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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Wheeler Lost His Case.

Attorney Sutton returned from
Williston where he has been de-
Tending 35 cases against the
Great Northern, most of them
caused by fires. In most Of the
cases the Great Northern won.
Court adjourned at Williston un-
til Nov. 16, when the remaining
cases will be tried. One of the
most interesting cases was that
of Chas. f. Wheeler of this city,
VS.. the Great Northern. He sued
the company for a thousand
dollars, on account ola fire burn
ing over his claim a year ago
and burning his house. The COM
pany claimed that he only had
an old log house, not fit to live
in and besides he was a resident
Of Minot then. This brings up
a nice point in law, and not
yet brought before the supreme
court. Mr.. Wheeler lost his case
but may appeal it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
McCoy's Cousin an Actress.

The Anaconda (Mont) Stand
ard publishes and article regard
ING the theatrical career OF Miss
Carrie Belle Miller, cousin Of Paul
V. Mccoy, the Leland druggist i'll
which it states that Miss Miller
is a bright and shining star in
the cast in "The Circus Girl. "
Her home is in Dillon, Mont,
and she is reconized as a genius.
Her portrait accompanies the
article, showing her to be more
than ordinarily good looking. ..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
RoOseveIt's Ranch Sold.

The old "Chimney Butte" ranch
made famous as the ranch estab-
lished by President Roosevelt
when he Was u Bad Lands cattle
man, has been sold by the North
ern Pacific to Ferris brothers OF
Medora.
The ranch is relic OF the old
Ell times III the cattle country,
when the broad acres OF both the
government and the railroad
Y eA llnsurveyed and the only
A1Frecognized was ''squ;Ntters'
right. " The intending cattle
king located at a convenient
watering place, erected his ranch
house and barns and remained
secured in his possessions as
though he had thepatent ofgov-
ernnlents to enforce his claim.
This ranch was established by
Mr.. Roosevelt in 1881, soon
after his first tri p west on a buf-
falo hunting expedition. 1t was
stocked with range cattle bought
bv the future executive, and was
for years his headquarters in the
west. The Ferris brothers We're
the managers for Roosevelt in
his cattle venture, and the pro-
perty they have bought embraces
about 5000 acres OF grazing
and pasture land.
1t is situated at what is known
as the ''Chimney Butte" crossing
on the Little Missouri river. it's
name arising from an immense
scoria butte which towers, high
above it's fellows at the river
crossing. 1t was at this ranch
that President Roosevelt wrote
some OF his entertaining western
sketches. subsequently the pre-
sident located another ranch
known as the "Elkhorn' forty
miles south of Medora, and from
here he outftted for many OF his
mountain trips. This ranch has
been long. since abandoned.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Musicians Bad Luck.

Because he told a fellow com
panion that he was good harp
and piano player, Harry O,Neil
a laborer on the Great Northern
branch, was attacked by his
friend with 4 beer bottle in a
Joint in this city Friday night
andsnearly killed. The men had
been drinking together and be
came ugly. O'Neils eye was
cut and closed, his seal p was rid
died in numerous places and he
was otherwise injured. When
he came to his senses, his partner
was gone. He notified the Of
ficers the following. day but was
not even able to say where he
was assaulted.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Grover Frederick Married

Grover Frederick and Miss
Anna Balla, OF Chicago, were un-
tied in marriage Thursday night
at 9:30 O'Clock at the Frederick
pool room in his city. Judge
Murray tied the knot in the pre-
sence Of fifty Of the friends OF the
young couple. After the cere-
mony, the guests enjoyed a dance
and refreshments were served.
The groom has a valuable claim
in Ward county. The bride
came here three months ago.
They will reside here. The groom
in the son Of Chas. Frederick
Who conducts pool room in
fhiS CITY
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Stole DR.. Carr's Grip.

Wednesday evening, DR.. Carr
went down Third street to make
a professional call and sat his
grip OF medical instruments and
medicine, outside the door for a
few moments. When he returned
the grip had disappeared. D. II.
Kimball found the grip back OF
c. p. Lees barn Friday morning
in good condition, with only q
throat mirror worth 81 80 miss
mo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Exhibit is Sent.
ing

r. W. Davidson has recently
to Bismark thesamples ofgrains
and grasses collected in Ward
county for the ST. Louis eXposi-
ton. There were three large
boxes. The samples were all well
selected and we believe that no
county in the state will make as
good a showing; at the exposi-
tlOn. as our own.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
New Mail Route,

Ed 3. Fredeen began Monday
last hauling mail from Minot to
Oscar by the way Of Ryder and
Grelland. He will carry pass
engers and eSpressat reasonable
rates. The passenger rates are
as follows: Nlinot to Grelland,
S1.50. Round trip $2.75. Mi
not to Ryder, $2.75. Round
trip, $500. Alinot to Oscar,
$500. Round trip $3.50. Leave
word at Fredeen < Stewards s
office.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-21
Raised a Ripe Melon.
H. kgmyr raised Il i

W.,
ripe WATERMELON at his farm ten
, miles southwest Of town this
year. He made a bet with a
neighbol. and besides winning
the wager, had the satisfaction
Of sitting around a bic, red, ripe
Juicy Watermelon, which was as
sweet as any he had ever eaten.
He planted the seed out OF doors
the last OF April. Watermelons
will grow here but they must be
sown early. Nh. Rygmyr is one
OF those farmers who does not
believe in sowing all summer and
Harvesting all winter.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
A ROUGH RIDE.
The Story Lincoln Told the Man Who
Asked film TO Stop the War.

The Story Lincoln Told the Man Who
Asked film TO Stop the War.
Soon after Lincoln issued his call
Tor the first $4,000 men a well
meaning man called on him and
begged him to stop the war.
sThat's what I'm trying to do"
said Lincoln sadly, "and lying
awake nights thinking how to do
it."
But you have called for volun-
teers."
EYES,"
"wcll, do you mean that that is
trying to stop the war;"
eyes"
you are joking, gNIr. Lincoln"
mo, Pm in dead earnest. Some
things are easier to stop by letting
them run awhile and slow down
gradually than by jerking them up
suddenly, especially if you don't
know just what is making them 90.
Let me tell you n story:
when [ was a boy about fifteen,
l had to ride a horse over to q
neighboring town. The man that
owned him gave me a quarter to
take him there and get him shod.
Well, [ didn't know much about
horses except from behind with O
pillow dragging after them, so when
l got on that horse I felt a little
awkward. [ thought I'd start right,
SO l cut q switch and rode off brave
ly.
"After I was beginning to get a
little sore and the horse was begin
ming to find out the sort of green
rider he had on his back something
set him going, and he broke into a
gallop. He got going so fast that
l had to take both hands to the
bride, so I tucked my switch under
my arm, grabbed the rein in both
fists and yanked. He gave q leap
and went harder than ever I yank-
ed, and he ran, and the harder I
pulled the more unmanageoble he
got. After a mile or two of pretty
uncomfortable going I found that
the end of the switch under my arm
struck him in the flank every time I
pulled. Now, I don't know enough
about this al yet to feel sure that
l ought to yank back. But I hope
if l let it run long enough to look
carefully all round me 1 can make
it slow down in reasonable time."-
Youths Companion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
For Pure Foods anu Medicines.

The Savannah board Of trade has
gone actively to the support Of the
pending bill in congress to punish
authorizations Of foods, medicines and
chemicals. They say truly that tho
nefarious adultcration habit has grown
to such proportions tLat DO man now
knows what he is buying in the way
OF foods or medicines, no matter what
price he is willing 20 pay for purity.
State statutes have proved INSULT
cient to bar out such fraudulent and
dcceitful goods and the right of con-
gress to regulate interstate commerce
is now appealed to for relief. The
bill does o interfere with internal
State trade, or with the police power
Of the several States, but as Congress-
man Richardson, the Democratic lead
er of the house, said, in urging its
passage, "it is simply "a necessary
measure to prevent fraud and deceit
In the manufacture and sale Of articles
of daily necessity to the health and
life Of the people,
Any legislation proper Cor congress
to enact that will prevent the swiud-
ling Of the people with adulterated
foods and drugs is legislation worthy
of commentator. The rapacity of
those who endanger health and life is
of the meanest sort and deserves pro-
hibition and penalty, and the people
will gladly hail relief from that spe-
cies Of Wholesale plunder.-Altanta
Constitution
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
How Water Freezes.

1t used to puzzle all thinking peo-
pie why ponds and rivers do not
freeze beyond a certain depth. This
depends on a most curious fact
namely, that water is at its heaviest
when it reaches 40 degrees F.-that
is, 8 degrees above freezing point.
On a frosty night as each top layer
of water falls to 40 degrees it sinks
to the bottom; therefore the whole
pond has to drop to 40 degrees be-
fore any of it can freeze.
At last it is all cooled to this
point, and then ice begins to form.
But ice is a very bad conductor Of
heat. Therefore it shuts off the
freezing air from the big body of
comparatively warm water under
meath. The thicker it gets the more
perfectly does it act as g greatcoat,
and that is why even the Arctic
ocean never freezes beyond q few
feet in MISUNDERSTANDING Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Is Consumption Curable?

Philadelphia, Jan. CDR. l.. F..
Flick, president of the Free Hospital
for Poor Consumptives here, tonight
announced that Henry Phipps, of New
York, formerly "a partner of Andrew
Carnegie, had contributed 100000 for
the establishment of an institution in
this eityefor the treatment and study
of consumption. The institution is to
be known as "The Henry Phipps in
s%titute. for the study, and the treat
ment and prevention of tuberculosis"
1t will be 80 endowed as to derive an
income of about $40, 900 to $50, 900 an
nually. DR.. Flick will be director
general Of the institution. He has al
ready selected several members of the
STAG. Mr.. Phipps and Dr.. Flick re-
Gently returned from Europe where
they spent some time investigating
the methods Of treating consumption.
DR.. Flick eaid tonight he would intro
duce the Fisen treatment now in opera
tion at Copenhagen which is a new
method Of treating disease by sunlight
and electric light.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itohlng
humore, Eczema, SGrofula, Etc.

Send no moncy-simply write and
try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex-
pense. A personal trial Of Blood
Balm is better than a thousand print
ed testimonials, SO don't hesitate to
write for a free sample.
If you suffer from ulcers, eczema
scrofula, Blood Poison, cancer, eating
sores, itching skin, pimples, boils,
bone pains, swellings, rheumatism,
catarrh. or any blood or skin disease,
we advise you to take botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b. Especially recon
mended for old, obstinate, deep.seated
cases of malignant blood or skin dis
eases, because Botanic Blood Balm
(B. B. b. kills the poison in the
blood. cures where all else fails, heals
every sore, makes the blood pure and
rich, gives the skin the rich glow of
health. B. B, B., the most perfect
blood purifier made. Thoroughly test
ed for 30 years. Costs 81 per large
bottle at drug stores. To prove it
cures. sample Of Blood Balm sen free
by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta,
GA. Describe trouble and free medi-
cal advice sent in sealed letter.
BSDThis is an honest ofer-medicine
sent at once. prepaid, Sold in Andcr-
SOL by Orr. Gray Drug Co., White &
White and Evans Pbarmaov.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
The Maid and the Title.

Once upon a time there was a fair
young girl who had many suitors,
but she received them all with equal
graciousncss and waited for her af-
fections to dictate which should be
the especially favored one.
Finally she heard that a rich un-
Gle of one of her woocrs had died,
leaving him q clear and unincum-
bered title to many acres of very
valuable land. When next she met
the young man, she showed quite
plainly that her affections had be-
gun to dictate.
The result was that they were
married when the next June came
around.
Moral.-Titles are attractive even
il America.-New York Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
ThOroughbreds Improving.

We constantly hear that our thor
oughbreds are dete7iorating and that
che race horse of to-day is inferior to
his ancestors. This statement is made
~ two classes of men; one which has
grown too old to see any good in what
ever exists, the other a class who on
~ know the oldest horses by tradition
and see every thing magni6ed by the
purple distance Of time. l might add
q third group-those who are forever
%lamenting the "the want of class in
our great races, but this amounts
merely to IN affectation of blase and
hardly merits notice, as it is insin-
cere.
Comparing the horses Of to-day with
those Of thirty or forty years ago, 7
should say the superiority was all in
favor of the former. In old times
horses ran seldom-often not more
than five or six races in q year-oftcn
less. The races were over longer dis
tanccs but they were specially pre-
pared for them, and as handicaps we're
few the best horse had a pretty easy
time. Besides, the number of horses
was small. The returns of 1880 SHOW
ed 640 foals. In 1900 az many as
1926 were reported to the Jockey
Club. A good horse Of to-day runs
from fifteen to thirty races in a season
meeting a large number Of competitors
and is asked TO conccde weight, and is
kept in training fully nine mouths of
the year. If time is any criterion,
there is n comparison between the
horses of today and those Of former
ycars.-From Outing.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Atlanta Constitution.

the money if l hadn't told some stories
on her. Rill Arm
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Cooking Meat by Cold.

Cooking meat by cod instead Of
by heat said a wholesale butcher up.
town, 'is the odd experiment that my
firm has recently been trying. | sup
pose you are aware that the effect of
intense cold is much like that Of fire.
You know that, if your finger is fro
zen, the injured tissues take on pre-
cisely the same condition that they
would if the finger had been roasted.
Well, that is the basis VIC went to
work on. our motive being the idea
that, with our icc-making plant and
all, it would be cheaper in our canning
department to freeze our meat than to
cook it. So far in our experiments
We nave had good success. We have
submitted the meat to a temperature
of minus 33 degrees Fahrenheit, and
then have packed it in cans. 1t has
shown all the appearance of half
cooked meat; it has been impossible
to tell the frozen and the half.cookcd
brands apart. So far, too, it has kept
we'll. But whether it will keep as
well and as long as the meat treated
with fire we do o yet know, az our
experiments have not continued a suf-
ficicnt length of time. We will save
about an eighth Of a cent pound on
timed meats if we succeed in substi-
tuting cold for heat in their prepare
ton
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Took Half Quantity.

AS an illustration Of the nature of
Southern! negaoes, Rev. D. J. San
ders, the negro president of Biddle
University, of Charlotte, N. c., related
the following incident to some mem
bers of the Presbyterian general as
sembly at q recent meeting. The
story is reported by the New York
Times:
Negroes are great lovers Of pomp
aud ceremony, Of titles and decora-
tions, and the members Of a large, but
ignorant negro congregation in North
Carolina conceived the notion that it
would add very much to their infu-
ence as q church if their pastor could
append the initials D. d. to his name.
Zone of the brethren learned that a
certain institution in the North would
confer such a degree for q price. He
wrote, and got a letter from this insti-
tuition, stating that $50 would secure
the desired honor.
"Meanwhile the members of the
congregation went to work to raise this
$50, but their utmost efforts failed to
secure more than $25.
"The committeeman put their heads
together, and it was finally decided to
send the money, with this message, to
the Northern institution:
"'Please send our pastor one d.
as we are not able to pay for the other
at this time"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
About Cutting the Finger Malls.

There are several well known say
ings with regard to the pairing of the
finger nails, and among them are
the following:
Cut them on Monday, cut them
for health; cut them on Tuesday,
cut them for wealth; cut them on
Wednesday, cut them for q letter;
cut them on Thursday for some
thing better; cut them on Friday,
you cut for a wife; cut them on Sat-
urday, cut for long lis; cut them
on Sunday, you cut them for evil,
for all of that week you'll be ruled
by the devil.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21
Some Russian customs.

In Russia a child ten years of age
cannot go away from home to school
without a passport, nor can COM
mon s wants and peasants go away
from where they live without one.
A gentleman residing in Moscow or
st. Petersburg cannot receive the
visit Of q friend who remains many
hours without notifying the police.
The porters Of all houses are COM
PEELED to make returns of the ar
rival and departure of strangers, and
for every n Of the above passports
q charge is 1aadc Of some kind.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-01-21

The banner sale Of postav" Stamps
by the Chicago office WAS Ia Il local
mail order honsc-1. 000. 900 stamps
for S25,O00-the largest individual
order EVER entered.
A Kansas dentist recently sent
TO a Chicago refining establishment a
carpet which had been on his cfioe
floor for several years, and which he
believed contained PARTICLES of gold
dropped while he was filling teeth. 1t
"panned out" $24.75.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-22

An Irish authority thus defines al
an expert the effects Of well deliv.
cred curse; The belief among the an.
cient Irish was that curse once pro
nounced must fall in some direction
If 1t has been deserved by him on
whom 1t is pronounced, it will fall Oh
him sooner or later, but If 1t has NOT
then II will return upon the person who
pronounced II. They compare 1t TO a
wedge with which n woodman eleaves
timber If II has room to go, 1t will &c
and cleaFe the wood, but IL 1t has not
It will fly out and strike the woodman
himself. who Is driving It. between the
eyes"
There are three affairs inside the
cashel ut Innlsmurray, Ireland, built
square of rough loose stones and hav-
ing on the top of them a number of
curious. round. smooth stones. These
have been used for cursing by turning
them. and the natives are very super
stitious about them.
One mode of averting the curse was
for the person against whom the stones
were turned TO have a grave dug. TO
cause himself to be laid In 1t and TO
have three shoyelfuls of earth cast over
him, the grayedlggers at the same time
reciting rhymes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-22
The PnrIs Mousetrap.

Paris has been described as gigan'
tic mousetrap with three doors labeled,
respectively, hotel, cnfe and restaurant
The city has about 10000 hotels. There
are restaurants In every block, and you
can find cafes at almost every step
At almost any restaurant you are sure
OF good cooking. You can eat well any
where and at any price. There are
scores of places where the meals cost
as high as in the better restaurants of
New York and hundreds where you
can get very fair dinner for 30 cents,
or. II you would have wine, for III
cents additional There is one stock
company which does an enormous bust.
ness In supplying cheap and good food
for Parisians. II was founded Ivy u
butcher who has his shops still In DIFF
ferent parts OF the city. This company
has 100 or more restaurants where you
can always he sure of good service and
good food. You pay for what you eai
and pay for everything, but the prices
are low
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-22
Rest and worsf.

as this the best wurst you can send
meT' asked the lady who walked into
the meat store with a package of that
edible In her hand.
Madam" answered the meat man,
at is the best wurst we have"
well, II is the worst wurst | ever
saw"
Il am sorry to hear that. The best
I can do Is to try and send you some
better wurst from today's lot; but as
said, that is the best wurst we have
at present. | am sure, however. that
the wurst we are now making will not
be any worse than this, and it ought to
be better. assure you that as soon as
| get the wurst you shall have the best
Of 1t. We never gave any one the
worst Of 1t so long as we have been In
the wurst business, and you may be
sure that when we give you your wurst
II will be the best, for our worst wurst
is better wurst than the best wurst of
our competitors"
But the lady, whose eyes had taken
on a stare of glasslness, was seen TO
throw up her hands and fee from the
place, for she was afraid the worst was
yet to comc.-Baltimore American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-22

If air cannot be seen, what is II that
We see quivering above a field on hot
summer day or even above hot stove
In the housef That question has puz-
zled many head, both old and young.
The answer usually given is that II is
the heat. but heat cannot be seen, and
therefore it Is not the heat.
The explanation of the phenomenon
is really quite simple. like all such
things, when we hear 1t. As a matter
OF fact, it is air that we see quIvering,
but heat makes 1t visible. The CULVER
ing is caused by the upward passage.
close by each other. of small currents
OF air OF different temperatures In
which the rays OF light are irregularly
refraeted. and this makes the currents
visible
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-01-22

A story is told Of a sudden rage into
which Napoleon |. fell one day as he
was at dinner. He had scarce partaker
Of mouthful when apparently some
inopportune thought or recollection
stung his brain to madness. and. reced
ing from the table without rising from
his chair-his small stature permitted
that-he uplifted his foot-dash went
the table, crash went the dinner, and
the emperor sprang up. intending to
pace the room. Quick as q lash his
waiter scratched few magic symbols
on bit OF paper. and the emperor
check had grown more than double.
Napoleon appreciated the delicacy OF
his attendant and said, Thank you
my dear Dunand," with one Of his In.
imitnble smiles. The hurricane had
blown over.