The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-10-03

land He built good comfortable sod shack,
because he didn't have the money to build q
better one and did not want to got into debt
He kept few cows used oxen instead OF horses
acres the first year, got q fair crop and got 9
few dollars ahead, paid for some Of his mach
inery, bought only what he absolutely had to
have, broke more land every year, added to
his equipment as he needed from time to time,
paid cash tor MS groceries; ana ap today ne s
driving good horses which are paid for. He's
building good barn this fall and expects to
be able to build fine home next year.
Some Of the state papers are circulating rhe
ronort That the Commissioners Of Ward county
have doctored the wood pile at the county nos,
pital with nitroglycerine in order to Kill OFT an
prevent px, petty thieves from stealing the. wAad
from the back yard. The Indeper,,,en Il here
to state that the report !: lie from start 70 I'm
ish, In .;la 1irsE place the county commissioners
are gentlemen in every Sense Of the word ana
in the second place there is not county othclal
in the county who would be mean enough to
want to injure anyone who might be suffering
for little fuel and would rather steal than beg.
And in the third place it is contrary to law to
| fix up explosives in the manner so stated anu
| for such reasons and ward county county COM
missioners are just as we'll versed in the law
lreferfl0R 10 CneSe HaLCGTS DIS
! in North Dakota and there you are Mr.. knocker.
"Sunnv Southern Alberta is not what it is
cracked up to be. The son of Hans Upland OF
Devils Lake writes back from that country stat
ing that but 20 per cent Of the crop that was ex-
pected was secured. About the time the crop
was ready to cut, about two feet of snow tell,
burying the crop and running much of the grain.
Considerable of the crop has not been towing
to the condition of the straw. sAccording to
young Ugland the crop is almost total failure.
North Dokota averages w. pretty falr ana the
farmer who leaves here for something better
ought to be mighty careful The farmers who
stick here generally pay out in GOOD, shape,
while those who leave are oftimes glad to get
back-if they are able to do so.
W. Halerburg, of Nanton, Alberta, for
merly resident of Ramsey county. is back.
He says that he will not get crop this year.
Just about the time he was ready to cut his crop
heavy snow fell, burying the grain, running 1t
completely. He says there was scarcely week
this season that there was not light frost, and
many of the newcomers are ruined completely:
It cost them from several hundred to several
thousand dollars to put in their crops and they
will not get much for it, if they get anything.
This will put a damper on Canadian lmmlgra-
n aR' f b esn bs. ed Bsr al sn
of the other states or provinces. We feel ex-
tremely sorry for those who invested all Of their
money in that country.
The Palermo Standard has declared for county
division. The Standard says that Minot has
controlled the affairs from the beginning and
that the county government has been held in the
hands of extravagent administrators, and that
the right of the citizens have been gambled
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tions of Office seekers. That settles it. Well
divide Ward county at the next election, make
Palermo the county seat of one of the new
counties and give J. c. Hof, the TOWNSHIP pro-
prietor any office he wants, providing St"nley
does not object
The St. Thomas Times complains because two
or three kegs Of beer have been shipped by ex-
press to st. Thomas, and says that unless the
The editor of the Sheldon Progress goes after
Bro. Hager for advertising certain brands Of
beer and whiskey and hints that even the edit
or might have received 9 few quarts of good old
Bourbon himself But then Bro. Hager has to
'holler " to make things look well.
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! Chief of Police Herst of Devils Lake. refuses
to place star on the breast of the negro janitor
at the depot saying that if the negro had to be-
come police his star would come off. It would
be miyhty hard to find white man willing to
besides show us white man who would allow q
negro to arrest him.
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Gov. Burke will visit at his old home in Des
Moines and Sigourney Iowa. This is the first
trip since he has been elevated to the Governor s
chair, and his visit will be pleasant one. Bur-
kes parents live on farm in Iowa, where the
governor was raised He was admitted to the
bar in Iowa and came to North Dakota years
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