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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-06

Floods the body with warm, glowing
vitality, makes the nerves strong, quick
ems circulation, restores natural vigor,
makes you feel like one born again.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. IS
cents. Mccoy & Co., Druggists.
A small shack west of the
Great Northern Hotel caught fire
Wednesday night and the inside
was Quilted. The fremen re-
sponded to a call and put out the
flames before the building COM
pletely burned. There are a
number of i'll looking shacks in
that part Of the town that should
be removed, and while the indie
pendent does not wish anyone
any i'll luck, we would like to see
them gotten out of the way in
some manner or other. The
shacks are inhabited mostly by
disreputable negroes, who are
not q credit to the town
I We care not now yo0 euffeteu, hor
what failed to cure you, HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes the puniest,
weakest specimen of man or woman
hood strong and healthy. 30 cents.
Mccoy e. Co.. Druggists.
John l. Moore, the we'll known
land man, has recovered sufti-
GENTLY from his recent illness, to
be about on the streets again.
John pulled thru q terrible seige
of sickness, in fact one foot was
pretty close to the grave, but
he's here yet, and is going to sell
a hundred thousand or so acres
of land the coming season. When
Mr.. Moore can't show up the
good qualities of land, the other
fellows might just as we'll quit
business.
+. G. Dewitt & Co., of Chicago, at
whose laboratory Kodol is prepared, as.
sure US that this remarkable digest ant
and corrective for the stomach conforms
fully to all provisions of the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. The Kodol
laboratory is very large one, but il oil
the sufferers from indigestion and stom
ach troubles could know the virtues oil
Kodol it would DO impossible for the
manufacturers to keep up with the de-
mand. Kodol is sold here by MCCOY 4
Co., Druggists.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-06
UP-ro-pArE
JEWELRY,
WATCHES.
CLOCKS
and
SILvERWARE.
J. J. SKAUG, JeweIer,
ca. Johnson Blk. MIkQI. N. q.

VIM. Thomas of Towner went
south Of Ray and after tramp
ing for several days shot two
deer. When he attempted to
ship them from Ray to Towner
Wednesday evening the station
agent refused him permission
before Thomas could show q
permit from the game warden.
Thomas was compelled to leave
his deer at Ray and come to Mi
not for legal advice.
There is an opening of the new
townsite Of Blaisdell on the Great
Northern Railway, forty miles
west of Minot
FOR A PHYSICIAN,
FOR A DRUG ST RE,
FOR POOL ROOMS.
For further information in
quire OF The Blaisdell- BIRD Co.,
at Minot, N. d., or Fl. R. Bates,
Townsite Agent o. Blaisdell-
N. D. otto
pete Peterson is the name
of a very inferior company that
tried to entertain the people at
the Jacobson Thanksgivinghi
We won't waste much space in
roasting this worthless company
but think that the actresses
ought to resign and accept jobs
as dish washers in some of our
hotels. The male members OF
the flim-fam concern might de-
velop into snow shovelers, but
even then they would be in dan
ger of mixing their lines"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-06
Atty. LeSueur went to Towner
on Friday on legal business.


For chapped and cracked hands moth
ing is quite as good as an application of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Put it on
before going to bed, use an old pair Of
gloves and see what a difference the
morning will bring. Sold by Mccoy IL
Co., Druggists.
Atty. Bradford spent several
days in Minneapolis last week on
business.
w. j. Evans OF Maxbass. VIM.
Maloney and sister Miss Nora
Maloney Of Granville, were the
guests OF G. D. Colcord and wife
on Thanksgiving day.
The big Muskellunge which D.
w. McCanna caught at Fish
Lake last summer, has been
mounted and is attracting q
good deal OF attention at Cando.
G. W. Favset spent ten days in
Minneapolis. and returns with
the information that he now has
plenty OF money to loan on city
property. He has been doing a
nice business with farm loans,
but is branching out.
Syver Hoff from Trondhjem,
Norway, arrived last week for a
visit with his brother John G.
Hoff and sister Helen, of Paler.
mo. If he likes this part Of the
world, he will locate here. Ithad
been fourteen years since the
brothers met.
There was a merry gathering
at the Grill Cafe Thanksgiving
evening when a crowd of several
hundred OF Minot's hungry hun
cry gathered and partook of the
good things prepared for them
by Mr.. Skeoch and his able corps
OF assistants. Rudd's orchestra
furnished the music for the even
ing.
It would no doubt be a wise
move on the part of our city
authorities to see that the n.y.
drants are tested regularly dur
ing the winter months. We will
have fires during the course of
the winter, and it's not pleasant
to stand by and see building
burning, while the water is
thawing out of frozen hydrants.
We have a we'll equipped fire de-
partment now, and a lot Of good
willing firemen who will do their
part if given half a chance.
1t is noticeable cold seldom comes
on when the bowels are freely open.
Neither can it stay If they are open.
Laxative Cough Syrnp tastes
as pleasant as maple sugar. Free from
all opiates. Contains Honey and Tar.
Conforms to the National Pure Food
and Drug Law. Sold by Mccoy & Co.,
Druggists.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-06
SKRIYSETH'S PHOTOGRAPHIC
ART STUDIO
The finest StudiOlin the West
j03 S. MAIN ST. MlNOT, N. D..

Was an attempt made to gain
entrance into the Second Nat
ional bank? The officers believe
that there was for a key was
found broken off in the paddock
whick locks the iron gates lead
ing to the front door. 1t was
necessary to file off the lock be-
fore entrance could be gained in
to the bank.
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Minor Topics

Guy Dolittle has sold his prop
erty in Minot and will leave for
the coast.
Mrs. Morrison of Berthold has
moved into her new home on
south hill.
Miss Mamie Olson departed
for Minneapolis where she will
soon wed Mr.. Johnson, the Pal
ermo banker.
Olaf Rib of Baden and V. D..
Jones of Carpio were in Minot
recently. Mr.. Rib was proving
up4on. a $4,000 claim.
S. NJ. Reed, the contractor,
has completed a 81, 500 resi-
dence for w. A. w. Culbertson of
Surrey, which ls considered one
ofthe finest homes in that local.
itY.
Williston is to have National
Guard company and the COM
pany will be sworn in Dec. 8.
About sixty will join. The COM
pany was organized in just four
days.
Thursday wcs a day Of Thanks
giving at the home of DIR. and
Mrs. Pence for more reasons
than one, and principally because
of the arrival of a handsome
little daughter.
Some Of the local cafes are
serving venison steak which
takes well with the hungry
straggler. More deer have been
brot into Minot this season than
in many years.
N. J. Pearson, of Mutrie, Sask.
passed thru Minot last week en-
route to Elgin, Neb. He is farm
ing in Canada, where wheat av-
eraged from twenty to thirty
bushels last season.
Miss Blanche Dalager enter
tanned crowd Of her friends at
cards at her home on
East Fifth street Friday evening.
The evening passed away in a
very enjoyable manner.
Erick Smidrud, of Ray, died
Nov. Is Of typhoid fever. Un-
dertaker Weagent went to that
place to prepare the remains for
shipment to Hatton, N. D. The
decedent was q years of age.
The cold weather man got
down to business for the first
time this season Friday and gave
us a temperature 2 degrees be-
low zero. A high wind made
the air feel forty degrees colder.
James Seattle. OF Deering, brot
down eighty turkeys the day be-
fore Thanksgiving which he dis
posed OF at a big price. The
Il Farmers are raising more poultry
every year which is a good indi-
cation.
L. P. Weatherwax and wife
went to Des Laos Friday to see
their little grand daughter who
arrived in this cold bleak world
the day before. "Grandpa"
Weatherwax was as tickled as a
S~kid with pair of red top boots.
MARX Nelson raised more than
eighty turkeys this year and on
Wednesday brot several OF his
friends samples Of the choice
sards uuat they might " thank
fui the day following. Mark is
quite a poultry fancier.
c.. H. Seaton and wife expect
to leave this week for southwest
tern, Neb., where they will visit
Mrs. Seaton's parents a month.
Mr.. Seaton just sold a car load
of stock. He had seventy head
and considered this too many tc
winter.
John Drummond brot in TWEEN,
ty-fve turkeys to the local meat
markets a few days before
Thanksgiving. He received {
fancy price for the birds. HI
has one of the incest homes il
the vicinity Of Burlington and il
dol 1g well.
ssy,NGItS FURNISHED ALL work GUARANTEED !
WYlH TIT
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
HIS rRousLE WAS INTERNAL.
indian Chief Had Peculiar Ideas About
Hydrophobia.

Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City was
describing the cosmopolitan throngs
that visit his famous and gay resort.
Every nationality comes here" he
said.s Greeks, Turks, Hindoos, Chi
nese, Moors-they all come.
Il was talking the other day to one
of the physicians of the Pasteur In
stitute-the hospital, you know, for
the prevention and cure of hydropho-
bia The Pasteur Institute reminded
me of Atlantic City; it's visitors seemed
to be of such diversified character.
THE physician told me about an In
dian chief who had come to him for
treatment last year:
My. name,' said the chief, is War
Eagle. Please take me in hand. !
fear l am getting hydrophobia.'.
Have you been Bitten the physic-
ian asked, by mad dog?'
Not exactly bitten War Eagle
answered, but have the gravest sus-
picions about black poodle that was
served to me in ragout last Friday
afternoon
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

Il need money-right away" was
his answer.
That's all right" said 1. Let me
give you an order for what you need"
Thank you, thank you," said he,
so promptly that 1 knew 1 had done
what he had been hoping for, probably
counting on.
l give this incident to show what
our relations were. He was a young
fellow of good family, to whom I had
taken a liking. He was a lazy dog,
and as out of place in business as a
cat in choir. 1 had been keeping
him going for four years at that time,
by giving him tips on stocks and pro-
tecting him against loss. This purely
out of good nature and liking; for l
hadn't the remotest idea he could ever
be Of use to me beyond helping to
liven things up at dinner or late
supper, or down in the country, or on
the yacht. In fact, his principal use
to me was that he knew how to beat
the box" well enough to shake fairly
good music out of it-and / am SO
fond of music that l can fill in with
my imagination when the performer
isn't too bad.
They have charged that deliberate
ly Iuined him. Ruined! The first
time l gave him tip-and that was
the second or third time I ever saw
him-he burst into tears and said:
You've saved my life, Blackjack. I'll
never tell you how much this windfall
means to me now" Nor did / with
deep and dark design keep him along
ON the ragged edge. He kept himself
there. How could build up such a
man with his hundred ways of vast
ing money, including throwing it
away on his own opinions of stocks
for he would gamble on his own ac-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
To Represent Italy and Spain.

The two great Catholic countries of
Europe, Italy and Spain, are sending
new ambassadors to the court of st.
James. The marquis di San Giuliano,
who will represent Italy, is compare
lively young man. He comes of an
old Sicilian family of Norman descent.
and is highly cultured, having travelled
extensively with good results. He is
an enthusiastic student of Dante, and
is president of the Italian Geographical
society. Senior Villa Urattia, the new
Spanish ambassador, accompanied
King Alfonso to London on the mo-
mentous occasion that ended in his en-
gagement to Princess Ena, and won
golden opinions for his tact and cour-
tesy during that visit
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
BOYS HEAD ONE SOLID SORE.
Three Months and No Better
Cutfcura Works Wonders.

Mr.. A. c. Barnett, proprietor of a
general store in Award, Oklahoma,
tells in the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son of ter
rible eczema. my little boy had &C.
zema. His head was one solid sore,
all over his scalp; his hair all came
out. and he suffered very much.
had physician treat him, but at the
end Of three months he was no bet
er. I remembered that the Cuticura
Remedies had cured me, and after
giving him two bottles of Cuticura
ReSolvent, according to directions.
and using Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment on him daily, his eczema left
him, his hair grew again, and he has
never had any eczema since. We
use the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
and they keep our skin soft and
healthy. I cheerfully recommend the
Cuticura Remedies for all cases Of
eczema. A. C. Barnett, Mar. 30,
19O5.'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Mr.. Blackjack.

When Napoleon was about to crown
himself-so / have somewhere read
they submitted to him the royal gene
alogy they had faxed up for him. He
crumpled the parchment and flung it
in the face of the chief herald, or who
ever it was. MY line" said ~he,
dates from Montenotte." And so 1
say, my line dates from the campaign
that completed and established my
fame-from wild Week"
] shall not pause to recite the de-
tails of the obscurity from which l
emerged. 1t would be an interesting,
a romantic story; but it is a familiar
story, also, in this land which Lincoln
so finely and so fully described when
he said: "The republic is oppor-
tunity."
One fact only: did not take the
name Blackjack.
I was born Blackjack, and chris
tened Matthew; and my hairs being
very black and growing so that lock
Of 1t often falls down the middle of
my forehead is a coincidence. The
malicious and insinuating story that
1 used to go under another name
arose, no doubt, from my having been
bootblack in my early days, and
having let my customers shorten my
name into Matt Black. But, as soon
as 1 graduated from manual labor, l
resumed my rightful name and have
borne it think l may say without
vanity-in honor to honor.
Wild Week! It's cyclones, rising
fury on fury to that historic climax
Of chaos, sing their mad song in my
ears again as 1 write. But l shall by
no means confine my narrative to
business and finance. Take a cross
section of life anywhere, and you have
a tangled Intervening of the action
and reaction of men upon men, of
women upon women, of men and
women upon one another. And this
shall be cross-section out of the very
heart of our life to-day, with its big
and bold energies and passions-the
swiftest and intensest life ever lived
by the human race.
To begin:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
III.
CAME a WOMAN.

In my suite in the Textile building,
just off the big main room with it's
,blackboards and tickers, had small
Office in which I spent good deal of
time during stock exchange hours. 1t
was there that Sam Ellersly found
me the next day but one after my
talk with Roebuck.
81 want you to sell that Steel Com
mon, Matt" said he.
It'll go several points higher" said
I. Better let me hold it and use my
judgment on selling"
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til It was in two pieces. He droppcd

til It was In two pieces. He dropped
them, one at a time. into the waste
basket, then smiled benevolently at.
me-. You are right" he said. You
shall have what you want. You have
seemed such a mere VS. to me that.
in spite of your giving again and
again proof of what you are, 1 have
been putting you off. ! will talk the
matter over with Langdon and Mel
vile. Rest assured, my boy, that you
will be satisfied" He got up, put his
arm affectionately round my shout
ders. 1--WE all like you. have feel
ing toward you as if you were my own
son. I am getting old, and 1 like to
see young men about me, growing up
to assume the responsibilities of the
Lords work whenever He shall call
me to my reward
It will seem incredible that a man
of my shrewdness and experience
could be taken in by such Shiny stuff
at that who knew Roebuck as only
a few insiders knew him, I who had
seen him at work, as devoid of heart
as any empty spider in an empty web.
Yet was taken in to the extent that
I thought he really purposed to recog-
nize my services, to yield to the only
persuasion that could affect him
force. / fancied he was actually
about to put me where could be Of
the highest usefulness to him and his
associates, as well as to myself.
1t was with tears in my eyes that
1 shook hands with him, thanking him
emotionally. 1t was with high chin
and a proud heart that went back
to my offices. There wasn't doubt
In my mind that 1 was about to get
my deserts, was about to enter the
charmed circle of high finance"
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is solid comes from within. And In
furtherance of my object 1 had bought
this group of mines, control of which
was vital to the Roebuck-Langdon-
Melville combine for a monopoly of
the coal of the country
Did not Mr.. Langdon commission
you to buy them for him and his
friends?" inquired Roebuck, in that
slow, placid tone which yet, for the
attentive ear, had note in it like the
scream of jaguar that comes home
and finds it's cubs gone.
But l couldn't get them for him.
l explained. "The owners wouldn't
sell until engaged that the National
Coal and Railway company was not to
have them"
"Oh, I see," said Roebuck, sinking
back relieved. 1--WE must get Browne
to draw up some sort of perpetual.
irrevocable power of attorney to us
for you to sign"
But won't sign it, said I.
Roebuck took up sheet of paper
and began to fold it upon itself with
great care to get the edges straight.
He had grasped my meaning; he was
celebrating.
For four years now" 1 went ON,
you people have been promising to
take me in as principal in some one
OF your deals-to give me recognition
by making me president, or chairman
OF an executive or finance committee.
am an impatient man, Mr.. Roebuck.
Life is short, and have much to do.
So have bought the Manasquale
mines-and shall hold them"
Roebuck continued to fold the paper
upon itself until he had reduced it to
short. thick strip. This he slowly
twisted between his cruel fingers un-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12
Wrong Method of Ieachinu.

Consul Paul Nash, of Venice, writes:
Hundreds of well-educated Americans
annually pass through Venice and, al
though probably nine-tenths Of them
have had several years of instruction
in a European language, not one
tenth are capable of speaking a dozen
connected words of anything but Eng
lish. Even college graduates, fresh
from prize-winning in French or Ger
man, are generally unable to speak
either language, although capable of
writing an excellent thesis on their
history, phl1ology, syntax and litera-
ture. This is the result of teaching
French and German in much the same
way that Latin and Greek are taught
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

Power Trust is Roebuck, and Roebuck
is the Power Trust He is seated at
his desk and, thinking I do not see
him, is looking at me with an express
sion of benevolent and melancholy
pity-the look with which he always
regarded any one whom the Roebuck
God had commanded Roebuck to de-
stroy. He and his God were in con-
slant communication; his God never
did anything except for his benefit,
he never did anything except on the
direct counsel or command of his God.
Just now his God is commanding him
to destroy me, his confidential agent
in shaping many vast industrial en-
terprise and in inducing the public to
buy by the million it's bonds and
stocks.
invited the angry frown of the
Roebuck God by saying: "And I
bought in the Manasquale mines on
my own account"
"On your own account" said Roe
buck. Then he hastily effaced his in
voluntary air of the engineer startled
by sight of an unexpected red light.
Yes replied 1, as calm as if 1 were
not realizing the tremendous signifi-
canoe of what 1 had announced. 81
look to you to let me participate on
equal terms"
That is, 1 had decided that the time
had come for me to take my place
among the kings of finance. 1 had
decided to promote myself from agent
to principal, from prime minister to
king-I must, myself. promote myself
for in this world all promotion that
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NEW YEARS CALLS.
A New Drink to Replace the Old ime
"Apple-Jack."

Twenty-Five years ago the custom OF
making New Years calls was de-
lightful one for all concerned; until
some of the boys got more" egg-nog''
or "apple-jack'' than they could sue
cessfully carry.
Then the ladies tried to be chariVe
able and the gentlemen tried to BIZ
as chivalrous as ever and stand up at
the same time.
If anyone thinks there has not been
considerable improvement made In the
last quarter of a century in the use
of alcoohlic beverages, lie. him stop
to consider, among other things, the
fact that the old custom of New Years
calls and the genteel tipping is nearly
obsolete.
The custom of calling on ones
friends, however, at the beginning of
the new year, is a good habit, and an
other good habit to start at that time,
is the use of well-made Postum in.
stead of coffee or spirits.
A Staten Island doctor has a SEN
sible daughter who has set Postum
before her guests as good thing to.
drink at Yule Tide, and a good wav
to begin the New Year. Her father
writes:
MY daughter and / have usefl
Postum for some time past, and we
feel sure it contains wholesome food
material.
I shall not only recommend It ~
my patients. but my daughter win he.
most pleased to give a demonstrat,on
OF Postum to our Christmas and Nec
Years callers" Read 'aThe ROAD -
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's reasc. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-12

DiHgent seekers may now find the
Doundary-line between the United
states and Canada somewhere along
the middle of Lake Erie. Two war
vessels, one belonging to Canada and
the other to the United States, began
IN October the work of setting buoys
along the boundary at intervals of five
miles. Hereafter Lake Erie fisher
men will be able to learn whether
they are at home or in foreign coun-
try when they bait their hooks for
whales or minnows.