The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-02-01

HenFV JdcODSOll, ~ DlOlllIilent
kenmare farmer and Ills wife
were interested attpll,i,ntsnt the
convention. They lpftilnm-,iiate-
ly after it's close foi. Mountain
Home, Idaho, where they own
fine farming property. Mr..
Jacobson was the first raiser Of
ihacaroniwheat OF, any note III
Ward county. m
Postmaster VIM. Hodges and
CONTRACTOR Rogers visited the
convention Friday, and paid the
independent II pleasant visit.
More than 100 farmers took
advantage OF the INDEPENDENT $
liberal offer u, subscription for
the Farmers Convention days
only, and secured the lndepend-
ellt. and their choice OF the Sc,
Paul Weekly Dispatch and the
Dakota Farmer for 81. The In.
derendcnt lie'trd many kind
words for. Its efforts to-. stand
back OF the farmers Of theNorth-
west and is certain OF IL hearty
ct'-opel'at ion;ln the future. !.
{, The Indeppn.!entswas sorry to
learn that; the. railroad. COM
.1;lnies dill not III every case keep
faith with lie farmers for many
were charged full fare both ways,
by the Great Northern and the
500. A large number Of farmers
were Justly indignant at the
iloggishness OF the roads. Some
insisted on paving but a halfrate
and won out.
1t min" O'Clock Thursday eve.
An elegant Hi.mpden gold watch
nnarrd by Paul V. Mccoy, as !;
prize. was wound up. The far
1'er guessing nearest to the time
when ii should stop. was offered
rue watch. Nearly 300 guessed.
Gllud"r Livingston. who lives
eight miles north OF town thot
it would top ut 1886 Saturday
afternoon. 1t stopped at 1904
running nearly ~ hours. The
second guesser was notwithin an
hour OF his guess.
Mrs. Harry Edwards from Mi.
not won the first prize for bread.
The -four was made by the Minot
Milling Co. This is IL good ad-
vertisement for our mill.
A more orderly set of people
e)uld not have been found. The
police did not make one arrest
during the three days. The far
iners- came to- Minot to learn.
and not to carouse around. One
farmer devised Il neat little
scheme to win the first prize in
oats. the $50 buggy offered by
Martin jacobson, but the Judges
caught onto the racket and his
exhibit was thrown .out. TO
make his oats weigh heavier, he
clipped with perhaps II pair OF
scissors, the end from each oat
in the exhibit. 1t must have Ia
ken hours, but with a buggy in
sight, he could afford to spend
(. little time. OF course The deal
wasn't fair.
During the course OF the con-
yention, Presiding Elder Moore
gave his private definition OF ali
agriculturist. "A farmer is one
VINO tills and works the soil,
while ln agriculturist is a fellow
who works the farmer.
The convention will prove to
BE- very good for Minot in the
long run. The. farmers realize
ttaAt the business men are not
totally bad, and that all they
want il Il fair profit. We hope
the convention will have. a tend
ency to cure many OF the mail
order habit At least give the
merchant q chance to figure with
you. before you send ava; for
chat bill Of goods.
Now that the convention has
been made a permanent thing,
l,egin to secure the best seed OBJ
ramable and farm on the right
methods. The scientific farmer
is none other than the farmer
who does HE work right. Be
scientific farmers. Sow clean
seed and keep out the foul weeds.
Owing to the heavy SHOWS, :.
snort time before the convention,
mary farmers were unable to get
their mail in time to make any
selections for the convention.
Otherwise, the exhibit would
have been double the size it was.
The large room was very CON-
fortably filled as it was.
The Minot Eagle band and the
High School band gave several
ENJOYABLE street concerts during