The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-08-17
Around the State

Mcintosh county a short distance
east OF Ashley has reached the
exorbitant height of 4 feet 10
inches.
There are 14O families in Far
go by name of Johnson, S3
Petersons, so Olson, "a Ande-
sons, while the Smiths number
only ~ and Jones -. The
Scandinavians have the lead now
in nearly all western towns, the
PaulsOns, Larsons and Nelson's
not being far behind their kins-
men in numbers.
Mrs. Louis Weber publishes the
following notice to blind pig
keepers OF Lidgerwood: You are
hereby warned not to give or sell
to my husband, Jacob Weber,
any Intoxicating liquor from and
after the date of this notice. If
this warning in not needed | will
take legal action to protect my
self and our children.
One exchange says: "a man
who has the principles ofrepubli-
canism in his heart will never
vote the democratic ticket"
Another says: Voters should
pick their man, regardless OF
party" 1t looks like party
politics was a little mixed and
that this fall it will be every man
for himself and the d-take the
hindermost.
If people continue to buy goods
OF mail-order houses and box-car
peddlers, there will soon be no
hustling little town. They will
put the home merchant out of
business, the only cities will be
the home Of the eastern mail
order houses. Land is always
worth more if it is near a good
town and the only way to make
a good town is to patronize the
home merchants.
A Texas editor hits the right
spot when he says: "The sorriest
fellow on earth is the fellow who
will sit around and cuss his own
town. If | lived astride the north
pole, | would call it home and
be ready to boost it up. If l
could not say anything nice
about it, | would say that my
ice bill didn't come high. l
would not stay in town | had
to cuss-nOt while the world is
as big as it is now"
A very strange and unique deal
came to the ears Of our reporter.
I. Juve, a farmer widowernorth-
west Of Mohall about ten miles,
sold the grass on a quarter sec
ton to Mr.. Louis Mortens for a
hundred loaves OF bread, the
consideration being OF the value
Of $50. One needed the bread
and the other needed the grass,
and according to the old adage,
"a fair exchange is no robbery.
-Monall News.
According to the weather
statistics for thirty years the
average date of the first killing
frost" in North Dakota has been
Sept. Is. The earliest date on
which the first killing frost"
occurred was Aug. II, .SS. The
mean temperature for August
has been 81 degrees. The hottest
day was Aug. s, 1900, when the
indicated 1O5 degrees.
The coolest month was in 1885,
when the average temperature
was 60 degrees.
S. J. Creaser, who is pretty
good authority on birds, alleges
that the practice Of poisoning
gophers INDUCED in during the
early spring and summer by
scattering poisoned grain broad
cast has resulted in the Wholesale
destruction Of birds OF all kinds.
1t is very evident that if poison
must be used in discriminating
the gopher pest some means will
have to be devised whereby Cop
hers only will pay the penalty.
The indiscriminate slaughter OF
birds is wholly wrong. The
good they do in Kidding the
country OF various insects can
hardly be overestimated and in
addition 1T is wanton cruelty
and in violation of our state law.
-Velva Journall
A Towner City man writes: A
great many people wonder and
ask how it is | have so many