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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02
The Power Of Mystery.

II can't afford to have people think l
don't know about this particular ques-
uon," said the politician, land haven't
the time need to read up on it."
"Well," replied his wife 'in that case
I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd look wise
Ind get some paper to announce that
you decline to be Observation-Disclosures
fngtpn Star.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02
A Human Failing,

"Pa, what is the meaning Of incon-
sistencyT asked Freddy.
Inconsistency, my son." explained
pa, "means man who growls all day
and then goes home and kicks the dog
for barking at night"-Exchanee.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02
Criminal.

The religious editor was struggling
with the query, rs 1t sin to play
poker7" After much prayerful con-
alteration he wrote the following reply:
Yes; the way some, people play it,
Philadelphia Press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02

1t is reported that the Great North.
ern is checking up the Surrey depot
and will soon close the same. This
will cause a remonstrance from the
citizens at the place II the report Is
true. Surrey Is one Of the best little
stations along the line and ought to
be kept open.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02

The Zambezi. a great river two miles
vide. falls sheer 40 fest. Niagara u
saly 158 test high and about half .
0alo W1do.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02

Rev. Edmund Larke, writing from
Bagley. MINI, says: 81 could not dol
without the paper for It stands forl
the best things. am getting along
nne."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02
Putting Il Mildly.

The flooding Of q Yorkshire mine had
j tragic result, and miner was de-
nated to break the news to poor wo-
Snau whose husband had been drown
-
I ssDoes Widow Jones live hereT
mo" was the indignant lady's reply.
sYou'fo q liarv' he said.-London
.sn4ise.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-02

3 Never TN your resolution bssoss
onl-os01a
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
To Save Historic Old Stems.

Efforts are being made to preserve
for the United States government the
old stone steps at the north entrance
Of the ancient Sixth street railroad sta
ton in Washington, which is now be-
Ing demolished. The steps have been
trod by every president Of the United
States, and before being, placed at the
entrance to the station they were in
service at the Indian Queen tavern, a
favorite haunt of Washington and
statesmen Of his time. They were the
last steps climbed by President Car
field before he was shot, and they have
felt the tread Of thousands Of the great
Of the world. There are no funds
available for their purchase, but it is
believed the relic will be preserved to
the United States.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

is produced nowhere else in the world.
1t is in high demand in the United
States and in European countries. Eng
land and Italy are particularly good
customers.
Now, since the people of this tobacco
belt can grow and do grow large crops
of tobacco that is in great demand, a
tobacco grown nowhere else, they
ought to be prosperous and happy; they
ought to be peaceable and pastoral
and pleasant folks. And they used to
be so.
But now they are poor and on the
warpath. Why? Because a few years
ago the agents for big tobacco con.
sumers banded together to put down
the price paid to the producers. They
agreed upon certain starvation fig
ure, and none Of them would pay any
more. Then the American Tobacco
company, which Is worldwide mo-
nopoly, came into being. This Is the
so called tobacco trust. 1t controls
practically the entire tobacco world.
1t put the screws down tighter on the
kentucky producers. 1t paid from 3112
to 4 cents pound for leaf tobacco
which cost about cents to produce
and which sold when manufactured
into market goods in England and Italy
at $3.50 a pound,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Notice of Hearing on Petition Of Free
holder

= Whereas, a petition signed by John
Peterson, freeholder of school dis
trict No. 81 in this county, represent
ting that he is the owner of the follow
ing described lands, situate in said
district, to-wit: The north half of the
northwest quarter of section twenty
five, in township thirty-nine, range
twenty-seven, and that said lands
adjoin school district No. q, has been
presented to the county board of
Mile Laos county, and asking that
his said lands may be set off from
said district No. 81 to said district
No. q, and the said board has
appointed time and place for hear
ing thereon. Therefore, Notice is
hereby given, hat said petition will be
heard by said board at a session
thereof commencing on the 10th day
of August, A. D. 1908, at the Office
of the county auditor in the village of
Princeton, in said county, at which
time and place the said board will
hear the evidence and the arguments
of all persons interested for or against
granting the prayer of the petitioner.
Dated at Princeton, Mimi, this 3rd
day of August, 1908.
By order of the county board.
E. E. WHITNEY,
County Auditor and Ex-officio Clerk
of Board.
Official Seal)
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Enjoyed a Natural Monopoly.

Kentucky tobacco growers got ex-
ceedingly weary Of growing tobacco
and selling it below the cost of produc.
tion. Such an arrangement was not
good business. It did not feed and
Eclothe and shelter the family. It did
not buy new dress for the house
wife. who in many instances worked
in the fields to help produce the staple.
1t did not renew the wardrobe Of the
farmer, who grew more and more rag
ged and more and more fesentful. he
resented the monopoly. to- him qnholy
and unlawful, which was making HIM
a slave for less than his. board and
clothes and place to sleep. In,groM
ing tobacco there he had enjoyed d
natural monopoly, which hurt nobody.
An unnatural monopoly was created
to deprive him Of his natural rights to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Notice of Hearing on Petition of Free.
holder.

holder.
Whereas, petition signed by Edgar
G. Sovereign, freeholder of school
district No. of this county, repre-
senting that he is the owner of the fol-
lowing described lands, situate in
said district, to-wit: The south half
of the southwest quarter of section
seven, in township thirty-eight, range
twenty six, and that said land adjoins
school district No. IA, has been pre-
sented to the county board of Mile
Laos county, and. asking that his said
lands may be set off from said district
No. l to said district No. IA, and the
said board has appointed time and
place for hearing thereon. Therefore,
Notice is hereby given, that said
petition will be heard by said board
at session thereof commencing on
the Goth day of August, A. D. 1908, at
the office OF the county auditor in the
village of Princeton, in said county,
at which time and place the said
board will hear the evidence and
the arguments of all persons inter-
ested for or against granting the
prayer of the petitioner
Dated at Princeton, Mimi, this 3rd
day of August, 1908.
By order of the county board.
E. E. WHITNEY,
County Auditor and Ex-oficio Clerk
of Board.
Official SeaD
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Vanish After Raidinu.

The tobacco belt where the raids take
place Is considerable section Of terri.
tory. The raiders themselves, for the
most part are the hitherto reputable
citizens of the communities wherein
they dwell. But nobody Is supposed to
know just who they are. First find
your snake, then scotch it. Night Rid
ers are not in the habit Of notifying the
governor when they are to make raid
so that the troops may be sent. After
the raid Is made and the damage done
there are no Night Riders in sight
There are only lot Of peaceable farm.
ers going about their tasks or sitting
on their fences hoping that the wal
Will soon be ended In their favor, SC
that they can grow tobacco again and
sell it at fair profit.
Spain fought the guerrillas in Cuba
for fifty years and the Filipino bush.
whackers for three centuries without
Quelling them. And the guerrillas and
bushwhackers were In the saddle most
Of the time. They didn't wear masks.
Their organizations did not melt away
into mist the moment they had made
demonstration and accomplished the
deed in hand. 7..
The Kentucky Night Rider takes good
care that no man shall inform upon
him. In some Of the societies there Is
an oath which all members are re.
quired to take, binding themselves not
to reveal the secrets of the society on
pain Of death.
Years ago the south had to deal with
the kuklux Khan, which operated on
lines similar to the Night Rider frater.
nifty. Many Of the Kukluxes were
leading citizens of their communities.
The same situation obtains in the case
Of the Night Riders There Is a con.
siderable chasm of difference, however,
between the moral aspects of the Ku.
klux movement and the Kentucky to.
bacco raiders. The former had for its
chief object the intimidation of ne.
groes, while the latter is based upon q
matter of economics which have to do
with the material welfare Of the home
However one may condemn and de-
plore the methods employed by these
Night Riders, it cannot be denied that
their contention that the original out.
lawry came from the corporations
themselves has some reason. It is
charged that they have held them
selves above the law and sought to de.
prive the Kentucky tobacco planters Of
their right to fair reward for theit
hard labor
How will it all end? Who can tell?
The whole affair in Kentucky and
Tennessee is merely an incident,
though startling one, in the general
war against the lawbreaking corpora.
ton which has been waged with in
.creasing fury throughout the United
States for the past few years. Here
and there the fight is waged in the
courts. Here and there it is waged in
the highways and byways, on horse
back and with torch and pistol. But
it is all the same old war wherever
and however waged.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
BY ROBERTUs LOVE.

By ROBERTUs LOVE. 8
~ 1NE-TENTHS of the outside
IN newspaper men who invade
\ Kentucky and write up the
Night Riders in the tobacco
war do not know enough about the
real merits Of the matter to pass them
across the state line without peril of
being taken up and posted, so to speak,
at insane asylums. The popular pas
time Of the metropolitan newspaper is
to stigmatize Kentucky as a land of
blood and Kentuckians as bloodthirsty
rutt1ans. This pastime is particularly
relished by some Of the big eastern
newspapers, which are bossed by the
trusts.
The Night Riders uprising, which
has been going on for two or three
years, is war against trust. It is
confined to comparatively small Sec
ton Of Kentucky and a still smaller
section Of Tennessee, though about
thirty counties are involved. Condi-
lions in these counties are unlike those
in any other section Of the country.
Tobacco is the staple crop. 1t is the
crop that makes the living. for the
farmer. 1t is the crop that feeds his
wife and children, clothes them, keeps
a roof over their heads, sends them to
school, gives them a chance in the
world. Tobacco does all this for the
black hurley belt Of Kentucky. There
is nothing else that can do these things
for these Kentuckians. Tobacco grows
there to perfection. Practically moth
ing else can be grown at a profit. The
peculiar black leaf tobacco grown there
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

A summer tonic that braces the
body and brain, cools the system,
regulates your stomach, Kidneys and
liver. That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. IS cents, tea
or tablets. G. A. Jack.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

there is ruthanism in every war; The
present writer is not holding brief In
defense of outlawry. He is simply
stating facts. They are deplorable
facts. But let the truth be told and
recognized.
The banded farmers began the war
in a somewhat timid and shrinking
way, as became men who had been
good citizens all their lives. When
they discovered that a certain neigh
Dor was taking advantage Of the gen
eral misfortune to line his own pock-
cts by selling at the fancy figure Offer
ed him and not offered the others they
argued with him. He came back at
them with a personal liberty claim.
He was his own boss and could do
what he pleased with the tobacco he
raised. If somebody offered him a
good price, whose business was It?
He did not propose to let his reighbors
, run him. He was out to make all
money he could.
Barns Burned, Men Shot.
~ "SeS ~ fOAA SAoI IAS OASdA1LdI1Ou
men told the outsiders that they were
making money only at the expense of
their neighbors, whose move for self
protection Of all had enabled these few
to profit. The outsiders continued to
accept the bait offered by the trust.
Then they were notified that they
must not plant any tobacco. They con.
tinued planting. The society sent to
the outsiders letters Of protest, inclos-
Ing few matches and few car
tridges. These signified that unless
they came into the pool their tobacco
barns would be burned and they might
be shot. Finally barn burning and
shooting actually resulted. The war
grew into outlawry, there being no en-.
forced law to protect the growers, Ell
Their independent or pooled.
So 1t was that the Night Riders came
into being. Bodies Of armed men rode
about the country at night, their faces
Concealed with masks. They took an
outsider to the woods here and there
and whipped him. They went to his
tobacco, plant bed; andsscraped. It Or de.
stroyed the plants With chemicals, II hi
had crop IN barn t6e bari was burn.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Origin of the War.

Well, you see it was this way: The
trust determined to undermine the
equity societies which had organized
to pool their products and hold then
for fair price, declining to sell at the
miserable figure offered. Agents OF
the octupus went about among the
farmers, offering one here and there s
big price for his tobacco, twice as biz
as the fair price demanded by the pro
ducers in the pools. What happened?
War-a war for self preservation
nothing else-that is what the Nigh
Rider war means. 1t is a bad war, s
cruel war. a relentless war, but II
grows out Of the first law Of nature
nevertheless. There is more or less OF
what is termed rufhanism in it, but
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
Methods of the Raiders.

The Night Riders had a particular dis
like for. the great stores Of tobacco II
the trusts warehouses, gathered fo
shipment to- the factories. They burn
ed these big warehouses at Hopkins
Vile, Russellville aud elsewhere. sur
rounding the buildings at night AMI
keeping the police or town marshal d
fire department away. A band q
riders would appear in a town. visit
the telephone central Office, politely
coerce the hello girls to keep ava,
from the switchboards and stan(
guard there until the match had bee,
applied and the warehouse was beyon{
saving. Then the raiders would rid,
away and dissolve into the darkness
They were quite gallant to the tele
phone girls. .~~
In fact, these raiders never mad,
war on women and children except b,
killing husband and father now and
then. They did not carry away any
thing. They simply destroyed, and de
stroyed only that which they looked
upon as standing in the way Of theil
triumph over the enemy they were
fighting. It was estimated a year age
that the Night Riders had DESTROYED
more than half million dollars wortl
Of property in Kentucky. They have
added to this wreck heap since, though
for the present there appears to be
letup in their activities.
In Tennessee Governor Malcolm R
Patterson seems to have put an end tc
night riding. Governor Augustus E.
Wilson, in Kentucky, promised in his
inaugural address to stop the war in
his state. He did not make the prom.
1se rashly, for he stated that he would
do the good work in his four years Of
service. The governor has been Sc.
verely criticised in some quarters be
cause he did not stop night riding at
once. The adverse criticism comes
from persons who know very little
more about Kentucky conditions, and
this situation in particular, than they
know about the reputed canals on
Mars
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
War Of the Night Riders
How Kentucky Raiders Are Fighting the Tobacco Trust
Origin Of Deadly Conflict In Which Barns and
Warehouses Are Burned and
reh0uSeS Are Burned AM
Men Killed.


life, liberty and the pursuit Of happi
ness. That was the situation.
A few years ago some Representative,
tobacco growers got together and talk
ed the matter over. They organized .
soc1ety-several societies. in fact,
fight the tobacco octopus, which wa.
squeezing the lifeblood out Of then
and their wives and children. If al
the tobacco farmers had gone int
these societies there would have beer
no Night Rider war. A fair price would
have been paid to the producers, thu
black hurley belt would have been 8
pastoral paradise, the people would
have been contented and happy and
prosperous. But some farmers held
out.
Why?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

ed. In some instances the man hi!
self was shot, murdered, while hill
weeping wife and children looked on
It was terrible. it was diabolical, but
1t was war {
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No. 5O57, West Branch, will meet the first and
third Saturday Of each month at the school
houst. Dist. No. 4, at p. m.
ARCHIE TAYLOR, Pres, J. L. WETsEL. Sec
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No: 4734, Woodland Brook will meet the first
and third Saturday of each month at the
Woodland Brook school house at 8 p. m.
ALBERT RIEBE, Pres. FRANK MAGNUSON Sec
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13
American Society Of Equity Directo,

No. 1925, Schmidt District, Will meet the first
Friday of every month at the Schmidt
district school house No. g. at p. m.
ED. BENsEMAN, Pres. II. F. HOLTHUs, Sec.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No. S74, Berry District, will meet the first
Friday OF every month at the Berry school
house: district "a, at 1880 p. m.
o. D. ORNE, Pres. L. A. HATCH. Sec
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No. 4211, Oxbow, will meet the first and third
Tuesday OF each month at the Gates school
house in Dist. No. 80, at s p. m.
GEO. CARR, Pres. E. RADEKE, Sec.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No. 4117, Zimmerman. will meet the first and
third Saturday Of each month in Woodman
hall at 1880 p. m.
81. B. PRATT Pres GEORGE JAMES See
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-08-13

No: 1913 Bogus Brook will meet the second
Jopp's house. A. SCHMATz. Sec
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No. 1913, Green Lake, will meet the second and
fourth Monday Of each month at M. b. A. hall.
Wyanett. at 8 p. m.
AUGUST JOHNSON, Pres. E. NYsTRoN Sec
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
Cooper Production Fails or.

Washington. Aug 1.-THE smeltef
production OF copper in the United
states in 1907, according to L. c. GRAFT
on of the United States geological sur
vey, was s6S,oss,491 pounds. From the
record figures of 1905 this is a decrease
of 4S,S0e.191 pounds, or So per cent
the largest actual decrease ever re-
corded and the largest relative de-
crease since the American copper IN
dustry became important. This Is the
first time since 1901 that the annual
production has been smaller than that
of the preceding year, and the first
time since 1872 that 1t has been SMALL
err than that Of the second year pre-
ceding.
The greatest, decreases in smelter
output are shown by the returns from
the three states that rank highest.
Montana's production, which was 294,-
701,252 pounds in 1905, was but Pa
263,7s9 pounds in 1907, and the state
yielded first place to its rival, Arizona,
whose production, however, showed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-13
Contract Will Soon Be Let.
and Dedication Expected
BY January
WILL OCCUPY FORMER SITE
New Building Will Be of Brick, and
Will Cost About $4,5oo-To Contain
Main Audience Room, Lecture Room
and Gallery, Together With Base
nent---Other News Of Gilman.

The contract for building the new
Methodist Episcopal church at
Gilman will soon be let and
active work oil the founda-
tions will speedily commence. After
much time devoted to consideration of
different sites, the committee decided
on the old church site and it is ex-
pected the new church will be ready
for dedication by Jan. l, 1909.
The specifications call for a building
costing about $4,000, built of brick. The
main auditorium will be 37x52 feet,
with vestibule forty-two feet wide.
There will also be- d lecture room and
gallery to be seated with opera chairs,
while the main auditorium will be
seated with pews. The basement will
contain hot air furnace for furnish
ing heat for the church, and the entire
seating capacity is 29o, of which the
lecture room and gallery will accom-
modate sixty each.
The finish OF the interior Is to be
southern pine, the windows will be
stained glass and the steeple sixty five
feet in height From this description it
will be seen that the new ediiice when
completed, will be quite an addition to
the architectural features of Gilman
The following base ball games are
scheduled to take place in the near flu
ture:
Indians vs. Gilman, on Friday, and
Red Men vs. Gilman on Monday next
Mrs. j. b. LaDow came Monday
evening for visit with friends here.
Jesse condit who has been visiting
at the formers home in Kellogg for
the past few weeks, returned with her
r. L. Parker and family have arrived
at Bardo, Alberta, Can, being the
tlnale of their extended western and
northern tour on the 9th inst.
w r. Williams, who is employed
at Wilson & Jacobsons elevator at
this place had the misfortune to fall
from ladder on which he was at
work on Monday. and was so injured
that he has been confined to his bed
much of the time since.
w. il. Jones went to Des Moines
Thursday and underwent an operation
for hernia He returned Saturday
Lawrence Patterson who has had a
short run of typhoid fever, is now con-
valescent.
Claude Patterson, OF Des Moihes,
spent nearly a week here visiting the
home folks and returned to his em-
ployment Wednesday,
Mrs. James Benny, who has been in
.4,;+1& Arr 81 Nf~o thor
Henry, of Faribault, Mimi, visiting
relatives in New York for several
weeks, arrived friday morning.
Mr.. Thomas ~. Dale, of Grinnell.
was a business visitor in Gilman We'd
nesday.
The Ladies' Aid society, of the Con-
gregational church met in the chapel
for an all-dsy session Wednesday.