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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
Christ Was in The Coop.

Al Christ who has a valuable
claim southeast of Minot and J.
E. Norris we're arrested at
Darlington recently being sus-
pected by the officers disconnected
with the hold-up on the. Northern
Pacific near Medina some time
ago. Mr.. Christ returned from
there the other day. The men
were placed in the coopforabout
hours and given papers to read
and we're provided with a good
supper. The chief ofpolice called
them to his Office and after
questioning the men for some
time concluded that they were
innocent and let them go.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
Is Or ives Insaae?

Atty. Sutton has nine criminal
cases to try this term o1
.c0urt. The Graves murder case
is the most important one.
Graves, we unerstand will putup
the plea,of insanity and is act
ing the part quite we'll at the
county Jail. He is not violently
insane, if iheis at all, but is not
a safe manto turn loose. Graves
is likely to get sentenced for life,
if he is not committed to the in
sane asylum. He certainly does
not realize the .en0rmity of the
crime he committed. James
johnson, tie states attorney, is
working on the eass and will try
to knock the insanity theory
into a ocked hat.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
Do You Want an Education?

The Independent has a scholar
ship for the Minot Business. Col
lege for either the shorthand or
bookkeeping course which it will
sell. The scholarship is good for
six months in either course and
always sells for $50. We can
save you some money if you take
ours. There will be less OF these
out this year than last. The
offer holds good but a short time.
The school is coming right to
the front, being full Of students.
Some have already completed
their courses and have accepted
lucrative positions.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
ohioans Come To Buy Land.

Ohioans Come To Buy Land.
G. H. Funderburg Of Surrey
returned to this city Wednesday
night from Carlisle, Ohio where
he went principally to see his
mother. She will not live long
and has made every arrange
ment for her funeral. While
absent Charles induced twelve OF
his old friends to come to North
Dakota and try their luck, all
arriving Wednesday night. Some
will file on land, others will buy
improved farms. The people in
the east are changing their
minds about North Dakota.
'sThose whom we left in Ohio four
years ago have gone back, while
we have gone ahead" rem arked
Mr.. Funderberg,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
FARMER WRITES ANENT
THE GOPHER QUESTION
Would Have the Government Pass Law
Making the Bounty Two Cents for
Each Gopher Killed-Tells Of the
Damage Done BY Pests Last Year.

government pass Il law that
every person Who holds q claim
Of 16O acres, will have ten dol
lars for q gopher fund and those
who have less land, pay accord
ingly. And this money to he
used to pay q gopher bounty at
a rate of two cents a tail or
scalp as they see lit. That would
pay for about 500 gophers on
each quarter Of land and would
make those land holders who do
not live on their land or who do
not intend to and those who are
holding for speculation, pay
their share to us hardwOrking
farmers who are improving our
farms and theirs at the same
time. think that such parties
should help to pay to get rid Of
these gophers if they do not
want to live on their land and
help improve the country. There
must be some way to get rid OF
them or in one more year like
last year will put North Dakota
in such a shape that hundreds OF
farmers will leave this country
as they will be compelled to as
they cannot live in 4 country
without money and all they
have to depend on is their crops.
A few have some stock but ii
they have no crop they cannot
do much with their stock. So | say
to farmers of North Dakota it ie
high time that we look forward
and see that we have such men
lput into office who will take
hold of this question and see
that we farmers are protected. I.
There are now farmers in the
country who will not SOW any
wheat this spring because we did
not get our bounty last year. It
will not pay for the farmers tc
buy wheat at 81 a busbel and
run the chances Of the gophers
destroying it as they did last
year.
From r. E., 4 Ward County
|sFarmer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
0lenbns.. lis On The Map.


The Independent has eOm-
;pleted a job OF printing $500
books for w. IF. Moses 4 Sons,
the real estate dealers from
Glanburn, N. D. The books
will be sent to places in the east
There are a number OF excellent
cuts of the city of Glenburn.
showing three elevators with a
,capacity OF 100000 bushels,
when just AZ days after the first
lot was sold. Glenbnrn from a
distance Of a mile looms up
like an old city in the east with
her large buildings. And what,
will do much more good
for the country than anything
else in the book, are the testi-
m0nials of number of successful
farmers who tell their experience
since coming to North Dakota.
Facts will not lie and they have
told facts. Land about Glenburn
will be sold high this year, and
the books will help sell land in
every part of the county.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
Joflnson's Coat Stolen.

States Attorney James john
son had q valuable oyercoat
stolen at the Leland hotel Thurs
day morning. When he went to
breakfast he left the coat on the
rack and it was gone when he re-
urned and so was the thief. The
The coat was a combination
storm coat. The matter was
reported tosthe chief OF police
and a search was made over the
city but the fellow was
not apprehended.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
'NU the Independent:

TO the Independent:
lTfeel it a duty to write in
regard to the gopher bounty as
EInotice a statement signed by
: vStenso, that he was mot in
laavor Of a bounty on .gophers.
Lwill say that Mr.. Stenso is right
in one sense, but would like to
sknow what he would do if he
would i've in some parts Of
North Dakota in Ward county
vwhere 80 many quarters are va
.cant. The land owners either
hive in town or are already gone
back to the place where they
rcame from and their farms
i.here with no one ON them to
catch the gophers. lwould like
ito know if Mr.. Stenso or any
.other farmer would feel able
to cultivate his l60 acres sue
-cessfuly and at the same time
catch all the gophers on the va
,-cant land around him. II think
there is not one farmer'in North
Dakota that can do that unless
he has help. There are twelve
Quarters within one and a hall
miles of my place and on three
sides OF my quarter that lay va
can't with no one to take care OF
the land or help catch the
gophers. ! had seventy acres
rented last year and had it
sowed to barley and oats.
thraahed only 916 bushels from
the 20 acres. Fully one hall o.
lit was destroyed by the sophers
and We caught az many gqphers
as any farmer caught last year.
But it was impossible to .catch
,.all OF these pests ON all the
quarters that lay vacant in
this part of the county. There
~fore / think that we FARMERS O.
North Dakota, will have to bt
protected by a bounty before 1--WE
will ever quite get rid Of these
;gophers.
The only proper way to estab
ilish a gopher fund is to have tht
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
A Stay of Sentence.

Chas. Collier, who was found
guilty at Towner last week, for
the crime of arson, was brought
back to the Ward county Jail.
Judge Palda gave the man a
stay of sentence until June Is and
cut the bonds from $500 to 800,
which the man believes he can
furnish. Collier had great hopes
of being found innocent ard feels
very blue over the verdict.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
1t Means Good Horses.

Matt: Halligan and sons who
arrived from Illinois with two
Percheron French draft horses,
are receiving great praise for the
superiority Of the animals which
are said to be the best ever seen
in Minot. The gentlemen hope
to make this their headquarters
and will sell thoroughbred stock
and breed the same. The farm
ers should appreciate this fact.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06

Miss Mary Coyen, a young wo-
man thirty years Of age wholives
on her claim four miles north of
Mohall perished in the terrible
blizzard near her shack Thurs
day afternoon. She had been
driven to her claim q few days
before the storm and tits believed
that she tried to 60 to one other
neighbors during the storm and
was exhausted. Her remains
were found Saturday morning.
Miss Coyne was we'll known in
Minot. She had a claim one and
one half mile from one owned by
w. s. Shaw, the land man. She
worked in the hotel at Mohall
last year and held down her
claim in that manner. She taught
school near Willow City for sew
eral years. She intended prov
ing up last fail and lived on her
claim last summer. Some one
protested her claim and she went
to live there in the winter and it
is on this account that she came
to her untimely end.
A man named Welland was
found dead four miles north of
Rugby after the storm Saturday.
His horses were still alive. 1t is
believed that the man had been
drinking and started for his
home in the storm and persisted.
Conductor Mc(iraw was badly
injured a mile east OF York on
the Great Northern during the
blizzard Thursday afternoon.
His train became stuck in the
snow drift and he sent an engine
into York two miles for water.
The train was q double header.
The engine was long time re-
turningsand the eonductorstart-
ed for York on the track on foot
to see what was the matter. He
was walking with his head hang
ing down when the returning en-
engine struk him knocking him
into the snow. His head was
cut open and he was rendered
unconscious. The travelling en-
gineer saw the body thrown into
the snow and had the engine
stop. The man was picked up;
and for several hours it wasfear-
ed that he could not live. He is
recovering.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
Fooled Hubby,

Two ladi~>aithe city donned
the clothes O. 'U,.u husband OF one
the other evening and visited the
barn where he was milking.
They bought a quart Of milk and
started off without paying for it,
much to his displeasure. When
hubby arrived home he found
his wife interested in a book and
wonders yet where the men and
his milk disappeared to.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-06
TWO PERISH IN THE STORM

Miss Mary Cowen, Young Lady Home.
steader at Mohall Wanders From her
Shack ard PerisheS. ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
The Governor and tho Lynohlnss.

The year has nc: yet closed, but in
less than twelve months there have
been seven lynchings in this State, OF
rather that number of killings are to
be charged so mob law. 1t is a
pretty bad record, but it could be
worse. 1t is no worse than the re-
cord of other States, but That is
very small consolation. 1t distresses
Governor Hayward very much that
these violations of the law should
occur from time to time. He has the
consciousness of doing his full duty
in trying to prevent lynchings, and
he has been prompt and emphatic in
every effort to that end. There has
been no mistaking the policy of
Governor Hayward, and if there has
been any fault, it cannot be at
tributed to him, for he has worried
more about these than anything that
has occurred during the year.
Governor Hayward appreciates as
much as does any one else the almost
hopeless efforts that are being made
to punish those who participate in
lucSo NlO!dUlOHS VI lIc laws VI lnS
State, but he does not propose to let
up an instant in his purpose of at
least forcing every one known to be
in lynching party to trial, and then
for the iuries to decide the issue be-
tween the lynchers and the laws of
the State.
Last January Governor Hayward
reported two lynchings to the Gene
raj Assembly, both of them in Dor
chester county. Then followed the
lynching at Scranton, and soon after
wards the outrage at Eutawville.
While Governor Hayward was in
st. Louis there was lynching in
Chesterfield and recently there have
been lynchings at Kershaw and one
in which Laurens and Greenwood are
in dispute as to where the deed
was actually committed.-August
Kohn in News and Courier, Octo-
Der 9Th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
BaIks at Race Issue.

Jesse M. Littleton, Republican
candidate for Governor Of Tennessee,
brother of Borough President Little
ton, of Brooklyn, in speech in
Chattanooga on September 20, dis
claimed the attitude of President
Roosevelt on the race question and
said: "The race question is not a
political question. The Democrats
and the Republicans of the South
feel exactly the same about it, so far
as social equality is concerned.
When Mr.. Roosevelt invited negro
to dine with him he was endorsed for
that action in the East, but not by
the people of the South, Democrats
or Republicans. The negro knows
that the Southern people are his best
friends. The Southern people have
civilized and christianized him."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
Programme OF Union Meeting.

The union meeting of the second
division of the Twelve Mile River
Baptist Association Will convene with
the Baptist church at Pleasant Grove,
N. c., on Friday, October %, at IL
a. m.
Introductory sermon will be
preached by Rev. Samuel Reed.
First query, What is the duty of
the pastor to his church ? Opened
by Rev. d. Hudson.
Second query, What advantage is
the Sunday school to the progress of
the church? Opened by Rev. L. M.
LYDIA.
Other subjects may be discussed
during the meeting. The missionary
sermon, which is to be preached on
Sunday, will be provided for by the
committee. j. b. Colley,
For Committee.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
MINIMUM PRICE FOR COTTON.
important Steps Taken by the Cotton Growers
Convention al ST. Louis.

At the Cotton Growers, Conven-
tiop in ST. Louis, NO., recently, rep
resenting the entire South, after
thoroughly oanvassing the condition
os the crop and the prospect for
yield, urged the farmers of the entire
South not to sell their cotton at less
than 10 cents, fixing this as mini
mum price to be accepted. If indi-
vidual farmers are compelled to real
ize on part of their crop they will
be urged to sell as little as poss Die
and to market the balance slowly.
Such action by this convention will
unquestionably have very marked
effect in strengthening the views of
plapters on 10 cents as a minimum,
i against the organized effort of
the planters, who are in better tinan-
cial shape than for years, it will be
difficult for the bears to make any
s, ious break in price. The South is
practically assured of receiving for
this crop, including seed, at least as
much as last year, or $660,00O,000,
with some prospects of going to
$7OG,000,000.
The convention discussed ware
housing from every point of view,
and accepted, without dispute, the
supreme need of warehouses through
out the South. Many plans were
discussed as to an outcome of this
agitation, and some broad PROPOSE
tion will be accepted everywhere as
the solution of the greatest problem
connected with cotton handling. In
dividnal warehouses will be estab-
lished here and there, and efforts
will be made by promoters of various
schemes to organize cooperative
warehouses to be owned and ope-
rated by farmers, but visionary as
such enterprises are, they serve to
awaken the worlds attention to the
Importance of a better system of
marketing cotton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
q a. - oRE "A.
Bears tho N The Kind You Have Always Bought
S'sss'''' 9: &1XAlzsse

Freight Conductor Wise, of the
Southern Railway, whose home is
said to be in Savannah, and Jack
Godhaul, negro switchman, and
Walter Ziegler were killed on the
outskirts of Charlotte, N. c., last
Wednesday night. The train, which
was south bound No. 73, on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
division of the Southern, was being
pushed by switch engine when sud
denly all the brakes became set and
the engine crushed into the rear of
the caboose. Conductor Wise was
in the rear of the caboose and the
other men between She caboose and
engine.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
We Are Not "Dlsgers."
[Toccoa Record.l

A good friend of the Record said
to us this week: "Why don't you
light in and give the town dig
every now and then about its re-
ligious affairs"
We asked our friend if he took us for
a digger. we dig sometimes out on
our editorial farm, and we may have
to dig all year out there next year,
for our subscribers are awful slow,
but we desire to state that profes-
sionally we are not diggers. We
have tried to be editors though we
know in this effort we lave failed
considerably.
AS to our lighting in upon the re-
ligious side CT Toccoa, we want to
say again, as we have often said in
the past, we do not consider it our
editorial dnty to reform anybody's
morals. We have job trying to
hold our own down, according to
Hoyle. We never eight in" upon
peoples religion but what we get lit
upon ourselves. The last time we
undertook editorially to spur up re-
ligious matters in Toccoa we lost IA
subscribers, got expelled from the
church and came near getting ridden
on rail out of town, not to mention
the several and various private lee
lures we had from church members
themselves.
We know that in Toccoa, as else
where, great many mems religion
is in their wife's name, but how can
the Record prevent this any more
than it can prevent man from doing
business in his wife's name? And
after all we suspect lots Of men folks
would 60 dead broke altogether on
religion unless he did put it in his
wife's name.
A man can't be so confonndedly
good nowadays any how, no mat
ter how hard he tries. He's built
wrong. No, please let US light in,
and dig at another place where its
easier digging. We'd strike nothing
but rocks digging into peoples re-
ligion. The preacher has that job
All we can do is to stand by and en-
CouTaSe nln WlCn our eulIOTlal Smile
We argue that this country is
going to be better off this year than
ever before, for we have never seer
so much hay gathered and the fields
are still rich with it. The high
price of wheat ought to induce some.
body to plant for home. made flour
this year. We expect to see more
cattle than ever before through this
country this fall and we have beer
told by wise men that what we neeG
most here is more hay and more
cattle to eat the hay. We are get
ting on pretty well, thank you, in
this Pee Dee country.-Florence
Times.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12

In recent statement sent out by
State Superintendent of Education
Martin it is shown that the $4,000
appropriated by the last Legislature
is not yet exhausted. There is still
on hand $500, which means that
lS9 more rural libraries may be
established throughout the State.
Oconee is entitled to two more libra
ries we understand.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, ILL.,,
writes: 81 had bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until l used
Foley's Honey and Tar which is a sure
cure" Sold by j. w. Bell, Walhalla;
w ]. Lunney, Seneca.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12
Held Up Near Greenville.

J. B. Simpson, All employee of the
Easley Cotton Mills, started to walk
to Greenville last Wednesday morn
ing about 4 O'Clock. When about
three miles east of Easley two ne
groes endeavored to rob him. They
advanced on him, commanding him
to surrender his watch and money,
and when he refused one of them
took hold of him. Mr.. Simpson
managed to get his knife out of his
pocket and after cutting one of them
pretty badly he extricated himself,
but not until he had received several
bad gashes from the would be-rob-
bers. There is no clue to the iden-
tity of the negroes.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-10-12

GA ST O EI IA.
Bears the 4, The Kind You Have Always Bought
S's;;'''' Sign; !; ''' Iz<Hzzzx
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-01
Ware e. LeIand'S
Cotton Letter.

Raleigh n. c., April 30.-The fact
that notice day passed off Q. X. had
great influence on sentiment. 1t is
now evident that exporters own the
New York stock and New Orleans is
sending out her cotton rapidly, So
600 bales on ycsterday-al this helps
There is big shortage in Liverpool
which should prevent a break of any
extent There is a slow business here
in dry goods. but a cotton famine is
a serious thing. We don't care to be
short of cottOn-nOt this summer
no thank you, as far as the new crop
months go. however, we do not know
what to say II is hard to bull them
at this season. and yet there is a large
short interest in october and Deem
Der On any further advance with
good sunshine there is likely to be a
break, with good weather in May we
generally get weak market for new
crop months 1t is very hard to
know what to do. 1t would be we'll
to wait for October to get back
around lie. then we would say buy,
but in the meantime we would. advise
buying only on good breaks. 1t is a
bad market and will be for a few
weeks longer.
WARE & LELAND.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-01
Stocks end Bonds.

New York, April 30.-The bank
statement was the only news of the
day with any important bearing on
the stock market and it was accepted
with languid interest. Interest was
partly due to the feeling that the
statement was not an accurate show
ing of actual conditions. An actual
increase, although small one in the
cash item of the banks in the week
of largest gold exports on recorl, is
an anomaly in itself. 1t is partly CT-
planned by the fact that the statement
does not reflect the $3.700,000 ship
ment of gold that went out today, and
which Will be carried over into next
weeks statement Even allowing for
this the cash reserve is more lhan
$4,000 600 better than was estimated
from the known. movements OF "1oll-
ey. Local cash operations are given
as the exclamation of the discrepancy.
The increase in the loan item was not
greater than expected in view OF TIE
weeks railroad note issues. Further
issues are expected and the placing OF
the $37.000.000 New York city loan IS
expected to affect the loan item still
further 1t is also generally belleV@d
that the outgo of gold UP to this Tune,
except the Morgan shipment tnat Went
today, is for other purposes IMAM thc
Panama Canal payment, the pi1hclpal
portion of which therefore remain 10
be provided for The details of the
operation are still somewhat obscure
TO the Wall Street mind. This uncer-
talnty was one of the factors in the
stagnatlon of the days stock market.
Inc price movements of any interest
were confined to specialties. Total
bond sales (par value) $4,000
Total sales were 10,5 shares, in
a. hos ,I-r
Louisville and Nashville 600: Norfolk
and Western 500: Pennsylvania 500
Reading $500; Southern Railway 600 .
Southern Railway preferred 400;