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

for a library.
The Burlington school was al
most broken up one day recently
by a little mouse that frightened
the school ma'am almost into
Mysteries.
Friends Of the two Italians
who were killed at the stock
yards by the 6. n. snow pillow
are preparing to bring a suit
against the company.
The mayor has declared that the
walks shall be kept free from snow, and
there is some talk of employing man to
patrol the city regularly and issue COM
plants sgainst those who fail to keep
the walks clean. Half dozen arrests
would have the required effect.
Jelmar Rundquist, the enter
prising young Glenburn farmer,
returned from a visit with his
parents at Stockholm, Wis. He
says that there was no snow
there when he left.
Harry Evans, who hauls the mail be-
tween Minot and Ryder, 40 miles, De-
came stuck in the snow seven miles
from Minot during the recent storm
with five passengers who secured COM
Portable quarters near by. Evans sho"eo
much spirit by throwing the mail sacks
over his back and trudging thru the
deep snow to Minot.
The Ladies Aid of Burlinton
met at the home of Mrs. Andrew
Jacobson Thursday where an ex-
cellent time was enjoyed. Miss
Anna Larson furnished the
music for the gathering.
Mr.. Wilson, a farmer, brot in
five fine dressed hogs for the
Palace meat market one day last
week that must have netted him
over a hundred dollars. He had
fattened the hogs on nothing but
barley. Farmers, get the habit.
Raise a number of hogs every
year. It's easy money.
Supt. of Schools Warren has sent in
his report to the state superintendent.
It is very comprehensive one ana coy
ers every detail. There are 100 districts
in the county: there are l6 graded
schools and 26l ungraded, making a
total of 277: 63 school houses have been
built during the year: 6, l42 pupils have
attended school at least GO days, the to-
tai enrolment. however, for the year was
Ward county has right to feel proud
of the work that has been done with her
schools for the past year and great credit
is due Mr.. Warren.
Ed Healey, w. w. Shepard,
John Donovan, Henry Minder
and R. Gilbertsen of Glenburn
passed thru Minot Saturday en-
route to Fargo to act as witness
es in the E. E. Hazen case. 1t
is contended by the government
that Hazen is guilty Of perjury.
It is said that Hazen hired Rob-
ert Evert to prove up claim for
him north Of Glenburn, and
Evert refused to turn over the
claim after the transaction had
been completed. Henry Minde1
then contested the claim which
brot the facts out before Uncle
Sam.
The Independent hopes that it
has for the last time accepted an
advertisement from an adver.
Using doctor who terms himself
a specialist. We believe that a
good doctor should have no
trouble in securing a fair prac'
tice where he is best known-at
homeland we have concluded
to do what we can to induce
travelling ''speciallsts' to remain
at home. A travelling doctor is
no more a specialist than one O.
our general practitioners: He is
looking for the identical cases
that should receive attention b.
our home physicians, and we
have some of the best in thu
state. Travelling doctors as {
rule size up the patients, take al
inventory Of their loose change
and then charge accordingly
Often the patient really ha!
something the matter with hin
and the doctor per
haps prescribes in such a wa,
that he is helped or cured. Blu
the home doctor can do as wei
and better. The Independent
trusts that the other Mino
papers will Join us in an attemp
to do our readers justice as wei
as the local physicians. We hav
concluded that it's about as bat
to accept advertising matte
from a foreign specialist as i
is to give the T. M. Robert
supply house space in the paper
In the one case you do you
home doctor an injustice. ,whil
in the other you knock you
home merchant. Let's stand b,