Fire destroys Stroud and Vohs buildings on West Broadway
A two o clock Tuesday fire leveled the Stroud and Vohs buildings on West Broadway, with only the adjacent frame shops saved. The Salvation Army site escaped major damage, but heavy losses forced insurers and owners to plan rebuilds, likely in brick, as crews fought the blaze and an adjuster began assessing damage.
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West Broadway
Stroud
Volta Meat Market
Lunceford
Vohs
Vohs Market
Salvation Army
Fred Eckert
Mr. Francis
Bruegger
Main
Broadway
Champion
Meyer
Bank Committee on Western Trip Begins Tour
The reserve bank organization committee departs for a five week western tour to hear banker arguments for federal reserve adoption. They will meet in Chicago, then travel to St. Louis, Denver, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, New Orleans and Atlanta, returning March 18. The trip includes Secretary McAdoo and Houston. Williams may join as comptroller.
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Washington
Fan
Reserve Bank Organization Committee
Waruisane
McAdoo
Houston
Senate
John Skelton Williams
Fire destroys Manning courthouse in Dunn county
The Dunn county courthouse at Manning was burned yesterday with incitement suspected. Treasurers vaults remained intact but auditor and registrar vaults may be damaged. Kirkbride and Burke of Twin Cities Accounting had worked on records for a month. warrant and receipt book were destroyed. Loss totals about 3000 dollars with half insured. Methodist Girls orchestra featured in a night program.
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Dickinson
N. D
Manning
Dunn County
Register
Kirkbride and
Burke
Twin Cities Accounting Company
Muddy Valley Farmers Club Holds Meeting at Palmer Schoolhouse
The Muddy Valley Farmers Club met at the Palmer schoolhouse last Friday with excellent attendance. After dinner an interesting program covered hog rinsing butter mi roads and other topics of farmer interest. Posey was chosen as the club delegate for the excursion to Wisconsin.
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Muddy Valley Club
Muddy Valley Farmers Club
Palmer
North Dakota Eyes New Express Rates Reform
North Dakota merchants and consumers have faced high express rates, with comparisons showing 25 to 100 percent higher costs than Minnesota and South Dakota. The Interstate Commerce Commission completed a new fair schedule, urged for adoption by the state, potentially saving North Dakotans, especially inland residents, substantial sums. Eastern cities already enjoy lower rates thanks to Minnesota rates.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
North Dakota State Railway Commission
State Commission
Interstate Commission
North
Oppose Bill for Alaska Railroad
Washington January 17 Congress opens after holidays with the Alaska railroad bill as the main item. It authorizes a 732 mile government built line in Alaska at an initial cost of 36 million dollars. Supporters claim it would spur development while opponents fear centralized control and a failed precedent. Guggenheims and Morgans are noted investors in existing lines and are said to benefit indirectly from a government project. The Administration supports the bill, though passage remains contested.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Alaska
House
Great Territory
Guggenheim and
Morgan
Guggenheims
Morgans
Ex Bandit Runs for Governorship in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Jan 16 Ex bandit AL J Jennings once a famed train robber in the Southwest confirms reports he will seek the Governorship of Oklahoma If elected he pledges to devote effort to prison reform work and fairer conditions for inmates the former convict said in announcing his campaign.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
AL J. Jennings
Oklahoma
Southwest
Columbus
Ohio
Jennings
Federal building bids to start in Williston in 1914
Williston readers are informed that Treasury Supervising Architect Wandroth announced bids for the Williston Federal building will open January 26 1914 and close March 9 1914. If bids are satisfactory the construction contract will be let and work may begin in the spring with completion over a year later. The project was funded at 115000 dollars with a later request for 25000 more to meet department requirements.
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John A. Corbett
Graphic
Williston
N. C
Washington
D. C
Wandroth
Treasury Department
Federal
P. D. Norton
Hanna
Plum Coulee Man Captured in Burriss Block
Winnipeg January 19 Jack Krafchenko was captured last night at 11:08 in a suite in the Burriss block on Toronto street near Wallington. He offered no resistance and was found suffering from injuries from his escape. Authorities note arrests of several aiding his escape, including guard Constable Reid and John Buxton. Krafchenko taken to provincial jail. accomplices detained. Other cases filed include Cottonwood State Bank dissolution and Twin Lake School District vs State of North Dakota with divorce action Emma Overlye vs Chas Overbye.
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Winnipeg
Man
Jack Krafchenko
Burriss
Toronto Street
Wallington
Krafchenko
Anne
Reid
Royal Commission
John Buxton
Cumberland Court
Percy Hagel
John H. Buxton
John Westlake
Security Storage & Warehouse Company
Ellice Avenue
District Court
Cottonwood State Bank
Twin Lake School District
State of North Dakota
Emma Overlye
Chas Overbye
Piano Recital Pastel by Miss Wheeler Pupils Successful
A piano recital Saturday evening in Library Hall presented by the pupils of Miss Wheeler. The performers showed evidence of careful training in their selections, delighting attendees with coordinated tones and public confidence.
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Wheeler
Good verdict for defendant in railroad land dispute
The Montana Eastern Railroad and Fred LaBeck et al faced a district court trial last week. A jury returned a verdict of 2860 dollars for the defendant, covering seven and a half acres cut off by a ditch relocation along the railroad right of way near Fairview, with the damages to the LaBeck farm. Attorneys Palmer Craven Burns and Cowles of Fairview represented the defendant, while Over son and Thomas Toner of Grand Forks spoke for the railroad.
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Montana Eastern Railroad
Fred LaBeck
Fairview
LaBeck
Round House
Heaides
Palmer, Craven and Burns
Cowles
Overson
Thomas Toner
Grand Forks
Democrats push Burke toward North Dakota Senate race
Devils Lake, N. D. Jan 16. Organizers including National Committeeman John Bruegger and State Democratic Chair D H McArthur plan a large Minot conference on February 17 to align the 1914 campaign. They expect Treasurer John Burke to decide his stance after Baldwin attendance and discuss patronage masking a broader push for Burke to enter the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
J. H. Bloom
Burke
Washington
United States
Avnll
Gronna
Miller
Final Papers Hearing Date Set For May Twenty Second
Citizens Papers notes that applicants seeking final papers must file with the Clerk of Court by February 20, ahead of a May 22 hearing. The item emphasizes the deadline for submission and the required filing location.
Williston Agricultural Short Course Set Courthouse Start
The Williston Agricultural Short Course runs February 3 to 7 at the courthouse. Beef production dairying swine horses forage crops and small grains are studied with stock judging as a main feature. Instructors include J C Hoke W A Peck B H Critchfield J E Eastgate and Frank Sanford. Free to farmers in the state with sessions noted by subject. participants urged to attend the most relevant days.
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Williston
J. C. Hoke
Better Farmng Division
The
Agriculture College
W. A. Peck
Ward County
B. H. Critchfield
Stallied Registration Board
J. E. Eastgate
Larimore
Frank Sanford
Valley City
N. D
Directors of First National Bank Meet in City
C H Davidson Jr of Varrington presides as seven directors from Fargo Iowa and Pecorsb attend a meeting. They re elect officers for the coming year and vote to join the Federal Reserve Bank system along with other banks.
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C. H. Davidson, Jr
Varrington
First National Bank
Weiser
Fargo
B.J. Weiser
Lowa
O. J. Hegge
Pecorsb
First National Bante
Federal Reserve
Civil Service Exam For Railway Mail Service Opens Feb 21
The Civil Service announces an exam on February 21 to recruit many men for the Railway Mail Service. With the expanded mail system, numerous new jobs unlock starting pay of 3900 per year, plus 100 dollars annual increases. Details available from J M Shoemaker, Secy Civil Service, St Paul Minn. 81 31.
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Civil Service
J. M. Shoemaker
Secy
St. Paul
Minn
Jury Dismissed Last Monday by Judge Fisk
Judge Fisk dismissed the jurors last Monday and adjourned the district court until February second for resumed cases. Peter Wesley vs Peter Knutson was dismissed on defendant’s motion over a land relinquishment dispute. Rawson Hardware Co. vs A J Bessie was dismissed for lack of proper notice in a house dispute. Daisy Hart vs Clarence Hart offered no divorce without property agreement. Minnie Richardson was granted divorce from Willard B Richardson and returned to her maiden name Minnie Trowbridge. Martin Dokken of Palermo pled guilty to bootlegging and was sentenced to six months in the state pen.
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Jurdge Fisk
Peter Wesley
Peter Knutson
Wesley
Knutson
The
Rawson Hardware Co
A. J. Bessie
Bessie
Daisy Hart
Clarence Hart
McKenzie County
Minnie Richardson
Willard B. Richardson
Minnie Trowbridge
Martin Dokken
Palermo
Fisk
Philosophy of Henry Ford profits for workers bold plan
Henry Ford announces $10,000,000 profit sharing this year for 22,000 laborers. He argues goodwill and fair profit sharing as social justice, noting workers will receive a share every two weeks and that higher wages motivate better work. Ford emphasizes equitable distribution over accumulation, citing family needs and factory life.
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Henry Ford
Ford Automobile Co
Simpson Will Be Out for Congress
Dickinson N D Jan 26 Senator L A Simpson of Dickinson will soon announce his candidacy for the republican nomination for congress from the Third district opposing Congressman P N Norton. J M Hanley of Mandan may also seek the nominating bid. The notice ends with a coal ad offering Black Diamond coal via phone 188.
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Dickinson
L.A. Simpson
Congress
Norton
J. M. Hanley
Mandan
Hanley
Eruptions, Earthquakes Hit Sakura Jima The Island
Eyewitness beskr describes fresh eruptions of Sakura Jima volcano in Kagoshima with earthquakes and loud subterranean noises. Government estimates 300,000 homeless and relief needs of 3.6 million dollars. Villages Shigetoki and Kajiki nearly obliterated as train service resumes and soldiers search debris.
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Kagoshima
Sakura—Jima
Hokkaido
Abe
Sakura—Jinin
Shigetoki
Kajiki
Tokio
Sakura
Thousan
Theodore R. Hoyer
Wisconsin
Hoyer
Sakura-jima
Ling
Rce
Shiro~ Yama Mountain
Sakupa- Jima
Ranchers Duel Over Fencing Ends in Fatal Shootout
In Pompey’s Pillar near Billings Montana Ed Wilhelm and B F Gateley ranchers clashed over fence posts culminating in a duel outside the Pompey’s Pillar general store. Gateley slashed Wilhelm with a knife then both fired. Both men were killed as Gatesley died minutes after being shot.
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Billings
Mont
Ed Wilhelm
B. Fe Gateley
Pompey's Pillar
Gateley
Wilhelm
Outlines Plan Trust Question by President Wilson
President Wilson spoke before Congress outlining the Democratic program against private monopolies and big business. He argued that private monopoly is indefensible and intolerable and urged reform of practices viewed as restraints on trade. J W Jackson returned from Bismarck after attending duties on the State Board of Control.
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Wilson
Congress
Washington
J. W. Jackson
Bismarck
State Board of Control
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BANK
Viking
Hall
Hmne
Commerce Commission
Alaska Railroad
Federal Building
Bclare
Citizens Papers
Meev
FORD
Simpson
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