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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
CITATION AND NOTICE HEARING PROOF
OF WILL,

State of North Dakota, fn County Court
County OF Ward Davis, Judge.
In the Natter of the Estate of John c. Dahl,
deceased:
John Wallin, Petitioner.
Marie Holmes, Clara Doe, r;+o.;o, uoor-
Anna Vetlesen, Julia j. oi.a' pranf 90
Hintz, Matthias Dahl, Ing WI Va
Nickolai Dahl, Syveriae WILL
c. Dahl, and all persons
Interested, Respondents.
The State of North Dakota to the above named
respondents and all persons interested in
the Estate of John c. Dahl deceased:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
John Wallin, the Petitioner herein. has filed in
this Court document in writing. supporting
to be tho Last Will ana Testament of John c..
Dahl, late of the City OF Minot. in the County
Of Ward, and State of North Dakota, deceased,
with his petition. praying for the admission to
probate Of said document as the Last Will and
Testament OF said deceased. and for the issu-
ance to John Wallip of letters testamentary
thereon, and that tho said petition and the
proofs Of said purported Will and Testament
will be heard and duly considered by this
Court on Tuesday, the End day OF July A: D..
1907, at one O'Clock in the afternoon Of that
County Court House. in the City OF Minot,
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DIFFERENT KINDS OF FARMERS.
An Independent Representative Net.
iced Considerable Difference in The
Methods Of Farming Southwest Of
Minot.

The writer drove out west of Hinot
last Sunday and found farmers get
ting along with their work fairly we'll
The Seaton farm seemed to bs al in
shape for seeding and much Of it had
ben seeded. Some new breaking had
been seeded Some new breaking had
cradle old land that had not been
plowed last fall, was being turned
over. Farmers say that spring plow-
ing this year is just the thing. The
ground was so dry last fall that it was
hard to pillow deep This spring the
ground is very moist and while less
wheat will be sown, there will be a
very large acreage of oats, barley,
speltz, and fax. The pot holes have
but little water in them this spring,
altho more snow fell last winter than
ever. The moisture soaked into the
gro which did not freeze last fall,
with snow instead.
WRIT acre is ia farming
! Ono fs,no7. ,wing good and deep
while another was merely skimming
over the ground. Compare the two
Yields next fall. One farmer said that
he was going to plant considerable
macaroni wheat, and stated that he
thot he would not treat his seed this
year He may get good crop but
he has chance of loosing his seed
and labor. One farmer was working
up his land like a garden. FL first
plowed it deep, then disced It, and fol-
lowed with a common drag, making
it heavy with two boxes of Niger
heads. He will get good pay for his
extra labor. We noticed one farmer
1--WE will not mention names because
we are afraid of getting into trouble)
who had been sowing macaroni wheat
His ground was hard and lumpy and
his drill, an old fashioned shoe drill,
did not seem to be working properly,
for at least half of the seed was lying
on top of the ground. The fellow will
wonder next fall how in the world
he didn't get as big a yield as his
neighbor. There are all kinds of far
crs, some of the mare getting rich
and others who wonder why they are
not getting on financially, altho he
latter perhaps works harder than the
man who is making the money. This
leades US to think of the old adage:
What is worth doing at all, is worth
doing WE'LL"
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LIQUOR LICENSE OR TAX NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that government tax
receipt for special tax on the business of
RETAIL LIQUOR DEALER
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16

was issued to A. P. Slocum. of Minot. North
Dakota on the 18th day of July A. D. 1907, which
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
cophers Increase in Number.

Notwithstanding the fight the far
mers have made on the gOphers dur
ing the past few years, they seem In
many localities to be getting more
numerous. Just the reason for this
we do not know, unless 1t be that
they are getting more and better foo
than they ever had befroe. It is dis
couraging for one farmer to actually
kill all the gophers in his locality
when there are five farms nearby
heat and modern ventilating arpar'
held by spectators, and gophers will
travel long distance to field OF
grain. This year, most of the gophers
are covered with sores, which the far
mers hope vii assist in the extermin-
alton of the pests.
s. M. Reed went to Surrey Monday
to erect a $500 barn for G. E. Dres-
her. The structure will be 38x64 feet
with a sixteen foot post and gable
roof.
A. M. Staplin took hold of the Far
mers Restaurant on Ramstad street
two weeks ago, reports a flourishing
business.
Ray will have a new $4,000 four
room brick school house with steam
heat and modern ventulating appar-
atus, and full basement. w. D. Gill
ispie the Fargo architect returned
from Ray Monday where he transact
ed business concerning the plans.
"The Wizard of Or and the famous
advertisers of "The Scarecrow" and
"The Merry Tin Woodman" through.
out the wonderous Land of Nod,
are tales familiar to all of us-big and
little. Who among us has not follow
ed them in their merry myth lea wan.
derings. "The Scarecrow" and "The
Merry Tin Woodman" have been bro
ught to real life in famous stage i'm
presentations that are strictly real.
In "The King of Tramps", which
comes to Jacobson's Opera House
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-05-16
A Dollar A BusheI For Barley

The average eastern farmer would
hardly believe that one man alone
could crop 800 acres in North OAK
ota, yet F. Dinger, a Grano farmer is
doing this and doing well. Besides
he has 65 fine hogs that are making
him lots of money. He feeds his hogs
speltz and barley and says that after
careful figuring he concluded that he
can get $1.OO bushel for his barley
by feeding it to the hogs.
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LEGAL NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION,

session OF the Legislature this is to notify that
tax stamp No 2e0s53 for the retail sale OF
Matted. Vinous Fermented and Intoxicating
Liquors has been issued to the Public Drug Co.
conducting general drug business corner
Main and End St. In the front fifty four feet
OF the building on Lot 10 Block original town.
site Of Minot. N. D.
Signed Arthur G. Hanson,
-9-5-23 For Public Drug Co.
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Dan Gibbs can fix you out with
any form of Life, Accident and
Health Ins. Wide awake agents
wanted. 4-18tf
Box elder trees for sale, So per
thousand and upwards, and as
paragus roots for sale, $1.OO
per hundred. Minot Green
House.
Piles got quick and certain relief from DR.:
Shoop's Magic OintmsRt. Rlease note ia 10
made slonG for Files, sn6 ~ action is positive
and certain. Itching, painfnl, protruding or
blind piles disappear ike msgic BY its use.
Large nickel-capped glas1 jHE1 s0esnts- Sold
hy 4. z. SLoUu1.
Protect your family by prucur-
ing Old Line Life ms. in a reIia-
BILE company. See Dan Gibbs,
Dist. Mgr, for the State Life ms.
Co. of Indiana. 4-19tf
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said tx receipt is posted in the Drug Store To-
Gated onlot No. q, block No: 49, City OF Ainot.
said building is owned by A. P. Slocum, and A..
P. Slocln is the lessor OF said property, where
Dated the - day Of May A. D. 1891.
4. P. Slocum.
Holder of said Government Tax Receipt.
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Ma oath, there il ayoung man, Mr..
Alfred Bridse whose stage portrayal
character make up Of "Ths Searserow
il said to be a little short of marvellous
Critics pronounced it ~ being stage
creation, beyond comparison, one that
must be seen to be appreciated IN
scarecrow language he is described as
being a person with "stuffy tired
feeling at times little shaky on his
pins Some people take him a. man
Of straw, but he doesn't care straw
for that, and his wondrous broad
smile is a sight to behold" The scare
crow dance as done by Mr.. Long is
one of the hits of the She
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Some Good Des

N. Garner and Mr.. Tracy, from
Stanborn, NO., who bought tho Bert
Kenyon farm close to Des Laos, has
three Of as fine animals as can be
found in the country, two stations
and one Jack, Colonel Shaw is Ham
bletonian road horse, while Dandy is
an English sire draft animal. Black
King is one of the finest Jacks that
Missouri ever produced. These men
are engaged also in raising short horn
cattle. They believe that Ward county
ought to produce all theme horses
that are needed here within few
years.
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County Of Ward, and State of North Dakota;
You and each Of you are hereby cited to be
and appear before this Court at said time and
Il any there BE-, Why tho prayer Of said petition
should not b. srf a. %: Can't.
Judge Of tho County Court.
Dated the 10th day OF Nay A. ,. 1907.
1t 10 hereby ordered that service Of The above
citation bs aade BY publishing the sane in The
Ward County Independent, q weekly nswspa-
per published at hinot, N. D.. in the manner
provided BY law.
G. Aurlard, Atty, Ainot- N. D. 5l6-5-O
CITATION AND NOTICE HEARING PRoeF
OF WILL.
s<sts North. Of Dakota,{ In County Court
couuxr OF Ward Ds,is. Judge.
In shs mstr.rof the Estate Of Rasnus Olson
Rovik. deceased.
John H. Rovik, Petitioner,
Carl o. Olsen, Anton B. Citation Hear
Olsen B, Severin Olsen, c. ing Proof Of
August Olsen, and all Will.
others interested,
Respondents.
The State of North Dakota to the abovenamed
respondents and all persons interest ed in tho
Estate Of Rasmus Olsen Rovik, deceased:
You and each of you are hereby notified that
John H. Rovis tho Petitioner herein. has filed
in this Court document in writing purport-
ing to be the Last Will and Testament of Ras
mus Olsen Rovik, late of the Village of Doug
las, in the County Of Ward and State of North
Dakota, deceased, with his petition, praying
for the admission to probate of said document
as the Last Will and Testament of said de.
ceased, and for the issuance to J. NJ. Ekrem of
letters testamentarv thereon, and that the
said petition and the proofs OF said purported
Will and Testament will be heard and duly
considered by this Court on Tuesday, the End
day OF July A. D. 1907. at one o'clock in the aft
emo OF that day, at the Court Rooms of this
Court. in the County Court House, in the City
OF Minot County of Ward, and State of North
Dakota; and
You and each of you re hereby cited to be
and appear before this Court at said time and
place and answ or said petition and show cause,
if any there be, why the prayer of said petition
should not be granted. You will also take no.
tice that tho testimony of Lewis Benson and T.
T. Skogsn. subscribing witnesses to said will.
will be taken before W. H. Kellogg, Clerk of
the Circuit Court for Moodey County, South
Dakota, at Flandreau, Moodey County, South
Dakota, on June q, 1907 at one o clock p m.
BY the Court,
N. Davis
Judge of the County Court
Dated the 10Th day Of May A. u. 1907.
Service of this citation shall be made by pub
fishing the Same in The Ward County indie
pendent weekly newspaper. published at
fort olS rripr
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Judge of the County Coz

Dated the 10Th day OF May A. u. 1907.
Service of this citation shall be made BY pub
fishing the Same in The Ward County indie
pendent weekly newspaper. published at
Ainot N. D., for three successive weeks prior
to date of hearing in tho manner. and in &C:
cordance with tho provisions of the Laws Of
the State of North Dakota.
N. Davis, Judge.
C. Aurland, Atty Minot, N. D. 5.l6-5-3O
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

ONE VIEW OF THE LEGISLATURE

The woodburn Independent. a re-
publican paper Of Marion county, and
one of the leading papers of the Will
lamette valley, gives the following
unprejudiced and practical view of
the work and character of the recent
legislative session. Coming from
republican paper with no ak to grind,
this view must be taken as fairly
representative of the healthful public
sentiment of the state. The Indepen-
dent says:
We are asked, as an Independent
republican newspaper, to give our
opinion of the recent legislature Of
Oregon. The legislature wasted too
much time in the beginning. and then
had not sufficient time to give to the
consideration of meritorious and un-
meritorious bills.
Too much time was also wasted in
the endeavor to- circumvent the gover-
nor. undoubtedly representing the peo-
pie if he was playing politics, as
claimed and the legislature in many
respects not representing the people,
and in one, at least, slapping the peo-
pie in the face.
The governor proved that he stood
OF constitutional and economical
ground and put the legislature in a
deep hole, from which it is trying to
but cannot very we'll crawl out with
out the assistance of a rope. which
the general public seems very unwil-
ling to provide.
In comparatively few instances
the legislature has accomplished some
good, but in many features it was a
miserable failure, one close observer
considering it a silly body. The peo-
pie naturally feel that the legislature
has been too extravagant and are
thankful that we had an executive who
knew how and when to use the veto
ak, and was not afraid to WELD 1t.
It was plainly discernable that
throughout the legislative session the
normal school combine was the die
tatorial power, and on this account
the people were not faithfully nor
fully served. A number Of good bills
were killed, and the senate gave un-
mistakable evidence that it was there
for the benefit OF the rich.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

load, the number OF horses or mules
used for hauling such a load, the cost
OF hiring a team for the purpose, the
greatest distance to a shipping point,
the principal farm products, and the
time ordinarily taken for the round
trip.
Using the information from these
answers, an expert has prepared
tables showing the cost of hauling
the principal crops to the nearest
shipping point. Taking the more COM
mon products for illustration, 1t is
shown that near $2s, 1000, 900 was spent
In a single year to get the corn crop
shipped this item representing near
" 10 per cent of the value of the
average load carried.
In the case of wheat the aggregate
cost was nearly $22,OOO,OOO, or a lit
tie over per cent of the value of
the load. Taking 10 of the principal
products the aggregate cost of haul
ing to a place of shipment was s7S,-
100000, this making no account of
the expense of hauling grain to mill.
Such a large outlay in given year
has its own eloquent suggestion of the
saving from better loads or fewer
horses. No better argument could be
made in favor of good roads than this
table of figures. The statistics indicate
also the possible saving through the
of freight carrying troll
ley lines, bringing the farmer nearer
to the point of shipment.
With an annual outlay of s7S,OOO,-
900 for hauling $500, 100000 worth
of ordinary products. it is plain that
the saving secured by Improvement of
transportation facilities would be
enormous.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
FOR \ NEW CHARTER.

Pendleton is now making progress
toward a new city charter about as
rapidly as a vigorous and business-like
city administration can arrange the
preliminary details.
The people of the city are glad to
note this progressive spirit 1t renews
and enlarges their hopes for the fu-
ture and gives assurance of a mu-
nicipal expansion which is in keep
ing with Pendleton's excellent re-
sources.
The city hall sewer extension, cem-
etery improvement. levee extension
and other improvements mentioned
by the council are needed and the city
is ready to add them to her assets.
Charters and constitutions are easily
outgrown and the people must be on
the alert constantly to keep pace
with the material progress which
comes unawares. 1t is a compliment
to the city council of Pendleton that
it has decided to bring Pendleton'.
charter m to date.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
\ GOOD WORD FOR THE COYOTE

During the year 1906 the state aid
ed 1880 in bounties to coyote killers
in Douglas county. being 81 for each
scalp delivered to the auditor, says
the Waterville, Wash. Empire There
are hundreds of animals slain which
are never reported, and it is safe to
say that not less than 5000 coyotes
were killed in this county last year.
The question is being debated with
considerable earnestness whether it Is
sound policy to continue the bounty
on the so-called pests. Many ranch
ers have expressed the opinion that
the coyote does more good in getting
the principal part of his living off the
jack rabbit than he does in sneaking
a chicken, a water melon or an occa-
sional lamb. 1t Is a fact that one Of
the greatest pests the graingrower Of
central Washington has to contend
with is the jack rabbit. This animal
will enter a field and cut down
hundreds Of stalks in an astonishingly
short time, and it is claimed by some
that one jack rabbit will cause more
financial loss in a month than the
coyote will do in a year.
1t is thought by removing the
bounty there will not be such a
slaughter of the animals as there is at
present. The farmers interviewed are
not in favor Of protecting the animal,
saying that it is natural for everyone
to take shot at a coyote whenever
he is seen, on general principles, but
they think it is scarcely fair to put a
price on his head when the harm he
does is so nearly balanced by the
good
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
THE COST OF HAULING CROPS.

Few people have any appreciation
of the outlay which is necessary on
the part Of the farmer to haul his
crops from the farm to the point of
shipment. The sight Of wagons on the
way to town is one which is familiar
in the country districts. That farm
er must have wagons and teams is
taken for granted without any con-
sideration Of what such an equipment
means in the way Of initial cost or Of
what It represents in dollars and cents
in connection with the farm profits.
The department Of agriculture has
published a bulletin upon the subject,
Cost of Hauling Crops from Farms
TO Shipping Points" which reveals
some surprising facts. The method
Of compilation illustrates the work
Of the department in the interest Of
the farmers, and the results Of the
study suggest the enormous saving
which might be effected under i'm
proved facilities for transportation.
A circular letter sent to 2S00 cor
respondents of the department
brought answers from residents in
1894 counties. The questions asked
included the weight Of the average
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
Poetic License In This.

Scott Cummins, the poet OF Win
cheste, Wood county, was cow
puncher in the northwest many years
ago. His outfit came to Snake river
one day with 5000 cattle. Cummins,
with a poets license, relates what
happened:
THE river was too dangerous FOR
swimming, but after following the
bank a short distance the foreman
found a giant redwood tree that had
fallen across the river. Fortunately,
the tree was hollow, and making a
ctrte. they had no trouble in driving
the cattle through the log to the other
| side.
LAS the cattle had not been count
ed for several days, one Of the cow
boys was stationed to count them as
they emerged from the log. The count
fell short some 80 head, but about that
time a distant lowing was heard.
Their surprise may be imagined
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
A PLEA FOR COUNTRY LIFE.

Arthur Brisbane, in an editorial in
the New York Evening Journal, says:
The hot weather comes. We re-
peat with emphasis our advice to the
fathers and mothers of children:
Take your families out of the big
cities. The cities murder children.
The hot pavements, the dust, the
noise, are fatal in many cases and
harmful always.
The history Of successful men is
nearly always the history Of country
BOYS In almost every great city the
father and mother who will can get
out Of the city. The population must
spread. Even the poorest people
will 90 from the tenements to the su-
burbs when cheaper rents and five
cent fares and high speed are COM
bined. You could not do a better
thing than have your children in the
country digging, wedding, playing ir
the fields.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
Try The Bitters
PROMPTLY

as soon as you notice the first sign of
anvStomach. Liver, Kidney or Bowel
disorder. This plan will save you d
lot of unnecessary suffering and per-
haps along sick srell. For over 53
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

The legislature of 1907 was not as
extravagant with clerk hire as 1905,
says the Eugene Guard. This year the
senate spent $1i.473; the house this
year spent S9O44; total Of both houses,
S2O,517. In round numbers the clerks
cost 10000 less than in 1905, and
about $4,000 more than was neces-
sary.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
L. NJ. Wake field, a prominent min

L. NJ. Wake field, a prominent min
ing man of Wardner, disapr cared.
Several weeks later it was ascertained
that he was a patient in the Medi-
cal Lake. Wash, insane asylum He
had been taken in custody, undoubt-
edly insane, in q small Washington
town. lie has means and is an Odd
Fellow, and 1t is probable that he
will be discharged from Medical Lake
and put in a private asylum, under
the management of the l. o. o. f.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

President C. w. Eliot OF Harvard
university, in his annual report to
the board of trustees, made this
week, inveighs vigorously against the
game of football as played under
either the new or the old rules. He
denounces it as brutal, unmanly and
retrogressive, tending to belttle the
better instincts of both players and
fans
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

In the whole history of congress,
covering a period of 11S years, there
are only two of its members who
have a record of more than forty
years of service-Justin S. Morrill,
Of Vermont and William B. Allison
of Iowa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
++4+++++ +++++++++

+ The principle of life is eter- I
T. nal Whether the individual 7
+ life shall live after death, con- I
+ Germs us not here, but this we !
+ know, that life has been since !
+ the beginning, and nothing can t
+ destroy it. 1t may take differ i
+ ent forms, as It does daily be- I
+ fore our eyes, but the life prin- !
+ ciple cannot die. We know not 7
+ but that the very clods beneath !
+ our feet have life. The dividing I
+ line between the animate and in I
r animate Is not we'll defined. I
+ Who can say this thing or that !
+ thing has no life? How can We !
+ know? The blade Of grass has !
+ life, we admit; yet it does not +
+ cry out when we crush 1t; Meth =
+ er does the stone cry out. May :
+ It not also he imbued with the !
+ prNciple Of life?-The Ghourki I
+ Magazine. +
I.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

has been making people we'll and
keeping them so by curing Liver and
Kidney Troubles, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
ton, Female Ills or Colds. We guar
anten IL nure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-03-11

when on looking about they found the
cattle had wandered off into a hollow
limb"