The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-10-11

served that his difficulty would
likely be in finding out how he
could get his hat on over his
horns.
Nels Perseth's three year old
child near Fargo ran under a
wagon loaded with grain as the
father was driving into his barn,
and was crushed to death.
Tackle the average farmer on
the subject OF national, state or
local politics, and you will find
him better posted than the aver
age city man. You will find
that he is always ready to give a
reason for his political beliefs.
He is not the sort Of a man that
waits for a politician to tell him
the way to vote. He reads, pom
ders and does "a heap" Of think
ing.
Candidates for county office
are now beginning to bother the
farmers. Down in Sargent coun-
ty one candidate drove up to a
farm and found the farmer try
ing to draw the milk froma frac-
tious COW. He held the COW
while the extraction proceeded :,
and asked if there had been any
candidates around there lately.
Candidates, hell yes; there is
another one back OF the barn
now holding the CALI
The department OF chemistry
OF the agricultural college has be-
gun an investigation OF the beers
and malts now offered on the
market. This investigation will
be similar to the one carried on
in connection with the Whistles
and other beverages quite re-
Gently aud from results already
obtained it is very evident that
that there will have to be a gen.
eral change in the labels OF these
beverages or their withdrawal
from the state will be compelled.
A man was heard to remark
on the street one day last week
that he would as soon believe he
sprang from a camel as to be-
lieve he sprang from a camel as
to believe he sprang from a mon
key. The camel will work seven
days without drinking and a
| man occasionally drinks seven
days without working. Ii one is
to be Judged by habit he might
be lead to believe that a man
sprang from goats. They are
the only animals that poster to-
bacco, wear whiskers and are in
clined to butt in.
A man from Sawyer who had
been drinking some of the Minot
brand OF soda water dropped in
to Velva recently attired in an
anxious look and a gunny sack.
He called at the telephone Office
and the operators thought he
had escaped from one OF the
Hansbrough banquets and called
on the police. 1t came and took
the man to the city. bastile unit!
he was clothed in his right mind
and a pair Of trousers before he
was allowed to call on the tele-
phone girls.-Valley City Times
Record.
The 500 railroad company an.
nounces that they will build
1900 miles of new road next
year. They propose to connect
their Wisconsin line with Duluth
build a new line from Valley City
to Grand Forks and extend their
Ambrose, Plaza and Pollock
lines. Another 500 scheme is to
build a line between the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern
tracks from Glenwood, MINI. to
the International boundary line,
touching Fargo and Moorhead.
The road proposes to do more
construction work in 1907 than
it has in any past season.
I In the manufacture of alcohol
from corn cobs and corn stalks,
at a small cost, the department
of agriculture is developing a
new industry that the depart
ment says is likely to be of large
commercial value. The investi-
cations which the department is
making at Hoopston, ILL.,, have
proved that large quantities OF
corn cobs, which every year here
tofore have gone to waste, can
be converted into alcohol in sui.
ficient quantities to Justify the