The Ward County independent., 1907-03-28

The lOOtlng OF the BOttlneau
Courant, q serial story, suppos-
ed to be facts, is appearing in the
current issues of the Souris Re-
publican. Its not often that
there's enough about a newspa.
per plant to stand looting.
They all come back to North
Dakota in time. A good sized
lot are coming back to Ward
county this spring. Why take
the trouble to sell out?
At the trial OF Landlord Pat
terson Of the Northwest hotel at
Bismarck, the station agent
couldn't remember whether the
Landlord had gotten any beer
or not. Judge Spalding remind
ed the man what would be done
to him in case that he perjured
himself, whereupon the agent
dug up the records. What the
bell hops and the girls aboutthe
hotel had to say OF Patterson is
not to his credit.
Judge Goss has recovered sui
ficiently that he was able to 60
to Bottineeu last week to hear
petitions for final citizenship.
John Woodruff of Westhope,
who sold his farm and moved to
Idaho, writes that he wishes he
had kept his farm and never left
the state.
The Souris Republican hints
that the village marshall in that
town gets his pay in subscrip-
tions, which may be the next
thing to graft. There are places
besides SOuris where the officers
consider that their pay is too
small and that it is necessary to
raise a little extra on the side.
Editor Stickley of the Ken
mare Journal, is getting out a
so page historical number OF his
paper.
A Williams county paper says
":Charley Jones had his entil 9 in
terror burnt out last night. :
They must be using a hot brand
of whiskey over in that part OF
the state.
H. Lesman ratified off q team
of horses (?). selling 200 tickets
at 81 each. The lucky man con-
siders himself unlucky for the old
skins were so poor that he refus-
ed to accept them. They should
have been consigned to the bone
yard long ago.
Senator 7illman OF South Car.
olina will lecture at Cooperstown
Mar. 80. The Senator seems to
find North Dakota good picking.
The Senator is an interesting
speaker, but really it isn't neces-
sary to dish out anything about
the negroes because We haven't
enough of them here to count
much. A negro likes a climate
where he doesn't have to work
and in North Dakota he's got to
lay by something for a snowy
day,
A new law passed by the legis-
lature, provides for hard work in
the county jail. This will make
some of the lazy fellows sit up
and take notice, Jail to many
does not mean disgrace, for they
are already disgraced, and its
only a pleasure to break into jail
at the opening of winter for a
five or six months term and come
out fat and sleek like the gophers
of the spring. Provide for a
rock pile and there will be but
half the county jail birds.
When one comes to think about
it, what good reasons is there
that a railroad ticket or a mile
age book should not be as trans
ferable as a postage stamp or a
barrel of flour? The railroad
company sells the right to ride a
certain distance for a certain
price. It has received it's money
in advance. What difference
does it make to the road who
used the transportation? Does
it moke any more difference than
it makes to the grocer who uses
the dollars worth Of sugar which
he sells? If there is a difference
it would take a microscope to de-
tect it.
Henry Rosenke, a Russian
farmer living near Russell, has
brot suit against the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad for $4O,O 600 for
the death of his wife and three
children who were killed in the
ill-fated wreck. Rossnke came
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