The Ward County independent., 1907-12-12

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1 Not single farmer has had Norwich mer-
chant figure on a bill OF goods before sending
away to the catalog house, says the Item.
They concluded that the mail order houses
could beat the home merchants pricean time,
and didn't care to embarrass the merchant.
Merchants frequently invite the farmers to
bring in the mail order catalogs, and if we
were farming, and were disposed to patronize
the catalog houses. we believe that we'd do
that very thing. If the merchant could not
meet the price, quality Of goods, and freight
considered, or come pretty close to it, he could
hardly blame the farmer for sending away.
just try your home merchant the next time
you get bill ready for the eastern catalog
house. He'll not be angry with you, ifhe doesn' t
get your business, but ten chances to one he'll
meet the price and save you little money be-
sides. Try it anyway.
The COZ porations are now beginning to get
in their work in an endeavor to show that Pres
Roosevelt is the cause of the money panic. The
cOrporati0ns waited for an opportune moment
to spring this upon the people, but the masses
are not taking kindly to the accusation at all
They consider that Roosevelt has done every
thing he could for the public, and that he has
been perfectly honest in doing so. He is fear
less, honest fellow. and is merely showing the
dishonest corporations up in the true light. He
does not oppose the honest corporations, rather
encourages them but is not slow in going after
the evil doer.
1t is doubtful if the tariff will be taken off
from paper and the raw material for the man.
ufacture of this article This would do little
good, as Canada, from which country we hope
to secure most OF the raw materials, will not
allow. wood pulp or lumber to be exported with
out a stiff duty. The Canadian government is
making a strenuous effort to preserve the for
ests. In the meantime the price Of print will
go up right along and the poor newspaper men
will sweat in order to meet their bills
An important Bulletin on Poultry Raising
has been issued by the Agricultural College OF
Fargo, which will be sent free to any address
upon application. It's we'll known fact that
North Dakota farmers do not pay enough at
tention to the raising OF poultry. The average
if he works it right. Send for this bulletin
and read it carefully during the winter months.
A Kansas editor is guilty of the following:
A couple were recently married. The ceremony
was over, the wife began to weep copiously.
/. whats the matter?' asked the new husband.
cook" sobbed the bride. Don't fret, said he
III not have anything to cook; I'm an editor "
More beer is drank in the United States
every year than coffee. The report gives it
that 2O.20 gallons per capita were consumed
the past year The American people will drink
up enough liquor this year to pay the National
debt twice over. The number of gallons OF
| eer drank this year was 1,7O0,OO0,O00,
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Reports from the east tell US that there's
plenty Of snow and cold weather. An Oregon,
ILL., man froze to DEATH The North Dakota
papers ought to do as the eastern papers did
last winter, and come out in big scare heads.
telling the readers that 500 people froze to
death in the suffering east.
The Great Northern Oil, Gas and Pipe Line
Co., of Westhope, has decided not to drill the
gas well until spring. This looks a bit sus-
picious to the independents but still we hope
there's plenty of gas up in that neck of the
woods
The season Of hunting of deer and killing
deer-hunter is now, over and there was fair
list of casuaslties thirts-seven dead and sixteen
wounded Some deer were killed.
The Cando Democrat says: 'The Democrat
is published in the interest OF it's advertisers it's
subscribers and it's friends. Everyone else
around here can go to blazes"
j No farmer is rich enough to afford tv fool
away his time with milch COW that does not
give enough to pay for her feed and care.
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