The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The total valuation of property in the state
for the purpose of valuation is about two hun
dred and fifty millions. This is divided about
as follows: heal estate, 14O,OOO,O 900; rail
roads, $25,0OO0OO; personal property. $780,
100000.
The wise farmer will hire his help early-f he
can-as the grain will ripen all about the same
time this season Farm help is very scarce this
fall as usual-and perhaps more SO. Don't wait
till all the good hands have been hired and you
will have to take those whom the other would
not have.
The railroads were left by the Board OF
Equalization exactly the same as last year
which leads tie gang papers to remark that
Gov Burkes talk last fall about the railroads
being assessed too low was more or less polit-
jcal talk.
The Independent receives letters almost daily
from the railroads asking us to urge our read
ers to hurry and Law in their winters coal sup.
ply. Some are doing this, but people are slow
about it as a rule and if we should have win
ter like the last one there would be a great deal
of suffering. This is good time to haul coal
and the price is always little lower than 1T is
later on in the season.
There is law compelling property owners to
cut their weeds, but we have never heard OF
that law being enforced. We are d nation OF
law-breakers at best.
1t begins to look as tho the improvements
in Minot this year would aggregate close to a
million collars. The Russell Miller mill is near
~ completed at cost If over $500 900, and 1T
is expected that it will be ready for grinding
xUh wit CHI rt
pie is nearing completion, the Roell-Blakey
three story block, the new Emerson building,
Presbyterian church, Norwegian Lutheran
church are all building rapidly. and only last
week G.. 0. Frank announced that he would
complete a three story block before snow flies:
It's possible that J. H. Tompkins will also build
at the same time. Hundreds OF new residences
have been erected and several new ones are
started almost every day. Besides, scores OF
men are at work grading the streets OF the city
tract will start work this month, giving en-
ployment to hundreds of laborers if they can be
secured. Everything looks promising for MinoU
this year-with good crops in the Northwestern
port of the state. We have heard Of at least
half dozen moneyed men speak OF erecting
good buildings next year New enterprises are
springing up right along. and no SO oner is a
building started than half dozen or more are
after it. Rents keep up we'll.
sssses:
The Independent has placed an order for a
car load Of print paper, 10000 pounds, at a
cost of approximately 5000. This is the second
car of print paper that we have ordered this
year, SO our readers can easily see where our
money is going. The average reader does not
realize that the dollar a year which he pays for
his paper little more than pays for the bare pa
per that is used to supply him during the year
It's no wonder that the newspaper man wants
his money-yet frequently his bill is the last one
h,rc ,hcox hove ho1r ~,,%x, o11I
this fell, by not forgetting to settle for the pa
per. 1t means but a trife to each one of you,
yet il each one does his duty the independently
will be able to meet all of it's obligations
promptly and we will be enabled to give you a
better newspaper.
The Great Northern will erect car barns
somewhere along it's line between GAINESVILLE,
MIMI, and Williston. Devils Lake is hot after
them, but Minot ought to make an effort to
land them. This ia matter that our business
men ought to take up at once, for the company
will decide on the location within a short time.
Casselton farmers who bought Irvine from
agents are disappointed. The Irvine breaks
easily, falls short of weight, and 60 per cent Of
1t broke at working strain of 3S pounds.
Good Irvine ought to never fall below the iftv
pounds working weight Some of the Irvine has
been refused, but the farmers will have to &C
cept 1T. 1t seems that farmers get ND against
other fakes besides the lightning rod agents and
gold brick confidence men,
333eeG
The citizens in the western portion of the
&C unity, afraid that the north half of the county
may succeed in forming Lake county ny the di-
vision of Ward, have petitioned the county
board to allow vote on dividing Ward county
into three counties instead of two calling the