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THE INDEPENDENT HAS THE LARGEST C1RCULA TION OF ANY WEEKLY PAPER IN THE STATE.

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ite 'Vol 13; No. 29. Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Thursday, November 5, 1914. Subscription $1 Per Annum

WIN tt-BKIB aeon of m HAS MAJORITY ESTIMATED AT

FROM 8,000 TO 10,000—GRONNA WINS BY BIG MARGIN—REPUB­LICAN STATE TICKET ELECT­ED—THREE REPUBLICAN CON­GRESSMEN.

L. B. Hanna was re-elected gover­nor of North Dakota over Frank Hell­strom, democrat, by a majority esti­mated at from 8,000 to 10,000. Han-na's majority two years ago was about 8,500 and it is said that he won by as large a margin this year. With re­turns from more than 40 counties his majority is over 5,000 and as the re­turns. come in the majority grows.

Senator Gronna has a strong lead over Purcell, democrat. Scattering re­turns in forty counties give Gronna 27,922 to 18,454 for Purcell.

Secretary of State Thomas Hall, State Auditor Carl Jorgenson, and In­surance Commissioner Walt Taylor were all re-elected by large majorities.

H. J. Linde of Stanley is the winner for Attorney Gerferal by an immense majority. Robert Flint for Commis­sioner of Agriculture and Labor is away in the lead. E. J. Taylor, super­intendent of public instruction, is safe.

Railroad Commissioners Mann, An­derson and Stutsman piled up immense majorities. __ , _ .

The Bismarck Tribune of Thursday morning concedes the election of Judge of the Supreme Court to A. M. Christianson of Towner, who defeated Burleigh F. Spalding. With incom­plete returns, Christianson is 2147 votes ahead. Cass county gave Spal­ding a majority of 1500, but McHenry

1 county gave Christianson a majority nearly as large. . .

Li the primaries, Spalding's majori­ty was but €,000, so it wouldi take a change of ar. average of only 60 votes in each county to elect Christiansen. In many counties Spalding fell on 100 over his primary vote. In the avnit that Christianson is elected, ape'.'na­tion is current as to the successor of Spalding as chief justice. Justices Fisk, Burke and Goss are all eligible. All. of them come up for election two y e a r s h e n c e . . . . . .

Woman suffrage lost in the state by ouite a large majority. Figures avail­able give 9,680 votes for woman suf­frage and 13,080 against. Bowman, Eddy, I-aMoure, Towner and Williams counties gave woman suffrage a ma-

jonty^. ^ejge8en won for Congress in the First district and Geo. Young in the second.

Trinity Ladies Will Hold Sale. The Trinity Ladies' Aid of the north

prairie will hold a dinner and sale at die John Helset home Thursday, Nov. 12. A 25 cent dinner will be served at noon aild articles will be sold in the afternoon. Everybody invited.

SON HE! IN DBATE LARGE CROWD HEARD CON­

GRESSMAN FROM THIRD AND HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT AT THE ARMORY FRIDAY NIGHT.

i? An unusually large number heard the debate between Halvor L. Halvor-son, the democratic nominee for Con­gress from the Third district, and P. D. Norton, the Congressman from this district at the Armory Friday night, when they debated relative to. the merits of the Underwood tariff bill.

J. M. Devine outlined the debate from the standpoint of Mr. Norton

' while G. S. Wooledge appeared for . Mr. Halvorson.

5 Norton spoke first, occupying an . hour, when the Minot man got in his

inning. Each speaker then took fif­teen minutes in rebuttal. Each was applauded frequently as he drove

J home some forcible argument. Norton said in part: "It is a pleas-

. /' ure for me to come here to discuss Sthe difference between the two great #parties. I don't think that everything ^democratic is bad. I do not think that ;the man who adheres to the democrat-

$fic principles is not sincere. Pres. Wil-^Ison is an honest, intelligent citizen, Ibut I reserve the right to take excep­tion to many things that he favors.

He then explained that the demo­crats believed in tariff for revenue on-;ly while the republicans believe in

wionly enough tariff to make up the dif-' inference in the cost of production at

1 v'^home and abroad, with enough differ-*- \ence for a fair margin of profit for the

producer. He said that in 1912 the democrats said that if they were plac-

, ed in power, they would reduce the * cost of living, by throwing the farm

products onto the world s markets. . The farmers were told they would get

( /a better price for their products by 'ft' reason of this. The republican party

^/claims the protective tariff is not the ^ cause of the high cost of living, but a

• •..••waste in the distribution. _ He said * < r,,that shoes were as high or higher than fefrsaSever before and said that clothing was }-' ' just as high since the tariff was taken

off from wool. Norton maintains that the Underwood bill is unfair to the farmers and businessmen of the north­west and to the industries as well. He maintains that the Underwood bill is a misfit because it protects some arti­cles and not others. He said the southern products were protected while those produced in the north are on the free list. He claims that the increase in the importation of farm products since the Underwood bill be­came operative would fill a 362 mile train. He said that ordinarily, there are about 50,000 idle box cars in the country, but under the working of the Underwood bill the number has been increased to 240,000. He claimed that during the first seven months, we lost $23,000,000 in revenue, and said the democrats planned to place their hands in the pockets of the people, with a war tax, to make up the defic­iency.

Mr. Halvorson was applauded as he made his appearance. He referred to the fact that in the banks of North Dakota and in other states, the bank deposits have been increased by mil­lions of dollars under the Underwood bill. That bill placed the necessities of life upon the free list, he said.

He read an extract from a state­ment made by Senator Cummins of Iowa, claiming that he did not believe the high protection on farm products affects the price. Mr. Halvorson said the price of farm products is higher than in many years, and declared that there couldn't be very much the mat­ter with the Underwood bill.

"We export 247 bushels of wheat for every one that we import and the corn we import comes largely from Argentina and would not make a breakfast for the hogs of Iowa," he said.

He believes the price of clothing will be reduced, but said a local merchant cannot be expected to reduce the price of what he has in stock.

Mr. Halvorson took some time in ex­plaining the important legislation ef­fected since the democrats came into power. Mr. Halvorson said that on account of the war we were not im­porting anything just now, so the tar­iff bill cannot make any difference.

He referred to the manner in which the Mexican situation is being handl­ed; the bill providing for the election of U. S. Senators by a direct vote; to the income tax that brings in a hun­dred million dollarp; the currency re­form; the bill providing for the Alas­kan railway to open up the vast re­sources; the defeat of the free tolls bill, and incidentally remarked that Mr. Norton voted against the repeal**-

The debate was one of the most in­teresting ever heard in this city and those who heard it learned many high­ly interesting things.

The speakers appeared at Williston the following night.

<S> f <S> GOVERNOR HANNA IS • <t> PLEASED AT RESULT. 3>

MORGAN RHOADES HELD FOR MURDER

YOUNG NEGRO WHO SHOT AND KILLED GRIFFIN SKINNER AND. INJURED TWO OTHER NE-GROES HELD WITHOUT BAIL.

Morgan Rhodes, the young negro porter, who shot and killed Griffin Skinner, and shot Ed Rittley thru the legs, at Oser Webb's restaurant last Thursday night, was given a hearing before Justice John Lynch Wednesday afternoon and held to the district court without bail.

Very little testimony was given at the hearing. Rhoades has engaged E. R. Sinkler and will plead self defense. A large crowd was present at the hearing.

The coroner's inquest was held at Van Fleet's undertaking parlors. The evidence brot out was practically the same as appeared in our last issue.

The jury brot in a verdict that Skinner was shot and killed by a gun held in the hands of Morgan Rhoaaes, with felonious intent.

John Southerland, colored cook at the retsaurant said that Rhoades rush-; ed into the room with a gun in his hands and cried, "Skinner, throw up your hands," and then shot. He teld of Rhoades shooting Ritteley thru both legs at the Webb restaurant.

John Hankins told how Rhoades rushed into the McCrea rooming house and struck him over the head with a gun, the jar discharging the weapon. He said Rhoades tried to kill him.' He told of hearing a conver­sation between Rhoades and Frank Allen, who is said to have loaned Rhoades the gun, in which Allen stat­ed that he was out to get Skinner and his friends as the result of an argu­ment over a crap game the Wednesday night before. Allen has been held as an accessory to the crime.

Governor Hanna last even­ing gave out the following statement:

"I am deeply grateful to the people of North Dakota^ for the splendid endorsement given me by them. I appreciate the work done by tlie state press, by the state and county Republican committees and by good friends everywhere, and only wish that I might thank each and all in person.

"To one and all I can only say that, as far as lies within my power, I shall continue to do all that is possible for the upbuilding and betterment of North Dakota.

"Sincerely, "L.B. HANNA."

WAR NOTES. In London aerial guns are being

mounted on the tops of some of the buildings to give the German Zeppe­lins a warm reception when they ar­rive. The streets are dark at night, and several have been killed thru ac­cidents due to the dark. More people

"Witt'be killed in this manner than from bombs thrown from the Zeppelins. Newspapers are advertising for in­surance against damage done by bombs. Newspapers are warned not to print the weather forecast reports:.

All efforts by the Germans to break thru the lines of the Allies at Nieuport have failed and it is said the. Kaiser will give up trying to take Calias in­definitely.

Both England and Russia are at war with Turkey. It was hoped that Tur­key would make amends for the inci­dent in the Baltic sea but it appears that Germany has at last won an ally.

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A. M. Christianson Claims the Election A. M. Christianson, candidate for

supreme judge, claims the election over B. F. Spalding. The fight was one of the most spectacular in the his­tory of the state. Christianson's friends claim he has won by about 2000, but late this afternoon, Spald-

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turns are in. Christianson proved to be a mighty

good campaigner. Spalding has been a first rate judge, but being rather re­served in manner, did not make much of a fight in the campaign.

Christianson is an able attorney, and if the report of his election is cor­rect, will prove himself one of the best members of the supreme bench.

« ' Minot Girl Wins Five Premiums. Margaret, the 12-year-old daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Dickinson, is about the proudest girl in , Minot and she has good reasons for being so. She exhibited five pieces of her work at the state industrial exposition and won five first premiums as follows: doll baby, fancy apron, hand made hand­kerchief, pair of stockings darned and darning in fabric. She has been do­ing fancy work for a number of years and is an adept.

POSTAL SAVINGS INCREASE. The postal savings business of the

country has been growing faster than ever since the European war began. Many people who formerly sent their savings abroad are now depositing them in the postal savings banks. The postal savings now amount to $53,000,-000, with nearly 400,000 depositors.

Bacon has Assistant. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A.

F. Bacon Wednesday night. Like his sire, the lad is expected' to "paint the town red/' and divers other colors.

PROPOSITION BEATEN McHenry County Will Remain Intact

—Hamilton Defeats Vatsvog for Senate—Thorpe Is State's Attorney.

The proposition to form the new county of Lincoln out of the southern part of McHenry county lost by 628 votes. There were over 300 votes against it in the proposed new county, while only 67 in the northern part of the county voted for county division.

There were 2868 votes polled in the county, the largest number in the his­tory of that county.

David Hamilton was elected state senator, defeating . Vatsvog, the re­publican nominee, and Hal ton McDon­ald, the progressive.

Berg was re-elected superintendent of schools by over 800.

Thorpe won for state's attorney by 250, defeating the democratic candi­date and J. H. Ulsrud, whom he de­feated in the primaries, but who came out as an independent.

Erickson was elected to the house. Wig was elected sheriff; Fouts was re­elected auditor and Frank Roble clerk of court. Goodlaxson beat Sleight of Drake for county commissioner.

Woman suffrage was defeated by 200.

Supt. Taylor Visits Minot. E. J. Tajrlor, superintendent of pub­

lic instruction, arrived from Bismarck today enroute to Williston, where he will attend a meeting of the school officers of Williams county.

Mr. Taylor has just been re-elected to his third term getting a majority of something like 10,000 over Hay-ward. This important office has bever been in better hands.

Bank Makes Fine Showing. In another part of this paper ap­

pears the statement of the Second Na­tional bank that makes good reading. The deposits aggregate $1,400,000, which indicates unusual prosperity in the northwest. The resources of the bank are $1,643,325.88. and the surplus and undivided profits $182,000. This makes the Second National bank one of the strongest financial institutions in this section of the state.

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BAD BLAZE STARTS FROM COAL WHNE NEAR BURLINGTON AND SWEPT DOWN NORTH SIDE OF VALLEYr-SOME HAY BURNED.

A prairie fire that is reported to hav* started from one of the coal minfs near Burlington, swept east-warp towards Minot, following the Mouse river valley on the south side, and taking in a strip two miles wide in some places, in the hills and out on thelprairie, Monday afternoon.

Tfe fire could be seen plainly from this city, hundreds standing on the G. N. viaduct watching the flames shoot higlf into the air, fanned onward by a severe gale.

A good deal of grazing land was buried over. Ole Watne and Sheriff Kelley lost about ten tons of hay each, Scores were out fighting the flames and some buildings had a close call.

J)AD AND THE WEEKLY.

Sometimes dad says the paper some­how ain't got up just right, and does a lot o' kickin' when he reads it Friday night. He says there ain't a dad-burn­ed thing in it worth while to read, an' that.it doesn't print the kind o' stuff the people need. He throws it in the Corner and says its on the "bum"— but you'd oughter hear him holler when the weekly fails to come.

He reads about the weddings and snorts like all git out, and he reads the social column with a most decisive shout; he'll read about the parties and he'll fuss and fret and groan, and say they print the papers for the wo­men folks alone. He says of informa­tion, it does not contain a crumb—but you'd oughter hear him holler if the weekly fails to come.

He's always first to grab it and he reads it thru and thru—he doesn't miss an item nor a want ad., old or new. He says, "They don't know what we want —them durn newspaper guys; I'll take a day off sometime and go and put 'em wise." If editors were as wise as "dad" they'd sure be goin' some, but you'd oughter hear him holler when the j?eekly fails to come.

An' llien'when dad goes away and stays ^ day or two, I tell you he gets riled arid says what awful things he'll do if thie paper fails to mention him as being out of town—well he almost has a notion to knock some printer down. He never does, however; when he sees one he is mum, but you'd oughter hear him holler when his pa­per fails to come.—Kennewick, Wash., Courier-Reporter.

Ryder Village Election Returns. Gronna 32, Purcell 22. Norton 31, Halvorson 25. Hanna 26, Hellstrom 29. Representatives, Dickinson 45,

Smith 24, Grow 30, Thompson 29, Ehr 29, Fassett 19, Christiansen 18, Hurd 14, LeSueur 11, Dorman 9, Horine 8, Christenson 13.

Sheriff, Nedreloe 33, Barton 24. Auditor, Thompson 39, Toftner 14. Treasurer, Lindberg 30, Underdahl

24. Clerk of Court, Hagen 24, Pavlik 21. States Attorney, Nestos 36, Wool-

edge 21. Judge, Murray 26, Clark 29. Commissioner, Dahl 42, Hennessy

13. On the judiciary ballot, Spalding

received 34 votes and Christianson 28. For state superintendent of schools,

Heyward received 24 votes and Taylor 35; for county superintendent Wendt received 44 votes and Mayme Gas­man 21.

There were 32 votes in favor of wo­man's suffrage and 31 against.

All of the constitutional amend­ments received big majorities here.

Ryder Township. Gronna 12, Purcell 6. Norton 9, Halvorson 11. Hanna 1, Hellstrom 20. Dickinson 12, Smith 6, Grow 7,

Thompson 7, Ehr 7, Fasset 7, Chris­tenson 5, Hurd 5, LeSueur 13.

Nedreloe 8, Barton 12. Thompson 12, Toftner 6. Lindberg 9, Underhahl 11. Hagen 15, Pavlik 6. Engeseth 12, Anderson 7. Nestos 13, Wooledge 6. Murray 8, Clark 9. Dahl 16, Hennessy 3.

MakotL Gronna 33, Purcell 8. Norton 24, Halvorson 16. Hanna 25, Hellstrom 21. Dickinson 31, Smith 21, Grow 23,

Thompson 24, Ehr 5, Fassett 9, Chris­tenson 10, Hurd 7; LeSueur 12.

Nedreloe 30, Barton 12. Thompson 33, Toftner 7. Lindberg 27, Underdahl 14. Engeseth 27, Anderson 14. Nestos 29, Wooledge 9. ' Murray 23, Clark 16. Dahl 22, Hennessy 15.

County Dads in Session. The county commissioners are in

session today. This afternoon they re­ceived bids for the Nedrud avenue bridge in this city and will allow elec­tion bills and attend to other matters.

NORTON WINS IN 3RD DISTRICT.

P. D. Norton was re-elected to con­gress from the Third district, defeat­ing Halvor L. Halvorson, democratic nominee, of this city.

Mr. Halvorson carried Ward county by about 69 votes, the returns from all but one precinct being in. The returns show that he received in Ward county 1347, to 1278 for Norton. The Minot candidate made a strong run in the northern counties of the dis­trict but indications are that he was defeated by from two to four thous­and votes. Complete returns will not be available for several days.

One of the unique features of the campaign was the debate between the two candidates at Minot, Williston and Mandan, on the Underwood tariff bill.

MINOT MIRY CO. KEEPS OKN HOUSE

HUNDREDS VISIT ONE OF THS STATES FINEST PLANTS AT ITS OPENING MONDAY—COF­FEE AND CAKE SERVED.

Reception for Minot Teachers. The reception given by the Mothers'

Club at the Presbyterian church Fri­day night for the teachers of the Mi­not public schools and the state Nor­mal school, was most enjoyable. A de­lightful lunch was served and the program that followed sparkled with wit. Pres. Crane of the Minot Normal and Supt. Wolfe of the Minot schools responded to toasts on Education, tell­ing some of their choicest stories. The reading by Miss Doris Kemper was well received, as was the piano solo by Miss Florence Wilson of Stanley. Rev. P. W. Erickson was at his best in his address of welcome. Miss Miller sang and Miss Yeomans gave a musical number.

Person Returns From Dairy Show. Major Person has returned from

Chicago, where he attended the Na­tional Dairy Show. This is the an­nual round-up of all the best dairy cattle in the United States. The Major says he saw cows worth no less than $10,000. The show included be­sides cattle, all of the modern dairy appliances. Lectures were given daily on dairy topics, corn, alfalfa, silos, butter-making, etc. Mr. Person spent two days at the show and the rest of the time buying cattle in Wisconsin. He bought thirty-six head of Guern­seys, grades and pure breds, which will be added to the herds of O. K. Spires, Chester Hoover and John Wynn.

Cattle are high. Around Waukes­ha, farmers are asking $150 for grades. Mr. Person secured the'cat­tle this time in the vicinity of Menom­inee, where buyers are not so numer­ous, securing better prices.

ELECTION NOTES.

The Gooseneck went for Nedreloe, the Kenmare candidate for sheriff 474, giving Barton but 44. This undoubted­ly elected the man form the Goose­neck. We do not remember of a time when Kenmare elected a candidate for county office and that city is entitled to its success.

Mr. Rowe, who has been county com­missioner from the Gooseneck since the death .of F. L. Sanders, having been appointed to this position, ^ was elected over the republican candidate by a small margin, altho Enochson is said to have won out in Kenmare by three votes. Mr. Rowe has taken hold of the work in good shape and is re­garded as an A-l commissioner.

Olaf Lokensgard was an easy win­ner for commissioner from the Fifth, defeating A. M. Mackie, the democrat­ic candidate and Mr. Gasmann, the Socialist candidate. In Sawyer vil­lage Mr. Lokensgard received 44 votes to 7 for his opponents, while in Saw­yer township he received 14 to 9 for the others. Mr. Lokensgard did not make much of a campaign, but the people are evidently well pleased with his record.

Everyone knew that "Bill' Murray was a candidate for county judge, and it was not necessary for the old polit­ical war horse to do much advertising himself. He won out with a majority of about 200, notwithstanding the hard fight that was made against him.

J. H. Sinclair, of Kenmare, demo­cratic candidate for representative from the Second, defeated C. K. Christianson, republican, from Carpio, and M. H. Johnson, independent, from Hartland. This was foreseen some time ago. Christianson defeated John­son in the primaries, who came out on the independent ticket in the fall, splitting up the republican vote.

The Independent is pelased to learn that J. A. Englund of Kenmare was re-elected Senator from his district. It was first reported that the democratic candidate, Dr. Joseph Rogers, was the winner, but Englund came down the home stretch with a few votes to the good. His record in the legislature has been the very best.

John Hennessy, democratic candi­date for county commissioner from the Fourth district, defeated A. P. Dahl, republican from Ryder. Hennessy is a prominent farmer living south of Ber-thold and his many friends declare that he will make a rattling good com­missioner.

The Omemee Herald favored voting down the amendment providing for a ^, „ .. Normal school at Dickinson, believing especially fine for cooking. The Whit-

Raised His Winter Supply of Apples. J. F. Booth of Sawyer was in the

city Tuesday. Mr. Booth has won fame as a fruit grower. This year he grew plums, apples, cherries and other fruits in large quantities. He sold several bushels of plums,, in Minot for $2.00 a bushel, but was so busy a part of the time that he could not take care of the fruit, consequently many bush­els rotted on the ground.

He has 18 bushels of . fine apples in his cellar. The winter apples, The Northwestern and Patton Greenings, are great big fine looking apples, and

that the schools at Minot, Valley City j ney and Wealthy apples ripened early and Mayville are adequate for the in the fall. Mr. Booth raised a large present needs. [quantity of crab apples and cherries.

The people of Minot and vicinity had an opportunity to inspect what is said to be without question the very finest milk depot and butter plant in the state Monday afternoon and even­ing when the factory of the Minot Dairy Co. was formally opened.

A free bus was run from the Leland corner in the afternoon and evening and an immense crowd availed them­selves of the opportunity to visit the new plant on Mill street.

Coffee and cake were served in the afternoon.

The machinery was all set in motion and the manager, Jay Broderick and assistants, explained the various pro­cesses.

They watched the whole milk being weighed and run into a tank, then transferred to the clarifier, where all filth was removed. It was next run in­to the pastuerizer, where it was heated to 140 degrees and kept at that tem­perature for 30 minutes and then cool­ed down to 50 degrees. It was then ready for the ice box to await its de­livery to the customer.

All milk that undergoes this process is sanitary. There is no chance of a sediment in the bottom of the bottles. All germs, either typhoid or tubercu­lar, are killed in the pastuerizer. The concern uses one of the large DeLaval clarifiers. C. G. Raichle, who repre­sents that concern in this territory, was on hand to assist in the reception.

The concern also has a cream ripen-er to put the cream in the right con­dition for churning. The bottles and cans are rendered pure by the steriliz­ing process.

All machinery is run with electric motor power, altho a large boiler fur­nishes the steam for tlje sterilizers.

The company will make a specialty of furnishing pure milk, cream, butter, buttermilk, whipped cream, etc., to the people of Minot. Butter will be man­ufactured on an extensive scale, as well.

C. B. Peterson, an old time Minneso­ta buttermaker, has been employed. The manager, Jay Broderick, comes from Minnesota where he was re­garded as one of the top-notch cream­ery men and butter makers.

The assistant treasurer is J. G. Webster.

The Minot Dairy Co. is a co-opera­tive concern with a hundred stock­holders. J. E. Elsberry, owner of the Riverside Dairy, farm, is president, and W. D. Wilson, a well known Dra-dy farmer-dairyman, is secretary.

The new plant cost $12,000 and bet­ter machinery could not have been in­stalled. While the stockholders will make a fair profit, the object of build­ing the plant, was to give the cus­tomers everything there is in the bus-iness, outside of a nominal margin of profit.

BIGGEST DAY IN STORE'S HISTORY

McCOY DEPARTMENT STORE DOES RECORD BREAKING BUS­INESS AT OPENING DAY OF GREAT NOVEMBER SALE.

Saturday, the opening day of Mc­Coy's great November sale was the biggest day in the history of that in­stitution. The sale had been liber­ally advertised and some better bar­gains than usual were offered. ^ _

Keep your eye on the space in lius paper, for some extra special bar­gains will be offered each week m almost every department.

This store is one of our fast grow­ing business houses. The popular-priced merchandise predominates and every day there are new faces at the • store of those who desire to save a dollar. The country and out of town trade is increasing rapidly and thou­sands will attend this sale before its

The holiday goods are arriving daily and room must be made for them.

M.r McCoy expects to leave for New York the last of the week, where he will spend several weeks buying mer­chandise.

273 Consolidated Schools in State. N. C. Macdonald of Valley City,

State inspector of consolidated schools of North Dakota, visited Mniot Wed­nesday. He reports that 83 consoli­dated schools have been installed in the state during the past year, making a total of 273 in North Dakota. The increase during the last two years has been greater than during the twenty years previous.

Mr. Macdonald figures that the state press is largely responsible for the increase as they have been very liber­al in printing matters pertaining to consolidated schools. , _ •-

Towner and Cavalier counties have 16 consolidated schools each. Ward county has ten, in towns and in. the country. Renville and Williams comi­ties have made a good showing.

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