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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
THE POOR FARM
is NOT NEEDED
Ward County Has No More Use
For 1t at This Time than a
Dog Has for Two Tails.-.WiI
Be a Big Bill cf Expsnce for
The Tax Payers.=.

Last tall the voters or ward
county voted in favor OF the
county commissioners buying a
poor farm for Ward county and
why they did so, we cannot say.
Ward county does not need g
poor farm at this time any more
than a dog needs two tails. OF
course there are always plenty of
political workers looking for such
jobs as overseer Of the poor farm
etc. but really there is no occa-
sion for the farm.
Now as matter of fact, how
many charges do you suppose
there in the Empire Onward? Not
over thirty on the average dur
ing the past year. One of the
commissioners whooughttoknow
states that it does not cost more
than SIS q month on the aver
age to take care of q county
charge. Four or five thousand
dollars a year perhaps are spent
for the county charges and there
is a chance to curtail such eX-
penses whenever the commissions
ers deem it advisable.
The commissioners are in favor
of buying a 800 acre farm, if they
have not already done SO, and
together with the needed i1npro-
vements, the land will cost the
county in the neighborhood Of
sixty dollars an acre. Suppos-
ing that the poor farm with
buildings and equipments cost
the county $25,OOO. This is a
low figure. Expensive machinery
must be purchased and the farm
work done by iucripit old fellows
unable to do much, or by hall
witted charges who kno" little
Ornothing concerning farm work.
The superintendent must get ~
fat salary. The coal bill for the
heating OF the buildings will be a
big item. There will be 81 hun
dred and one little expenses OF
which we have never dreamed.
To use plain language. Ward
county will be cup against it,
This mopev could much better be
used for the building Of roads
and bridges. We may need a
poor farm some day, but Ward
county could wait until she was
in a better financial condition.
Poor farms are always places OF
rendezvous for the worthless
scamp who is too lazy to work:
no matter how many worthy
patients there are.
The poor farm will. in case the
commissioners decide to buy.
make a great deal more work for
them. which means additional
expense to the county. True the
poor farm will not be taxed, be-
ing county property, but the
owner Of the land which will be
used for the farm is paying taxes
and the county will be cheated
out OF this amount.
The commissioners do not have
to buy a poor farm, Just because
the people voted in favor OF the
proposition, for they voted mere
ly to show the commissioners
could do so if they deemed it adj
visable.
Later: the poor farm has been
secured as we anticipated. Now
watch the taxes grow.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16

If you want good Homestead worth
$1,000 for $500, write the Minot Land
Co. 1 "a 4-25tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
Tw ,nry bead OF Western horses: all
broke: good weight.
VIM. CARROLL, MlNOT, n. D.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE. FUN PUbL1SiAlloN
Department OF the Interior Land Office at
Minot. n D., App %, 1907
Notice is hereby given that Oswald Il. Long
OF surrey. n D.. has fled notice of his inten.
ton to make final tive-year proof in support Of
his claim. VIZ: Homestead Entry No. 1921
made Feb -, 1902, FOR the El% NWA Section
Township ijf. Rance 81, and that said proof
will ne made before Register and Receiver
az Minot \. D.. on July %. 1907.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon ard cult walton
81 tho lsud viz: G. l.. Sise. F, II Bradley, Of
Surrey N d H. Lewis. u. G kress, Of Mi
not. n. ID. l.. ID. McGahsn, Register.
$3.50
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
On the Great Northern

Forty miles west of Minot and
sixteen miles west OF BerthOld.
Business lots for Sale. The new
town l,.,s now under way STATE
Bank, Lumber Yard, Grain Ele-
vator. At this time excellent
business openings are offered for
a Blacksmith Shop, Restaurant,
and Hardware. Small capital
needed, if parties get in on the
ground floor before competition
compels larger investment,
For prices, terms and informa-
ton call at office or on Fl. T..
Bates, townsite agent, at Blais-
dell.
Great Northern passenger
leaves Minot for new town daily
at 1855 p. m.
, 1907-10-08
THE COST OF SCHOOLS.

The bureau of the census has pub.
lished a statistical report which shows
the cost OF maintaining the public
schools in towns having a population
in excess OF 80, 900.
The relative investments of the cities
In school property may be noted by the
varying amounts allowed for interest
on such investments. These vary from
Z cents per capita in Charleston, S. c.
and 20 cents in Atlanta, Ca, to $l.33
in Denver, Colo, $1.35 in Pueblo, Colo,
SLAB in Newton, Mass, and S1.53 in
Spokane, Wash. In like ann the az.
gregate per capita costs of maintaining
schools, including the foregoing allow.
ance for interest, varies from $1.57 IN
Charleston, S. c., $1.96 in Knoxville,
Tenn. and $1.9S in Montgomery, Ala,
to $7.22 in Boston, Mass, $3.50 in New.
ton. Mass, $40 in Spokane, Wash,
and 1857 in Pueblo, Colo. A part OF
the great variation is due to incorrect
estimates of the value of school prop,
erty and, in the case of the two cities
last mentioned, to a probable low es.
innate of city population.
, 1907-10-08
BETTER THAN MEDICINE
Breathe Hyomei's Tonic Healing ano
be Cured Of Catarrh.

Nature has a remedy for catarrh, a
treatment that is far better than dos
ing the stomach with medicine.
1t is the healing oils and balsams OF
Hyomei which m%edicates the air you
breathe, reaching the most remote air
cells in the nose, throat and lungs, kill
ing all catarrhal germs, and restoring
health to the mucous membrane.
In using Hyomei you are treating
your catarrhal troubles with the only
natural remedy, for it gives a curative
air bath to tho air passages that has
a powerful healing and anteseptic ell
feet as that found in the mountains
where the pine forests give off their
fragrant and healing balsams.
Breathe the invigorating and healing
Hyomei, and see how quickly you will
get relief from your catarrhal trou
bles. The Eggleston Drug Co. has
seer so many cures, even of the worsr
cases of catarrh, with offensive breath.
risings of mucus, frequent sneczlns
droppings in the throat and spasmodic
coughing, hat they feel warranted in
selling Hyomei under an absolute
guarantee to refund the money If 1t
does not do all that is claimed for it,
They take air the risk.
, 1907-10-08
IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS.

The retirement of Mr.. Elwood Mead
from the place he held in the depart
ment of agriculture as chief of the ir.
rigation Investigations is a distinct loss
to the public service, for no one was
better qualified than he TO carry IN
the work of which he had charge.
These Investigations had nothing TO
do with the reclamation service, which
is under the department of the interior
and has no connection whatever with
the department Of agriculture. The
reclamation service is engaged in cob
structing reservoirs II bitches with
which to reclaim land how arid. So
far as existing bitches are concerned
all its work is above them.
On the other hand the inyestiga
tons conducted by Mr.. Mead were di.
rectly connected with the labor of
farmers, and hence, so far as existing
bitches are concerned, it was below
them. Thus it is seen that the two
branches of service are entirely diff,
ferent, and that congress should mo-
III IhlnlliS pDIioIAla
tons.
The irrigation Investigations as con
Quoted by Mr.. Mead were very vam-
able to all persons engaged in irriga,
ton. Through them much information
concerning methods of irrigation, the
quantity of water needed for particu.
lar crops, n the laws of the different
states governing irrigation, even among
the most practical farmers of this and
other arid states, n to all settlers
in irrigated parts of the country Mi.
Mead's work was a great help. 1t will
be fortunate If Secretary Wilson finds
a successor to carry on the investiga-
tons with the same intelligence and
zeal.-Denver Republican.
, 1907-10-08

the whole people better by contact With
the high officers of the republic. We
are most glad that Secretary Root has
gone to Mexico, because it ooks to US
as though Cuba would nav TO be TAX
EN- in before very long, and Secretary
Root will come nearer than perhaps
any other man in convincing that peo-
pie that We want no more territory,
but only the peace and good will CT
our neighbors. We refer to this be
cause there has been a party In Next
co that, eve since the Mexican war.
has been teaching the people that 1t Is
our intention to absorb Mexico at the
first opportunity, and should 1t be nee
essary to annex Cuba and establish a
military government there. this old
cry would ring through Mexico, and
many Of u countrymen are there n
hundreds of millions OF American mo,
ney is invested there.
Secretary Root Iairly captured South
America, especially Brazil, Argentina
and Chill If congress would only car.
ry out his desire and establish stroLe
and swift lines of ships to those coun
tries, it would be a great thing Tor our
commerce; 1t would draw those lands
much nearer 10 us and they would lean
more and more upon our country Tor
trade and for advice.
Secretary Taft expects to be present
at the opening of the Philippine con'
gress. Many think that will have a
good effect upon that body and thai
country. We hope it VIII, but we hava
not much. faith in the Filipinos; at
least not until a new generation grows
up there. They are of bad stock ma
tutally n their experience under
Spanish rule ought to have perfected
them in devlltry.
From Manila it is expected that the
secretary will sail north, and from
some point Will take a connecting train
with the great Siberian road and cross
the continent TO Europe. 1t will be a
valuable journey to him. If 1t does
not broaden his vision, 1t will acquaint
him with a thousand details that are
not clear to him now. He ought to be
home about the time that congress
meets.-Goodwin's Weekly.
, 1907-10-08
A PRESS


Up to Congress
The president has again touched
upon the land question. His position
Is practically unchanged. He wants
now, as he always has wanted, the
best solution of the question for the
best interests of the country and the
people affected. The man who comes
into the country to actually make his
home Is the man to be favored II any
one is to be favored. The situation Of
the Laramie county rancher is the one
that appeals to the president, the
man who has to pillow and pitch hay
himself" He is regarded rs the home
maker and upbuilder Of the country.
What is to his benent is to the ben
eft of the country.
AS regards leasing of range lands
the president is not welded to any one
plan. He is willing to combine several
plans II necessary. He believes the
present system is wrong n desires
the people themselves TO take the mat
ter up with their representatives in
congress, and make them understand
that there must be a solution, and
that solution shall be the one whicn
will secure the greatest permanent
welfare Of the actual settlers.
Thus the matter is put up to con
gress. Upon the members of that body
rests the responsibility of securing to
the people the things the people want
and are entitled TO. With Theodore
Roosevelt on watch the likelihood is
that they will get what they want
Sheridan Post.
, 1907-10-08
WYoMING'S GLORIOUS SEASON
Autumn leaves are falling,
Falling everywhere;
Falling in the atmosphere,
And also in the air.

Bill Nye.
This paragraph was doubtless penned
by the great humorist after he had i'm
bibed inspiration from some of our
glorious autumn Gays. There is proba
bly, n state or nation that has such
beautiful weather at this season of the
year as wyoming. Since the records
have been kept at the Cheyenne sta.
ton, Wyoming is credited with an av.
erage OF 20 days of october sunshine,
The days are of June sublimity; the
nights OF September serenity. The
general average is cool, crisp, invigo-
rating.
1t is the season when nature takes
on its beautiful hues. The mountains
are decked in yellow and gold and pu..
pie. Those VINO have recently return
ed from he Centennial valley are rap
turous in their descriptions of the
mountain named by Laramie's greatest
poet, Colonel Downey. Away up on its
rugged side a cross appears, done in
the yellow of the aspen and the deep
gold of the vine Inc the mountain
shrubbery. The everlasting green o..
the pine lends grandeur to the picture,
the grey of the sage and the grasses
is typical of the afternoon of lie anu
the Wilderness of the cap that crown,
Old Snowy's summit reminds n Of
the beautiful auoInmenL ,nal .vnes
to the heads of those approaching the
eventide.
The fall is Wyoming's harvest time.
Most of its grain is %garnered in Septem.
Der n fat beeves are ent to market
during the season. Later the iattened
lambs are taken to h block The re,
turns bring happiness, peace n con
tentment to thousands OF homes.
Our winters are e%quable, our springs
abominable, III summers delightful,
our falls glorious.
, 1907-10-08
LEFT GUN ON TRUCK
AND 1T WAS STOLE

]. B. Quest was to take with him to
Upton Wednesday night a rife belong
ing to John Dasch, but succeeded in
getting 1t only a short distance, says
the Newcastle News-Journal. He plac-
ed the gun cross a truck on the depot
platform while he stepped in the wait
ing room a moment to speak with
friends, and in the brief time the gun
disappeared. Marshal Anderson was
notified and succeeded in locating the
gun which had been carefully wrapped
in paper and left at the Weston County
saloon by two foreigners to be called
for the next day. The gun was re-
covered and the parties will be arrest.
ed If they show up again.
, 1907-10-08
Cost Of English Paupers.

y Some startling figures Of compari-
son have been made to show the great
cost of English paupers. The English
poor law foots up an expense of
than 5000, 900 a year, which is as
great as the entire annual expenditure
Of the kingdom Of Holland, almost as
much as that of Australia and New
Zealand combined and equal to the
whole public expenditure Of Denmark,
Greece and Norway.
, 1907-10-08
A GOOD PRACTICE.

Secretary Root is in Mexico, Secre-
tary Taft Is il the orient, the presi
dent is shaking hands with friends IN
the southwest. We believe that it is
good for q president to keep in direct
touch with the people by frequent WIS.,
its among them. We believe the new
scheme of sending cabinet officers to
foreign countries is filed with good.
They represent the republic and peo-
pie. especially of the. south lands and
the orient, all of whom are inclined to
be . little suspicious Of us. can judge
, 1907-10-08
Patriotism.

There is something peculiar in pa
triotism, or real love of country. One
a become so years old and, without
knowing it, have loved his fatherland
during all hat time; that is, II one
has remained at home. The true ma
ture Of spring is not appreciated until
winter is upon us. and the best May
songs are written by the fireside.
Love Of freedom is a prison flower.
and WI do not learn the full value Of
liberty until We are imprisoned
Heinrich Heine.
, 1907-10-08
Some Ones Knockina-

The man who will come into a town
newtohim with the purpose of conduct.
ing a temporary business in that local.
ity and will devote himself especially
to finding fault with the convenlences
and accommodations Of the place
where he is stopping, Dragging about
his town and other towns and welding
very delicately you know, a little ham
mer, is a bano to his native city and
a menace to any community to which
he goes. He should be treated with
politeness by gentlemen but with the
GOODNESS of an enemy.-Snake River
Sentinel.
, 1907-10-08
The RIGHT Fashion

In his Keokuk speech, President
ly for such changes in the land laws as
will the home-maker. He
recognized and acknowledged that con
ditions in the west were different from
those in the east and his speech seems
to us a herald of the first step toward
removal of a domination which has
been as hateful and as injurious as was
England's rule of the thirteen colo
MES. We mean the rule of the west
by the east. Always mat east has ar
rogantly demanded the president. By
sheer force of numbers it has contrci.
led congress. The result WIS a dom
|~ination that has worked rntold injury
to the western statcs ard mas long de-
layed their development. The cas-
took what it wanted. We have taken
what they left-mostly nothing.
Roosevelt with his more intimate
knowledge of western needs and con-
ditions has instituted a change. His
innate love of fair play ~revolted at the
spectacle of this great, virile res.
under tribute, eve and always, to the
money bags of Wall street, and has
~inaugurated an era OF better things.
Let us have more of 1t. Let us look
for a man after this fashion to succeed
Teddy. No matter what his politics,
if he be a lover of justice, let us have
him. The Herald would support a
western man, no matter who, that
calls it home west of the Father of
Waters.-Encampment Herald.
, 1907-10-08
Moral Rectitude at Golf.

One feels i%nstinctively that the op.
ponent who has both the honesty and
the grace to confess his little golfing
peccadillo when it could have been so
easily hidden has shown not only that
the metal out of which he has been
forged rings true and sound in point
of individual character but that the
game itself has acquired a sweeter
and nobler dignity.-London Field.
, 1907-10-08
PERSONAL NOTES.

1t may De consoling to %retreating
explorers to know that the north pole
is doing business at the old stand.
The defeat of the charter in Chicago
goes to show that Mayor Busse did not
apply the bedslat to the right spot.
Thomas w. Lawson prophecies as
loudly as ever, but his voice is drown
ed by the yells of his victims of the
copper road roller.
The real test of Oklahoma's con,
stitution will come when that much
discussed document goes against the
festive boot logger.
1t is up to a Chicago court to say
by injunction whether a man must
suffer in silence while a wife tells him
what's what.
Walter Wellman speaks confidently
of another attempt to reach the pole,
but the man who is putting up the
cash isn't saying a word.
Any city man who wants to kick
about the weather will get what is
coming to him by registering the kick
at the home Of a live farmer.
This Is not a profitable time for
corporations to go into court. A Can
adian coal company just lost out in a
SIS, 900, 600 suit for breach Of contract.
President Pierce ono made a short
voyage on the Mississippi, but with
this exception it is said that President
Roosevelt's trip will be the first ever
taken by a president.
The New York walters who have
established an $4,000 clubhouse will
probably make the attendants fly
around as lively as did Sam Weller's
entertainers at the Bath "swarry."
Masculine sympathy In large chunks
will go out to the Chicago woman who
complained to the police hat she is
pestered by her husbands ghost. The
peculiar meanness of the ghost is
shown in the way he SHES bricks at
men who call on the widow.
Hank Rogers physical breakdown
is pretty tough in itself, but when you
add to it the tumble in copper and
the financial infirmities of the Tide
water railroad, the silent genius OF
the oil combine may be pardoned for
giving a few thinks to the question,
rs life worth living?"
Mrs. Richard B. Chew, who original
ed the Teddy Bear to sell at one of the
Daughters Of the Revolution fairs sew
eral years ago, Is an original and ac-
complished woman She is a graduate
in law, and also a great worker in the
charity circles of Washington, her
home. Her mother is the nearest
living relative Of the late Baron
Springer.
William H. Berry, state treasurer
of Pennsylvania, speaking of the fraud
conspiracy in connection with the state
capitol, says that he is confident that
at least three of the fourteen men in
dicted for robbing the state-Huston.
Sanderson and Shumaker-will be con-
victed. He says that the evidence
against all Of those indicted is strong.
but 1t may not satisfy the jury in the
case of the other eleven.
Rev. W. A.. Quayle, of the Rock
River, Ill, conference, who Is known In
his conference as "the epigram preach
err" on account Of his peculiar style Of
sermon, is being strongly urged as a
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
1t is reported that Archbishop VII.
liam H. O'Connell, who succeeds the
late Archbishop John J. Williams, Ut
Boston. will shortly go to Rome to ses
the pope, and it is thought he will be
named as cardinal at one Of the ap-
preaching co~nsistories.
A complete line of legal blanka Il
, 1907-10-08
Will Nurse Animals,

Women are going right ahead and
%inventing occupations for themselves,
n Of the newest being that Of puppy
dog nurse. In Pimlico, England, a
training school has been established
nurses will be trained to take
care Of pet dogs and cats. The course
requires six months Of hard study, and
1t ought to be an interesting one
, 1907-10-08
Prosperous Vienna eeaaar,.

1t has been proved that no fewer
than $4,000 beggars are at present
making a better living in Vienna than
ordinary workmen. One notorious
family of professional beggars recent.
ly gave a grand ball and . concert at
q local hotel.
, 1907-10-08

Recently a gentleman from Saratoga
remarked that little or no attention
was given to the state anti-gamblins
law in that town. Everything Is wide
open, he said, and there appears to be
altogether a greater number of saloons
than would seem necessary for the pop,
ulation. What is the matter? Too
much thirst, o much altitude or too
much cussedness?
, 1907-10-08
Silver Dollars in New York.

Circulation Of silver dollars is in.
creasing in New York city. By calcu.
lation it is estimated that where the
ordinary citizen received n in a
month a year ago. he 10Y receives
three. Restaurants and small shops
particularly have an increased number
of them.
, 1907-10-08
For Chronic Drarrhoea.

while in the army in 1853 l was TAX.
en- with chronic diarrhoea," says
George NJ. Felton, of South Gibson, Pa.
81 have since tried many remedies but
without any permanent relief until Mr..
A. w. Miles of this place persuaded
me to try Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottle OF
which stopped 1t at once" For sale
by all druggists.
, 1907-10-08

night. No n has been able to explain
the floral phenomenon of the Peruvian
desert and some of the blossoms which
were fortunately preserved are unlike
any flowers that have ever been seen
elsewhere. They were evidently pre-
historic.
, 1907-10-08

A recent report from the bureau OF
the census shows that the people OF the
cities OF the United States having a
population of more than 10000 each,
support one saloon or club for every
315 people. That's Iiltng them In
rather thick.
, 1907-10-08

Rawlins banks have been using the
states money without paying any in.
terest thereon. This Is not in accord
with the spirit of the state depository
law. The Republican of that city adj
vises its readers that the banks are
willing to do the right thing n that
the people will get a reasonable rate
on their funds.
, 1907-10-08

The sidewalk season will soon be at
an end. 1t is not safe to put in side
walks after heavy frosts are of nightly
occurrence. At least, not cemeut
walks.
, 1907-10-08
Flowers eIoomed in Night.

Down on the coast Of Peru it has
never rained but once or twice since
the beginning of the world. or at least
since that part of the earth's surface
has been inhabited by human beings.
The prevailing winds are from the
westward and when they come off the
ocean the ~parched air of the desert
instantly absorbs all the moisture they
carry and the clouds dissolve without
precipitation. But in 1897 a wonderful
phenomenon appeared. The first rain
fall that had ever been known there
was followed by the appearance on that
desert of myriads of strange flowers
which sprang up in almost a single
, 1907-10-08

A complete line of legal blanks n
The Republican once.
, 1907-10-08

Old papers, Is cents a hundred. a,
The Republican ONCE.