The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-11-21

YOU are alive you will see them much higher
something is not done soon to remedy thes
conditions.
The founder of one Of the Chicago mai
lorder houses is credited with having said tel
years ago. s'Give me forty years Of business
and | will make every city outside Of Chicago
q village, every village Q hamlet and every
hamlet will wipe off the face Of the map II
the ten years that have past the growth anc
development Of country towns have been re
tarded beyond all computation and the ten
|dency now is toward Capitalization Of business
in the retail catalog houses Of large cities. Dc
you believe that this was done by honest com
petition? Can any one doubt that with thirty
land suppressed development this boastful as
sertion will become q startling reality.
The insurgents from all parts OF the state
will gather at Grand Forks, Nov. 26, at which
time an effort will be made to center upon some
candidate for the U. s. Senate Governor and
man the insurgents select for the Senate. While
TwitcEell is talked Of strongly for Governor
and Geo. Young for Congress-. We give these
names merely az possibilities, not even as sug.
gestions.
The Bantry Advocate publishes list of
these who have paid up for their paper The
Independent would like to, but-well we might
just as we'll tell you-fact is, subscription
moneys been coming in so slowly that it
brothers, you know that any of you can spare
g dollar at this time of the year.
U. S. Senator Hansbrough has gone to
Washington, D. c. where he has taken up his
residence in his brown stone front, and will be
Der. Hans has probably seen to it, that old
settlers reunions and cross road festivals have
been postponed, until his return, which will
be about the first of the year.
The Balfour Messenger made peculiar
terror last week in referring to IA Gamblers
wrote "The best work is to be had from players
when their .3parts" fit ohem," and the bloom
ing typesetter got it 'spants"
The change 10 the law regarding marriage
state and number Of weddings have had to
|be postponed. The Law requires that at least
one Of the principals must live in the county
where the license is obtained.
Land in the vicinity OF Devils Lake is being
sold at $40 per acre. Ward county farmers,
you xill soon see the day When you can readily
get that price for your land. Hang onto it By
all means. 1t will never be any lower and its
bound to rise in value.
The newspaper fraternity will sympathize
with Editor and Mrs. Ben Whitehead of Willis
ton, whose eight year old son died last week of
pneumonia. The remains were taken to La
Porte, Ind, for interment.
Senator Hansbough lost his suit case full
Of valuable papers, viz: The Minot Optic The
Plaza Pioneer and the Ryder News-while en-
route from Kermit to Crosby recently The case
was found and returned to the much worried
| gentleman
Two boys from Shafer, read dime novels
till there brains we're turned. They got into
trouble and are now in the reform school at
Mandan. Don't let your boys read any old
kind of literature "a
N. O. Hall, candidate Tor Congress, told his
readers all about it in recent issue. In the
same paper, he asks the man Who borrowed his
jack screw to return it. He may need in nov.
The farmers will be pleased to note that the
grain prices are crawling up gradually. and e
is probable before spring that they will be back
to where they were before the big slump.
!, An inch OF advertising properly applied,
will remove yard of cobwebs from any store
Ten inches used regularly, will put feather
buster out of business.