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The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
MODERN FARMING.

A few years ago men laughed
at the idea Of applying science to
agriculture. The farmers laugh
ter was the loudest of all. But
science, like revolutions, never
goes backward. There are still
many farmers who plant, reap,
feed their cattle, and let their
implements stand out in the sun
and rain in the careless. thriftless
old way, but the agricultural
department, agricultural colleg-
es, and the agricultural press are
rapidly diminishing their num-
Der. There are 100000 acres
OF land in the west whose alkali
soil has heretofore rendered them
worthless. By undertaking
and flooding, science will make
them cultivatible. They will then
be worth $6OO,OOO,O 900. The
field in the United States which
have been abandoned because
they are "worn out" have an
aggregate area greater than that
OF the six New England states
combined. The trouble with the
soil is that it has been exhausted
OF nitrogen. Science has discover
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
THE BUSY FARMER.
DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE
INDEPENDENTS FARMER READERS-OUR READERS
ARE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS DEPARTMENT.

mix this with enough water to
thoroughly soak up one~half
bushel of wheat; add one piRt oi
oil of rhodium or oil OF anise.
Let mixture stand twenty-iour
hours. Every kernel Of this
mixture will kill a gopher. Mert
strychnine is the best brand obt-
ainable. If you haven't muriatic
acid, add one-half cup OF strong
vinegar to your boiling water
containing strychnine and boil
till a clear solution results.
J. i. Lorge OF the Houghten
Implement Co. has sold three
windmills recently. VIVA F. Myers
bought a thirty foot X Ray wind
mill. James Foley OF Surrey
bought a twenty foot mill while
Otto Bonness Of Burlington
bought a4Ofoot power windmill.
The North Dakota farmers are
buying more mills every year
which is a good indication OF
prosperity. Mr.. Lorge states
that he will make a speciality OF
wind mills.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE

Notice is Hereby Given. That that certain
Mortgage. executed and delivered by James
N. Erickson and CHRISTINA y. Erickson his wife
Mortgagors. to Security Banking Company. u
corporation MOrtRagee. dated the 21st day of
June. 4. ID nineteen hundred and three (l90S).
and filed for record in thesofice of the Re gister
Of Deeds Of the County Of Ward and State Of
North Dakota on the eth day of July, A. d.
1908 and recorded in Book one OF Mortgages.
at page 30 will be forclosed by sale on the
premises in such Mortgage and hereinafte L
described at the front door OF the Court
house in the city of Minot. in the coun tyof
Ward and State of North Dakota. at the hour
OF two O'Clock p. H. on the Goth day OF April.
1905, to satisfy the amount due upon said Mort
gage on the day of sale, y
The premises described in said Mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy the same. are
those certain premises situated in the county
OF Ward and State Of North Dakota, and de-
sclibed as follows. tO-wit: The (NWAl OF sec
ton one Q) in Township No. One Hundred
Sixty Three Q63) North of Range No. Egh-
ty -Four (SD West. containing 1GO acres of
, land more or less according to y. 5. Govern
| ment survey thereof. No action or proceed.
ingS has been instituted ut law or in equity to
recover the debt secured by said mortgage
or any part thereof. and there will be due on
such Mortgage at the date of sale the sum OF
Forty three 17-l0O Dollars. besides the
costs Of expenses OF sale and statutory at
torney's fees. Dated at Fessenden. North
Dakota. this 18th day of February 1905.
SECURITY BANKING COMPANY
NJ. E. wilson AIortgagee.
Atty. for Mortgagee.
Fessenden. North Dakota.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

Ole Oen who lives southwest Of
Minot is making all kinds OF
money selling trees which We're
planted, some years ago in order
that he might prove up a tree
claim. Mr.. Oen is selling very
fine large ones for only fifty cents
tach if the buyer prefers to dig
chem, or $1.O0 if he digs them.
Theo. Bruning from eighteen
miles north of the city, will put
800 acres into crop this year.
That's farming on q large scale.
This is something for the eighty
acre eastern farmers to note.
North Dakota farmers who are
returning from the east say east
ern farms look like garden patch
es to them.
Chas. Seaton, a farmer living
two miles from town advertised
in the INDEPENDENT that he
would buy good young calves.
The result was that Mr.. Seaton
received replies to his ad and has
Bought SO many calves that he
has found it necessary to take
yhe notice from the paper. The
advertisement has more than
come up to his expectation. We
give this simply as example.
Farmers should advertise more.
# you have a choice COW for sale
Or want to buy a good one, place
3 little notice in the paper. 1t
costs but a little and saves you
driving around the country.
This applies to a good many
things.
As a rule the average farmer
makes a failure or at best only a
partial success, of preparing
strychnine for poisoning gophers,
says E. G. Kruger. He does not
understand the solubility OF
OF strychnine; which is an alcolo-
id or a vegetable alkali, and it
therefore takes an acid to dis
solve it properly. The fol
lowing directions, furnished
by Mr.. Krueger will give
good results: Add an ounce
oi strychnine to one quart OF
ss;ling - to which
one teaspd ydro chloric
or muriati6 "a has been added
Continue boiling till a perfectly
clear solution is obtained. Then
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

effect and soon he finds out that
his local bank holds his note for
81 and 20 records at So each.
The agent is said to be a smooth
party and it is well to scrutinize
any orders that you may place
for monographs, or anything;
for that matter that you may
purchase from a travelling agent.
At this season Of the year far
mers are flooded with advice
about the destruction OF the 60
pher pest. and about ninety per
cent Of the advice is worthless.
There is plenty ofmeans OF killing
the animals, but the trouble is
to make the scope OF extermina-
tion large enough to rid a COM
munity. One farmer may spend
time and money in externlinating
them on his farm, while his neigh
bors do nothing. The animals
from the neighbours farm soon
oyerrun that OF the man who
waged war, and with that prolific
increase, soon have both farms
again at their mercy. 1t would
seem the best thing to do would
be for the farmers Of at least one
township to Join together, put
out their poison at the same
time and wage for a few days a
relentless war Of determination
Each farmer could make a sue
cessful fight on his own farm,
and soon the pest would thus be
exterminated from the commune
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The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

TAKEN UP-at my home seven
miles north east OF Glinot, Sec,
-, Twp. 1862, March 80, 1905.
Two mares and one gelding.
Onemare five years old, dark
gray, no brands, weagh 1850
Other mare black, three years old
weight 1000. No brands. Geld
ing weight 900 pounds, two
years old. No brands. Owner
may have the same by paying
charges and the expense OF this
notice. II. +. SMITH.
4-5-4-19. NinOt. Nd.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
SUMMONS.
State Of North Dakota, J

County Of ward. 8
In District Court, Eighth Judicia
District.
Alice Rimmer, Plaintiff,
Robert Kimuer, Defendant.
The State of North Dakota to the
above named Defendant.
You are hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action said com
plant being now on file in the Office of
the Clerk of the District Court at the
sourt house in the City of Minot, North
Dakota, within thirty days after the
service of this summons upon you, ex-
elusive of the day Of service; and in
case of your failure to so appear and
answer judgment will be taken against
you by default for the relief demanded
in the complaint, which said complaint
is now on file in the office of the Clerk
of the District Court in and for Ward
County, n, d.
Dated this End day OF March, 1905.
LeSueur & Bradford,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Minot, North
Dakota. 324-l9
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
NOTICE WHEN TINE FOR RE,
DEMPTION WILL EXPIRE,

To A. II. W1LCoX:
You are hereby notified that the fol-
lowing described lands and premises, to-
wit: Lot II Block IA, Brooklyn addi-
ton to city OF Minot, were heretofore
and on the ;'rd day of December A. D..
1901, duly sold for taxes for the sum of
Seventy one cents. That the time when
the redemption period will expire for
said lands is the 3)th day of June A. D.,
1905, and that the amount required to
redeem said lands, exclusive of the costs
to accrue upon this notice, is the sum of
Eight Dollars and 92 cents. All of said
lands being situate in the County of
Ward, State of North Dakota.
II you fail to redeem the same within
ninety days from the date of this notice,
tax deed for the aforesaid land will be
issued and delivered TO the holder of
the tax certificate.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
lst day Of April A. D., 1905.
Seal Louis 4. LARSON.
4-5-4-l9 Auditor of Ward County, N. D.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19
NOTICE WHEN TIME FOR RE-
DEMPTION WILL EXPIRE.

A1bMI lINjA< " jLL xAlA 4IGGIs
To FRANK p. WHEELER:
You are hereby notified that the fol-
Lowing described lands and premises, TO-
wit: Lot IA Block II, Brooklyn sddi-
ton to city OF Minot, were heretsfore
and on the 3rd day Of December A. D..
1901, duly sold for taxes for the sum of
Seventy-one cents. That the time when
the redemption period will expire for
said lands is the 3Oth day of June A. D.,
1906, and that the amount required to
redeem said lands, exclusive OF the costs
to accrue upon this notice, is the sum of
Eight Dollars and 81 cents. All ct said
lands being situate II tho County of
Ward. State Of North Dakoto.
Ii you fall to redeem the same within
ninety days from the date of this notice,
q tax deed for the aforesaid land will be
issued and delivered to the holder Of
the tax certificate.
Dated at Minot, North Dakota, this
1st day of April \. d., 1905.
[Seal.} Louis A. LARSON,
4-5-4-l9 Auditor OF Ward County, N. D.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

ed that iegumer-beans, peas.
alfalfa-will grow in these fields,
and that the culture, besides be.
ing financially profitable, SO
enriches the soil with nitrogen
that other crops may afterwards
be raiced. "Wo1n out lands are
therefore, being brought back in,
to cultivation by the simple
expedient Of growing beans and
peas upon them. Science is teach.
ing the farmer how to combat
successfully the diseases that
break out among his crops and
and live stock. 1t is teaching
him how, by process OF selec.
ton, to improve the quality and
quantity OF his crops. The S'old
fashioned" farmer is not partic-
ular what kind of corn or wheat
or cotton he sows. The
scientific farmer goes through
his field every year and
carefully selects the best ears OF
corn or the seeds of the best cot
ton, and saves them for next
years seed. The result is, the
old fashioned farmer raises about
the same sort OF crop year after
year, whereas the scientific farm.
er raises a better crop every year
Scientists estimate that within
fifty years the yield OF the prin
cipal crops OF the United States
may be increased 50 per cent by
seed selection alone. Science is
teaching the farmer to adapt a
crop to soil. Cuban tobacco has
been successfully introduced in
the south, navel oranges in Cali.
fornia, rice in Louisiana and
Texas, macaroni wheat in the
west and northwest, dates in
California and Arizona The
vegetable products we import
cost us 1914, 900, 900 a year now.
The recent progress Of scientific
agriculture indicates that We
may vet in time raise at home a
considerable proportion OF the
products for which this immense
sum is now sent abroad. Scien.
tific agriculture has ceased to be
a joke. 1t has already been
worth many millions Of dollars
to the people OF the United States
and it will be worth to them
many hundreds of millions more
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

Feel tired, no appetite, cannot sleep,
work or eat3 That's spring tiredness
and will disappear at once if you take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea this
month. IS cents, Tea or Tablets.
"A. S. Blakey.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

Fer cspmercisl anl Improvel
Farm Leans. call on g. j. Al
brecht. cashier of Union National
Bank. which win opsn for bust
ness the latter part Of April. Tenn
porary Office, front end Of Martin
Jacobson's hardware store, Minot.
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19

The county papers in North
Dakota are authority for the re-
port that a new graft is being
worked on the farmers OF this
state. An agent comes to the
farmers home and offers to sell
a phonograph and 20 records for
the small sum OF 81. The pur-
chasers signs an order to this
The Ward County independent., 1905-04-19


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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
Boys That Need Strap Oil.
Gainesville Register.

Gainesville Register.
The strong, strapping boys who
will lie in bed and allow their old
gray-haired mothers or feeble
fathers to get up and make fires
and do other chores that they
should do will be sorry in the sweet
by and by. There will come time
in their lives when they will suffer
from remorse-remorse deep and
bitter, and still more cutting be-
cause they have full knowledge of
their selfshness. They may not
know it or think of it, but when
the tired hands shave ceased from
toll and the features are tranquil
in the unavailable sleep of death
they will then gaze upon the
"speechless lips and wrinkled
brow with tears of unavailing
regret.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
Points About People.

A monument in honor of Prof.
B. Maerckers, known for his con-
tributions to agricultural science,
will be unveiled in Halle on
October "a.
Mrs. E. J. Way of South Africa
has been winning honors i'll Eng
land in shooting tournaments. She
recently made 81 out of possible
IS at 200 yards.
w. L. Bechtel, who has been
exploring Colorado for the last ten
years, has discovered ip a a cave a
carved war god which he believes
to be more than 1000 years old.
William Mackabee recently cele-
brated the 1O2d anniversary of his
BIRTH, Gray's Ferry road, Phila-
delphia. He has served eighty-six
years in the American navy.
Sir John Bingham, notable
member of the British bar, gives
advice to young lawyers as follows:
Work hard, have noble ambitions,
be bold, have confidence in your
selves, get married. "
Governor Pennypacker of Penn
sylvania contemplates the sale oi
his remarkably fine historical lib
rary this fall, it is said. 1t cor
tains some Franklin reprints ana
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
DIMPLE WORTH $4,000.
BurIesque Actress Sues for Loss of Hole
in Cheek.

New York, How much is a
dimple worth?
Five thousand dollars, says Miss
Mildred Stoller.
Miss Stoller, who is an actress,
has sued the New York City Rail
way Co. for $4,000 damages done
to a dimple.
The actress alleges that on Aug.
19 she was struck on the left cheek
by a conductor of a sd street
crosstown car, whose blow defaced
her dimple and injured her beauty.
Ny dimple was Of stage value. -
Miss Stoller told her lawyer, and
the injury caused me much pain
and mental suffering. I consider
the amount of damages due me
$4,000"
Miss Stoller says that she and
two other actresses, Miss Julia
Weber and Miss Bessie Green,
asked the conductor, Joseph
Hartell, to let them off in front of
Proctor's theater, but that he told
her to keep on riding" and
refused to stop the car. Upon
Miss Stoller's second demand, she
says, the conductor struck her.
The conductor was fined $40 in
Jefferson Market court the next
day.
Miss Stoller in private life is
Mrs Warren B. Irons, wife of a
theatrical manager. She is well
known on the burlesque stage.
She says that the temporary loss
of her dimple brought her a repri-
mand from her theatrical employer,
Col. James Curtin.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
Pointed paragraphs.

A pessimist doen't enjoy life
unless he doesn't.
What can't be cured is cheerful
ly endured-by the undertaken.
Mutual jealousy is a case of two
fools with but a single thought.
Don't be misled by appearances;
they often lead to disappearance.
An egotist thinks he has as many
rights as the other fellow has
wrongs.
The total number of books
in the world is estimated at 4,OOO,-
900, 900.
A coal mine in the frozen North
was one thing found by the Ziegler
expedition.
A practical joker is one who
possesses the ability to turn his
jokes into cash.
The Baltic Sea has more wrecks
than any other place in the world,
the average being one wreck a day
the year round.
True, the pen may be mightier
than the sword, but the pencil isn't
much good without the help of a
knife.
Many man is so lazy that he
would rather let his wife pay the
rent than exert himself by moving.
London and Liverpool are both
at the level of the sea.
The best way to prepare for the
big tasks is to faithfully perform
the little ones
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Jack, Jack, Show a Light! Is a Jolly
Evening Game.

Jack, Jack. Show Light! Is a jolly
Evening Game.
This game can only be played in
the dusk of evening, when all the
surrounding objects are lost in the
deepening gloom. The players di-
vide into two parties and toss up for
innings, which being gained, the
winners start off to hide themselves
or get so far away that the others
cannot see them, the losers remain
ing at home
One of the hiding party is provid-
ed with a flint and steel, which as
soon as they are all ready he strikes
together The sparks emitted guide
the seekers as to the direction they
must proceed in, and they must en-
deavor to capture the others ere
they reach home. If they cannot
touch more than two of the boys
the hiderS resume their innings, and
the game continues as before. It is
most usual, however, for the boys at
home to call out, "Jack, Jack,
show a lightw before the possessor
of the flint and steel does so. When
one party is captured the flint and
steel must be given up to the cap
tors, that they may carry on the
game as before.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
is valued at $4,000.

IS valued at $1,000
King Edward is said to be grow
ing peevish of late. The story
comes from Cowes, where he re-
Gently ordered the removal of an
architect from some work because
the man has a wart on the side of
his nose.
The late Duke Clarence of Eng
land was called collars and
Cuffs, " also Lemonade ard
Claret, Lord Ribblesdale was
spoken of as odd Rhubarb, " and
the hereditary princess of Rou-
mania is even now mentioned as
Missile.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16

that, every one said, was certain
but 1 had my doubts, and turn
ing to the Scot, said confidently:
1 will try you, my friend, with
the grand, leading, insurmountable
question, How long did Adam re-
main in a state of innocence?',
The Scot answered:
= Till he got a wife.
Then, with a grim chuckle, he
went on:
But can you tell me, sir, how
along he remained after?'
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16
Something of Newspaper Work.

Many persons seem to think that
editing a publication makes life one
glad sweet song. Ring off If
we publish jokes, people say we are
rattle BRAND. If we don't, we are
fossils. If we publish original mat
ter, they say we don't give them
enought selections. If we give
them selections they say we are
too lazy 10 write. If we don't go
to church we are heathens. If we
do we are hypocrites. If we re-
main in the Office we ought to be
out looking for news items. If we
go out then we are not attending
to business. If we wear old clothes
they laugh at us. If we wear good
clothes they say we have a pull.
Now, what are we to do? Just as
likely as not someone will say that
we stole this from all exchange.
So we did. It's from the Wyom-
ing Derrick Gonzales Glofe.
In a certain church il: Colorado
Springs, - said an Oregon clergy
man, there used to be a queer old,
crusty character, a Scot, who was
noted for his profound knowledge
of the Scripture. Ilectured at that
church one evening, and after the
lecture the Scot and I and some
few others fell into conversation.
7 was urged to put the old
ma ) Scriptural knowledge to
the test. 1 was urged to question
hl;n and to let him question me.
He would get the better Of me
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16

The best way to prepare for the
big tasks is to faithfully perform
the little ones.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16

London and Liverpool are both
at the level of the sea.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1905-10-16

Many man is SO lazy that he
would rather let his wife pay the
rent than exert himself by moving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-30
Morning National League Games.
ST. STEPHENS WON.
Defeated the War Department Team
9 to O.

The st. Stephens team OF the Sunday
School League defeated the War Depart
ment team Of the Departmental League this
morning by the SCORE OF to 0. For Ave
innings the contesting teams played fast.
snappy ball. neither being able TO locate the
Blenders that were served up to them In
the fifth the Mount Pleasant boys punched
their hits and made three runs.
Again In the eighth after LYMAN, the
first man up for st. Stephens. had stopped
one OF Wolfes fast ones with his anatomy,
the boys with the fancy uniforms placed
the bali In all parts of the field, and when
the smoke of battle had cleared five more
runs had been added.
The War Department boys did not seem
to take a fancy to the benders Mcknight
had in store for them, and when a hit
would have scored run there was moth
ing doing" as Mac would make easy outs
OF them.
The feature of the game occurred In the
eighth inning Mcknight stepped up to
the plate and met one Of Donaldson
curves with a crack that sounded some
thing like the report Of a pistol, and the
ball sailed far out into deep left and looked
good for three bases. Fenwick was there
with the goods. however. and delivered
them in grand style. making sensational
one-hand catch just as the ball was going
over his head In the last inning both sides
drew a blank The official score: