot, North Dakota • Page 1

SONS OF NORWAY HOLD THEIR ANNUAL YULEFE8T TUESDAY Large Number Brave Elements day Night to Attend One of the Happiest of Social Events. A large number of members and their friends of the Sons of Norway organization met at their hall, west Central avenue, Tuesday evening, to hold their annual Yulefest, which is always one of the happiest events in their calendar. The essence of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All Men" is expressed in the Norwegian greeting "Gladelig Jul," which was heard on all sides at this happy gathering, and if there was a dull moment spent or a harsh, thought harbored, it was not outwardly manifested during the tire evening. A splendid banquet had been pared, consisting of a large number of both Norwegian and American cacies, which was served at 9:30 o'clock, "being preceded by a musical program by Hovind's orchestra. John Sveen presided as toastmaster in a masterly manner, and at the clusion of the feasting called upon a large number of the banqueters who responded in a happy manner, the speaking being done, with but few exceptions, in the language of their adopted country.

TTie first speaker of the evening was Peter Fugelso, president of the order, whose remarks, though brief, were tened to with close attention. He was followed by John J. Lee, R. A. Nestos, Prof.

Haugelund (the guest of Martin Jacobson, Dr. Bonnichsen, H. A. Martinson, Grant S. Youmans, and.Isak Mattson, all of whom seemed to be inspired with the gaiety of the happiest season of the year.

Prof. Haugelund, who was the guest of honor and principal speaker of the evening, spoke in the Norwegian guage and spoke on "The Duties of the Norwegian in America," showing the relations of the Norwegian to his opted land and comparing them with those of the native land. During his remarks Prof. Haugelund referred to Minot as an "oasis in the desert" and that owing to the hospitality of the Norwegian people of Minot he had spent the most pleasant Christmas in his recollection. After the speaking, the orchestra played the overture, "In Norway," after which dancing was indulged in until the morning hours, and it was One of the two prominent men in 1 the picture will be without doubt the 2 speaker of the house in the Sixtyfifth -congress, whose members were 'elected last month, if he lives.

But, 'which one? Neither James R. Mann at Illinois (at left in picture), nor Champ Clark of Missouri, have a maijority of votes, save by combination riirlth independent members. Both the MANN OR CLARK WILL BE SPEAKER BUT THEY'RE NOT WORRYING OVER IT with reluctance that the happy ering dispersed. A most noticeable feature of these gatherings held by the sturdy Norse people is the true spirit of democracy that prevails. There is no such thing as caste known to them when they gather together for their festivities.

This was a very pronounced feature of the gathering Tuesday night, and one which more than any other gave their "Gladelig Jul" a ring of ity. Returned From Brother-in-Law's FuneraL Herman Schwede, a prominent farmer from Donnybrook, is in the city today enroute home from a month's visit in Wabash, New Ulm, Fosston and Bemidji, Minn. His daughter accompanied him. Mr. Schwede and his brothers, Fred, Ed and Louis, and sister, Mrs.

Val Bott, all from Donnybrook, were called to Minnesota recently to attend the neral of their brother-in-law, Arthur Kroueger, who met his death while working on the new Masonic Temple at Rochester, Minn. Mr. Kroueger was an expert brick mason. The ing was nearing completion when a portion of the front gave way, ing the scaffold to fall to the ground, fifty feet below. Four workmen fell to their death.

The Schwede family comprises twelve, six brothers and six sisters. The six brothers are engaged in ing in North Dakota and are doing well. Thrilling Hold-up. A thrilling hold-up is reported in one of Minot's business houses at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. A stick-up artist" who evidently wanted to rake in the entire pot took a shot at young Gow, who thwarted his plans.

Gow was shot in the eTbow, the bullet ing out at the hand, and the injured man, to save himself from more ious consequences, is said to have dashed thru the plate glass, making his get-away. The police were fied of the affair but no arrests have followed. Shanley Dougherty Died. Shanley, the sixteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Dougherty, who side on Sixth St. N. died day from paralysis.

The remains were shipped to the old home, Conway, N. for interment. The death of the young man was a severe blow to bers of the family, who have the cere sympathy of their many friends. Whitney is Now Adjutant. A.

E. Whitney, second lieutenant of Co. was recently promoted to jutant of the North Dakota regiment, which gives him the same rank as First Lieutenant. Mr. Whitney's motion was well merited and his many Minot friends are glad to hear of it.

MINORITY MANN AND SPEAKER urcoiucilb Republican party and the Democrats were disappointed by failure to elect a majority of house members. Clark is the present speaker, and Mann is leader of the Republican house ity. The Sixty-nfth congress will not convene until December, 1917, less called into special session by the president after the expiration of the WMV wf 4-s I ASKS REHEARING IN GRANT YOUMANS CASE Action Unduly Advanced and Justice Denied Youmans, Declared Manahan, His Attorney. Bismarck, N. Dec.

ing that the hearing of the Grant S. Youmans case against Governor Hanna and other members of the mer state banking board was "improvidently and unfairly advanced on motion of the defendants," without the knowledge of attorneys for the tiff that the motion to advance was made by the defendant in bad faith, and that the undue haste with which the supreme court acted in the matter denied justice to the plaintiff, gressman James Manahan, of sota, attorney for Youmans, filed a tition with the supreme court this morning for a re-hearing. The case was the last one decided by the old supreme court before the contest for seats began. If the hearing is granted the fight between Youmans and ernor Hanna over closing the former's bank will come before the new court. wmm The above is a picture of the C.

M. Christenson farm home, located in Freedom township, fifteen miles west of Minot. Since the picture of the home was taken, a number of provements have been added. Mr. Christenson homesteaded the land thirteen years ago and he has made his own way, adding to his provements gradually as he could ford them, making the farm pay its own way.

He might be considered ultra-conservative, yet the safe way is often the best way and a man is bound to win out in the end. Mr. Christenson has a very comfortable and commodious house, a barn 40x42, granary, a hog and poultry house bined 12x48, the buildings all being permanently constructed. A 300-foot well affords plenty of good water. Mr.

Christenson believes in diversification, keeping cows, hogs, poultry and a number of good brood mares on the farm. While he does not farm on a very large scale, he has never had to Senator Mostad's Grandmother Dies. Mrs. Tosten C. Mostad left Tuesday morning for Belview, to attend the funeral of her mother, aged 88 years, who passed away on Christmas eve from infirmities.

Mrs. Turi Rudy was born in Norway and when yet a young woman settled in Fillmore county, where she has resided ever since. She was a resident of Minnesota during the stirring days of the Indian massacres and was able to tell thrilling experiences. She once 'visited at the Mostad home in Ward county and will be remembered by some of the old settlers. She was the grandmother of Senator Thorwald Mostad.

Salvation Xmas Army Gave 50 Dinners. The Salvation Army distributed sacks of food, each sufficient for a good Christmas dinner, to 50 Minot families. Included in the lot were 155 chickens, bread, butter, and many other good things to eat. Some of the food was donated by the Minot merchants and the remainder was bought by money given for the cause. The mas donations this year were better than ever.

Ensign and Mrs. Ellis, in making the rounds of the city, found poor families who will be assisted during the remainder of the winter. The Christmas exercises at the racks Monday night were rendered to a packed house. There was a fine Xmas tree, Santa Claus, and each child received several toys, a sack of candy and several apples. Faust Opera Singers at the Normal.

The Faust Opera Singers will pear at the Normal school gymnasium Friday evening, Jan. 8 at 8 o'clock, as the fifth number of the Lyceum course. The admission will be as ual, 25 and 50 cents. An auto bus has been chartered by the Normal school for a ten cent service from the Minot Drug Co. for the evening.

The singers include Mildred Smith, contralto Christian Mathisen, tenor Joel Mossberg, baritone and Martha Mork, soprano. This will be one of I present congress on March 3, 1917. the very best numbers of the course. dBHH it ii 4 y' is I jy: v. I ii I THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN THE STATE Vol.

15: No. 37. Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Thursday, December 28, 1916 Subscription $1.50 Per Annum' 1 1 1 KINKS MY IT THE Six Hundred Youngsters Given the Time of Their Lives Xmas Tree, Presents, Etc. According to the annual Christmas custom, the beautiful Elks' Home was turned over to the "kiddies" Of Minot Wednesday from three until five clock. So intensely interested were the youngsters in the proceedings that were to follow that many of them rived at 12 o'clock.

It was a very mopolitan, good natured crowd that E. L. Rowan, the genial custodian of the Home, had in his charge. The doors were not even barred to the ored children. Twenty-five of the wives of Elks had the children in charge and saw that they were all tertained properly.

The entire home was given over to the six hundred youngsters. They were given ice cream cones, presents, candy and anges. A beautiful Christmas tree had been decorated by Mr. Rowan and the entire Home was decorated in the Christmas colors, green and red. The afternoon was spent in playing games.

THE RESULT OK 13 YEARS. I -t Farm Home of C. M. Christenson. buy a bushel of seed or feed during the thirteen years.

He owns a half section of land. In building up this home, Mr. Christenson has received valuable assistance from his wife and often remarks that he never could have done it without her assistance. Mr. tenson, with all of his work at home, has found time to do considerable well drilling each year, which brings in an additional income of several dred dollars.

Mr. Christenson visited the live stock show at Chicago recently and ter looking over the possibilities in the east, concludes that our ities out in North Dakota are two to one as compared to those other places. "I saw farms in the east that didn't look any larger than my door yard," he remarked, "but they seem to be making it. We don't realize what we are wasting here. I don't see why our land isn't worth almost as much as the land in the east if we will only work it right." LOWE MAY BE NAMED CLERK Minot Attorney Said to be Scheduled for Clerk of Supreme Court to Succeed R.

D. Hoskins. Justice James E. Robinson ed that John C. Lowe, of Minot, who I has been court stenographer in the I Eighth Judicial district for more than a decade, will probably receive very favorable consideration from the new supreme court when it takes up the appointment of a clerk of the supreme court.

R. D. Hoskins, who has been clerk for many years, will probably be retired and it is said that Mr. Lowe will without doubt be selected. Mr.

Lowe is regarded as an able torney and an efficient court reporter. Justice Robinson sent the following I reply to a number who had applied for the appointment as clerk: "We want a clerk who can walk and not weary who can run and not faint I one who can get into training to fit himself for the office of supreme court justice in the course of a few years, according to the rules of civil service. We want a clerk of quick and clear perception and good judgment who can virtually decide half the cases rectly and present the other half in such a way as to make it easy to deI cide them. "We are starting out with new court rules. The clerk must be in the office from 8 a.

m. until 5 p. except an hour at tfbon. He must boss the judges keep an account with them lay out their daily work on their tables and see that they report for work at 9 a. and work during business hours.

"We have made a rule that on the last day of every nionth each district judge and judge of each county court of increased jurisdiction, must file with the clerk of the supreme court a port of the business done by him and the cases decided during the month and the cases remaining undecided, and the business disposed of on each day and the time given to the same the court may call for additional reports on any matter. The clerk must make a similar port for us, and each of us, and lay v7 icv. before us and direct special attention to the report of the other judges. We think the people who pay for doing the work have a right to know how it is done and to know the time that each judge devotes to his work. We are convinced that no court can be trusted to do good work without some system of supervision and reporting.

That is true of the U. S. supreme court and the New York court of appeals. It is reported they are nearly two years hind with their work. Is it the fault of their clerk? "Now, if you think you can fill the bill, please write us specifically on each point.

Do not think that you will have to copy decisions covering 20 or 30 pages, because if I mistake not, our decisions will be sharp, short and pointed." GREETINGS FROM CO. D. The Independent received mas Greetings from members of Co. located on the Mexican border at Mercedes, Texas. The complete ter of the company appears on the tractive folder, as follows: Frank E.

Wheelon, Captain F. Otto Gross, 1st Lieut. Stanton A. Hayes, 2nd Lieut. Paul R.

C. White, 1st geant Leo S. Kigin, Mess Sergeant Paul N. Hofaker, Supply Sergeant T. Larson, Percival B.

T. Robbins, Carl G. Lantz, John Lesliqj Leo S. Kigin, Hildor S. Ellison, Hugh E.

Taylor Edward Hoffman, William H. Oesch, Forest W. Brooks, John T. Zabriskie, Smith Taylor, Nichols, Ralph H. Clarke, Harry Remington William Berg, Peter Brown Mechanic Andrews Buglers Herman Bartz, Lelie Dunn Privates, First Harrison, Bergstrom, Victor Brietzke, Hermon, Carroll, William Casey, Robert Christianson, Herman, Day, William Fay Laridaen, Harry, Lloyd, Harold, Johnson, Herman, Moulton, Clarence.

McGahan, Luther Murphy, Paul Racine, Allen Rudd, Leo, Soderquist, Verne, "Wilkes, John Simon Adcock, Charles Avelsgaard, Melvin Baker, Charles, Bates, Henry, Beers, Donald Beleal, Irl Buchko, Joseph Clausen, Elmer, Cyrus, Russell, Eide, Arthur Fleet, jamin, Foley, Harry Gillette, mond, Gimble, Hans, Givens, Guy Haase, Aksel, Halsebo, Olav, Halsey, Orville Howell, Paul Jeffries, Charles Johnson, Alfred Kohn, Ralph Lamorie, George, Larson, Charles, McCann, Barney McClain, Henry Madsen, Makee, William Matt, Jacob, Marsh, liam, Miller, Alfred Morrow, eph Nowak, Mike, Nyberg, Oscar, Odum, Robert, Pentz, Fred, Prokoff, Louie, Quackenbush, John Rutland, David, Sawaya, George, Stevens, ert Strandberg, Fred, Tiller, AJibert, Van Duzee, Fred, Wartchow, George, Waydeman, William, "Wells, Bert, Wesa, Jake, Wold Oscar. Why Farmer Boys Leave Son's calf usually grows up to be Father's cow. The unfortunate German soldier seen in the picture was wounded in one of the recent fights at Beaumont-Hamel, just north of the Ancre, and brot VvJ ORGANIZED LOCAL EQUITY UNION Farmers From Minot and Vicinity Start Organization with dues at $5 per President. On December 23rd, 1916, a number of men who were interested in the ganization of a Local Equity Union met at the new home office of The Savings Loan Trust of Minot, and perfected an organization. The meeting was called to order by Anthony Walton, resident director of the North Dakota State Union of the American Society of Equity.

Mr. ton explained why the meeting was called and what those present ed to do. It was the unanimous wish of those present to complete the ganization of a Local Union of Equity. Mr. Anthony Walton was elected chairman and Mr.

Howard liott was elected temporary secretary. The next step was the election of the permanent officers of the organization which resulted as follows: C. O. Carlson, President. John Wallin, Vice President.

Alfred Walton, Secretary-Treas. It was moved and seconded that the regular meetings be held in the Rest Room of the Savings Loan Trust (the farmers' new bank), the first and third Saturdays of every month at 2 o'clock p. m. It was moved and carried thart the officers of the Local Equity Union act as a business committee and act for the Local Union as a whole. The Local Union dues were fixed at $5 per member.

The following is a list of the names of those who joined at the first ing: Anthony Walton, C. O. Carlson, John Wallin, Alfred Walton, B. A. Blume, I.

N. A. N. Kalness, G. S.

Youmans, K. E. Gowin. John tenson, C. Oscar Olson, E.

J. Pepke, B. L. Bussen, John Fetcher, A. W.

Asplund, Erick Carlson, Thorwald Mostad. The minutes of the meeting and the money subscribed by new members and paid in for dues, was turned over to the new Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. Alfred Walton. Motion made and carried to adjourn. Elliott, Secretary Pro Tem.

Minot Legislators to the Front. The Minot legislators left for the front this week and will securely trench themselves at Bismarck for the next thirty or sixty days. Anthony Walton and H. R. Wood left for Fargo Tuesday to attend a meeting of the packing plant committee.

J. E. Erb left from Ryder. Senator Mostad and Representative Geo. Reishus left not today.

Mr. Mostad is of the ion that the session will last sixty days. BADLY HURT BROUGHT INTO BRITISH LINES (GERMAN PRISONER CAPTURED IN ANGRE. BATTLE 1 in it prisoner into the. British lines.

He was badly hurt and needed support by the British soldier, who is seen ing his captive's steps. V-mM Zi I.