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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
4
A reward and salute to the loyal reader who renews ahead of time. The piece praises subscribers who support the paper with timely payments, notes the paper’s pledge to deliver news from afar and near, and urges renewal for the next year with the motto The Truth.
The Williston paper dated December 14 1916 highlights local election noting a woman named Starcher won mayoral race in Umatilla Oregon over her husband. It rails against liquor trade and mail order booze propaganda urging prohibition and legislative action.
A North Dakota Experiment Station message urges communities to unify in producing quality goods to gain broader recognition and boost trade. The Yuletide season is noted with sober empathy for global suffering, urging joy tempered by charity. A critique lampoons liquor promoters and argues prohibition strengthens temperance, while questioning sensational anti prohibition campaigning.
John Steen is elected state treasurer of North Dakota by exactly 200 votes over P. M. Casey, 51,349 to 51,149, per official canvass by the state board. The board completed district checks while other offices’ results were deferred for today, with no major errors found.
Crosby North Dakota December 9 F W Henderson arrested in St Paul and brought here to face charges of obtaining money under false pretenses He was bound over to the district court in 3000 bail Henderson took a contract to build the Dakota Western railway from Crosby to Williston about sixty miles He is accused of taking the contract for a Philadelphia company that did not exist and taking 20000 as part payment then doing no work beyond a preliminary survey.
The Williston and Stanley City basketball teams met last Saturday evening in a rapid contest noted for its speed and high level of play. Both squads were in prime condition and determined to win, delivering a memorable exhibition in the region.
The game opened with Williston taking 2 goals early in the first half. The locals controlled most of the half and added 10 more scores while Williston added one more. In the second half the locals widened the gap scoring 22 to Williston's 4.
In a letter to his brother published in the Arnevard Call private Rud describes a long march between Mercedes and la Feria, reports 60 miles of travel, fording a river beside a bridge, and constant mock warfare with Browns against Whites. He notes guard detail, captured Minnesota troopers, and occasional combat as the infantry advances toward Brownsville, followed by a hearty camp supper and references to schoolchildren at home.
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