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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
The Norden Society.
R. W. DALzIEL

The Norden society gave basket
social at the K P. hall Saturday
night which was very we'll attended.
The ladies gave the leap year party
for their friends, and bought the
baskets, paying as high as $3.50 for
some Quite little sum of money
was raised in this manner, which will
be used in buying a carpet for the
club room, located under the Bijou
theatre.
There are already 140 members of
the Norden society in Minot and it
is growing at a healthy rate.
All of the principal papers from
Norway may be found at the club,
and access is free to all. One hundred
and fifty dollars worth of books have
been purchased. Many Of the Eng
lish papers are also on, file.
A cafe is run in connection with
the club, where all the latest Nor
wegian goods can be procured.
A writing desk has been provided
where anyone wishing to write a
letter may do SO.
The club is in charge of John
B.rgheim and Peter Olson, and is
patronized we'll.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
Strinatown Items.

Miss Emma Larson entertained {
number of her friends Tuesday even
ing it being her twenty-first birthday
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Germany tool
dinner at Mr.. F. Tromble's Tuesday
Quite number of Stringtown's
jolly people called on Stodard Caswel
and S. K. Thursday evening. The
time was spent mostly in playing
cards and feasting on baked beans an(
biscuits.
Mrs. NJ. Witham visited Mrs. Irvings
last Sunday.
The program rendered at the liter
ary Saturday night was excellent
The song sang by B. c. Witham de
serves special mention. The String
town Currycomb has a fine tootf
part added to it so it can catch en-
all.
r #,ts No. Zorn who fell through
the crack and not the little dog.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

To the Editor:
Dear Sir: AS | see in your paper
the street car question 1 will say the
citizen who wrote this article is rlgnt
from start to finish but l would say
little more; any company that gets
franchise will sell stocks for more
than it cost to build the line and ii
it does not pay they quit until it does
pay, but our streets are ruined and
the company has the franchise. Let
us ask them to put the line in within
six months and run car every hour
for 16 hours a day Or their franchise
would be void at once and you will
see how soon they pull in their
horns. A CITIZEN.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
vote the same party ticket that he

vote the same party ticket that he
votes.
Wastes enough to feed French
or German family" AS if Fish thot
that a French or German family
doesn't or shouldn't eat as much as
an American family. French and
German families that l know live as
Americans live and eat just as much
and just as good food. They do their
cooking as well as American women
and there is no reason for supposing
that they do it any better.
He says she doesn't understand how
to make her supplies go nearly as
far as they should nor how to cook
the stuff she does use" I crave the
job of holding the brute while our
women each take poke at his
empty head with their flat-irons and
rolling pins.
Where did Fish take his course in
culinary? One would almost think
there might be other things in his
think-knob besides schemes to rob
the men and women who produce
actual wealth.
Strange! Passing strange! Fish
actually admits that there is some
thing he doesn't know.
He doesn't know what the cure
for our national extravaganza is to
be- Well these are just thousands
of the men who feed clOthe and warm
and entertain such paupers as Fish
and their friends, who could tell them
"what the cure is to be but whats
the use? They might worry for fear
it might break up the homes of Fish
and Harry Thaw and Stanford White
and Satan and Harry Orchard and
other thieves, liars and murderers.
And Oh, how sadly informed man
must be who really thinks that the
average working man "out of work
today could have laid up enough out
of the average subsistence wage, to
"buy himself a little home"
+-'.'-'a'-- - Yours tFsy
R. W. DALZIEL.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
Long Makes
Cows Pay
Surrey Man Averages $s123 From Each of His Cows.
Uses Cream Separator and Disposes of GsZ
Cream in Minot ashssssa aHsss - - - -. -

The Independent has always advo-
Gated milking COWS for North Dakota
farmers. Go back to the history of
Minnesota in the early days when
farmers depended mainly on grain
and you will find farm after farm
mortgaged to the limit, and land was
selling for no more than North Da-
kota lands sells for today. The farm
ers learned that COWS were mortgage
lifters:; that they were a source of
revenue the year round and cream
cry after creamery dots the land
scape of Minnesota today. Farmers
are getting independently rich from
the sale Of milk, cream and butter
North Dakota farmers are milking
more cows every year with marked
success.
Ed Long, a Surrey farmer, is an
example. Last year he MIXED eight
COWS, five of which are Jerseys and
the rest-just cows. He kept a rec
ord of the milk and cream from his
herd and found that during the year
he disposed Of just $649.S5 worth Of
the product making an average of
$S1.23 for each COW. A pretty good
record. Most of the cream was sold
right in Minot to Smallwood, the gro
Ger. Mr.. Long didn't need to go to
great deal of bother He delivered
the cream every day or two and got
his check whenever he asked for it..
He used a DeLaval cream separator
purchased from the Scofeld Imple-
ment company and you can't talk any
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

With a crash which could he
heard for blocks, two hundred
feet OF heavy four.inch piping,
filled with water, fell a distance
OF twenty feet at the G. N. round
house in this city Saturday ait
ernoon about l:2O O'Clock, hurt
ing two Japanese workmen hor-
ribly. Duffy, aboilermaker,s as
sistant, was struck on the shoul-
der by a pipe and knocked a-kit-
ing. Travelling Engineer La
Duke who was walking about
the house, was also struck a
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

thing but De Laval to him. He sold
lot of fine hogs with the separated
milk, and used a good deal Of the
milk and cream himself, besides max
ing all Of his own butter.
His COWS averaged him trifle bet
ter than $1.75 per day, enough to
keep him in groceries, clothing for
the family and pay most of the run
ming expenses of the farm. He con-
tinued to raise grain all of the time,
and laid by quite neat sum of mon
ey for rainy day.
He has a number of boys and
didn't have to hire any help.
The feed was all raised on the Long
farm and he ground it with his own
grinder.
He has two calves left from the
herd, and raised 200 chickens, main
ly on the milk given by his cows. He
sold $3.50 worth of poultry from the
farm and has 100 hens left.
He feeds his COWS oats and speltz
ground together. Each COW gets
about two gallons of feed per day.
1t doesn't pay to keep a lot of half
starved COWS.
Next season he will milk ten cows.
He has registered Jersey bull on
the farm, Dakota Lad, No. 77733,
bought from the Slocum farm. He
paid only $50 for the calf yet he val
ues the bull at fully $500.
Farmers, it will pay you to milk
cows
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
Terrible Accident
at Round House
Two Hundred Feet of Heavy Piping Falls on Workmen-
Crash Heard for Long Distance..Men in the Hos
n;tal-Close Call for Master Mechanic Ford

glancing blow, but not hurt
much. Master Mechanic Ford
was Just missed by a pipe, which
had it struck him, might have
killed him instantly.
The pipe which was located at
the top OF the building, clear
around the house, broke it's fas-
tening and fell without warning.
The l0jured men were placed on
draws and taken to the hospital
where they are receiving the best
of care. 1t is a wonder that
some Of them were not killed
outright.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23
As a Rich
Man Sees 1t

ling YOU what l think Of the pumpkin
headed thief who wrote them and
what warm welcome such insults find
in NV 'sneck-of-th-woods."
In the first place the time is past
when we American farmers find any
pleasure or benefit in reading or
listening to any words of wisdom (?)
from the lying tongues of such rob-
bers as Stuyvesant Fish and his like
and the less room is allowed them in
the -papersa ,Eead the better We We
shall be pleased. In the second place,
let me say that not few of us
farmers, who are supposed to be a
lot of easily satisfied idiots, have
learned that the fellows like Fish who
are inside the ring lie and know they
lie when they say that extravaganza
has anything to do with financial
flurries' of the latest color.
Was it extravaganza which caused
"bankers to lose confidence in bank.
ers'?
Is it extravaganza that causes 25
per cent of our products to pile up
in our sheds and ware houses de-
manding foreign market which
can't be found?
Is it extravaganza which pays the
working man of mine and factory so
little for his hard work and precious
life that he can scarcely live and
the farmer so little that he is falling
over himself and his neighbors in his
haste to mortgage his chattles and
his farm for IL per cent cash with
which to pay for the bare necessities
of country slave, while doing with
cut a thousand things he needs to
say nothing of pleasures and business.
Is it extravaganza which suddenly
adds to our already alarmingly large
army Of unemployed, huge 10000
in one industrial center alone? In
word, is it extravaganza which
stands with raised club in the path of
our beloved and we'll intending cap
italism apd says Thou Shalt not En-
ploy the People at even Bare Liv-
ing Wage Continually?
Is it extravaganza which according
to Congressman Bennett of New
York, causes "the army of female
outcasts to draw its recruits chiefly
from the sufferers of unfortunate
economic conditioner
Nonsense! We know what causes
these hard times and SO does Fish,
but we're going to take the pleasure
of telling him all about it on the 3rd
of next November.
Everyone spends too much" What
imbecility! and he thinks those over
dressed women zone sees on State
St." rich in all but usefulness, are
a fair sample of American women.
Why one of our sensible working
women is worth more to the world
that million tons of such useless
parasites, and they don't spend too
much and as to cookery" they are
far from Ignorant Of the art in great
degree" What insults! What does
he take us farmers for anyway? He
must have formed his opinion from
the fact that the majority of them
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

Stuyyesant Fish, a very WealIny
man, and just now very prominent IN
railroad matters, when interviewer
nnon the causes Of the present hard'
nn-ness Of the country, is reported TO
have given out the following:
81 can tell you one thing and that
is that extravaganza is chiefly respon.
sib1e for the various periods OF hard
times through which this country
I passes. Extravaganza on the part
/ Of eyerybody-rich and poor and mod'
erately we'll offs the great weak.
ness Of the American nation. AND
not only is the private individual too
extravagant, but the state and nation
al governments are too extravagant as
we'll.
Everybody spends too much. Why'
+oko these women one sees on State
St.. for instance. Almost all OF them
are Oyerdressed-I mean by that, tney
have mt out too much money on
clothes in proportion to the income
of the family.
"Then there is the matter OF table
expenses. Why, by George, the aver
age American housekeeper wastes
enough to feed French or German
family. Then there's cookery the
American woman who has to do her
own cooking is ignorant of the ART
in a great degree She does not under
stand how to make her supplies go
nearly as far as they should, and she
doesn't understand how to cook the
stuff that she does use. You pump
into extravaganza everywhere you
turn.
Look at the automobile fad. What
do you think, in sober, cold blood, OF
a man who would mortgage his home
to buy an automobile? Isn't that ex-
travagance run mad? Yet lots of men
have done that very thing. Then
hard times come along and suppose
they mortgage the automobiles.
Extravaganza breeds hard times,
and then hard times kill extrava-
gance the author of their being. Peo-
pie get cautious about their expen-
diture for awhile and live well with
in their incomes. Then-presto!-
our old friend extravaganza under
goes a miracle and is brought back
to life again. So it goes-up and
down. What the final cure for our
national extravaganza is to be, l
don't know
And isn't every word of the above
true Out. Of the tens of thousands
out of work today, and uncertain
where the winters coal and food is
coming from-there is not one who
put by a reasonable amount of his
big wages for the past few years, but
has enough and can take advantage,
in the present and coming lower
prices, to buy himself a little nome.
We are far too much m the habit of
spending all we get.
Lynch, N. D., Jan. 10, 1908.
Editor independents:
have just wasted few minutes
reading CAS- a Rich Man Sees it,
published in the Dakota Farmer and
it is such a bunch of fool ideas that
/ am going to waste few more tell
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

The Independent editor will be only
too glad to accept gold coins on sub
scription, even tho the inscription,
"In God we Trust has been left off.
The government says that we do not
dare trust our subscribers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

Fargo's milk Inspector found that
125 cows out of herd of 1926 has
tuberculosis. No wonder the people
of that village patronize the thirst
parlors across the river.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

The mail clerk on the Sherwood
branch over slept Thursday morning
Chas. Lano, the good natured post
master at Mohall jumped on the train
and threw the mail forty ways for
Sunday in his stead
T. S. White, who has been doing
the pastering of all of Minot's good
business blocks this season, has de-
parted for his old home at Mason
City, Ia, where he will visit two
months.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

the crack and not the little dog.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
Lee County Has Great Frcshct.

Bishopville, Aug. 26.-The great
est freshet in the memory Of our old
est men Is booming in Lynch's creek.
All wooden bridges have been washed
away The steel bridge alone stands
against the rush Of the waters, but
1t Is leaning and may go at any mo-
ment. Wreckage of all kinds Is float
ing down the creek. Parties living
on the lowlands lying along the creek
are moving out. The water has risen
over twenty feet and is still rising
Heavy rains have fallen for 48 hours
over the whole county. causing dam
age to crops beyond estimate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
FEARED BANKS; BURIED MONEY
Arkansas Mans Decayed Fortune
Saved for Him by Woman.

Washington, aug. 24.-Of the
$4,000 in decayed greenbacks sent
to the Treasury Department for re-
demption by o. d. Earl, of Morrillon
Ark, all but $25 have been identified
and a check for $9,975' was mailed
to Mr.. Earl to-day.
Fearing the banks were unsafe Mr..
Earl buried his savings in an old tin
pail in 1904. Recently he dug up
his treasure only to find that the
bills were so decayed that he could
not discern their numbers. All that
was left of the roll was a bunch of
paper resembling a package of dried
leaves, with here and there the torn
end of a note displaying a figure.
Mrs. A. E. Brown, the burnt money
expert of the redemption division,
was given custody Of the unrecog-
nizable mass when Mr.. Earl forward
ed what was left of his fortune to
the Treasury Department. After
much tedious work she succeeded in
Identifying most of the money.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
THE FLOOD IN THIS STATE.
The Property Loss will Reach Up Into
Enormous Figures.
(News and Courier, Aug. 28D

NNeWS ana courier, Aug. 2S.)
Property damaged to the extent of
hundreds Of thousands of dollars, at
least two or three lives lost, devas-
tated farms, ruined crops, bridges
washed away, cotton mills and power
plants closed, railroad service traffic
almost paralvzed, and telephone and
telegraph service badly crippled, tell
the story Of the flood which has been
raging in the Piedmont and Pee
Dee sections Of South Carolina, and
the eastern portion of North Caro-
lima for the past two days, and
which is undoubtedly the most de-
structive that has ever visited this
section of the country. Tie rivers
are all out Of their banks and some
of them are steadily rising. 1t is i'm
possible this morning to give any
fair estimate Of the loss, but it will
go into the millions. Owing to the
disorganized condition of the usual
means OF communication The News
and Courier was unable last night to
get dispatches from all OF the coun-
ties where the flood is highest and
the damages greatest, but sufficient
Information was secured to give q
tolerably fair idea of the extent of
the flood.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
Untakcn and Not Paid For.
Calgary, Canada, Herald. }

Calgary, Canada, Herald.)
And McTavish was mo feelin' iuist
weel," so he went to the doctor and
stated his complaints.
What do you drink?" demanded
the medico.
"Whuskey."
How much?"
Maybe a bottle a day"
''Do you smoke?"
"Yes."
How much?"
1.-TWO ounces a day"
We'll, you give up whiskey and
tobacco altogether"
Andy took up his cap and in three
steps reached the door.
Andy" called the doctor, "you
have not paid for my advice!"
"Ahm no. takin' it," snapped Andy
as he shut the door behind him.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-09-02
Oakway IttmS.

(Unavoidab,y Omitted Last Week.
Oakway, Aug. 24.-Special: The
series of meeting at the Baptist
church closed last Monday with an
addition Of fourteen members.
Oakway and Richland crossed bates
on Richards diamond Friday after
noon, the score being to 13 in
favor Of Oakway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Kilburn, of Ma
con, Ga, are visiting his brother,
Sloan Kilburn.
Lee Allgood, a handsome young
man from Piedmont, Ala, Is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. J. j. Haley.
Miss Efrie Kilburn, who has been
visiting relatives in Gainesville, Ma
con and other points in Georgia, is
with homefolks here again.
Mrs. Joe Crooks and sister, Miss
Tenn, are visiting at the home Of
w. A. Bowen.
Among the young people who at
tended the dance at the Richland
Hall were Miss Bessie Mattison, Miss
May Haley and Adger Bowen.
Misses Cordelia and Ila Bearden,
who are teaching Poplar and Six
Mile schools, respectively, visited
homefolks last week.
Mrs. J. NJ. Mattison IS visiting rel
atives and friends at Greenville, Bel
ton and PelZer.
The Misses Dunlap and brother, OF
Athens, are visiting near here.
We fear our ''Craps" will be dam
aged if the rain continues at the pres
ent rate.
Mrs. j. III. Pullen, Of Cracker Neck
S. c., and charming sister, Miss Kate
Byrd, of New York, visited at j. j.
Haley's few days last week. Duo