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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Harold Lamming Seriously Hurt.

Harold Lamming, son-in. aw
Of ". c. Hunter, was seriously
injured in thu r. N. wreck at
Trenton on New Years dav. He
was tossed about the mail car
like a foot ball and was terribly
bruised. His head struck some
hard object and the scalp was
torn badly.
Mr.. Lamming was removed to
his home at Grand Forks where
the doctors have recommended
absolute quiet. He is a mail
clerk on that train. One of the
other mail clerks was badly in
iured.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
H. E. Smith WEEDS.

H. E. Smith, a prominent
young farmer residing seven
miles north OF Minot, was united
in marriage on Christmas day,
to Miss Matilda Aasen, a popular
young woman of that neighbour
hood. The ceremony was per-
formed at the Lutheren parson-
age in this city by the Rev. Mr..
Nelson. The young couple are
occupying Mr.. Smiths fine farm
home. The Independent wishes
this worthy couple an abun-
dance of happiness.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
BUYS Grand hotel.

George Wiegand, who for
some years conducted a hotel at
Tasker, has purchased the Grand
hotel at the corner Of Main and
Second streets and is putting the
place in first-class order. The
thirty rooms are being papered
and refurnished and are now in
excellent condition. Mr.. VIE
gand is a natural born hotel man
and is doing everything possible
to satisfy his patrons. 10 about
a month he will begin serving
meals.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Hogs Pay.

A. Walton, a Glenburn farmer,
brot in nine May pigs which he
sold to the butchers for six cents
a pound live weight. They brot
him $85. Mr.. Walton ran the
hogs on grass all summer and
fed them speltz a short time. BE
has IS hogs left and has a num-
Der of good brood sows for sale.
Mr.. Walton declares that there
is a lot of money to be made III
raising hogs in North Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
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As Seen By Newspaper Man Moot will eontio In to gro

Is Seen By newspaper Man p o9i G dr Son' e eD gs
nearly enough aud eight and
perhaps many will be erected during the 1907 The Mi
ought all their minds that this will be
Heretofore Mnot has had everything coming her
wav business Now
rivals Wston the west and Devils Lake the
will into wholesale trade to certain extent Both
alter railroad facilities but will not get them.
The Great Northern and the 500 will spend good many
Thousand dollars in Anot this The Great Northern will
build the line tapping Anet branch and it will strike Mnot
close her limits This will be the main line from this
city to the Nv IN only local trains passing over the Great
Northern the Old line The 500 will modern
freight depot Who tell but what viii land the
shops Ia Northern will place them here please
pendent 3 the shops vi" be absolutely necessary SO much for
the railroads.
OF dollars 7R before Those houses are preparing to extend
their territory and will place number OF extra travelling
the road Oa Of the houses viii have immense building
red BY spring Another occupies big STRUCTURE three
stOres and BASEMENT and could great deaf
Two hundred travelling make Mno their headquarters and
opportunity slip by without saying good for
cy Two three hundred houses built last year, and
there large number Of good ones too, but
viii be constructed the present MinOt ought
onr city vi" have population eight thousand or more by Jan
1908 The prospects good for street line and
plant this year dozen additions to the city OF inot have
been plated during the last three months and thousands OF lots
will be sold in the spring Real estate looking ahead to
record breaking business Farm lands increased five dollars
last and the value still much low
I. would be surprising land advanced fully much the pres
year The formers have had good for We
have good crops, would
forty fifty dollars acre More
Will raad 1906 than before for it generally known
that good corn be raised This hogs and cows
and prosperity in general
And might go for hour after concerning
line of business in the When rospers the
The Independent viii keep pace with growing Minot
future it. has always done ia the past During
Independent viii make decided improvements which at
this do make public We will push the cca
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Grand Jury.

The grand jury met Monday
and got down to work "'it,'n a
short time. The case Il ." Saw
ger bank robbers WIZ one Ct the
first h.ot before I'll: lr'gH . :"
gue- without eai ilG .h'
nv. prisoners Were tlaHtE0
just what Other n4J3@
iur1 w,ll take up, is a -.
Speculation. The wc:s = :.llt
in ~.rret aud no one seems -
kona just what is goiog q. jEoI'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
PROSPECTS FOR 1907.
As a Farmer Sees. Them

Farmer Sees Them farmer was interviewed
his condition and the for the coming year The
of toll whom the entire OF grand
ton depends said THE prospects bright and
thank God every life for directing to such glorious
country as North Dakota. | here years.
will be in the spring and am considered independents started
with hardly dollar could call trusted by
the Mnot merchants and that there arer set
OF men to deal with in the world
one time over three thousand dollars machinery
horses provisions and clothing always tried to keep word
and paid when could have wiped that debt out, have built
have eight horses paid have fair house. and last
year bought adjoining quarter Of land have nice grove
ten twelve high good water the place. and children
educational keep few and
hogs and raised field Of timothy also raise
of small fruits couldn't ask better
OF this than know what
do WITH but mind 1t will handy in the spring.
The unlimited OF moisture, and our
s) all the moisture gets Yes sir 1907 good
/ larger than and farm IN a
more thoro systematic manner,
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As a Merchant Sees Them

c Mornhon+ enoe Thnnn 'y business twenty-five per
As H5G'ai Sess 'He' greater 1906 than it
during clothing merchant stated
Independent representative land what trying to de-
termne present how will be able to show nice
during present Mot everybody will have to
acknowledge the best in the northwest and while city
depend entirely the trade the farmer, that trade
undoubtedly the important OF OF
railroad aud Of money into Mi
month that Then lObblng center
and this contributes largely to our business.
The has had good deal to contend WITH and natu
ally spent money freely usual Last spring,
appeared that there could be better the
ured that harvest Thousand dollars worth OF
he would buy horses machinery fences and lumber genel
the thousand dollars Perhaps he harvested
only thousand dollars worth OF crop in the fall That was tar
had the kept his boat the shore he would
able his way thru nicely As it all of
applied his debts and he is far from being out Of debt
present There exceptions but
believe this is quite general.
the unable to haul Of his
when he did sell
he forced take three cents below the regular
certain OF getting sufficient
believe however that ninety cent OF the that VIII
be marketed seeding, has been hauled
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10

When the cold winds dr. and asa%as
tire SKIN box of salve caa save much
discomfort. In buying saive look tor
the name on the box to avoid any mi
tations, and be sure you get this origj-
raj DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sslve. Sod
by F. V. Mccoy. Druggist
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

regnum. or, more properly. armistice. OF slack
water takes place and the swirl and crash cease.
All IS STILL save for the cracking Of congelation
the half frozen sea strives to become solid.
Then comes the call OF the ebb. There Is
gentle movement seaward and the partial con-
gelation ceases, the disunlted masses begin to
circulate round one another. Gradually the
movement grows more definite. its direction
moro settled until the whole mass Of half frozen
water is rushing resistlessly on its way to the
ocean again, leaving behind It the barren, forbid
ding bed OF the great bay TO its misery Of oneli-
ness and utter desolation.
And now we come TO one OF the most eXtraor-
binary cases the world can afford OF the way
IN which tidal wave neutralize another.
one that causes the observer to stand and Won
der at the amazing developments OF the forces
OF nature. In South Western America, wide
open TO tho southeast. lies the great estuary
OF La Plata River. It Is a hundred and
fifty miles wide and. compared with It, the
opening of the Bay OF Fundy is but a creek.
They both face the same way-nothing OBJ
structs the full ingress OF the Atlantic tidal
wave. Yet, whereas. have seen IN the
Bay OF Bundy the tide rise to the amazing
height Of sixty feet, in the estuary OF La
Plata there is practically tide at all The
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

bare and waterless. sandy. rocky desert with
out apparently any means Of communication 80
rugged is the country, and also without as FAR
as can be seen. being OF the slightest service TO
man Presently, with deep hollow roar as or
an approaching earthquake the advancing tidal
wave comes rushing up the narrow estuary
In It's mad career II seems a as .t would tear up
the solid foundations OF the earth. And phils
spellbouno. the onlooker gazes upon thi. thrush
OF the ocean. rayines become bays ugly banks
are hidden, towering rocks are submerged. and
what was a cesoiate impossible region OF most
forbidding aspect has become a noble eruan.e
OF naVigable water whereon may float the largest
ships IN the world. And this transformation has
taken place hortly after midday. from breakfast
time
Viewed commercially. what en- srnazing waste
az power is herel The mind almost reels in con-
temptation Of the potentialities Offering them
selves in this unthinkable mass Of water raised
70 such height twice a day by the calm suasion
OF the moon Some day men viii ind IL COM
paratively easy 90 set this lifted mass OF water
10 work On its way back. and the power that
those pioneers VIII command win make Niagara
but a child's toy IN comparison.
But the grand spectacular time tn which to
view the evasion OF the tide here IS In winter
Navigation. at the best Of times very arduous
and dificult in those waters. then becomes i'm
boSSlDAS' oF' DeiAs entirely outside the beneh-
cent range or the Gulf Stream. this part OF
America is, though fOur hundred miles south OF
The latitude OF London, so cold that the sea It.
SELF freezes And were IL not for the tremendous
changes In tide level nothing can well be more
certain than that It would freeze as soiidly as
DO the Arctic seas But the waters do not get
sufficient repose for that. Twice daily that
mighty influx Of water takes place. hurting before
II the foes and miniature icebergs produced by
the Intense cold-hurling them against the land
Win thunderOus impact, grinding them against
hne rocks and each other until the whole agitated
sea Is puree OF ice fragments The inter-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

up to their side of the bargain These persons
in return for rent paid have the satisfaction of
knowing that the bank will take the same
amount Of trouble I'm safeguarding. their $40
account that 1t bestows on a $4,000 book The
renting deposltor can pay his bills by check
nave his small notes or accounts collected and
get his book balanced whenever he feels like ~
He can feel, moreover that he is under no
obligation 10 the bank. because he is paying the
proper price for what he gets
On the face or It. however 1t seems financially
strange that any one with over S75 should ba
willing TO pay S12 year 20 keep IL I'm a banIr
possible explanation OF this was given nv r
a. Purdy, manager of the Times S0uara bra pch
or the Mechanics and Traders Bank which has
few OF these renting accounts
"A check account" said Mr.. Purdy "is a great
convenience even to the man who has a mod
crate salary. He can pay his rent the bills OF
MS grocer butcher and cendlestick maker bv
mailing them a check. which is in itself re-
ceipt. Moreover, he can nav other hills ar5
order things by mail, instead OF being corn
PEELED 10 call in person or go 10 a postoftica and
get money order for b fee. Probably MANY
men also ind that IL they carry money around
with them IL goes heaven knows where ~
they have 10 stop and draw q check thev ara
likely 10 think twice before they make a pur
chase. Probably some men established thssA
little accounts for their wives in order 20 teach
tneTn household accounting. To all OF these
men bank account is worth SD wear I'm the
trouble 1t saves them. Yes, there NAV he soroe
men VINO are vain about having q bank ac-
count, and for the satisfaction OF pavinp nv
check are willing to spend a dollar a month
BUT. in general, | think il is the utility ~
bank account which leads people TO nav what
you might call rent Tor little Epacs In bank,s
biz busire.a.n -------- - = S-A
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Why They Do Not Over
whelm All of Mans
Puny Ships.

ss t'Ss a S. 0y yyrs 1so @ ,SS Sa pen q tsa .
SEA Wits. Fsank J. sullsA-
In sorae parts OF the world where obstruction
after obstruction IS offered 60 the incoming ude
&c RACES and toans its way into the incentations
OF the land. and its coming and going are marked
fry much the same sound and fury as character
sze a mountain torrent. only. OF course, upon a
vastly rrander scale OF such places one OF the
chief Is Ire Bay OF Fundy. IN British North
America The entrance OF this gulf is exceed
fnEly narrog, being almost blocked by the
Grand hfansn Islands. yet the opening seaward
ia very wide. Into this great bay the tidal wave
rolls 1ae5estically until # meets with the OBJ
structing islands and then IL RACES and tears its
way between them and the prOmontory OF Nova
Scotia at enormously accelerated rate. Hav-
Ing poured through the narrow channel between
the Grand Manan and Bryer islands it rushes
on until ft ends another inlet inviting IL. the
Basin os Minas
Into this IL turns az a rapid pace. II remem-
berinE how much it has to do IN the short time
allotted 20 f. when suddenly it meets with the
very narrow strait between Cape Blomidon and
Cape Sharp. Now its fury knows no bounds
The fncalculable mass OF water piles itself up
between those two bluffs IN its mad hurry 10 get
forward until the sight may be seen of dry land
only few hundred yards ahead OF a volume Of
water deep enough 20 float a line OF battieships.
This great wave rlshes up the estuary, filling all
the creeks and bays. until it reaches the head OF
CobeQuid Bay. Horton Bluff and Windsor. 10
seems almost incredible. but it is a fact, that at
Horton Bluff the tide rises sixty feet above low
Tater mark
What that means in the way OF alteration OF
the physical aspect OF the country during the
time OF high water almost passes the bounds OF
description, does the volume OF water required
TO effect that transformation In so short a ae
transcend all ordinary calculation. spao e
many hundreds OF square miles at g. m 3
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

vate safes or stockings used savings bank
for whatever they did not need Immediately.
Then came the establishment of branch banks
in uptown business or residential regions These
at first were anxious 10 gain customers, and
small accounts. averaging at low S10O, were
welcomed. The housekeeper was asked to keep
her small monthly allowance in the bank and
10 pay her bills by check. To the small salaried
man the same privileges were extended and the
business OF the little shops was much sought.
These small customers advertised the branch
bank, and brought IL other and more impOr-
tant business. Gradually the branch banks, too,
began TO gain large depositOrs, and to grow
conservative about accepting small accounts. Il
was found that the largest income which the
bank could hope to derive from 500 account
about 50 59-hardly paid for the cost OF the
positor. and for rent light, bookkeeping and
other expenses necessary 70 keeping such a
balance or the pooas. number OK successful
branch banks thereppon raised their minimum
10 an account averasing 5000. which gives the
bank a small profit.
The banks. however had a great deal OF diff
Guilty refusing TO take the accounts OF many
people who wished TO keep accounts running,
even less than 500. and who would regard an
average account OF 500 undreamed OF af-
nuence. To avoid hurting the feelings OF these
people, some OF the banks offered TO rent bank
accounts 20 such depositors. They offered 10 LEI
the customer use their bank facilities for what
ever amount he cared 10 intrust. for the sum
of 81 8 month, SD a year This IL was
thought. would be a polite way OF getting rid
OF Sf5 accounts. Then, TO the surprise of the
banks many people took up the offer. and now
pay sl2 year for the privilege OF keeping an
account which runs from $50 to 500 in the
bank On the other hand tho banks are living
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
A POSER FOR 4

nature act for the comfort and convenience OF
mankind. But the terrible manifestation OF
the rollers" has been observed and recorded
In it's most awful aspect during an esrthouaks
or a volcanic eruption occurring near the shore
Then, as II 70 form the elimination OF the ter
ror on land and In the afr. the sea first appears
20 recede, 20 rush seaward until the secrets OF
the depths are revealed. and scenes never be-
fore exposed TO the light OF day become visible
Great ships are left stranded where a little
while before they hoated IN several fathoms
OF water. Then suddenly the waters return IN
an immense wave. looking II II would shut
out the sky. shall not give any OF the esti-
mated heights OF these waves, confning myself
TO saying that in the nature OF things they
must be much higher than those raised by the
wind in the most terrific gale and their speed
must also be much greater. For the conditions
are quite different. II has been before noted
that the drive or drag OF the wind along a
water surface produces, accelerates retards
currents. but It never excites the surface TO
any great rate OF speed. while the furious waves
have very short range, doing hardly more.
indeed, than rise and fall.
In the shoreward rush OF the earthquake
wave or volcano wave we have a sudden move
ment OF the whole body OF water OF ncalculabe
force and tremendous velocity because in the
first case, there has been upheavaI OF the
seabed at It's margin and the waters have had
perforce 10 roll backward. seaward, and pile
themselves up in heap It were. But when
the seabed subsidies again, OF course that
mighty mass OF water seeks its former level
with all the vehemence that might be expected
or II, rushing over the land 10 height far be-
yOnd high water mark, and completing the de-
structon begun by the earthquake. Practically
the same effect is caused by the volcanic rend-
ing open Of the earth's crust beneath the sea 4;
indeed, the effects more dire. For
now in addition 10 the displacement OF a vast
body OF water owing to its having rushed down
into the chasm just opened that water has
fallen into an incandescent abyss of enormous
area. and most OF II has been simultaneously
converted into steam, thus nberating forces
which threaten to rive the globe asunder II
is, indeed. highly probable that many earth
Quakes are caused in this way, apart altogether
from the dreadful damage done by the mighty
mass Of displaced water rushing back upon the
land, and overwhelming it. as does the break
ing loose OF damned up reservoir drown the
whole valley beneath.-Frank J. Bulen, in The
Cornhill Magazine.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
Many People Take Pride in
Having One. How
ever Small,

Renting bank account is one OF the latest
developments in banking circles 70 meet new
demand on the part of this city's varied popu-
lstion- BY this Is not meant merely the rental
OF a little room IN a safety deposit vault where
the tenants cash. 5ewels or other valuables can
rest securely It means that the banks actually
rent 20 some OF their customers the right 20 de-
posit money with the receiving teller and to
cash checks az the paying teIiers wicket Rental
OF a bank account also carries with Il the right
on the tenants part 20 bank book and check
book and TO a pace on tho banks great iedgerr
snd debit books. The rented account also gives
the freedom OF the financial instifution's marble
halls. But IL does not cntitle the renting de-
positor 90 use the banks money. AS in other
eases OF renting, the tenant must do his own
furnishing.
The business % renting bank accounts is a
natural outgroWth OF the growing popularity OF
the bank account among people of moderate
means. Years ago II was distinction TO be
known az a man who had bank account In
fhose days bank accounts were confined 20 bust
ness houses with important incomes. or 10 the
wealthy man who could deposit consider able
EnoHAX Other people kept their funds n pyt-
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
STUPENDOUS POWER OF TIDES.

fore undoubtedly due 10 some cosmic cause.
such as submarine earthquake or eruption OF
q deep sea volcano. Yet IN certain lonely out
of-the-way isles Of the sea, such as Ascension.
St. Helena and Tristan d'Acunha. there occurs
at irregular intervals a sudden shoreward rush
Of the ocean. stupendous rolling hills OF water
which threaten TO engulf the land. No one who
has ever witnessed the occurrence OF the roll
ers,' as they are somewhat feebly termed. can
have any idea Of their terror striking aspect.
They occur when the is fairly smooth, just
furrowed by the usual winds, and there is ap-
parently no reason to expect anything out Of
the common order of things.
Then suddenly. without any warning, will ap-
pear in the ofing a huge reaching from
one side OF the horizon circle to the other. trav-
elling shoreward at a tremendous rate Of speed.
Vessels at anchor lie right in it's fateful path,
and no seamanship may avail to enable them
to avoid its awful impact The few minutes
intervening between its first appearance and
the shock of its arrival seem like hours but
they pass, it strikes, and the bay is filed with
the debris of ships. the shore is a welter of
boiling foam, and the people. gazing spellbound
with terror. breathe again as knowing the
worst. Contrary TO the usual rule Of waves. the
first Of these rollers is generally the most Sc
we're It is followed by three four others,
much diminished, but the damage is done by
the pioneer. Then the sea resumes its normal
aspect and the observers are left wondering
why this great visitation has come. and what
is the cause OF IT, while seamen call it a tidal
wave.
Well. since nothing is known of the origin
OF these manifestations. perhaps one name is as
good as another. only. If the tidal wave which
rolls around the world twice in every twenty
four hours were always to manifest itself in
such fashion 1t is safe to say that very little
shipping business would be carried on No.
the work. the benefcent work done by the
moon. and IN lesser degree by the sum- in rails
ing the waters OF the ocean, is managed IN
much gentler fashion than that. Except under
abnormal conditions such as have already been
outlined, the tide rises and falls Just that.
The words express exactly the gentle and un-
obtruslve way in which these great forces Of
New-York tribune., 1907-01-27

efect that this marvellous tidal abnornality
has upon the trade OF the country is fully ap-
parent by glance at the statistics OF shipping
at Buenos Ayres. but the causes OF it less
easy 20 seek. According 70 the most competent
observers. this calling OF halt, as &c were, In
the great tidal movement ia the resultant Of
several opposing forces. but the chief of them
Is the meeting OF two oceanic tidal streams
which neutralize ono another.
But leaving for while the actual facts of
tidal incidence and its effect upon commerce,
and ascending 10 speculation. It is always a
matter tor great wonder 70 seasnen why they
do not continually meet IN the open ocean with
the tidal waves raised by the moon IN her reg
ulRr revolution around the world. II is natural