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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
WHAT THE SCHOOLS OF
WARD co. ARE DOING.

=. G. Warren, the county SUI
perintendent of schools, is work
ing very hard for the schools.
When he is not driving among
the rural districts, he is travelling
between the larger towns OF the
county looking alter the thou
sand and one importantm matters
that need his attention. Sixty
OF the schools Of the county
closed last Friday and twenty
more will close next Friday. It
is estimated that on the first
Monday in September more than
$50 schools will be opened.
Flaxton has organized a special
school districtand now Glenburn
has taken steps to do so. Ber-
thold will build a $4,000 school
house. Two new school houses
were completed in Freeman dis
trict south OF Berthold, and four
new ones are building in Pass
port district west Of that place.
Carpio school district has been
bonded for a four room building
and Mckinney has also been
bonded. White Earth has bond
ed for a four room school house,
and Sweet Water district is dis
cussing the proposition OF divid-
ing. There are five townships in
the district and Ross which is in
that district wants a new school
building. The residents of a part
OF the district do not propose to
help build it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
CUT 1T OUT.

The Grow Clothing Co. will be-
gin July 1st their second annual
midsummer clearance sale. 1t
has been the rule of the Grow Co.
to make a semi-annual invoice of
goods in July and before this in
ventory is taken, the goods are
always put on sale for two weeks,
at greatly reduced prices. Read
Grows ad in this issue and cut
it out and take it to the big
store with you.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
STATE NEWS.

The Dawson creamery paid
$4,000 for milk in March and
$4,000 in April. The creamery
has 12S patrons.
The Portal Tribune has been
removed to Grano the first sta
ton west Of Lansford on the
New 500 Line.
Pearl Sharp has sold the Bow
bells Bulletin to his uncle, Frank
Sharp, and intends to travel for
a Minneapolis type Foundry in
Montana.
Someone borrowed a six shoot
er from the Buford Tribune office
and old cold Bill" wants it re-
turned, as he will soon begin
making the delinquent subscrib-
ers dig up.
| NJ, NJ. Beighle and Miss Clara
Putney: two well known Sawyer
people, were married Sunday
evening. The happy couple are
enjoying their honeymoon camp
ing iu the turtle Mountains.
J. J. Somers the Renville poet,
was surprised last week by a
band OF his neighbors, who came
to his home and broke 25 acres
of sod for him.
VIM. Verzatt, a prominent
Foxholm farmer, brought his
five year old son to Minot Mon
day and Dr.. Carr assisted by DR..
Windell operated upon a growth
over his eye. The boy was kicked
by a COW over the eye two weeks
ago and that started a growth.
The operation was very success
full and the boy was taken home
the next day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28

the cell door and attempted to
90 in and drag the stubborn jail
bird out, when Colby snatched
up half a dozen half pint whiskey
bottles and began firing them at
Mr.. Lee. The bottles struck the
cell door and smashed, small
pieces flying in all directions. Mr..
Lee was struck about the hands
and face by the glass and cut
slightly. His brother, Peter Lee,
received several gashes about
the hands and face also. When
the bottles were all gone, the
sheriff walked into the cell and
was startled to see Colby flash
out a razor from his clothes and
make a pass at him. Lee jumped
back and closed the door. Colby
stuck his arm thru the opening
Of the door and said that he
would disembowel the first man
who passed the door. Deputy
Sheriff George pulled out his gun
and shot at the razor missing it.
Colby cursed worse than ever
and told George he was afraid
to shoot. George fred the second
time cutting the fellows fingers.
Colby cried with pain and soon
cooled down. He was taken to a
doctor and his wounds were
dressed. The sheriff is sorry
that the trouble oc.urred and
would not have molested Colby
had he put his razor away.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
FOxHOLM

Bert Mallory purchased an Imported
Percheron Horse, from Des Laos parties
last week.
here attended the Dance at Pritschets
on Mouse River last Saturday evening.
They report good time.
MIR. G. H. Hegge of Lacrosse, Wis.
is here looking after his Farming int
rests.
Postmaster Fugelso was up from
Minot Saturday and Sunday shaking
hands with friends.
Miss Hilma Hegge is visiting friends
this week.
Jens Glen and N. Valla we're bust
ness callers at the county seat last week.
Frank Lambet and VIM. Dodds Sun
dayed at Donnybro and Baden
respectively.
The State Scale Examiner was here
last Monday. 1t is needless to say that
he found everything 0. K.
w. w. Duncan of Lees Dept. Store
at Minot, spent Sunday with his Family
on the Homestead east of here.
VIM. E Kirklie Overseer of Road Dist.
No ! is very busy man these days.
He is making extensive improvements
on the Highway.
Lewis Peterson was in Minot the first
para of the week on business.
H. Kirkelie and Lady of Tasker on
the 500 we're callers here last Sunday.
Hubert Heinen is having his large
barn painted this week. Geo. butcher
is doing the Job, he is an expert Painter
and paper hanger.
The Ladies Aid Society held their
Annual Sale last Saturday at the Peter
son Grove, and in spite of the rain and
cold weather large crowd gathered.
And handsome sum was realized from
the goods and refreshments sold. Ber-
nard Bergh was the Auctioneer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
THE sALvE THAT pENErRATEs.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve pene-
trates the pores of the skin, and by it's
antiseptic, rubifocient and healing in
huence it subdues inflammation and
cures Boils, Burns, Cuts, Eczema, Tet-
ter, Ring Worm and all skin diseases.
A specific for blind, bleeding, itching
and protruding Piles. The original and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve is made by
=. .. Dewitt d Co. Sold by Mccoy & 20.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28

latest in SC reens and screen doors at the
Bovey-Shute Lumber Yard, Minot, n. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28
F0RTY.EIGHT DISTRICT
COURT JURORS DRAWN.

The following is a list of the
jurors drawn for the term OF
District Court which convenes
July 10. There are forty-eight
in number:
Edward Sewell, Matt Buttoroff,
Geo. Gahnley Jr., Edgar Miner,
j.. w. Burbridge, l.. B. Jones,
Dan Hawkins, Clarence f. Rojte-
ry, John w. Smith, Jason Wal
dref, Peter Anderson, S. A.
Sorenson, &c. levitt. M. C. Egan,
G Tangedahl, Lars Hollkin, Mike
Den, Phillip Jeffery, Amund
Balerud, PIP. Lee, Eugene Mead,
Hans Hanson, David Bylstead,
D. Rastron, NJ. +. Gilmore, Fred
Christianson, D. H. Carroll, P. E.
Johnson, Ed Thomas, C. G.. Col
vim, Jas. Vondegeiten, H. Det-
laff, B. Brady, J. R. Pnrd, liver
Grothe, w. A. Swennum, John E.
Johnson, J. B. Williams, c. V.
Swanson, John Brady, Geo.
Henson. Cornelius Colbjornson,
W. Mckinnon, w. B. Britton,
Lewis Besteland, Frank Lind
blad, A. Piano, +. w. Fink.
This term promises to be a
long one. There will be one hun
dred and twenty civil cases and
the criminal cases will take up
at least two weeks. The famous
Matscn-Storby case, which in
wolves the shooting of ,Jourgen
Olson is one of the interesting
cases. Sam Pompelli will be tried
for obtaining money under false
pretenses. He was arrested
eight months ago on the charge
aud succeeded in getting out Of
Jail and remaining free for seve-
raj weeks thereafter. James
Wheeler will be tried on the
charge OF sodomy. Franklin
Wade, the famous crook who
bled his best friends in Minot to
a considerable extent will be
tried for getting money under
false preteses. Wade was given
a hearing last week and was
bound over to the district court
and failed to give bonds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28

Ralph Baer, u former employee
of the Cooke hotel at Harvey.
took a large quantity Of corro-
sive sublimate with suicidal in
tent, repented his rash deed,
called a doctor and was saved.
Frank Allen, the Balfour bar
Der, against whom charges OF
rape were made, was sentenced
to a term OF nine months in the
county jail.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-06-28

The season for buying
mowers is now on. Get
your own machine and
do not depend on your
neighbor. You can't get
the machine when you
want it, and besides you
lose time in going after
it and returning it. Did
YOU ever notice that it
was always the borrowed
machine that breaks
anyway.
The moving machines
that we sell are guaran-
teed. There is no better
made moving machine
than the Mccormick.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
JOKE IN FACE OF DEATH.
Victims in tuberculosis Colony Are a
Mirthful Set,

At Liberty Falls, in Sullivan county.
Is an outdoor station for 'lungers'
which Is patronized by several hun
dred persons. The patients, when
under cover at all, are beneath canvas,
and each one has small tent to
which he retreats in case of rain or
snow, or when, as more frequently
possible for him to arise When this
stage, arrives they go TO bed in thae
tent and stay there awaiting .daaSth.
A racing writer of jsfernational
reputation has been pa patient there for
nearly year. EXe went at time that
consumption<had not fully developed
in-~bifs case, and the other day he re-
turned to the city on a visit, looking
like an Indian, The sun having burned
his skin to deep copper color. He
said the community was the most
hilarious ne had ever enjoyed asso-
citation with, and that while more than
so per cent. of the people there were
marked for death, having come too
late to receive any benefit from the cut
door treatment. they. were the hap
piest body of men and women in the
world. They find cause for laughter
in everything, and the ludicrous side
of any subject always appeals TO them
first. and their appreciation of it is
hung on hair trigger.
Even death itself furnishes the sub
ject for a pathetic Jest" said the re-
turned patient The reason is that
the outdoor life awaiens their spirits,
even when it cannot res. ore the health
that is wrecked besond all help. A
case happened the other day. A fell
low died in his tent, which was the
last one in the row. In accordance
with custom, the body was left TIL
night, so that its removal might not
lie witnessed By the community. In the
opposite tent was another poor felIow
in the last s-ages of The disease. When
the ATTENDANTS came TO remove the
body OF the dead man they entered the
wrong tent and beg to dispose OF the
living.
Wait little he whispered; it
doesn't matter much-only few
hours. First come, first served. The
chap across the way is the dead one
Lay him out-then come back. I'll
be ready for you. Good joke on you,
Goodnight
when they came in the morning he,
too, was dead. with a smile on his
lips, and the whole colony was finding
mirth in the gruesome story. New
York Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
Two Cats THAT Go to ohurcb.

Opposite Hunting Park, on Old York
road, resides a family, Torpey by
name. The Torpeys own two cats
that are different from other cats in
that they go to church. AS regularly
as Sunday morning arrives the pair of
felines may be seen following the Tor
peys to st. Stephens Church, Broad
and Butler streets. No matter what the
weather or transpirings on back fences
the two pious cats brave possible at
tacks by impious mongrels and set an
example that many humans would do
we'll to follow. Neighbors will attest
to the truthfulness of the statement
that the church going felines spend
the very early morning hours of Sun
day in licking themselves into that
state of cleanliness which is said to be
secondary only to godliness. Their fur
is glossy. their paws immaculate, and
not q whisker il out of place. Arrived
at the church the cats content them
selves with peering in ut the door.
They are seemingly content to delegate
the praying 10 their owners. Then
they slip into the yestibule OF the
priests house adjoining. curl up and
Goze until church is ont. when they
follow the Torpeys home and live nor
NAL cat lives until another Sunday
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03

Uncle Absalom Millsap went to the
Office Of the village newspaper with a
grievance. II want to tell you," he
sal. that there's a good deal Of hum
bu y advertising"
Il am sorry to hear that respond
ed the editor I'm what way?'
DO you remember that you had
three advertisements of fine mich
cow for sale last week, in three differ
ent parts Of the cos1ntry?'
"Yes, and I've heard from all three
of those ads. too. They resulted in
selling the cows. tell you. it pays to
advertise in the Banner"
1T didn't pay mer snapped Uncle
Absalom. II wanted a fine mich COW,
and went to all three of those places,
one after another. but somebody had
got there ahead of me every timer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
KIM and Annie Man

When London did not extend so
far as Knightsbridge, George H., as
he was one morning riding, met an
old soldier who had served under him
at the battle of Dettingen; the king
accosted him, and found that he made
his living by selling apples In a
small hut What can I do for you?"
said the king. Please, your males
ty, to give to me a grant of the bit
of ground my hut stands on, and /
shall be happy" BE happy" said the
king, and ordered him his request.
Years rolled on, the apple man died,
and left son, who from dint of In
dustry became an attorney. The then
chancellor gave lease of the ground
to nobleman, as the apple stall had
fallen to the ground, where the old
apple man and woman laid also. 1t
being conceived the ground had fall
len TO the crown, a stately mansion
was soon raised. when the young at
tofney put in claims; small sum
was offered as a compromise and re-
fused; finally the sum of $2,250 per
annum, ground rent. was settled up
on.-Stray Stories.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
FUNNY.
People Will Drink Coffee When I. "Does
Such Things"


II began to use Postum because the
old kind Of coffee had so poisoned my
whole system that / was on the point
of breaking down, aud the doctor
warned me that l must quit it.
my chief ailment was nervousness
aud heart trouble.
ANY unexpected noise would cause
me the most painful palpitatlon, make
me faint and weak.
II had heard of Postum and began
to drink 1t when l left of the old cof-
fee. 1t began to help me just as soon
as the old effects of the other kind OF
coffee passed away. 1t did not stimu-
late me for a while. and then leave me
weak and nervous as coffee Used to do.
Instead of that it built up my strength
and supplied constant vigor to my
system which can always rely on.
1t enables me to do the biggest kind OF
a days work without getting tired.
All the heart trouble, ETC., has passed
away.
II give 1t freely to all my children.
from the youngest 10 the Oldest. and it
keeps them oil healthy and hearty
Name given By Postum Co. Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's n reason.
Read the little book The Road 10
MELVILLE ii pkgs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
wide or Narrow Tires ?

On smooth, hard roads the difference
is not so great, but on sandy or muddy
roads or in plowed fields wide tires
are so much better than narrow ones
that we wonder that farmers do not
insist on having them. The Metropoli-
tan and Rural Homes publishes the
following:
The Missouri experiment station has
made series of tests extending from
January to September of last year in
order TO ascertain the value OF wide
tires as compared with narrow ones.
Conclusions follow.
In conducting the experiments. two
ordinary farm wagons We're used, one
with sjx-inch tires, the other with
standard one and one-half-inch tires.
both wagons of the same weight and
each loaded with 1000 pounds. 1t was
found that the power needed to draw
the narrow-tired wagon, with 1000
pound load, on gravel road, would
have pulled load of 2472 pounds ON
the wide-tired wagon. The same pow
er required to draw narrow tires
over dirt and gravel roads, when these
were dry and hard, was found sufii-
cient to draw 253O-pound load on the
wide-tired wagon under the same con-
ditions. 1t was shown that where
these roads were deep with mud, but
partially dried at the surface with a
few hours sun, the same power re-
CURED to draw the 2000-pound load
over them on the narrow tires would
pull load of 32OO, pounds ON the wide
tires.
The director of the station states
that the conditions under. which the
narrow tires offer an advantage over
the wide ones are unusual and of
short duration" and further, that
through majority of days in the
year, and at times when the dirt roads
are most used, and when their use is
most Imperative, the broad tired
wagon will pull materially lighter than
the narrow-tired wagon Also that
"a large humber of tests on meadows,
pastures, stubble land. corn ground,
and plowed ground in every condition,
from dry. hard and firm to very wet
and soft, shows without a single ex-
ception a large difference in draft in
favor Of the broad tires. The differ
ence ranged from seventeen to 100 per
cent
AS a result of all experiments con-
Quoted he says: ut appears that six
inches is the best width of tire for
combination farm and road wagon,
and that both axles should be the same
length, so that the front and hind
wheels will run in the same track"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
Eeal Matinee Lunchson.

It was only little after 1 o'clock
yet when the new boarder came in
for luncheon he found the table cleared
and the remains OF the meal stone
cold
How is this?'' he said to the butler.
ut isn't late. Why are you in such a
rush to-day"
ct is matinee day. replied The but
Ter.
What of that?''>. asked the boarder.
THE cook isn't giving theatre party,
is she:''
The butler grinned. mo, sir" he
said, "but we have luncheon half an
hour earlier ON Wednesdays and Sat-
urdays. One o'clock is the regular
hour, but as soon as the theatrical
season begins it is moved forward, on
matinee days, to 1870. That is the
custom in all boarding houses that are
popular with women. 1t gives them a
chance to eat and get down town in
time for the first act. New York
Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03

Persian dinners are very much like
ours, only turned the wrong way
round The feast Is preceded by
pipes while tea and sweets are hand
ed about Then the servants OF the
house appear, bringing IN long
leather sheet, which they spread In
the middle Of the floor. The guests
squat around this. tailor-fashioh.
When all are seated fiat loaf OF
bread is placed before every one,
and the band then commences to
play. The various dishes are brought
In on trays, and arranged around the
leather sheet at intervals. The COW
ers are then removed, the host says
"BIsmillah" Tin the name of Cod,
and without another word they al
fall to.
.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03

When physician tells woman, suf-
fering from ovarian or womb trouble,
that an operation is necessary it, of
course, frightens her.
The very thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to
her heart. AS one woman expressed
it, when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation. she felt
that her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women
who are there for ovarian or womb
operationsl
1t is quite true that these troubles
may reach stage where an operation
is the only resource, but such cases are
much rarer than is generally supposed,
because a great many women have
been cured by Lydia e. Pinkham' S
Vegetable Compound after the doctors
had said an operation must be per-
formed. In fact, up to the point where
the knife must be used to secure instant
relief, this medicine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful
statements possible to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, have
escaped serious operations.
Margrite Ryan, Treasurer of ST. An
drew's Society, Hotel English, Indian
apolis, Ind, writes of her cure MS follows;
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
s. cannot find words to express my thanks
for the good Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did me. The doctor said / could
not get well unless had an operation fol
ovarian and female troubles. / knew could
not stand the strain of an operation and made
up my mind l would be an invalid for life.
Ask FSsss Esr,Lbou,ye Adrg~n Iver,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
Women chainmakers.

The female chainmaker of the
Black Country stands long at the
forge. She has to work now and
again with her child at her breast
or with sharp eye upon lne little
one as 1t crawls. about the spark
.sprinkled floor. Whether her hands
are bHstered or her body scorched
with flying iron. she tolls on, and,
working twelve hours a day, earns
from s1.25 to 81 per week. She
needs no larder. for she lives from
hand to mouth. and If the children
can sit to feast of bread soaked in
hot water and favored with weak tea
they become quite epicurean. The
bellows blowers, both children and
old men and women, turn the wheels
or pull the bellows-beams at the
princely rate of six cents per day
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-11-03
PROPHETS REAP BIG PROFITS.
Professional Weather Forecasters
Have Clients All Over the
Country.

To acquire a reputation as a
weather prophet does not necessarily
mean that one is classed as harm
less sort of crank. There Is money
In fame OF that kind One forecas.er
over in New Jersey has sufficient
number of clients who pay him for
demonstrating the weather TO insure
him good living. An idea of his re-
enumeration for his services may be
gathered from the statement that he
has contract with one firm of agri-
culturists that grows beans, to supply
them with daily forecasts for $1,000 a
year. AS he hits the weather right
four days ont OF five his clients feel
their money is we'll invested, for they
seldom make mistakes in planting or
harvesting time.
In Washington. d. c.. there is a fore
casting sharp who calls himself PRO
fessor" and whose business, according
to his letter heads, is simply "The
Weather" He supplies his forecasts
to newspapers all over the country,
the Middle West being his particular
stronghold. An illustration of how
much the farmers out there depend
upon the forecasts in preference to
those sent cut by the Government was
shown short while ago. when several
newspapers in Iowa and Missouri de-
cided to drop his service and so in
formed him. As soon as the farmer
readers CT these papegs realized that
the professors forecasts had been
dropped they flooded the editors mails
with letters of protest. Whereupon
the editors wired the professor to re.
sumo his service at once.
There is another weather sharp
down in Virginia whose specially IS
yearly and monthly forecasts for adj
vertising purposes. Practically every
almanac issued by patent medicine
concerns in the country is gotten up
by this man, and amateur meteorolo-
gists who have kept track Of his pre-
dicti0ns and the actual weather condi-
tons for a year alta time declare the
Virginia man is a wonder" One of
his schemes is to provide monthly
forecasts for enterprising clients who
print them on the backs of advertising
cards and dodgers issued every month.
Considering that the Government fore
casters only hit the weather right less
than one day in two foretelling the
weather for a whole year in advance
seems pretty big Contradictory
York Press.