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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF WARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF MINOT

THE WARD COUNTY INDEPENDENT I

This Issue 16 Pages T1H-: INDEPENDENT 11AS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY WEEKLY IN THE STATE FIRST SECTIOI*

Vol. 20; No. 3 Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Thursday, April 28, 1921 Subscription $2.00 Per Annum

SENATOR BAKER, FRANCIS J. MURPHY DEBATE STATE BANK QUESTION BEFORE 2,500 CITIZENS WEDNESDAY EVENING

Bacon & Burr Store Suffers $15,000 Loss at Granville This Eve

A crowd estimated at nearly 2,600 gathered at the high school auditor­ium Wednesday evening to Wear the iebate between Senator Bert P. Bakei of Renville county and Francis J. Murphy, prominent lawyer, on the question of whether or not the recent investigation by the house and the sen­ate tended to show that the Bank of North Dakota as heretofore managed has been a benefit to the state as a whole. Senator Baker, who was chair­man of the Senate investigating com­mittee, representing the Nonpartisan league, took the affirmative white At-ty. Murphy, one of the two attorneys employed by the house investigating committee spoke for the negative. Baker led off, speaking for 50»min­utes, then Murphy spoke for 7ft min­utes, and Baker was given 20? min­utes in rebuttal. "

The debate was the most interesting held in Minot since the famous David Golstein-Arthur Le Sueur debate near­ly ten years ago. The mammoth aud­itorium was packed by eight o'clock, many coming at 7 o'clock to' be sure to secure good seats. Hundreds stood at the sides and in the rear of the auditorium and many chairs were|brot in. People even sat on the steps in the aisles. Many had driven in from Mohall, Garrison, and other points from a distance of 75 miles or more. Altho the farmers were busy seeding, many of them put in a good day, jump-in in their cars and arrived in time for the debate. There were fully as many farmers as townspeople and members of both factions were well represented.

Usher L. Burdick, former lieuten­ant governor and at present presi­dent of the North Dakota Farm Bur­eau, was chairman. He announced thai it had not been fully decided whether Roberts Rules of Order or Queenf-berry rules should prevail. "It meals a great deal that so many people came here to be enlightened," he said. "It will be the first time in 60 years that debates of this moment are presented

the various enterprises to secure fig­ures. The legislature waited three weeks for the report, passing no bills. The senate had as much business as the house to receive the report he said. The house committee comprised nine members, six I. V. A.'s and 3 leaguers. The committee organized and selected Attorneys Murphy and Sullivan to direct the investigation. Mr. Baker said he was appointed a member of the senate committee and attended the house hearing as well. The second day of the hearing, it be­came apparent that questions asked by the attorneys would help the par­ty in power. The opposition charged that the bank was organized to fin­ance nonpartisan institutions; that money was loaned to banks and friendly individuals and Cathro, dir­ector general and Attorney General Lemke were charged with embezzle­ment.

The I. V. A. convention was held in Bismarck the second week of the investigation and some of the mem­bers said it was being held to secure material for a recall. Plans were laid to wipe out the industrial program of North Dakota.

"We took exception to the investi­gation" he said. Men were asked questions and no chance given to put in an answer not favorable to the at-

only one that could be considered friendly to the league. He denied that checks had been turned down by the Bank of North Dakota and said there was a concerted movement on the part of the banks not to. accept checks drawn on the state bank. The Bank of North Dakota is a clearing house and sometimes $800,000 worth of checks a day arc cleared in "the institution. He said that one Mon­day morning a Bismarck banker with the entire clearances for the day de­manded the cash on the checks. The State bank offered to pay in Minne­apolis draft for no bank is supposed to have cash enough on hand to meet any demand immediately. This did not suit and Bismarck banker and the checks were sent broadcast over the state as being turned down for want of sufficient funds

The Bacon & Burr hardware and implement ijtore at Granville, N. D. suffered a $15,000.00 loss at 6 o'clock this evening, the fire starting from a defective hot air furnace in the rear of the building. The loss is believed to have been fully covered.

Considerable oil was located in the rear of the building and this made it hard to control the fire. It looked for a time as if the entire west side of the block would be destroyed. Bacon & Burr occupy a double frame building and the flames caught in be­tween the two buildings making it harder to control them.

The Granville fire department, a very capable organization, responded nobly. The fire engine, one of the best in this section of the state did very effective work and a line of hose was strung from the Great Northern tank, furnishing an abundance of wat­er. A large crowd of citizens as­sisted also in fighting the stubborn fire.

The stoves and much of the other stock from the store were removed to the street. The stock is water-soaked and much will 'be rus^y. Work

WARRANTS ISSUED FOR AR­REST OF CAPT. JOHN REED

AND FORMER CHIEF LANO Des Lacs Oil Co. Fargo, N. D., Apr. 26.—Warrants

D E\ J for the arrest of John Reed and IViUSt natse tunas Charles L. Lano of Minot were issued

Or Work Will Stop i5" ?arp0 by.Jo.hn G- p*efffr. unit* ' i States commissioner and placed with

™'~ ' | J. H. Trotter, deputy United States Ihe Des Lacs oil well which is now marshal for process. Trotter reached

down to a depth of 3,892 feet can Minot at 1:15 p. m. today. The in-go no further until funds are raised, j formation, sworn to by S. L. Nuchols,

assistant United States district at­torney, charges that, on March 22

Mr. Murphy then took the platform i will begin in the morning wiping the and referred to his opponent as a speaker of eloquence and said he had heard words of eloquence from the senator's lips on a previous occasion —the last night of the legislative ses­sion when Senator Baker moved that the warrant for Murphy's arres.t be dismissed.

He referred to an anonymous letter

Manager Henry S. Johnson has put this up to the stockholders and other in Minot who may be interested in determining whether or not there is oil in any considerable quantities out on the Blum farm, fourteen miles west of Minot. A good many thou­sand of dollars have been spent in sinking the deepest hole ever drilled in the state of North Dakota. An honest effort has been made to strike oil or to detrmine whether or not there is an abundance of commecial oil in this locality. It takes money

make the loss as small os tT°,^riU

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fwull,at <:hat .?ePth; Dakota.

The splendid fixtures wore ! estimates that it costs $15 rc_! at present to go down a foot. There

stock to possible. damaged and while the building ,t-,. -, .. r , mains intact, the floor was burned | Ji® been a little bad luck at the well, thru in places. The big safe hangs | |h<! ™«mg broke at a point 800 feet on a beam, about to fall to the base-1 from. the top and the broken part .... , r̂om

ment. The rear of the building was i has been taken out. The tools were destroyed. The books and records I stuV'k in thc >veI1 ,ast winter and the were all saved. The stock from the | casing may have broken at a point

Water has _ .... it will

some joker. The letter was threaten-; p0St0frice fixtures were moved out. j be necessary to repair the break. It

he had received that day in the U. S. | ,\iorrjHon furniture store next door j further down as well. Water mails from some deluded individual or! was ni0ved into the street and the been seeping in the hole and it some joker. The letter was threaten-; p0St0fl'ice fixtures were moved out. be necessary to repair the breal. „ „„ ing him for "digging into the farm- • mirrors and other equipment of j may be necessary to take out the en-1 in the party arrived at the Gilbertson

fnmnvs Vnn ltnmu hnw a nnootinn 01 anc' ^ ius,1 wa,lts ' the barber shop were moved out. The tire casing. This was raised six feet! farm and on searching the place found can be 'turned ^ J&\SSZ I J*?, JH5? th_aJ Jt is re- a cache of whiskey, loaded it into their

in Bottineau county near Mohall, the men transported and had in their po session intoxicating liquor, tto wit. whiskey.

Alleged Raid March 22 The warants for the arrest of Capt.

John Reed of the Minot police force and Charles Lano, former chief of police, is the culmination, it is stated, of a series of investigations made by Lane Maloney, of Fargo, chief of the federal enforcement officers in North

It is charged that Reed and Lano were two of a party of men who went out from Minot March 22 and searched the Gilbertson farm 10 miles east of Mohall and a mile and a half north, in Bottineau county just east of the Renville Bottineau line.

The complaint of Clifford Wentz of Grand Forks, made in the form of an affidavit, formed the basis of Mo­loney's investigation. Wentz charged that thc two Minot men and other*

can be turned by a skillful lawyer to make men say what they want them to say."

Hall, Paindexter and Lemke sat with the senate committee to ask questions. Baker introduced a reso­lution that the minority report be printed and sent out about the state also that of thc senate investigation and the Bishop-Brissman report. Th. printing has been delayed, but they tion* Mr. Murphy said that if anyone will come to be studied at your leis-1 was pf such a charge it was

The senator would have you be­lieve the house investigation was po­litical and that such deluded men as Cathro and Lofthus on the witness stand were made to say something that was not so.

As to the charge of his opponent that the newspapers of North Dakota had deliberately misrepresented and misquoted concerning the investiga

store moved their effects out. Gran- j moveable. Early this spring there ville will spend several days putting j was 3,500 feet of water in the well. these places in order again,

F. O. Bacon and C. II. Verry, of che Farmers Implement & Supply Co., of this city who arc interested in the Granville store, motored to Granville and returned at midnight.

This was pumped down to 300 feet but it began to run in quite fast and there must be a leak somewhere. Oil experts say that 50 per cent of water! will smother the 'oil. A committee;

car and also took Wentz's Cadillac. The Cadillac, Wentz's affidavit fur­ther declared, has not been returned to him. Wentz was at the farm at the time of the alleged raid it is said

Officer Impersonation Charged Wentz charged that Reed : nd Lano

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bates will be continued, thruout thd state either by the same speakers, or others." He said the audience would not be permitted to ask questions, asked that neither side hiss the speaks-era and urged the audience to listen to both speakers open minded, aj tho sitting on a jury. Its a big quesi tion and must be settled at a later date, he said. It was no doubt due tQ some extent to the fairness of the chairman that the debate proceeded in such orderly manner. There was no hissing. Occasionally one side or the other would laugh heartily or cheer some telling point enthusiastically. It may be that not many votes were changed either way. Most of the audience had hardly made up their minds on the subject. The crowd seemed to come for entertainment and no one went away disappointed. Per­haps there are not two men in^he state better informed or better pre­pared to discuss the subject. Mr.. Mur­phy is one of the state's foremost at­torneys, a ready speaker and a wit while at times he can display rare bits of sarcasm. He showed 'little bit­terness however and said he. looks up­on those opposed to his views as being misled but willing and ready to do the right tiling. ' .

Senator Baker, who has resided at Glenbum for the past 15 years where he is a farmer, had never been heard in Minot except at one or two minor gatherings. He proved to be a ready speaker, was well versed in his sub­ject .and showed good judgment in evading certain points that Murphy had made and which were better left unexplained, while he dwelt on those things so dear to the hearts of the league members with telling effect as far as they were concerned. The time was too short for either speaker to go into the subject fully. They hit the high spots only. Baker had somewhat of an advantage in being alloted 20 minutes . for rebuttal and while he kept rather cool during the first 60 minutes, he warmed up con­siderably in the rebuttal. When ms friends cheered him, he asked tnpm to quit and give him time to say what he wanted to say during- the short time that he had for rebuttal. In his rebuttal Baker made some statements that would have called forth some red hot remarks from Murphy had he been given a period for rebuttal. At'tne conclusion of the debate, the speaker shook hands and buried their hatchets —until they meet ag$in.

Just before the debate the Minot Community band, under the able dir­ection of Prof. John E. Howard, gave a delightful program. The band numbers some forty musicians and ranks with the best bands in the west. A great deal of improvement was noticeable since its previous appear­ance.

Senator Baker stated that when he was elected to the senate, he _ deter­mined to take the responsibilities for any mistakes he would make in the part he was to take in enacting laws, but few laws were introduced and he knew they were getting ready for ft great political battle. A new law had been initiated by the people providing for a board of state auditors to audit the state industries. A large number of men came into the state to go thru

ure The auditors attempted to report

only on thc Bank of North Dakota. The auditors were a mixed lot of men

count in the whole company. Th«j j plan of the bank was to concentrate money in one great bank. It has been | used for the benefit of the people of I North Dakota, he said: Six years '

to be used exclusively in drilling the j hole deeper, and not in paying any: back indebtedness.

Peter Fugelso Recalls Some Minot History

_ . A n i n t e r e s t i n g s e s s i o n o f t h e R o -men writing for the Fargo Courier-; tary Was held today at noon with S. News and other league publications.: j, Rasmussen as chairman. Harry-As an example he told of an article Winters sang a baritone solo. Mr.

ucuaico ui , „ .... i appearing in the Minneapolis Star, a Rasmussen sang a group of Norwe-1 rn>c mini to the peopje and no doubt these de-» ,°r ̂ '. ̂1! league newspaper, by Prof. W. G-.gian songs and the Rotary "Sanger-j / " A PA,txNKKSH„

Roylance, an expert adviser of the^est" with Otto E. Ellison lcadihg, j league, in which the writer declared j sang. Aksel Bratsberg spoke on | ,)r A|ldy Carr Jr Uecides t(, the house committee's report on-the; "How to be a city commissioner or i mantlv aiand^n Teachinc

— w investigation, prepared by nfen hos- the intricacies of politics. Pres. Wm. jNortn uaKOta, ne_ said. six years ; tjj ^ 0f North Dakota,; Smart spoke on "What I have iearned ; ago he rode to Bismarck with the. ^ admitted that the bank was ef- j during the short time I have been j ?er,°r ^\Kth,S„d18 nCt rd th^«ciently managed. He asked his lis- president." Both men expressed

? v® a.rV i tenors to secure. copies of the house! their desire to give the city the best' w f s J h p I c o m m i t t e e ' s r e p o r t a n d j u d g e f o r J 0f service and made a plea for co-op- \

J™?Lbank!:!;'! themselves which newspaper men | eration on the part of the citizens. .:

consisting of F. B. Lambert, J. C. j and others in the party impersonated Sntallwood and O. B. Herigstad has I officers and held guns in their hand* been selected to be in chargc of fur-i during the search. ther funds to be raised, such funds I

Ceo. A. XI c Far land. Williston, Elected President N. W. E. A.

Per- The 'Northwestern Division of the North Dakota Teachers Association

, held their sixteenth annual in this . , „ . e city' on Thursday, Friday and Satur-

Dr. Andy Carr who for some time; ^ (,f ,ast wock; Some of the seg. has been associated with his father,: sjo'ns were hdd at the hj h schoo]

Garr, in the treatment of eye

who drew interest as he loaned it out. In the summer of 1919, following two or three crop failures, when the time c4me to check the money to the Bank of North Dakota, it could not be done. The money had been loaned out too closely. Bankers met in Bis­marck, a transfer was made on thc books and the money retained in the local banks to be rcloaned .nearly dol­lar for dollar. He said the bank fav­ored the people of northwestern North Dakota more than other sec­tions, because they had needed the m<)st money. One banker told him he difin't like the plan because the mon­ey, cost him 4 per cent besides he didn't like a threat hanging over him. In Renville county there were eleven banks and seven have been closed on account of crop conditions. Renville county had $150,000.00 more state bank money than she had coming. When a bank showed it had good se­curity, but low reserve the state bank helped it out. There has been a slump in business. No farmers can pay loans. It is not a local North Dakota condition due to politics alone. We are in the best shape as to our true value and the debts we owe. The capital is not the important part of the Bank of North Dakota. The bank has plenty of resources., Min­neapolis banks get five or six per cent for their money and the local banks get two or three per cent additional. That's what clinches the mortgage on your farm. Its one thing that caused this fight, getting North Dakota mon­ey at cost, he said. The bank loaned money to the state industries. Bonds were issued but never sold in any big amounts. It was not because our state is Bolsheviki. Our bonds are |oo good. We pledge the whole state as security. It is agreed they were not sold because of the litiga­tion by certain people of the state, the committee of 42. By the time the U. S. supreme court had decided the question, there was a delay in the sale of bonds. . Deflation set in mak­ing it hard to sell them. They are now selling in good shape and in two months the frozen assets will pass away." He said that last summer, had the money not been transferred from one fund to another, the state U., A. C. and two Normal schools would have closed.

The speaker said he is a subscriber to a clipping bureau and one day re­ceived 132 clippings concerning the state and of that number 120 defamed North Dakota, with only 12 decent ones. He charged most of the de­famatory reports are copied from the Fargo and Grand Forks papers. Men read one side of the question and get the notion that something is wrong all the time. He stated the Bank of North Dakota assisted needy banks regardless of politics. In Renville county, out of the 11 banks there was

Dr. A ear, nose and throat diseases, has definitely resigned his position in the Medical School of the Universitv of were distorting the facts. Peter Fugelso, the oldest Kotanan

the speaker had made no specific men- j at Burlington when he was induced tion of any one bank. As to the ef-: to take charge of the hardware de-fort of his opponent to leave the im- j partment of Martin Jacobson's store pression that the Bank of North Da- j in Minot. He was expected to be kota was paying checks and those re- i salesman, secretary and bookkeeper, turned not paid' were returned by J He didn't know anything about it, banks without being presented to the ; hut Martin assured him that he would state bank. Mr. Murphy produced i learn. Pete would work all day and a copy of a bulletin issued April 16, j answer the correspondence at night. 1921, by the Bank of North Dakota, j A dictionary at the store got some over the signature of F. W. Cathro,' hard usage. Mr. Fugelso was mar-director general of the bank, in which j ried in • Minot and Martin was sup-Mr. Cathro admits that checks'posed to get back to Che store so he amounting to $139,000 had been reg-1 could .find time to exchange the nup-istered and not paid. tial -vows. Martin did not show up

"Registered" Checks j and Pete was becoming nervous. He ^ He told of the state treasurer is- i was about to lock up the store when

suing a check to ;a man for $500 sol-1 he induced a customer to run th:> dier bonus money. When the check place while he got married. Mr. Fu-was presented to the Bank of North Dakota, altho the state treasurer had some $3,000,000 on deposit in the Bank of North Dakota, tyhe check was not honored but a "legend", as Mr/Mur­phy called it/ written on the back ad­vising that the check was "registered

gelso recalled the red hot fight when Martin Jacobsen beat P. P. Lee for the senate. Peter was later appoint­ed postmaster with a salafy of $1,700 a year but it cost him $2,000 a year for salaries. He referred to the con­gestion of the Minot postoffice in 1902

and would draw six per cent interest; when every man between Minot and until called in for payment. the Canadian line got his mail in Mi-

Beginninfe his address proper, Mr. j not. Settlers would stand for hours Murphy declared he would assume the i in line waiting for their mail. Later burden of proof that Senator Baker | Mr. Fugelso and D. R. Jacobson, who had failed to producc. • were employed by Martin Jacobson,

Three Main Points : bought the hardware department and "I deny that the Bank of North Da- have made a fine success of the busi-'

kota has been conducted in such a ness. manner as to make it a benefit to the John Cooley, of the Grand Forks • state as a whole," • the speaker de- Herald, who came to Minot to at-;

formed of his promotion to the grade i of associate on the medical school faculty but has decided to give up teaching finally.

auditorium and some were held at thf Minot Normal school. The meeting this year signalized a movement on the part of the leading educators of the country to lend their support t«> the Smith-Towner bill which was un­der consideration in the last session of Conuress and will lie reintroduced again either during the present .spe­cial session or later at the regular meeting of the nation's lawmakers.

The rural schools were given spe-f'nS sPe- oial prominence in the deliberations

eialty in Minot for the last 17 years | of th'is vear-s convention. Minnie J. and s well known by a great many, Ni(fl state supcrintendent'of pub-people in this section ol the north-> ,ie induction made a plea for more west. He received his medical degree . ,ar attendance on the part of the from Rush Mcdical coHe^e, Ch.cago, jrs f h , B • m 1888. For 15 years he practiced at Northwood, N. D., before cominii' to Minot in the fall of 1903. <

Dr. Carr, Jr., was graduated from j the Minot high school in 1908, from, the state university in 1913 and from j Rush Medical college in 1915.

clared. "I say the B6nk of North Dakota under its management in the past has been a detriment to the state of North Dakota for three reasons. They are:

"First: Because the management has shown an absolute disregard for law and has diverted public funds il­legally. 1

"Second: Because the management) — has used the bank for political pur- n . . .. , pokes and has transferred the public r YdflClS J . I f l U r p f i y ' funds not only to mills and elevators! R., J but also indirectly to the Consumers! v, ' threatened By Letter United Stores Co., the League Ex-! :—

tend the debate, was a guest. Eight years ago he was employed by Mr. Smart on the Optic. T. D. Croker, vice president of the Northern States Power Co., with his home in Minnea­polis, was a guest of J. F. McGuire. Other guests were Rev. D. J. Galla­gher, 0- B. Herigstad and F. B. Lam­bert.

pupirs ol our her computations upon the report?, submitted by teachers during the past year she announced that $2,000,-000 was lost every year in North Da-

; kota as a result of irregular attend-. , \ ance. She endorsed the Smith-Tow'

.. .. . , , "filler bill commenting upon its various receiving his medical degree he spent, tV;lturcs heartily. I haVears

f,n Presby-i U n motion'of A. c. I!(jrK, slatt,

tenan and Cook county hospitals m in8p^ctor of ruraI schools resolutions Chicaero in the eye ear, nose and; ^ ado,lted by the convention and throat departments. During the war,! iea mnilod to the North Dakota

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l senators and congressmen at Wash-worK in Base Hospital 13 at Limoges,; jnjrton

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rcu'i Sup.' George A. McFarland, super-

He was sent to Paris for post gradu- j intenrk,nt of the Willston schools was m h iC H?,V^rs 'loon elected president of the association.

Du"nS 1920 J?r*i Harry E. Polk of Bowbells, first vice-'nJC

Th'9aep teach.ng m the, ^ A M Wall ^Iinot> sec.

University of Illinois Medical school.!^ vice.president. Miss Elsie J. r n »r Cook, of Minot, secretary and J. H. Larry ifyme, ISeiV I Colton, Minpt, treasurer. Supt. L. A.

I White, of Minot, was selected as a C/ niej OJ ronce Itt . legislative committee. Supt. Goddard

Charge May /s/!of ^vosby-1 tlie "tate w

rel£fe com-° • | mittee and Supt. Eng, of Sherwood,

. state resolutions committee. The at-Capt. Larry byrne, chief of police • tendance this year was not up to ex-

of the city of Minot, who will as-) pectations. It was confidently s?,me- le.s May 1st, has selected j expected that fully eight hun-•all of his assistants with the excep- j <]red teachers would be in attendance

and the enrollment showed but about 500 registered teachers present.

tion of one man, who may be selected late today.

W. S. Brown, a former Minnea­polis patrolman, has been selected as captain of police.' Mr. Brown has been in charge of the Great Northern stock yarls at Minot for a number of years. He is said to be a very capable man for the place.

change, The Sisal Trust and other league enterprises.

'"J^hird: Because it has been shown that if the credit of the state has been destroyed, it has been due to the present administration."

In support of his first point, the speaker quoted section 175 of the con-stiution of North Dakota which re­quires that taxes be levied for a spe­cified- purpose and expended for that purpose only. He charged that the basic law of the state has been vio­lated by the industrial commission by transferring funds. He said the in­dustrial commission by a . mere reso-

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Atty. Francis J. Murphy, on the same day he met Senator B. F. Baker in debate, received a threatening letter from some illiterate writer who is evidently laboring under a false delusion. The letter was poorly writ­ten and the language and spelling are poor, the writer evidently being a foreigner. The Independent has seen a copy of the letter but can make out but little of it. The writer im­agines that Mr. Murphy is an enemy to the farmer and ends his letter with these words of threat: "Mr. Murphy, yuo better not go to far. You are living but not dead. Don't dig any more at the farmers."

Michael J. Dowling is Dead Michael J. Dowling, aged 55, of

Olivia, Minn., who became widely known for the success he made of life after losing both legs and one hand from freezing, passed away in a hospital in St. Paul, Monday, from heart disease. He was a strong can­didate for governor last fall. Mr. Dowling went to Europe during the war and brought much cheer to the crippled soldiers. He spoke in many parts of the United States on his re­turn and his visit to Minot about a year ago will long be remembered. One of his great works was the es­tablishment of the Dowling hospital for crippled children in Minneapolis.

Man Attempting to Steal Auto Weni to Sleep on the Job

Chas. Belangor, a local painter, was arrested and held without bail, charged with attempting to steal R. C. Oxford's new Buick car early Sunday morning. Mrs. Oxford dis­covered the lock on the garage had been broken and the lock on Carl Nelson's garage adjoining had been broken. Belanger was found sound asleep in the Oxford Buick. It is said that he had broken into Nelson's garage and secured tools with which to change the firing on Oxfordc car so he could run it without unlocking it. Darkness interferred with his plans and he evidently decided to wait until daylight. He went to sleep. Mr. Oxford going into the garage found him there. Belanger asked where "the other fellows were and no doubt two others had worked with him. He was arrested hv Officer Reed and Bake-man. ft

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