The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-08-22

giving Ward county two more than either Of
the Others. The division between Ward end
Mount Trail counties according to the petition
would be not far from Tagus. The Inderendpnt
understands that Commissioner Defiance who
lives in the western part OF the county, does
not favor such division, and the county board
will hardly entertain such Il petition unless they
have to,
We would have given ten dollar note if we
could have been game warden for about ten
minutes Sunday evening North OF the city
mile some hunter who imagiDes he's sports.
man, scared upa flock Of prairie chickens and
picked them off one by one We are afraid
when the season opens, there will be but q scat
tered remnant of the focks for those who OBJ
serve the law. We ale safe in asserting that
hundreds break the law in Ward county every
day, and yet there has not been one conviction
so far. It's shame!
From all over the state the Independent
hears the report of a shortage of harvest hands.
eastern state ever afforded-from $3.50 10
$500 per day and board and the chances are
that the harvest will continue for six or eight
weeks and longer. The railroads have granted
liberal rates from Minneapolis. II is frequent
that the wives and daughters are compelled to
en- harvest-so scarce is help in some parts OF
the state. and SO badly is assistance needed.
ssseee:
We noticed, in a short drive north OF the city
last Sunday, that the road commissioners al
lowed the Canadian thistles to grow uninter-
rupted along the public highway. This is
hard weed with which to coutend-we've had
'em in our yard-and it's next too impossible to
get rid OF them. They grow SO close to the
nd hofi hon TO hov, h,,f mo-
will do good deal OF good, anyway. Soon the
weed will have gone to seed, and then when be
wind blows across the prairies in the fall and
winter, the dead weeds, filled with MILLIONS OF
fine seeds will blow-goodness only knows where
across farm after farm, leaving nice mess
tor the careful farmer to battle with the follow
ing season. Go after those weeds by all means.
You will never be able to get rid OF them entire
iy, but you can keep them from rolling over the
country at the rate of a hundred miles day.
saseee
Speaking of mail order houses the Grand
Forks Herald says: The mail order house has
extended it's business by persistent and intelli-
gent advertising. 1t attracts the attention OF
prospective customers by descriptions of the
goods and quotations OF prices. The local mer-
chant has the same opportunity. He can buy
as good an article as his foreign rival can buy,
and he can buy as reasonable. He can inform
the people OF his community as we'll as the other
man, better, indeed, because he is closer to
them and he can reach them more easily. And
while there will always be some mail order bust
ness done, the local merchant who is on atleast
an equal footing with the outsider on most
things and who has the added advantage OF
having his goods where his customers can see
them and select from them, if he is not able to
do business in competition with outsiders
should go at something else-he has missed his
calling.