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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-11-08
State OF North Dakota.

State OF North Dakota. In County Court.
before Hon. N.
County OF Ward Davis. Judge.
In the matter of the Estate Of jacob johnson.
deceased.
August B. Nelson.
NC Citation Hearing
Louisa Johnson and all retltlVenw !1r fro-
unknown heirs. po'o Va Will
Respondents.
The State OF North Dakota to the above nam
ed Respondents and oil Persons interested
You and each OF you are hereby notified that
August b. Nelson the petitioner herein, has
fled in this Court his petition. praying that let
estate Of Jacob Johnson late Of Dsnnybrook.
in the County of Ward and State of North Da-
kota. deceased. be granted to August b. Mel
son. and that the said petition will be heard and
duly considered by this Court on Saturday the
LIST day OF December A. D. 1905, at 10 o clock in
the forenoon OF that day, at the Court Rooms
OF this Court in the County Court House in the
City of MinOt County OF Ward and State
North Dakota. and you and each of you. are
hereby cited to be and appear before this
Court at said time and place. and answer said
petition. and show cause, il any there be. why
the prayer Of said petition shall not be granted.
BY the Court:
Judge Of the County Court.
Dated the oath day of October A. D. 1905.
Let the service OF the above Citation be
made by publication as required by law.
n Davis. Judge.
NJ. J. Barrett. Atty. for Petitioner,
ll-l-l2-e Minot. n.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Minot, N. OAK, Oct. 4, 1906

Land Office at AinOt n. OAK, Oct. 4, 1906.
Notice in hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Regis
fee at Minot, N. D.. on Dec. Z, 1906, viz: Jesse
o. Smith, H. E. No Bits, for the seA of the
swA4 of Section Is, Township l57, Range SO.
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: Rex Hathaway. VIM. New.
c. c. Potter, Bob Adams. all of Lynch. N. Oak.
ID. McGahan, Register.
Greenleaf 4 Leighton. l0ll-ll-l5
Attys, for Applicant, Minot. N. Oak.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

District OF North Dakota. IS.
On this 31st day OF October, A. D. 1906. on
readiug the foregoing petition, it is
ORDERED by the court that hearing be had
upon the same on the 2sth day OF November
A. d. 1905 before said court. at Fargo. in said
district. at ten o'clock in the forenOon; and
County Independent, newspaper printed in
said district. and that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may appear at the
said time and place and show cause. ii any
they have, why the prayer of the said petition
er should not be granted.
And it is further ordered by the court that
the clerk shall send bv mail to all known cred
itofs copies of said petition and this order. ad-
dressed to them at their places OF residence
as stated.
WITNESS the Honorable Charles F. AmidOn.
Judge Of the said court, and the seal thereof,
at Fargo. in said district. on the 3lst day OF
October. A. D. 1905
j. A. Montgomery Clerk.
(sEAL) BY E.. r. Steele. Deputy.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department. OF the Interior, Land Office at
Minot. N. D., Oct. 23, 1906
Notice is hereby given that Bonnie H. Olson,
of Minot N. D., has filed notice of his intention
to make final fve-year proof in support of his
March 81, 1900. for the eH -nwA and VIZ neA
Section 20, Township 1873, Range 50. and that
said proof will be made before Register and
Receiver at Minot N. d.. on Dec. 10. 1905.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of the land. viz: Christ Eckman Fred Trum-
BILE. Ole H. Olson, Edw Beiten all of Minot.
N. D.
lO-25-ll.29 L. D, McGahan, Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. (lsolated TracD
PUBLIC LAND SALE.

US. Land Once. Minot, N. D., Sept. p, 1905
Notice is hereby given as directed by the
Commissioner Of the General Land Once. IN.
der provisions of-act of Congress approved
June q, 1906 Public No 1903. will of at
public sale to the highest bidder, at O'Clock
p. m. on the 9th day of November, 1905 next at
this office, the following tract of land, to-wit
Mex of neA. Sec. Is, T. 1853, r. 81.
Any person claiming adversely the above de-
scribed land are advised to file their claims, or
objections, on or before the day above desig-
mated for sale.
LID. McGAHAN, Register.
10L4-11-S +. E. Fox, Receiver.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

ia. Office at Minot, N D.. October II, 1905.
Notico. ereby given that the following
named settlel IS filed notce Of his intention
his claim, and II It said proof will be made be-
fore the Honorable Register and Receiver of
y, S. Land Once at Minot, n. D., on Dec. 49,
the neA of Sec. No, 81. Twp. l54 of Range 49,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
N D.. VIM. Gull of Minot, N. D.. L. NJ. Morey
Of Sawyer. N. D., Herman kuchenbreker Of
Minot. N. D.
L. D. McGahan, Register.
LeSuer & Bradford, Attys.
Minot, N. D. l0-25-ll-29
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Minot, n. Oak, Oct. Is, 1905.
Notice is hereby eivon that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the Register
and Receiver U. S. Land Once at Minot: N.
65le, for the sen Of Sec. q, Twp l55, Rye. 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz: John Holvorson. Frank
Havelicheck Andy Erden, John Jalowski, all
of MinOt, N. Oak.
L. D. McGahan, Register.
James johnson,
Atty for Claimant lO25-ll-29
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ALIAS CONTEST NOTICE

Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Minot, N. Oak. Oct. 10th. 1908.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Gunerius Hildahl, con.
testant. against homestead entry No. $685.
made May s. 1905, for lots l, 2, and 1, Sec. 9,
lot g.. Section 4, Township ISL: Range 81, by
Alfred c. Moen. contestee, in which it is alleged
said entryman has wholly abandoned said land
for more than six months last past, and has
never established a bona fide residence there
on, and that he has failed to improve abe same,
except to build or cause to be built thereon a
small uninhabitable shack, and that said al.
logged absence fromsaid land ives not duo to
his employment in the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States as private soldier,
ofiicer, seaman or marine during the war with
Spain. or during any other war in which the
United States may be engaged.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said allega-
tion at 10 O'Clock a m. on Jan. 2, 1907, before
the register and receiver of the United States
land Office in MinOt, n Oak.
Tho said contestant having, in proper affi-
davit, filed Oct 18th, 1906, set forth facts which
show that after duo diligence personal service
of this notice can not be mako, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
BY duo and proper publication.
T. E. Fox, Receiver
Greenleaf & Leighton,
Attys. for Plaintiff. lO6-ll.20
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The remains of the first man to
die at Bismarck were recently
dug up bv an excavating crew.
His name was Wesly Field.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Minot, N. D., Sept. %, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim, and
gister and Receiver, United States Land Office
at Minot, N. D., on Nov 30, 1905, viz Ralph L.
Otto Of Minot N. D.. No. $685. for the Lot of
Sec 81, Twp. l54. Rg. 49,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, viz: Herman Trautmiller, H. P.
Rygmyr Theo. Selken. Arthur Whitmore, all
OF Minot, N. D.
L. D. McGahan,
Johnson e. Nestos. Register.
Attys for claimant Minot. N. D. 1O-4-ll-8
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NUIICE FUN FUBIICAIION
Department of the Interior Land Office at
MinOt, N. D.. Oct. r. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim. and
mat said proof will be made before Hon. Regis.
ter and Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at
Minot. N. D.. on November a. 1905, viz: Lewis
G. Theurer. H: E. No. 29S77 for the nwA. nwA.
Sec. twp. l55. n. OF range 50 ".
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence Upon and cultivation
of said land. viz: Hans Balrud. John E. Dough-
erty. John Botz c. Funderhyde, all OF Minot
N. D..
lO-l8.ll-22 L. d. McGahan. Register.
j. j. COyle, Atty
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In District Court,
Eighth Judicial
District.
County of Ward.
Minot Grocery Company, a


Minot Grocery Company, a
corporation,
VS. Plaintiff.
BENJAMIN f. Henderson and c. G.
Williams cO-partners and doing lsruuo~a
business under the firm name and 0o""oN0
Style of Henderson e. Company,
and - Henderson. wife of Ben
iamin E. Henderson, and Ernest
Gatzke, Defendants.
The State OF North Dakota to the above
named Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to answer the
complaint in this action which said complaint
is now on file in tho office of the Clerk Of the
District Court in and for Ward County. North
Dakota. aud to serve copy of your answer
thereto on the subscribers at their office in the
city of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota,
within thirty days after tie service of this sum.
mons upon you exclusive of the day of service
and in case of your failure to so appear or an
swer. Judgment will be taken against you by
default for the relief demanded in the COM
plant.
Dated this 18th day of Septic Der, 1905.
LeSueur GA.- '~"d.
Attor Asys tCs :. tiff,
l0-25-ll-o9 NIAcs N :: ,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the Interior. U. S. Land ONCE
at Minot. n d.. October l. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim. and
that said proof will be made before The Regst-
er and Receiver OF the U. S. Land Once at
Minot. N. D.. on December |. 1906 viz: Raynard
SEA. neA swA OF Sec. %. Twp. 1888 N Range
~ W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
OF said land, viz: Nels Erdah, Emmil j. Ham,
mer. Peter Nybakken. Oaver j. Hammer, all
OF Minot. N. D.
10-4-l1.2 L. D. McGahan Register.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA.
In the matter OF John E. McNamara. bankrupt

To the Honorable Charles F. Amidon. Judge OF
the District Court of the United States
for the District Of North Dakota:
John E. Mcnamara. OF Portal in the county
OF Ward. and state of North Dakota. in said
district. respectfully represents that on the 5th
day of May. A. D. 1905 last past, he was duly
adjudged bankrupt under the Acts Of Congress
relating to bankruptcy: that he has duly sur
rendered all his property and rights Of property
and has fully complied with all of the require
ments of said acts and of the orders of the
court touching his bankruptcy.
Wherefore be prays that he may be decreed
by the court to have . full discharge from all
debts provable against his estate under said
bankrupt acts. except such debts as are by
law excepted from such discharge.
Dated at Portal N. D.. Oct. Sth. A. D. 1905.
John E. Mcnamara, Bankrupt
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CONTEST NOTICE

Department. of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Minot,, North Dakota; Oct. 8, 1905.
"A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by Lloyd Fleming Reynolds.
contestant, against homestead entry No. 34S18,
Township IS NJ. Range % u. 5th r: NJ, BY
legged that Franz W. Thiel, said contestee, has
wholly abandoned said tract and changed his
residence therefrom for more than six months
date hereof; that he has not established resi-
dence thereon; that said tract remains IN its
natural state, wholly, abandoned and unim-
the said land was not due to his employment
in the army, navy or marine corps of the United
States as private soldier, officer, seaman or
any other war in which che United States may
be engaged, and said parties are hereby noti-
fed to appear, respond and Offer, evidence
Dec. p, 1905 before the Register and Receiver
at the United States Land Office in Minot,
North Dakota.
The said contestant having. in proper atfi:
show that after due dill gence personal service
of this notice cannot be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice be given
by due and proper Do'lieTft f. e. Fox, Receiver,
Thomas E. DISCARD, Minot. N. D.,
l0.25-ll-29 Atty. for Contestant.
State Of North Dakota, N. County Court,
County of Ward. f SaSis. judge ass: ~
In the matter of the Estate of Charles Rydelius,
Deceased.
A'0''''' p''''''f Petitioner. Citation Hearing
H s:s: Of sR''ss R''.i'' R%asssssr Of
Respondent
The State of North Dakot to the above named
Respondents and all Persons interested in
the Estate of Charles Rydelus. deceased.
You and each of you are hereby notified that
Adolfina Partillo the petitioner herein, has
filed in this court her petition, praying that
letters Of administration upon the estate Of
Charles Rydelius. late Of the county Of Ward
and state Of North Dakota, deceased. be grant
court on Friday the 3Oth day of November A. D..
1905, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon Of that day.
at the court rooms OF this court. in the County
Court House in the city of Minot, county Of
Ward and state of North Dakota, and you, and
each of you. are hereby cited to DO and appear
before this court at said time and place, and
answer said petition, and show cause, il any
there be. why the prayer of said petition should
BY the Court:
N. Davis
Judge OF the County Court.
Dated the 25th day of October A. d. 1908.
Let the service of the a bove CitatiOn be made
by publication successive weeks in The Ward
County Independent.
lO-25-ll8 N. Davis, Judge.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NUTICE FUN PUBIICAIION
Department of the Interior. Land Office at
No Mee S1sSy s1ss hat IL Harer
widow of William H. Harner, deceased, of
Leeds, N. D.. has fled notice. Of his intention
TO make final veyear proof in ~ suP Rs.S OF his
Nov IL, 1901, for the eh swA Section 81, Town
ship 1877 N. Range 81 w., ana that said proof
vii be made before Register and a Kecelver at
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon. and cultivation
g. the WI Franf MyeT
of Burlington, N. D..
10 25-l-29 l.. D. McGahan, Register.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

DepafCmenG OF inc InCef1Or, Ianu OIlICe EC
MinOt, N. D.. Oct. Is, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named Sc ttler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of bis claim. and
that said proof will be made before Hon
Register and Receiver. U. 8. Land Office at
Minot, N. D.. on Dec. o. 1905. viz Michael
McGrath. H. E. $685. for the neA Sec. 81. Twp.
1854. r. 50.
He names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz: Rolla Morrison. William A.
Babst, Jacob Dyvig. Jerry Mohoney. ill OF
Minot, n D.
Id McGahan Register
J. J, Coyle. Atty, Minot, N. d. lO25ll-29
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
HERE'S ANOTHER.

There is another way of cooking the same
oIiliier' even more economical; it could all be
done In the oven, which must be lighted in any
case for the meat
used my gas stove a year" one Harlem
housekeeper was heard to say before I dis
covered the possibilities of the oven: since then
I've cut down the bills one-third A cooking
teacher put me TO the fact that I shouldn't
Try 70 roast meat in the upper part of the oven
hou don't roast meat up there she said. you
ory 1t out Set the pan with your piece of beef
OF mutton or whatever 1t is on the floor of the
oVen' down in the lower chamber. Just under
the flame. You think it would burn? Not at
all Just baste IT frequently. and the outside will
scar over quickly. and the inside come out juicy,
with the true roast flavor
objected that had burned some chops TO a
crisp only that morning trying TO broiI them
she asked If had the oven door shut I said
I had. She told me to try leaving tb. door onen
an inch or so after the meat started cooking.
II won't waste the heat she said but It Gre
ates slight draft toward the back of the stove,
Which Keeps the flame from catching the meat
tried roast of beef after her plan and
II worked all right. But hated to see the heat
IN the upper oven not utilized; as 1t CHANGED I
wasn't baking biscuits or anything I Won
dered If vegetables would boil in there nut
some caulifower in saucepan zone with no
1A-4- ~ 4A404N SiAls AiO1SAlL lne water 10 Doll
first on the top Of the stove and then set the
saucepan in the oven. The caulihower boiled
all right, with the advantage that we didn't get
the odor Of IT in the fat at all; the odor passed
off through the ventilatine holes in the oven
Now when roast meat 1 always boil the vege-
tables in the upper oven, and it makes quite a
difference in my gas bill"
Il don't believe it, growls a cynic house
holder. You can't convince me that any gas
saving wrinkle will cut down your gas bill
don't believe they take the trouble to read your
meter when they come around They just make
guess at 1t, taking care to put the figure plenty
bsyB
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03

steel point in my heart and have done with IL.
ooyI You are master OF the art!''
This will be better, think"
Ihe words scarcely out OF tho mouth Of
Wild when. by dexterouS twist he sent tha tnffa
flying from the outlaws handi
The blade landed with a ring on III, x-ro-rns a
dozen feet away.
Whoa exclaimed Dandy Lou his face turning
deathly pale.
Then, as his horse obeyed the command h. placed
his hands behind his back and thrust out his chest
Kill me- Young Wild WeStl I am ready 10 diel's
-, 7 refuse" was the reply. "Dismount and pick
up your weapons and go your way. But re-
member that Young Wild West owns your uSs
and look out what you do IN the ruturel''
Our hero folded his arms and looked calmly ar
his defeated foe.
There was silence OF perhaps fifteen seconds
and then the outlaw got on his horse ana picked
UP his weapons.
New-York tribune., 1906-06-03
READERS IN FACTORIES.

In some trades. like cigarmaking. where there
is no noise of feet or machinery. 1t is practice
TO have a hired reader who entertains the work
ers. Each man contributes to the expense
Novels. extracts from sociological books. edi-
torials from a radical newspaper the news of
the world. magazine stories and jokes from the
comic weeklies variously interest and amuse.
The Spanish cigarmaker is particularly fond OF
the well written stories of his own country, the
epic Lusiad and the romances Of the Cid. This
plan OF giving food to the mind of those who
work at monotonous bodily tasks is capable of
wide extension. One can imagine every toiler
Of the future Except railroad men. steeplejacks
and the like having individual phonograph
to deliver fiction. poetry and drama in his ear
typical clientele OF Americanized Irish. Ger
man and fewer French working people is served
by the jackson Square branch of the public Ii
brary. Old Greenwich Village stretches about
here, and the, Inhabitants are as native as can
be found in the city.
THE men are reading considerable sociologi-
cal literature, the books of expose and some
pure socialism," said the librarian Il do not
know whether II is independent movement
or part Of the general interest in these subjects.
They're in the air. big strike usually creates
a fresh demand for sociological books. The en-
ployed workingman takes TO useful trade works
on electricity. mechanics, engineering and SO
forth. He reads little travel and history. His
rare novels must be Of the strong kind. done by
Frank Norris Jack London and David Graham
Phillips. He reads Henry George. Hunters
Poverty and spargo's Cry Of the Children
The Jungle IS popular with every one Of both
sexes.
There was slight winter demand for Hux-
ley and Darwin but now the same readers call
for books on flowers birds. country life and
chicken farming l do not suppose that l per
cent of these readers expect TO get 10 the coun-
try They know II is spring by the almanac,
the sparrows and the greenery OF park spaces.
and they like to imagine the rest by the aid of
rustic books. In fancy they all emigrate to
Walden and Concord and the Adirondacks"
The working girl in this neighborhood still
wants a strong love tale by Miss Carey. Mrs.
Wilson. Mrs Alexander and other heartTending
authors. There Is a slight Improvement IN taste
ana desire for American heroes. A maiden
shG would have turned NJ her nose at a pork
magnate ten years ago now accepts his ad
dresses providing ne is genteel and debonair.