The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-11-14

an opportunity 20 SGralgnuen up GnelT suocks
and do work which they have had no time to do
for months. Minot is the test business town IN
the state and there is a reason for it. For one
thing, have a lot OF bright young hustng bust.
ness men, the people are the right kind OF
buyers, everyone has some money and is Dotl
afraid to part with at least portion of it. !
Then the business men have system OF adver-
Using that draws the trade for miles around.
They have the stocks of merchandise and sell
at the right prices. Truly Minot is a wonder
Congressman Marshall proposes to start a
mOvemement to reduce the tariff on paper, or
that which is used in it's manufacture, which |
will have tendency to lower the price. The
mills have popped the price up several times
during the past year and threaten to make
another raise the first of the year The Inde-
pendent hopes that the tariff on print paper
and other classes OF paper, for that matter,
may be reduced, for at the present price, the
publishers are having a mighty hard time toll
make an honest living. If you hear OF an editor
going wrong, you can blame it to exorbitant
charges for this commodity. Many papers have
been compelled to raise the price OF subscrip..
ton, so in the end the increase in the cost OF
print, really comes out of the reading public.
Our tariff needs revision very badly.
The citizens OF Williston have completed
the raising of funds for the experiment farm
and the deed has been turned over. The gov
which may delay the progress OF the expert
mental work. The attorney general says. that
the law did not contemplate that the govern
ment should pay for the irrigation OF the land
and this may have to be provided Tor by Ine
citizens. The farm is to bean experimental dry
farm as we'll as an irrigation farm. The cltl-
zens of Williston deserve great credit or gong
ahead with the work, and the independent feels
certain that great good will come OF their
efforts.
Gov. Burke is taking hand in the closing Of
the blind pigs OF the state. He recently visited
Dickinson with the assistance OF the Attorney
General and closed all OF the swineries and lss-
ned iniunctious. He threatens to prosecute all
officers who do not do their duty. In the eve
ming after the governor had placed the LID on
tightly. the Commercial club gave him big
banquet.
| Lanlord Parker OF the Leland Hotel is re-
ceiving all kinds OF praise over the service which
he is giving the pubic. Travelling men declare
that The hotels the best $500 DAY house in
the United States, ana Mlnot is getting some
mighty good advertising thru the Leland. he
Gently the dining room was enlarged and beaut-
flied and now the Cafe is being put into perfect
shape.
An eastern linen mill gives the North Da-
kota farmers notice that they are now pre-
pared to use their flax straw, an article that
has always been wasted IN this state. line ex.
periences with tow mills and flax fibre mills
nave not been successful SO far and undoubt-
eddy the farmers are burning many thousands
| of dollars worth OF a valuable product every
year.
| You may not be aware of the fact, but at
the rate that the subscribers are falling over
each other to get their names attached 10 our
| list, is u wonder and will soon make the lnde-
pendent's list, the leading weekly list in the
state, Fargo and Grand Forks papers, notWlth-
standing. Our solicitor is doing good work,
then the paper talks for itself and numerous
subscriptions are being added voluntarily
The teachers Association OF Bottineau
county have protested to State Supt Stock
we'll, because he compels the pupils OF the state
to pass the final examination in spelling, from
words found in minor poems from various
writer's, which can be obtained only in 'The
Rotary published by w. Il Croker at Lisbon,
at much cost aud trouble.
! A Sargent county farmer who grew wealthy
in North Dakota, recently advertised his sale,
A nice way for fellow to- talk who wasn't
worth cent when he arrived q few years ago,
but who is now independently wealthy? Such
fellows never ought to leave civilization.