The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-09

Many Of the eastern cities ale undergoing
seiges from grippe, pneumonia and typhoid
fever. Pittsburg is especially in the thrOes OF
OF the disease. We are especially fortunate in
Minot, as there is very little sickness at this
time. There are several cases of grippe how
ever This disease first spread over the United
States in 1889 and is worse this year than at
any time since After once having the disease,
anyone is supposed to be immune. The disease
is in the germ class, but is contracted partly
from exposure. Anyone taking care Of there
selves-keeping from getting their feet wet, OF
taking cold in other ways, should not contract
the disease, as the germs cannot take effect in
the system of anyone, until after q lodging place
has been made by other disease. The disease
is not very serious, that is causes very few.
deaths, but it often leaves an after effect how
ever, that affects the system for years.
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publishers to secure renewals of subscriptions,
but they muet be renewed after the term for
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within six months; semi-weeklies, within nine
months; weeklies, within one year; semimonth-
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four months; bimonth)ies, with six months,
and quarterlies within six months. Otherwise
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VI buUSCr1OeT6, 6uu copies ulttlleu fOu 6CCOQuU
thereof shall not be accepted for making at the
secondclass postage rate, but be mailed at the
transient second-class rate of ] cent for every 4
ounces
The effect OF this is to require newspaper
to put a i cent stamp on every paper where
the subscriber is in arrears for the periods fixed
above.
The new rules for farmers promulgated by
the Farmhand's Union will 60 into effect on
the first, viz: Farmers will provide auto
they will eat at the second table and sleep in
the hayloft; they will rise at 4, do the chores.
and serve breakfast to the hands in bed at 8;
they will provide monograph and the cur
rent magazines; hands will supervise the farm
work from IL to -, and from 2 till 3; theearn-
every Saturday and poured through ladder
placed horizontally, with the ends on two
chairs; which goes through, the hands get-and
what sticks on the rungs goes to the farmer
Exchange,
Postmaster Drummer informs us that small
bOys-and some larger ones-have been demol-
ishing the city mail boxes, and detective has
been sent to Minot by Uncle Sam. Some mis-
screant tore down the box in front OF the Nor
rill hotel, and all over the city the small lads
nave Uecu OIcdhluE OuO OA0 5lcSoo C1AAO u1AAAAE
the boxes with small stones. IL is strictly
against the law to even scratch match OF
the mail boxes, let alone mutilating them,
each offense is punishable y Imprisonment OF
from five to to ten years, and the Independent
hopes that the guilty ones will take the hint
and quit the depredations.
The healthfulness of the Dakotas is proven
bal In the census of 1900 North Dakota
stood at the head with only seven deaths to
each 1000 persons, while the birth rate 36 to
each 1000, equalled South Dakota's record and
was not wholly uniting for state where for
two years President Roosevelt made his home
In almost every case where disease OF any
kind breaks out it can be traced to the cara
lessness of man himself, or it is brot in from the
outside-Dakota Farmer.
The Sargent County Independent claims to
have investigated the new postal rnling and
says that Postmaster Marcels Of Forman
says there's nothing in it, Here il where the
wise postmaster is wrong Ii he will look over
the last bulletin sent out by the postofice de-
partment at Washington, he will find about
twenty pages, printed on yellow paper, which
tells all about it. Uncle Sam means business,
Bro. Hurry, and you'd better have care.
An exchange notes that the Chicago mail
order houses are at present advertising the
fact that they will accept in payment for the