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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-28
EORECLOSrRE SALE

Notice is hereby given that that GER
tain mortgage executed and delivered
by Andrew Mullin (unmarried) mortga-
gor. to Nathan M. Barnes. murtgagee,
dated the 18th day of August, 1905, and
filed for record in the Office of the regist-
or of deeds of the county of Ward in the
state of North Dakota on the 22nd day
of August, 1905. and recorded in book 8
of mortgages at page BIT will be fore
closed by sale of the premises In such
mortgage and hereinafter described at
the front door of the court house in the
county Of Ward and state of North Da-
kota, ut the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. on
the 18th of April A. D. 1907, to satisfy
the amount due upon such mortgage.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are described as follows: The
south one-half OF the northwest one
quarter (s1s of nw}4 and lots three and
four q and A. in section one % il town
ship one hundred and sixty ESQ., and
range eighty-tiye t25l in Ward county,
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage
at the date Of sale the sum al S5lSQ. OF
which Sl6.2I is past due and 1858 OF
which is due By virtue of an election by
mortgegee in said mortgage contained
to declare ali sums due in case of de-
fault in payment in any sum due which
election mortgage has and hereby ex
ercises and said mortgage containing a
power of sale and that the undersigned,
Joseph Deooyer, possesses a statutory
power OF attorney duly recorded in reg
lister of deeds Office aforesaid.
Dated at Minot, N. D., Feb. 18th \. D.
1907.
Nathan M. Barnes.
Mortgagee.
Joseph Deuoyer.
Attorney for Mortgages,
Minot, n. D. S-74-L
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of The Interior Land Once a
Yah

Department Of The Interior Land Ufice at
Minot. N. D Feb. 10. 1907.
Notice is hereby given that Charles W. Crow
son OF Minot, N. D.. has filed notice OF his in
tenton to make final fve-year proof IN support
made March %. 1901, for the seA Section 80.
Township 1871 NJ. Range 50 w., and that said
proof will be made before the Register and Re-
ceiver at Minot, N. D.. April LIST, 1907
He names the following witnesses to prove
his COZ tinuous residence upon. and cultivation
Of, the land viz: Joseph Hunt. John W. Ward.
Henry NJ. Scott Amel Schwartz OF MinOt.
I'd.
2-2l-3-2S L. u. McGahan. Register.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-28
ALIAS CONTEST NOTICE
Department of tho Interior, United State
Land Office, Ainot, North Dakota, Feb. Is

Department. of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Ainot North DaEota. FEB 10,
1907.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
fled in this office by Thoriorn 0. Fostvedt,
contestant, against homestead entry NO u Ioi :,
made December 10, 1854. for the ny net se%
neia Sec. 81 and VIZ nwL Section ~, Town
ship l53 n Of Range IS w, by Robert ). bylor.
contestoe, in which it is alleged that SAID entry:
man has wholly abandoned said tract and
changed his residence thsrefrom for more than
six months since n, ahng said entry snd nsxt
prior 20 the ante hersof; that he has nsVer es-
ia hshed resider cs tt ereon. that saic sractJe-
mains in its patiro ststs wholly absn6 oned
sni unir proved and that said alleged absence
from the said land ives not due TO his era ploy-
mont In tbs army, nGvy or marine corps OF the
Cnited States rs private soIdler, otaeer, sea
- an or marine, during tho wsr wlth Spain, or
during any other war IN which the united
Str los may be snssgcd. and the said parties
ere hereby uO6iheG TO appear, respond and or
fer evidence tcucniBF said allegation at ten
n'rI acs a m On pril s. 1907 before the rcgIsJ-
81 @gi receiver at the United States land otflce
III tFuob, North Dakota,
Inc said coptestnnt having, in proper attl-
&zvit fled herein on tho 18th Gay OF February,
1901 set forth tests which show shat after due
dill ence personal service OF the contest notice
herein can not be made. 1t is hereby ordered
and directed that such service be made by due
and proper publication.
II J. Barrett, Atty. 3-l4-l-lS
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF the Inferior. Land onice a

bcPhltuISup " lilts iubeTlCr, LdJu oLilCc dt
Minot. n D.. Feb l6. 1907. e
Nohce IS HEREBY gwen that Harry n Lewis
of Minot. N, D., has died notice OF his intention
10 make final tive-Sear proof in support of his
claim viz: Homestead Entry No. $685. made
July 26, 1900. for the nw14 Section a. Township
l5e ~. Range 81 W. and that said pr LOT vii! be
made before the Register and Receiver at
Mnot, n. d.. on April 0. 1907.
lie names she tallo wing witnesses to provo
his continuous residence upon. ana cultivation
OF, the land. VIZ: andrew j. Anderson. Earl
Minot, N. D.
2-gi-,}-2S L, d. McGai.an, Register.
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the first mule to die in the coun-
ty.
Reports say that an effort will
be made to run an excursion on
the new line west Of the town OF
Flaxton.
Berthold is soon to have anew
local telephone exchange.
The Plaza Pioneer says that
C. w. Nelson of the Osborn Nc
Millen Elevator company at
chat town on Thursday OF last
week looking after the interests
of the company and that a car
of rock has arrived for the foun.
.dation of a new elevator and
work will soon begin. There are
three $4,000 bushel elevators to
be erected in that town in the
near future.
The Great Northern have paid
$51,427.O9 to the treasury OF
Ward county, the mountdueas
taxes for the proceeding year.
"'Little Mack" in his Stanley
Sun says that q young lady in a
neighboring town, presumably
Palermo) went into a dry good
store the other day and blush
ingly asked the head clerk if he
had 1'any of those elastic bands,
capable Of being elongated and
adjusted at pleasure, and used
by feminine portion OF mankind
Tor putting around the lower ex-
tremities of their locomotive
members to keep in the pepper
position and the required alti-
tude habilaments of their IT,
bias" The clerk is now on a
sheep ranch.
A gas plant in the hotel at
Plaza blew up last week and left
the building and furniture in a
.dilapidated condition, besides
making the occupants Skidoo.
The people Of the Congrega-
tional church of Berthold are
highly pleased with the new 800
pound bell for that institution
which recently arrived.
The new Catholic church at
Berthold is nearly completed and
will be occupied about April the
list.
Ross Whitaker, one of Upham's
younger generation, had mar
row escape. He was knocked
from the top Of a box car while
the train was being made up and
fell between the cars, but luck
lily he fell in the center of the
track and lay flat until the cars
had all passed over him.
The business men at Ross are
making a special effort to have
trains 8 and 4 stop at that town
and the G. N. may grant the re-
quest later On.
Editor Smith Of the Plaza Pho
neer says that the town wants at
beast fifty good all round carpen-
ters to supply the present de-
mand.
The farmers between Carpio
and Mohall will establish an in
dependent telephone system this
spring.
Portal had a wrestling match
which the boys did not appreci-
ate, one of the participants hav-
ing failed to show up.
A Mrs. Rouse at Portal wrote
home to New York and told her
relatives that the people were
freezing to death by the dozen in
Ward county, when as a matter
of fact only three lives have been
lost in the countyfduring the win
ter, and these deaths were due
largely to neglectfulness on the
parties whom death overlook.
A transient horseman at Ken
mare slipped and broke his leg
one day last week. His name is
Luros and he is convalescing.
Birch Reed May Be Alderman.
The voters Of the Fourth ward
held caucus at the home of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-28

I'm District Court,
IS Eighth Judicial
District
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-28

JoSepn IJeuoyer.
Attorney for Mortgages,
Minot, n. D. 3-74-L
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-03-28
County News

The school fund of Ward coun.
ty was swelled to the extent Of
$566U. ga from the tuition fund
of the state recently.
Il. T. Horton of Tagus has
purchased the State bank of that
place from Due & Christianson,
who will look for a new location
further west.
A span Of mules were killed by
q train at Berthold. probably
the first accident OF the kind and
the first mule to die in the coun-
ty.
Reports say that an effort will
be made to run an excursion on
the new line west Of the town OF
FlaxtOn.
Berthold is soon to have anew
local telephone exchange.
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CONTEST NOTICE

N. j. Barrett. Atty
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22

continue his experiments. The mer-
chant to deal in fertilizers after the
war was the late Col. w. H. McCorkle.
He commenced selling what was
known as Pacific guano, along about
1870. Mr.. James Mason went into the
business at about the same time and
the late Capt. T. s. Jefferys and 9TH
ers took 1t up. The goods they sold
were worth $50 a ton.
THE late D. T. Leslie Of Coates's
Tavern, was one Of the first farmers
to experiment with commercial fertil-
izers. He and the late John r. Patten.
of the. same neighborhood, bought a
ton and a half OF Peruvian guano at
s72 a ton. BY way of testing its vir-
tue they put 1t on each alternate row
Of their cotton, at the rate Of about
100 pounds to the acre. Some Of the
neighbors thought they were very fool
ish, many Of them endorsing the SEN
timent Of one good old farmer who de-
clared that he was not going to dig
money out of the ground and put 1t
back In again. But when, after the
picking and completion Of calculations
the next fall, 1t was found that the
fertilized rows in Mr. Lesslie's acre
had yielded $50 pounds Of seed cotton
against 600 pounds of seed cotton from
the unfertilized rows, people generally
began to use the new fertilizer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
FIRST COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS

Because of certain reminiscent
interest involved in the proposition, the
reporter undertook a few days ago to
get some information as to the earliest
use of commercial fertilizers in this
section.
Mr.. w. H. Herndon Of Yorkville
who has been in touch with agricul-
tural development through a period of
more than fifty years, has the best
acquaintance with the subject than
has any one else to whom the reporter
talked.
The first commercial fertilizer
brought to the Yorkville market with
in my knowledge" said Mr.. Herndon,
was brought by the late John H.
Adams. in 1859. l remember hearing
Mr. Adams talk of the experiment. 1t
was Peruvian guano, and cost Mr..
Adams $125 a ton; but whether he
used it on cotton, corn, or garden veg
etables, l do not remember having
heard him say. The war coming on
soon afterward, Mr.. Adams did not
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
ABOUT Fifteen CENTS COTTON.
Correspondent Argues That Producers
Can Hold II They Want To.
Editor Yorkyille Enouirer

OThNllle
1 been hearin' 'em talkin' some
about town there on the subject Of
holding cotton for fifteen cents, and
wanter say that upon the whole,
most folks are sorter quiet like-was
jist watchin' us stand pat and a hop
in that we would keep on a standin'
pat.
It Is my observation that this hold
in business amt very hard, not near
as hard as plowin', or hoein' or pickin'. :.
It seems to me that about all we got
to do Is to fix our minds on the days Of
tribulation all Of us have been through
in times past and consider how much
better off we would be now than we
was then, even If we didn't have no
cotton made this year.
Now some Of the folks that l been
hearin' talkin' about the present times
has been suggestin' to me how much
better it would be If we would let
loose a little cotton along, not too
much: but jist enough to keep us a
gwine and the mills runnin' so they
wouldn't be no distress and no panic.
Lemme tell you somethin, l amt
huntin' no distress and no panic. We
cotton producers don't want to make
no trouble for nobody; but now here,
our cotton is worth fifteen cents. Them
spinner people are making a profit
right now that would justify them In
payin' fifteen cents and over.
Then what them people who are
talking about panics mean. None of
our panic. Amt goin' to be no panic
nohow; but there is, bet you we got
corn and roughness, hog and sweet po-
tatoes, and one thing another, and
bet you our cotton will be worth as
much to us comparatively speaking af-
ter the panic is over as it was before.
If there is panic 1t amt going to
be our fault. and we amt the ones
what is going to get hurt the wust.
Wire Grass.
Cotton Belt. October 10. 1907.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
There Should Be Prosecutions.

It is pretty generally understood
that The Enquirer has a high admir-
alton for the Charleston News and
Courier, and the only explanation we
would offer for that high admiration
is that as the result Of close watching
over long period, we have been pref
ty thoroughly confirmed in the belief
that the contemporary referred to, gen.
orally stands for that which is right,
and only for the sake Of the right.
OF course, we do not always agree
with the News and Courier. 1t has
advocated policies and principles that
we have not seen proper to endorse.
In some cases we have expressed our
disagreement. and in other cases we
have held our counsel. Sometimes it
has been because we were willing to
cOncede that our contemporary had as
much right to believe in the correct
ness of it's position as we had in ours,
and sometimes it has been because we
did not feel fully competent to uphold
the views we held in contention with
such an able antagonist.
Right now we are finding ourselves
at very grave difference with our
Charleston friend. AS we see it, there
is absolutely but one right side Of the
question and the News and Courier is
on the wrong side. Possibly our con-
temporary is able to pound us to a
finish; but if so, let us be pounded
Even then the right will not suffer;
1t is always able to take care of itself
as against all corners.
Our difference with the News and
Courier just now is because Of the
comments it has seen proper to make
on our declaration to the effect that
unless there are some prosecutions and
convictions, the investigations Of dis
pensary corruption have gone for
naught In order that we may conf
nit no injustice in possible misinter-
probation of these comments, and for
convenience Of reference, we reproduce
the views in question in full elsewhere
in this issue.
Practically all of what our contem-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22

WITHIN recent years there has been
a decided disposition on the part Of
country ginners to cease operating
their business on account Of the fact
that there was no money in 1t. Last
week the larger ginnery of McLaugh-
lin and Wallace at Sardis was closed
down for the season and this leaves
wide territory in Sharon and Crab
Orchard townships unsupplied. Mr..
w. S. Pharr, on the Providence road,
shut down his ginnery two years ago
and a number Of others in the south
ern part Of the county are not run
ming any longer. The farmers haul
their cotton to town to be ginned and
market it Immediately. This has been
one reason that entered into the clos
ing of so many gins, but the real
reason is because they fail to pay a
sufficient dividend for the amount of
money necessary to keep the machin-
cry in running order and plenty of
hands to do the work.-Charlotte OBJ
server.
The foregoing paragraph describes
conditions in this county with equal
accuracy. From one cause and anoth-
er the ginning business has been run
into the ground. Ginners have miscal-
culated expenses and have tried to run
their gins at less than cost. This will
not work any better in ginning than
in any other business. 1t is obviously
to the interest of each and every neigh
borhood to have a gin of its own, and
the farmers of the respective neigh
borhoods will do we'll to not allow
these gins to close for want Of patron
age at reasonable compensation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
TUESDAY, OCTOBER a., 1907.

justice at the hands Of others. He
argued that Is cents Is not an unrea-
sonable price for cotton. and he as
serted that except for the spectators
there would be no trouble in maintain
ing the Is cents price. He stated that
in Anderson last year the Farmers
union people sold their cotton at III
when other holders of cotton were able
to get only 10a. The union found mill
people who wanted cotton and were
willing to pay them 11s direct, and
other sellers had to sell to middlemen
who took their usual profits. He in
sisted that the Farmers union would
be able to sell direct to spinners at a
! tremendous advantage. He also stat
ed that the union has a system by
which II Is able to get fertilizers to
greater advantage. He explained that
eligibility to membership Is confined ex-
lclusively to those engaged in farming
as principal means Of securing q live
lihood, and that lawyers, merchants,
bankers and others are excluded be-
cause they have their own organiza-
tions.
At the close of his remarks, Mr.
Earle requested all who were not
members Of the union or applicants for
membership to retire, and after the
room had been cleared Of non-mem-
bers, the work Of organization was en-
tered into.
Officers Of the York County union
were elected as follows:
President-J. Frank Ashe.
Vice President-D. M. Hall.
Secretary and Treasurer-A. l.
Black
Executive Committee T. Crook
A. j. PARROT, r. N. Plaxco.
Chaplain-Joseph Baines.
Doorkeeper-J. B. Woods.
Conductor. E. Burns.
County Organizers-M. L. Carroll
and C. T. Crook.
Committee on Good Of the Order
r. T. Beamguard, w. ]. Gordon, R. l.
Devinney.
After the installation of the forego-
ing officers the meeting adjourned with
prayer by the chaplain.
! The president announced that the
county union will meet in Yorkville on
the first Monday of each month, be-
ginning on salesday for November, anc
that each of the local unions will SEND
delegates in the number to which II
may be entitled-one delegate at large
and one delegate for each ten members
and majority fraction thereof.
| Secretary Earle left last night FOL
Chester and will organize the Chester
county unions In Chester court mouse
today. From Chester, he goes to Fair
| field and will organize that county or
the 25th. His other dates are Cam
den on the 28th. Lancaster on the 30th
Darlington on November 1, Cheraw or
November 5, Bennettsville on Novem'
Der Z Marion on November IA, Conway
on November 81, and williamsburg or
| November %.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22
LOCAL LAcONlCS.
We Will Send The Enquirer

From this date until January 1st.
1908, for SS cents.
Fire at capers Chapel.
Chester Reporter: Mr.. ]. N. Hardin,
who lives near Capers Chapel, had the
misfortune to lose his cotton house and
carriage shed by fire Saturday even
ing. There Is no clue as to how the
fire occurred. A brand new carriage
was destroyed in the flames as well as
a good buggy. Two bales Of cotton In
the seed were destroyed in addition to
a quantity Of peas and provender. Mr..
Hardin carried a small amount OF In
surance on the buildings. but the con-
tents were uninsured. The net loss is
about 1926. Mr. Hardin Is hard
working young man. and the sympathy
Of the community Is rendered him In
his trouble.
Killed BY Live Wire.
Robert Hedgepeth, a young white
man. in the employ Of the Southern
Power COMPANY was killed as the re-
suit of coming in contact with a live
wire while working on the line Just
across the river from the India HOOK
plant last Sunday morning at 3
o'clock. It appears that young Hedge
reth had gone to the top Of a thirty
foot pole for the Durpose OF making
certain repairs. The current was sun
nosed to have been cut Off: but as to this
1t has not been practicable to get exact
information A statement Is that a
hand rome was thrown to Mr.. Hedge
meth. and almost Immediately after
wards. he was dead. 1t Is supposed
that circuit was formed with the
ground through his body; but just how
IS not clear. Mr.. Hedgepeth was
resident cf the Newport neighborhood
and was 26 or 81 wears Of age. There
has been no inquest.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-22

1t will be noted that the tax increase,
though sure enough. has not been ex-
actly steady. Some few years the ag-
gregate amount assessed has been less
than for the year previous; but when
this has been the case there has been
a making up for the next year. The
increase in aggregate valuation has
been quite steady, showing a growth
that is altogether wholesome and graf
flying. The increases from year to
year have been as follows: 1898 over
1897, $46,764; 1899 over 1898, $97,526;
1900 over 1899, s2O5,23s; 1901 over 1900.
s9,92S: 1902 over 1901, $224,O6O; 1904
over 1903, s1,O24,534; 1905 over 1904,
s509,7S7; 1906 over 1905, sS77,647; 1907
over 1906. s352.1OS. The only break
in the steady upward progression was
in 1903, when the aggregate valuation
was s712,166 less than 1902.