The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-02-04

held in the county court house
commapciog next Monday.
! Guy Hopkins who has been
employed at the court house fo1
the past three months leaves to,
night tar .Mandap, N. y.
There will be a sopg service Ell.
TITLED, Gamma, the Gipsy Girl
given at the Array Hail. on
Thursday, February 5th, ana a
Scandinavian service, under the
leadership of Lieut.: Johp Loe
apd sSepgt. Major Chas. Wisen,
on Saturday, February 7th.
The sremoval OF the tariff on
anthracite coal is likely to serve
as a good object lesson to the
people. 1t will not affect the
coal situation in any respect.
Congressman Dahizell, Of Pitts
burg was frank enough tQ.say SO
while the bill was pending.
Miss Alma Anderson, one of
our popular music teachers, was
very much surprised on last Fri
day evening when about twepty-
five young paople gathered at
her hc.me at Mrs. Laura leigh
toms. A very enjoyable evening
was spent ip playing various
games, and after lulch was
served Miss Anderson was pre-
seHted with a beau tiful turquois
ring, as 8 small token OF TIE es-
TEEN in which she is held by her
many friends. Miss Anderson
contemplates leaving Minot
soon to visit her parents. :
E. T, Cary, the popular land
man Of Donnybrook. was yisi-
tor in the city or Monday and
was receiving the congratula-
tions of his friends on wiEning
out before the Commissioners of
the General Land Office in the
disbarment proceedings brought
against him some time last year.
Mr.. Cary has been engaged in
the land and real estate business
at DonnybfoGk for the past
three years and was also prac~
ticing as an attorney before the
U. S. land office. Last May re-
ports were sent to Washington
accusing Cary Of dealing in re-
linquishments and unprofession-
al conduct. The general land
office ordered AN investigation
OF the charges and instructed
Special Agent C. 4. Lounsberry
to institute disbarment proceed
.ings against Cary. A hearing
was had at the local office, Col.
Lounsberry representing the
government and Attorney G. A..
johnson appearing for Mr.. Cary.
The i. S. land officials at Minot
decided against Cary, and Cary's
attorney appealed the case to
the Commissioner of the General
Land Office. The Commissioner
reverses the decision OF the Reg
lister and Receiver, dismissed the
case and exhonorates Cary OF all
charges brought against him.
On Thursday evening last Rev.
Dr., Forbes, Presiding Elder Of
the Duluth Disttict, delivered a
lecture in the Methodist Church.
His subject was "The Mistakes
OF the Devil and Some Other
Folks He began by pointing
out the. mistakes of "Some Other
Folks and started in with the
preachers. "Before ] speak OF
their mistakes, " said the doctor,
.'let me tell you some OF their
good qualities. = He then went
on to show, and he did show in
a very forcible way, that the
minister was the salt OF the
earth. That the value of real
estate, the reputation of the
town and country all depended
on whether or not there were
ministers in that town or coun-
try faithfully exhorting the peo-
pie to follow in the right way.
That the preacher who, in the
language Of Goldsmith "Allures
to brighter worlds and leads the
way" is the man who is Of more
use to the town and country
than the sheriff. AS to the mis-
takes OF preachers, though they
may be many, in DR.. Forbes esti-
nation they are fewer than
those Of other people. We were
pleased with his picture Of his
Satanic majesty, and we now
understand THAT the Devil is not
near as formidable as we
thought he was, and after the
DR.. had pointed out some Of his
many mistakes we made UP our
mind that he (the Devil) was a
very frAil critter and hardly to