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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
SOME FARM FIGURES
FOR THE SKEPTICAL
Facts Which are Making Northwestern Da-
kota Famous---Farmers pay for Their
Land With one Crop---Ncver Done
Anywhere in the United States.

C. NJ. Gray, a Portalland man.
transacted business in Minot
Monday and reports the follow
ing average yields about his city:
Wheat ii to % bushels. Some
went as high as % bushels, flax
16 bushels, oats from so to 70
bushels. Mr.. Gray says land is
selling from 81, 800 to $4,000
per quarter section.
Jake Bokoway works his own
quarter section of land and also
one for his father and another
for his sister at Balfour. He
threshed 100 acres ofwheat which
yielded just + 900 bushels, most
of which he sold at $1.12. He
also threshed 1000 bushels Of
oats and still has 100 acres Of
flax to thresh.
Commissioner Myhre, of Bal
four, threshed this week and the
yield from his place is astonish-
ing. His speltz and barley went
y bushels per acre each. His
wheat went 80 and his oats 81.
The oats weighed A pounds to
the machine bushel. All the
above measures are machine
measures.
The Des Laos Observer says
VIM. Crosse of Schoolcraft, Mich,
is here looking after his farm and
the 100 acres OF grain that is on
it. Mr.. Crosses farm is the fine
half section formerly owned by
Leedy brothers, two and a half
miles south OF Des Laos. Mr..
Crosse says his fax will yield about
10 bu. 10 the acre, and within a
short time the land will be worth
500 per acre.
Chas. Kirklllie, a Burlington
farmer. raised wheat II bushel
per acre. oats 45 bushel and
speltz 40.
j. A. Amundson, a carpenter
who has been working all sum-
mer at $3.50 per day, did not
have the time or machinery to
put in his crop so furnished the
seed and let a neighbor put it in
on shares. They threshed %
acres OF fax which averaged 13
bushels or made 364 bushels all
together. He sold the flax for
one d ollar per bushel and cleared
above all expenses $175.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
Michael Sherman Will Marry.

Annie Schmidt. a young lady
from near the Twin Cities, arrived
at Foxholm and in about one
month the wedding bells will ring:
loud and long for Annie came
here on purpose to we'd the man
Of her choice. Michael Sherman.
Mike, while having an Irish front
handle. comes from good old
Teutonic stock and sodoes Annie
as her last name implies. The
couple met but recently, and then
met but once. Mike heard that
Annie was waiting for a man to
come along and Mike took the
train and went out to her home.
Annie liked Mikes good natured
looking phiz and when Mike said
''ADnie, will you take me for bet
ter or for worse??" She could not
help but reply as her heart went
pitty-pat, "Auch-Louie, l will
take you for worse" But Mike
is not such a ''wOrse" fellow. He
has a fine farm near Foxholm
and is industrious. The Inde-
pendent extends to the couple in
advance, its congratulations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
Miss Sigmanski Dead.

Miss Sigmanski was brot down from
Portal September 18th very i'll of con-
sumption of the bowels. AS she was
not accompanied by friends, and as she
had no money, she was placed in the
hospital as county charge. When it
became known that she had but short
time to live, her lover was notified and
he arrived day or so before her death.
He did everything he could to make
things comfortable for his intended
prior to her death, and saved her from
being buried by the county Miss Sig
manski was a good Christian young
woman about "a years of age, a member
of the Catholic church. Sunday after
noon, shortly before her death, several
ladies of the church went to the hos
pital and prayed for her. The priest
heard her confession in the morning
shortly before she became unconscious.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28

/ For the purpose of giving our
readers an idea Of the way which
the crops turned out, the indie
pendent has spent some little
time getting records OF various
yields, but these are by no means
all OF the best ones, simply the
average yields. The Independent
would be pleased to hear from
any one regarding the Yields.
Drop us a line or stop in and tell
us about your crops.
H. Benno, afarmerliving south
west of town raised macaroni
wheat which averaged 35 bushels.
His flax went 20 bushels per acre.
A Staxton, a southwestern
farmer. raised 500 bushels of flax
from 30 acres. He threshed 272
bushels of oats from four acres.
G. E. kinyon, a Des Laos far
mer. sowed - bushels of maca-
roni wheat and threshed 800
bushels. Wheat yields from 20
to 26 bushels. Flax from II to
16 bushels.
J. E. Ellsberry a Glenburn far
mer. reported flax II bushels,
oats IS bushels which will weigh
out So bushels.
Herbert Heinen from Foxholm
got the following yields: Wheat
1927 bushels from Ii acres and
1877 bushels from Al acres. He
threshed 1873 bundles Of oats and
got p bushels. His wheat
averaged him about 25 bushels.
Mary Bokoway is the name OF
a Russian girl that has been en-
ployed in the laundry department
of the Maxwell House at Balfour
for some time past. She quit
working the other day in order
to look after her crop. She
threshed 600 bushels of wheat
which she sold at SLIP per bu.
C. D. Woolverton raised fax
which averaged II bushel, wheat
20 bushel and oats from 60 to
20 bushel.
Jacob Frost reports threshing
PIP bushels Of flax from Is acres
and ego bushels of oats from 80
bushels of seed He has farmed
land in Iowa Ii years and never
did so well. He sold his flax for
SLIP.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
Drugs, Chemicals, Etc.,

You need clean healthy bowels Just as
much as pure, wholesome food; without
either, you cannot keep we'll. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea eliminates all i'm
purities. Tea or table IS cts.
A. S. BLAKEY
The bakers now days say they
do not make much selling bread
considering that -four is 1926
per cwt. Minot peoplegenerally
consider that it is cheaper to
buy bread at five cents a LOAF
now than bake it themselves.
Service first Sunday in Oct. at
all Saints Episcopal church.
Celebration OF Holy Communion,
and sermon II a. m. Evening
prayer and sermon 1880 p.
m.
The four months old baby OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Nichols died Thurs
day afternoon and was buried
the following day. The funeral
services were held from the Bap-
fist church Friday afternoon,
being conducted by the pastor,
Rev. Mr.. Drexler.
The Flaxton Times is two years
old Brother Ware is getting by
far the best paper in Flaxton
and has the bulk OF the business.
The business men of Flaxton
realize that in Ware they have a
man who is honest and trust
worthy, one who does notlive on
hot air CUFF. He may not have
been alderman at Buffalo six
years, but he knows how to
conducts newsy county weekly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
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: MINOR TOPICS :
j. w. Rode sells steamship tick cts.

j. w. Rode sells steamship tick cts.
German canaries and parrots
for sale at A. S. Blakey's.
Ed Campbell OF Hillyard, Wash.
is visiting his brother Al.
We guarantee to suit you
both in price and style in ladies
hats at the New York store.
Wait for the grand millinery
opening at the New York store,
before you buy your hats.
The Minot Concert band has
made arrangements to practice
in the old Optic building, in the
lodge of the Redmen.
Farmers are selling their flax
straw to the FlaxtOn flax fibre
mill for $1.75 per ton. Themills
employ ten or twelve men.
SIS. Harrison, the plumber,
will build fine new residence
opposite A. d. Fish's residence,
Eugene Teutsch will also build a
fine residence on the samel lot.
Miss Stewart recently returned
from the Twin cities where she
studied the latest in millinery,
and can be found at the New
York store. The store received
fine lot of all kinds of ladies
ats, the latest style.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
M|N0T NATIONAL BANK

A conservative eSClnlaLe places
the average yield of wheat in this
vicinity at 20, oats at so and fax
at - bushels per acre. At the
present price Of grain, so acres
OF fax. so acres Of oats and so
acres Of wheat brings the farmer
So. 266 and he has 10 acres ofhis
quarter section pasture. Why
will farmers in the east keep their
money tied up in $50 and 500
land that is not as good as ours?
Frank E. Culver. one of Ward
county's largest farmers, living
northeast OF Mckinney, has just
completed threshing for the sea-
son. Mr.. Culver has had a very
good yield OF wheat and oats all
of an exceptional fine grade. In
all he threshed a little over2, 800
bushels OF grain, including 1000
bushels OF wheat which went 21
bushels to the acre on the aver
age. This wheat was sold in
Mohall for Sill per bushel. Mr..
Culver also had four acres Of
white Russian oats which. on
breaking, went so bu. to the acre.
We are only able to report a
few threshing machine receipts
this week. We have tried to re-
port correctly, if we have made
any mistake. we will gladly cor
rect in our next. Very little if
any of the wheat in this part will
grade under No. ?, and most Of
it will go No. 1 northern. By
feed we mean oats, speltz and
barley. w. H. HALEY had 1900
bu. of wheat, 2Obu. per acre, and
1000 bu. of feed: J. +. Wilson.
$50 bu. wheat, Is bu. per acre,
and 500 bu. of feed: c. f. Morri-
son, 1920 bu. Of wheat. Is bu.
per acre, and 700 bu. Of feed; S.
E. Brady, l, 122 bu. Of wheat, IS
bu. per acre, and 2,1OO bu. OF
feed; J. V. Lewis, 800 bu. OF
wheat, - bu. per acre; Capt.
Huston, $50 bu. of wheat, p bu.
per acre, and 1000 bu. of feed;
J. N. Hagan, on Towards place,
600 bu. Of wheat, Is bu. per acre;
r. NJ. Salisbury, on same farm,
$50 bu. wheat, 20 bu. per acre.
We have heard that Geo. Fowler's
wheat made Fl bu., w. F. Smith
20, and r. H. Gaines "a bu. per
acre, and w. L. Smith and Walter
Aherns crop on the Virgins farm
went II bu. per acre.-Granville
Record.
John Renten, a farmer living
near Underwood, finished thresh-
ing his four hundred acre field Of
wheat last week, which averaged
a trifle over twenty -four bushels
to the acre.
John Petit who lives six miles
south Of Des Laos raised some
fine turnips this season. Hepre-
sented us with one the other day
that weighed 5A lbs. Will any
one say now that North Dakota
is a desert?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28
Dog Stolen.

Stolen Sunday morning From my
home in this city my six months old
Llewellyn setter, dog pup, large black
spot on one side Of body and on other
side black spot on hip. He has black
ears and is black over one eye. He is
black and white spotted generally over
the body. I will give a liberal reward
for the return of the dog to me. And l
will give S25 for information leading to
the conviction Of the person who stole
this dog. G. 0. Frank,
New York store, Ninot, n. d.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-09-28

Andrew Balerud has gone to
Rochester, Mimi, where he will
have an operation performed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
lanan ard Her RuIer.

When in 1869 the young Mikado the
present emperor of Japan stepped out
rom his palace at Kyoto to make q
royal pourney to the present capital
Toxic, it was the first time that the
Japanese people had seen their SOY
areign since five hundred years be.
ore julius Caesar was born, In 1872
10 Travelled from Yokomama to Toxic
" rail- and when the train moved of
18th the young emperor there rang
mt a melody which thrilled all hearts
was the national anthem of Japan
chose music was first heard when tho
ayagc tribes were hunting On the
Thames and ON the Neya and when
rome was mistress of the world.
The mikado who as boy knew al
most nothing OF the existence o.
europe. reads fucntly at the age OF
ifty-four the literaturcs of England
France and Germany From New
stars Rise Above the Pacific by
Peter Mcqueen, in National Magazine
or April
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
DOG MEAT AS FOOD.

A curious question has been raised
in St Louis, which, if pressed to its
logical conclusion, may lead to seri
nus results. Among the exhibits at
he exposition soon to open there is
contemplated one illustrating domes
ic life in the Philippines, which from
he space and prominent location sci
ipart for it promises to be an attrac
i've feature. Many native workmen
IRE on the ground, and houses are be
ng erected of waited bamboo, with
out the use of a nail, showing much
ingenuity. and structures that are
we'll adapted for tropical country
The work Is being done by natives %
4 tribe known as Iggorotes, and when
finished il will no doubt be an instruc
live object lesson of the civilization
md characteristics of a people fol
whose country We paid s20000,000 in
Yard cash. with many times that sun
llready expended to keep them in
uhjcction 1t seems that dog meat
S the fayorite diet Of these people
and as it Is not to be found In the St
Louis markets an arrangement was
made To use the impounded dogs oi
The city, captured by the police a.
;trays and suffocated or strangled
when not redeemed by their owners
rhe utilization Of this hitherto vast
ID product for the sustenance of q
part of the great crowd for which i
will be difficult TO cater, seemed tt
the general public capital idea and
wise solution of the problem, as
many stlll regard ii.
But a society of humane indiyidu
lis has entered protest against such
disposition Of these dogs, and threat
ms prosecution if the Filipinos are C
have native dog meat as a diet In St
Louis, avOwing that If dog meat is 70
be used by them they must import
the canned article This, as the law
yers say is sticking in the bark, q
egal phrase very appropriate for the
subject under consideration. IF the
objection is TO the diet, it would an
ply with even greater force to the
canned than the fresh article, the
latter being. presumably, more whole.
,ome. But If the protest is made on
he score of humanity there is even
less ground for injunction or legal In.
1ibition There can be no more %.
lection to killing dogs for food than
beef swine, sheep or other animals
Used for diet AS q means of ending
their lives, it is no more cruel than
suffocation or drowning While hay.
ing for its object the utilization of the
Ilesh as food, it is no more repre-
hensible than any other form of le.
gllized butchcry. To be logical, this
humane body should make war not
upon the tastes and appettes of the
Filipinos, our quasi fellow-citizens
but against the present system Of
cruelty OF getting rid Of the dogs
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
How doors Move from place to Place

How doors Move from Place to Place
~*That odors move with the air or
diffuse through it like gases and dc
not pass through it in waves al,
sounds DO, or in swiftly moving parti
cles like the radium examinations
seems TO be conclusirely shown by
recent experiments on the rropaga
ton of scents through small tubes
In such tubes there can be no gener
al motion Of the air, and the rate oi
travel Of an odor is extremely slow
That OF ammonia took over two hours
TO g 70 through a tube a yard and a
half long The presence Of the am
monla could be detected chemically
al about the same time that its smell
was noticed II seemed to make lit
tie difference in the speed whether
Che tube was held horizontally or yer
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

tod IT, We arc at the parting of the
ways. and if this order Be tolerated
without the protest of the house
what power is there that the execu.
tive cannot usurp?" It was Mr.
Cochrans first speech since his cleo
ton To succeed Geo b. Mcclellan, ana
was a fair sample of what may be
looked for from him in the future
He succeeded in gaining three Repuh
lican votes to his side, and the motion
10 lay his resolution on the table was
carried by a majority OF only three
votes. including that of the speaker
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
No: afterwards.


of late years imagined themselves LAWMAKERS,
when the sole oath of the latter that the laws
ecued such they are wise unwscwh which he has nothing
doand the sole duty Of the Judiciary CONSTRE laws hew
ing by the line letting the chips fly they may and both leaving
the legislative branch of the the people
the duty Of changing laws which operate ms, severely
not sufficiently.
do not believe that the supreme court influenced by politics
in the position several members in the decision tine Northern
Securities have thought that there any necessity
constitutional amendment in order control combinations unlaw
fully restraining interstate and foreign CONGRESS
HAS AMPLE POWER
Furthermore when thing Is declared by law be unlawful
understand what has do with imaginary dis
tncton between reasonable and unreasonable unwuness
TIE THING is EITHER LAWFUL OR UNLAWFUL, and
that's end to it. 1t competent ask the great capitalists of this
country who have entered these combinations whether they
that they erecting buildings with crumbg walls destined
fall about their
how the metaphor running amuck" could apply
law officer who simply executing the law passed by the ega
rc and construed BY the but the metaphor be applicable
then is the duty Of United States district attorneys and the attorney
general to run amuck" provided only and always that the only
weapon with which they themselves in running amuck be THE
LAW OF THE LAND construed by its of final
SOMETIMES CRIMINALS, GENERALLY SPEND
MOST OF MY TIME VICTIMS
HAVE NEVER FELT THAT TRUST BUILDERS STOOD IN NEED
MY PITY
think that there should be specific prohibiting the ac
ceptance Of campaign contributions FROM CORPORATIONS
The for the rule obvious Corporations their existence
to the law The law the voice Of the government and govern
mcnt Is ought be- the SERVANT of the people follows
therefore, that artificial person. created by people, ought not
be permitted devote the money which has gained in business
thus justified and thus only justified the fhcrane party ends
to the accomplishment Of partisan purposes There apt
follow mger between party and corporation, which,
lawful, ought to be unlawful.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

In the local news columns this
morning is given a partial list Of i'm.
proVements planned and in progress
in this city by individual enterprise
improvements which will add matcrl.
ally to the industrial and commercial
activity of the city; also of plans for
residences, which shows a DISPOSE.
tion to acquire and extend the com
forts of home life in the community
Although but partial list, it gives
assurance of very long stride for
ward in Cairo during the present year.
so far as individual enterprise is con
cerned; and II is earnestly to be
hoped that this sign of the times and
Of the disposition Of the people will
not be lost upon those in authority in
the city government, but will inspire
them to like enterprise in the direc.
ton of public improvements
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

The 100000 or 100000 Hebrews
living within the pale in Russia con
stltute about half the entire Jewish
race This space to which the Jews
are limited Is about the size Of the
German empire 1t is a territory
reaching 500 miles eastward from the
German frontier to a line 1000 miles
long drawn from the Baltic to the
Crimea, and would be ample room IL
Hebrews were permitted to cultivate
the coil.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
Harvest Work.

The harvest Of wheat alone enga~ IS
about l,0oo.0o0 men and 10000 teams
three months Of the summer, while at
least 10000 women are needed to pre-
pare food for the workers. The har-
vest Of ether crops employ less men,
but the entire nuTber of harvester
needed il g3taerlug the crops OF the
United states ha5 been estimated ut
l.520.700 tbst ia. exclusive Of t1e
farmers chat reside On their own land
and sld in the harvest.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
WHO GOT THE APPROPRIATION,

In mentioning the points Of interest
about Cairo, for the benefit of the
Southern Illinois teachers recently,
the following paragraph appeared in
The Bulletin:
THE custom house and postoffice
building erected in the Cos Senator
stephen A. Douglas secured the ap-
preparation therefor The stone for
this building came from New Eng
land. Visit this and the signal sec
vice department located therein.
Bartons Southern Illinois Herald
Of CarbonLsle, says an error was
made in stating that Senator Doug,
las procured the appropriation, It
says Senator Douglas died early
in 1861. and was not, therefore, a
member of the United States senate
when the appropriation bin for the
bdilding named was passed by con
gress To Congressman KuykendalL
Nuu IEpltotHttu thS NdAR0 uiNti ~ ia
the house of representatives in 1868
or 1866, when the bill was passed., is
due the honor of securing the appro-
priation. AS We remember. kuyken
dali was elected in 1864; was sue
eeeded by Gen Raum in 1866. -
The Herald may be right in saying
that Congressman Kuykendall finally
secured the appropriation, but efforts
to get Il were made long before it
was secured and more than one ap-
was necessary to finish
the structure. No doubt Senator
Douglas had hand in the matter, in
its initiatory stages,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

BY majority of only three votes
the president of the United states
escaped eensure by the house of re
representatives. Saturday Burke Coch
ran was the man who stirred the
members almost 10 the sticking
point" when speaking Of the presi.
dents extraordinary pension He said:
III the presidents order on the age
debility pension law is recognized by
the house. what fragment Of power Is
there loft TO it, BY one stroke Of
his pen. the pr sident has appropria.
ted sse.ooo.o 600. and this Is a matter
with which congress must deal if It
has any regard for Its own powers. or
II II be animated by a shadow of 10y.
~ Tor the constitution which crea-
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

After all the country newspaper
man is the happy newspaper man.
One of them says: Although the
News publisher has been indsposed
this week, his friends have not de.
serted him. Mrs. Ebert Rains sent
nice lot of turnip salad. Bud Ander
son load of corn, which win keep
the pigs from squealing. and James
Adair brought his better half nice
load of stove wood.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

A good hair restorative aud lnyig
lrator can be made Of sugar of lead
borax and lacsulpbur, Of each ~.
lcqua ammonia Y o.. alcohol ] gin.
These should stand mixed fourteen
hours, then add bay rum sill, fine
table salt / teaspoon. soft water g
pints. essence of bcrgamot ! ~. This
preparation will not only give a beau.
iful gloss. but viii cause hair fn
grow upon bald heads arising from an
common causes, and turn gray hair
a dark color.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

The halfmillion acres cultivated in
tea in India produce i90,OV00OO
pounds. the investment being about
800 an acre. The labor required IS
thirteen persons to the acre, One
pound Of India tea viii produce sev-
en- and a half gallons of tea Of a Civ
en- strength. while the tea OF China
will produce but five gallons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

The annual CONSUMPTION Of calcined
plaster and wall plaster can not he
estimated. but it is very large Most
Chinese houses are built of cheap
brick. and are pastered both inside
ard out. Large quantities Of plaster
are also uscd for the making of Chi
nese graves. almost all Of them being
entirely covered with it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11

A new serial story begins In The
Bulletin Tuesday morning. II is en-.
titled THE Flligree Ball" written by
Anna Katherine Green, author of &
number of popular stories. intending
Lost Mans Lane" and "The Leaven
worth Case Tha story is pro
nounccd one of surprising interest
and will be sure to entertain readers
who put in their spare moments in its
perusa
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-04-11
1T DOWN

That the worlds greatest adver'
tlsers, those who have made advertis.
ing study, science and success
are today the most extensive users of
newspapers, to the practical exelu-
sion of all other methods, and they
secure the leading papers for their an
nouncements. The Bulletin ranks as
one of them.