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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-05-24

the stock business but OF late
years has run the stable. He
has a good bunch OF horses for
sale, horses that he has raised
and can recommend. Mr.. Marie
nee has a nice lot Of horses for
his livery business.
James Marlenee is a prominent
rancher fourteen milee south.
west from Velva. He has lived
there twenty years. The INDE-
PENDENT man found him an in.
teresting fellow because what
Jim Marlenee says can be Gle.
pended upon. He said eyes, !
have lived here a long time.
There have been some dry years.
In the dry years there was a
slough out our way from which
we could cut 500 tons OF hay,
but OF late years this slough has
been filled with eight feet OF wa
ter" This indicates that the
country is getting more moist
ure than in the early years. Mr..
Marlenee proved up a tree claim,
a presumption and a homestead.
In the early days Mr.. Marlenee
assisted in gathering the buffalo
bones, which were scattered over
the prairie.
The Berry House, which was
run by VIM. K. kulp, is an ex-
cellent hotel, a 80 a day house.
There are 20 first class rooms.
Everything is kept neat and
clean and we can recommend
this place as a good one in every
particular.
G.. L. Robinson is an old time
rancher, living "a miles south
west from Velva. He has 24O
head OF cattle. He has known
grass to burn in July from the
excessive heat and drouth but
not in late years. He has done
some farming with success.
Velva has a good gun club
with S. j. Creaser at it's head.
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A. Drips is one OF the large far
mers. He is putting in 300 or
more acres with a steam outfit.
j. L. Lee is a lawyer and a
land man. He is a graduate
from the Ann Arbor law school
one of the best schools OF its0
kind in the United States. He
has been at Velva three years
and was located at Fessenden
seven years. He makes a spe-
cialty Of loaning money.
Near Nelvsl there are some OF
the best Ignite coal mines in the
state, the veins ranging from
fourteen to eighteen feet. w. A.
Stafford, editor OF the Velva
Journal, the only newspaper pub.
lished at the place, is interested
extensively in the coal business.
Mr.. Stafford gets out good
newsy paper, and one which pays
exceedingly well. He is also Vel
vas postmaster.
There are a number OF other
business men in Velva whom we
were unable to see on account OF
the lack of time. But from a
general outsiders standpoint,
the town appears to be first class
and composed OF the best class
citizens. The business men are
all young men, full OF ambition.
Velva is one Of the best little
cities OF it's size, we have ever
visited
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CONTINUED FROM SEVENTH PAGE.)

ted to make his place their head
quarters when in the city for
for their horses. Mr.. Park is an
old settler having lived in the vi
entity Of Velva for % years. He
is a fine man pesonally and is a
success in the business world.
f. A. Lind is the proprietor OF
the confectionery and bowling
alley. He has been in business
since last August. He has a
very popular place and he is
making a success. His old home
was Marine Mills. Minnesota.
Among the best known Of Vel
vas merchants, are the Freitag
Bros, 81. R. and Albert. For
three years they have conducted
their store to benefit not only to
themselves but to the surround
ing country. They have extended
credit to those who needed it and
made many friends in this man
ner. While they handle a general
line, they give machinery consid-
cradle attention. They sell the
DeLaval cream separator. A
good many cream separators are
being used by the Velva farmers.
The Freitag Bros. would advise
any farmer milking six cows or
more to buy one Of thes separa-
tors. They lived in the vicinity
of Sheldon and Enderlin, prior
to coming to Velva and lived in
thestate since 1889.
One Of the best known and
most highly respected men Of the
community u T. Welo, who con.
ducts q large general and hard
ware store. Mr.. Welo has
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known in all parts OF the state
as a lawyer. He is a member OF
the firm Of Palda & Burke, with
Offices at Minot and Velva. L..
J. Palda, Jr., the we'll known ex-
Judge OF the eighth judicial dis
trict is one of the members OF
this firm. Mr.. Burke was born
in Fargo and attended the Agri-
cultural college. Later he at
tended the Valley City Normal
and then went 70 Tennessee
where he attended the University
of the South at Nashville. He
was admitted to the bar in Ten
nesee and practiced in that state
for a time. He was all employee
OF the Enaerlin State bank for a
year and acquired a good gener-
al knowledge of banking. For
four years he was travelling at
torney for the Deering Harves-
ter Co. travelling all through the
south. Mr.. Burke has practiced
in Velva for the past three years.
He has invested a good deal Of
money in farm and city property
at Velva. Mr.. Burke has one Of
the best law libraries in the state
and is adding to it continually.
He is less than thirty years OF
age and will be heard rom more
than once in the future.
Geo. w. Mcknight, the drug
gist, has a fine jewelry in connec-
ton with his pharmacy. Oscar
Anderson is his jeweler, and does
a nice business. Mr.. Mcknight
is a graduate of the State Uni
versity in 1897 and took three
years hospital work at st. Bar
naba's hospital, Minneapolis.
He has been engaged in business
at Velva for three years. He will
soon enlarge his store and put
in new fixtures.
L. B. Monican is the manager
for the decentralization Eleva-
tor Co. This elevator has a ca
pacity of $4,000 bushels. Mr..
Monican has been engaged in the
bushes four years and seems to
be getting the lions share Of the
business. He has a large
acquaintance and the utmost
IF all
Albert Dickinson who handles
an exclusive line of furniture,
bought out his partner last Sep
TENDER. He handles anything
in the furniture line one could
ask for and his prices are SO low
that it does not pay to send to
the mail order houses for such
goods. He has as complete a
line of goods as one usually fines
in a much larger city. Mr.. Dick
anson is also the undertaken,
handling a complete line of cas-
kets. He also has a nice line OF
picture moulding, does framing
and repair work of all kinds. He
has a large line OF carpet sam
pies, and makes a speciality OF
shades. He is a genial fellow
and a good man for the town.
J. B. Marlenee, the old timer,
well known to everyone, and a
man who has not a known
runs the livery barn.
Mr.. Marlenee was one of the first
to come to the Velva country
nearly twenty years ago. He
has been engaged extensively in
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MlNOT, N. D., WEDNESDAY, MAY "a, 1906.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.


The whipping law into effect in Oregon the other
day Wife beaers than twenty lashes and
Mmot to get another wholesale house. Three wholesale
houses will not do our little city any damage Mnot is coming
the front with great strides
Frenzied Finance" Lawson has promised speak the
Py Lake @ July 18Th unless pr
few days later the Chauauqua securing world beaters
The building Of much railroad in North Dakota this
don the Indirect value in the increase OF the value OF the
property the territory proximity the lines. That
pretty good material development-Fargo Forum.
The Myve Tribune notes that Senator Hansbroughs fight
NOUS approval Of North Dakota farmers Farmers as class
usually receive but scant at the hands OF the United
The Indians the Fort Totten Reservation paid their
last week and sight good for eyes the
$4,000 which divided among 595 Indians making each
three days.
races at the grounds promise to draw immense
crowds from parts the Many Canada
tana will come to not expressly to witness them L. Cham
to let the people know OF the excellent and is
hard to estimate the number OF people who will be in not
As the coming metropolis Of the Northwest only fitting
park Don't wait till all OF the land has been covered with
put ge lew acres now ana set out trees SOW grass
the other trimmings make the place beautiful
park OF say five would not ADVERTISE
ment than other thing and besides would be appreciated
by everyone.
The Leeds News hears that lightning rod agents working
their graft the ehbohood OF Leeds and will be we'll for the
farmer readers OF the INDEPENDENT to be their guard lutte
lest they work this way They go at the old
was employed twenty An agent drives to the home
the farmer and after selling him lightning rods figures gets
him sign contract and he leaves second puts his
and the rods and presents bill for three
four hundred dollars The farmer kicks but finds that he
signed promssory note and he has to pay it.
Recently Jougen Olson advertisement Genburn
Advance but Editor Gbertsen refused
claiming that OF the andmen Gnburn objected
his taking ads from outside parties conducting
mail order business and Mr. Gbersen outsiders
his business he had better his the upper
hand corner the editorial page OF local object
outside ads But they made the right kind metal
will say nothing and wood and advertise all
believe that they would refuse money Mr. Oon
tory.
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These men are butchers who
know their business and they
havea fineshop. They sell fresh,
smoked and salt meats, vege-
tables and fruits, all kinds Of
fancy goods and cheese, nuts,
candy, lard and salt. They
have been in Velva two years
and formerly were engaged in
business in Bismarck. Their
meat market would do credit to
a town four times the size OF Vel
va. The firm buys fish from To-
cal parties and ship them all
over the state. One man recent
ly caught $30.SO worth OF fish
in one day and sold to this mar
ket.
C. w. Pendroy represents a
successful cattleman. Hehas 200
head Of fine Herefords east OF Vel
va. He states that the Here
fords are the best rustlers.
Foy & Hopper have a well
equipped blacksmith and wood
working shop and can do any
kind ofwork. They are especial
ly good horse shoers. They do
not take a back seat for anyone
on pillow work. They have an
engine and with this means can
polish pillow laws. drill shoes and
turn off disc wheels. They have
been engaged in this business in
Velva three years. Like most
blacksmiths, they are good
hearted Jolly fellows, well liked
by everyone.
A. 7. Void conducts a first
class hardware store, and hand
les stoves. He does plumbing
and steam fitting and carries a
large stock Of pumps. His tin
shop is a very busy place. He
has been in this business nearly
three years and has been success
full. He looks for a better bust
ness right along.
1t always does the 1NDEPEN-
DENT man good to talk with a
farmer who is thoroly in love
with his work. J. A. Wilson is
an enthusiastic farmer and this
was his success last year: New
13 bushels wheat per
acre; oats so bushels, speltz 80
bushels. He holds his land at
500 per acre and perhaps would
refuse that offer. He has a fine
lot of trees planted.
James WATSON raised 100 acres
Of wheat last years getting 20
bushels to the acre.
Henry Bowles is the pioneer
real estate man. He has been in
business in Velva for five years.
He heard of a good opening at
this place by accident, visited it
and started in business on a
small scale. There were only
three business houses in Velva at
the time. His business has in
creased to large proportions and
no one enjoys the confidence OF
the people more than does Mr..
Bowles. He makes a speciality |
OF loaning money on farm lands,
buys and sells farms and he prac-
tees before the land office. He is |
from the Mitchell University of
South Dakota and while an at
tendant OF that school, was iden-
titled with the base and foot ball
teams.
Hans Halverson is the ':village
He is q good one
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THERE IS ADIFFERENCE.

The difference between Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar and all other
Cough Syrups is that it moves the
bowels, thus expelling cold from the
system. This relaxes the nerve tissues
and by it's healing effect on the throat
and lungs the cough is relieved
entirely. Kennedy's is the original Lax
alive Honey and Tar and contains no
opiates. Good alike for young or old.
Tastes good. Sold by & Mccoy Co.
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Have your prescriptions filed
at Blakec's by registered men.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04

grind on either side. A man finds
after living at his club as long as l
have that there's not much in tit
isn't like a home, and, anyway, the
club IS always there and he can go to
it whenever the servants leave or his
wife is.in the dumps or things aren't TO
his liking at home. Neither one nor the
other would be pleasant all the time.
It's a clever arrangement to have both.
When he gets dull at the club he can
come home and find his little wife all
smiles and blue ribbons and then when
blue ribbons and smiles begin to pail
he can go back TO the club. Isn't that
the idea?
Mrs. Harold-The only sensible one.
In these days the women have so much
to interest them, too, that they don
have to stop home and bore themselves
with the stupid details of housekeeping
You surely won't expect me to look
after the house, Harold?
Harold-Surely not, my dear What
am l engaging five servants for if my
wife has to tie herself down to the
house?
Mrs. Harold-You have so much COM
mon sense, dear! Really, l never saw a
man with one-half so much! AS rule
men have such peculiar ideas about
woman and her duties. Why, l have
actually heard some say that home was
womans domain and that she be-
longed there day after day
Harold-Silly beggars! They didn't
know the first rudiments of domestic
bliss. They must have been cynical
cid bachelors who never had home.
Mrs. Harold-Freaks of some sort
naturally You won't mind my keeping
up my bridge, will you, Harold? You
know they call me a crackerjack play
er, and 1t would never do to let mere
matrimony interfere with my game.
never play more than seven times a
week, and such moderation ought moi
to be objected to.
Harold (magnanimously)- OF
with your cards, ma chere. Far be Il
from me to deny my wife any little in
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Harold-Never as long as your own
you like with your own, little woman.
Mrs. Harold enthusiastically
are so generous, Harold! Oh, know
we are going to be wildly happy! You
won't mind my going to the play with
other men occasionally, will you? Peo-
pie talk so at seeing a woman always
with her own husband!
Harold-Certainly not any more than
you'll object to my taking other girls.
But if we chance to run across each
other at the theater or at one of the
restaurants it is understood that we
recognize each other civilly and that
no questions are to be asked afterward,
isn't 1t? There's where you get your
real congeniality in married life and
how to prevent the honeymoon from
waning Constant pickering over
trihes is what wears love away.
Mrs. Harold (thoughtfully)-You are
right. I'll remember that. OF course
shant expect you to open my letters,
Harold?
Harold-I wouldn't dream of it. And
you won't open mine nor search my
pockets, or any of those other dis
agreeable, unladylike things?
Mrs Harold-Positively never! Moth
ing to my mind is such wretched form
between husband and wife, And we
Shall have two night keys between u.s.
Harold-I have already ordered them
Mrs Harold-You dear boy, how you
GO think of everything! It's a wonder
full thing to be married, and thus far
like it very much. Only think. can
go everywhere without chaperon!
Harold-Great. isn't it? A girl doesn't
know what freedom is until she's mar
ried
Mrs. Harold-And a man?
Harold-Well If man marries q
sensible girl like you he doesn't have
to give up so awfully much. really
You see, it's all the way one goes into
the thing When people take 1t sensi,
bly, and nationally the way you and
are doing it needn't be SO much of q
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nocent amusement. You won't bother
me either with questions, will you, If
l stay out all night at the club over a
little friendly game? Seven times
week would be rather too rich for my
blood, but l could manage two or three
quite nicely. 1 can trust you not to
make sarcastic remarks about blue or
red chips falling out of my pockets
after such a seance? Nothing is SO
odious to man as sarcasm or repartee
too early in the morning.
Mrs. Harold-And nothing would be
further from my thoughts! If you can
win as much at your little game as
can at mine 1 should have no earthly
objection to your playing as often as
you like; and as for the chips, do
look like the girl who would raise an
objection to chips? Play all you like
my dear Harold.
Harold-Thanks. oh, tell you, Eth
ellyn, we are fortunate in being born
in this blessed twentieth century in
stead of in the days of our grand
parents What a life they led, eh?
She knucklng down to the house with
her nose to the dishpan and he hustline
after the coin! No time for any senti-
ment and romance, as there is in ours
Poor old buffers! No wonder they're
all dead. They couldn't survive such
treadmill existence.
Mrs Harold-Indeed, we cannot be
too thankful. If things were today as
they were in the time of our grand
parents there would be fewer mar
riages--
Harold-Yes, fewer marriages and
fewer divorces
Mrs. Harold (quickly)-Oh, Harold
please don't speak of divorce. Some
how it seems bad form for people to
begin speaking about divorces beforS
they have started on their wedding
tour.
Harold-All right, Mrs. Harcourt
anything to please you. shan't men,
ton the subject till we get back,
promise you.
Mrs. Harold-You are so good.
Harold-What an appreciative little
woman! Why. by Jove, here we are!
How short the ride has seemed!
Mrs. Harold-Yes; hasn't it? oh
Harold, do you know. in spite of the
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than she into mine? If you began ask
ing me about the girls | was engaged
to / should be bored to extinction, just
as I'd expect you to be if l asked you
about the fellows Where'd be the use
of it, anyhow? Neither of us married
any of the Others, That's where peo-
pie make their mistake in married life
by asking inconvenient questions con-
cerning the past. It's what makes mat
rimony a failure. Now, ours is going
to be a happy, jolly, congenial affair.
Mrs Harold-Indeed it is, and l am
glad you have formed that sensible res
olution. l should hate to have to begin
counting up the old flames. l just
know I'd forget some of them! Every
now and then something occurs which
recalls some one whom | had forgotten
as completely as though he had never
been. 1 haven't bit of curiosity con-
cerning your old girls-as you say, you
didn't marry any of them.
Harold, aside q came precious near
itD-No, my dear; nothing was fur
lHtl II rum my llpu6HlSs HeV were
merely passing fancies, and I've got
them out of my head long ago. You
are the only one l really ever married
that's a fact, Ethellyn, as L live!
Mrs. Harold-I appreciate the COM
pliment, believe me, Harold, and car
return it. You won't mind my men
friends coming to the house as usual
will you?
Harold-Not in the least. And you
won't mind my going out to see mine
Mrs. Harold-Of course not! l cant
imagine anything more dreadful thar
to have ones husband hanging around
the house all the time. Home is nC
place for a man. Before everything
wish to make you happy, Harold.
Harold-Thanks! l see you have tht
right idea of marriage, my dear.
Mrs. Harold-And you'n never ash
what things cost, will you? Nor where
the money has gone, If it goes quickly
That seems to me the fatal error ii
married life
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of you? You see, in a brougham
there isn't much accommodation for a
fellows arms. He seems somehow all
arms and feet. l won't touch you, 1
promise
Mrs. Harold (seriously)-If it's all the
same to you, Harold, 1 think you'd bet
ter not. You see, you might touch me
without meaning to, and white soils
81 easily and point lace crumples so!
Harold-Just as you say. It's up to
me to do the agreeable on our wedding
day. We went into this thing, as you
know. with the idea of getting as much
mutual good out of it as possible. It's
a risky business at best, and it
wouldn't do to begin by having a
dispute.
Mrs. Harold-Thats my good, sensi-
hle Harold! 1t is so nice of you to re-
member our resolutions. Do you
know, my dear, l really think we are
going to be happy, in spite of the fear
full mess people usually make of
Inatrimony!
Harold-Do you, honestly, Ethellyn?
Isn't it odd? l have had vague no.
tions of the sort myself, but 1 didn't
like to mention them for fear you'd
laugh at me pensively). / shouldn't
be at all surprised if we pulled to-
gether uncommonly well. OF course,
all those things we promised at the
altar were rubbish and we didn't mean
word OF them-people never debut
| intend to he as good to you as
know how. You shall have your own
way in everything that concerns you,
and 1 shant interfere with you any
more than you will with me. If you
stay out late with some of your old
pals when l am off with mine, l shan't
wait up for you if l chance to get in
first, and l never mean to ask you any
questions about the fellows you We're
engaged to before you met me.
Mrs Harold (appreciatively)-How
good of you, Harold! SO thoughtful!
Harold-No; it's only what l consider
fair in a husband Why should l 60
prying into my wife's past an more
Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
BY Virginia Niles Leeds

R. AND MRS. HAROLD HAIR
M COURT, attended by eight
1 4 bridesmaids, twelve ushers and
all the other adjuncts of a fashionable
wedding have just been pronounced
man and wife. They are driving from
the church in their charmingly appoint
ed brougham to receive the good wishes
of their friends at the reception follow
ing the ceremony.
Harold-Well, my dear, we're mar
ried. DO you realize that?
Mrs. Harold-Are we, really? Isn't
it awful? That is, 1 mean, doesn't it
seem odd?
Harold-Yes, awfully odd. But I
dare say Well get accustomed. People
can get accustomed to anything
toothache, or hanging, or anything
in time
Mrs. Harold-Yes. I dare say, and
perhaps it won't be so dreadful after a
little. How long do you suppose it
takes to get accustomed, Harold?
Harold (comfortingly)-Oh, not long.
- lew luplllllS Nu1lA " Wv AiiN 'Hf7AA'NN''
Mrs. Harold-That'll pass soon. Even
the longest months pass quickly.
Harold-Yes. BY the way, my dear,
you looked very nice floating up the
aisle. White is extremely becoming to
you. If | were going to be a tyrannical
husband | should insist upon you al
ways wearing white. Would it muss
things if l kissed my wife?
Mrs, Harold lin alarm)-Oh, Harold,
you mustn't think of such thingl If
you knew the time it took Nine,
Cochemar to pin on my veil She said
It mustn't be touched and that it would
only be the grace of the bon Dieu
which would keep it i'm position! It
would never do to go through the
reception with a disarranged veil. l
almost passed away in church when
Natalie took my bouquet, fearing it
might catch in the veil. Any way, 1
thought there wasn't to be any of that
sort Of foolishness between us; that we
were to be a sensible couple from the
start.
Harold Qaughing)- very WELL
anything TO please you, ma ehere. But
would you mind if 1 put my arm back