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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

Peter Vandenoever, candidate for
mayor OF the city of Minot, is gain
ing ground every minutes Business
men who realize the Importance OF
electing to Office man with mature
judgment, are focking to his support.
The working man who wants the city
run in a business-like, economical
manner, say they are for Vandenoever.
The citizens who believe in municipal
ownership are all for Peter Vanden-
oever. for they know how he stood
on the water works proposition, when
it's fate was in the balance. Those
who want to see an up-to-date water
works system installed. In the city OF
Minot, with plenty of good pure
water, are shouting for Vandenoever.
Those who want to see the friendless
women segregated and under police
protection, will come to Yandenoever's
support. #
Those who want for our highest Off
cial man who will be "Johnny-on
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26
"RuraI ionoranes."

Eugene West, the man who became
famous in Minot by his bad acting in
connection with the West-Henry The.
atrical CO. writes the Independent .
real sassy letter. because We reminl-
ed him that he had left the city, for
getting to settle his little bill With the
Independent. Mr.. West very kindly
enclosed the amount ct his Indebted
ness. In closing be says Rural lngno-
rance must DO excused" We do not
know whether he means that the edi-
tor Of the Independent il guilty Of
having hay seeds In our hair, or
whether this 10 his way q acmow-
lodging the fact that he would make
. much better plow boy than IN actor:
At, any rate. Va haYe the aattstaction
q knowing that he Hon. Nneeae
wet, tAs seae actor q ~ bunIsDt
eeelliliy 1sareapoeadA1 - II
tno9, = 1T Il 1FsslaValA ~
of o. 40 GaS1o0 oa1k
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26
Stands For North Dakota

next day up there. And last fall there
was a quite number Of people up
there who are dissatisfied on account
of not getting as large crop as they
wished. When told the people here
what we raised up there and consider
ed it a poor crop they thought l was
loony. The people here raised what
they consider a good crop and their
yield was not a bit better than ours.
| am pleased to say that would not
trade 100 acres up there for the same
amount down here with buildings and
all if I had to live on it and farm all
of these sloughs and mud puddles.
Yours truly,
&c. F. Kruger.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

The Ward county Democratic con-
vention was held in this city Monday.
The meeting was attended by large
crowd of Bryan followers from the
county. w. H. Mckee OF Kenmare
presided at the gathering. John l..
Fahey, the attorney from this city
was the secretary.
The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
We, the Democrats OF Ward county,
in convention assembled this 23rd day
of March, 1908, in the city OF Minot,
county of Ward and state of North
Dakota, do hereby endorse and recon.
mend the following resolutions:
Resolved, that We heartily endorse
the administration of Hon. John
Burke, governor of North Dakota, and
are pleased and gratified, with the
manner in, which he has conducted his
office, and carried out the Democratic
pledges, when not hampered by Re.
publican officials. And we recommend
and endorse the able and deficient ad.
ministration of Hon. John A. John
son, governor of Minnesota, and con
graduate the Democracy of Minneso
ia in having such a man, as one of the
standard bearers OF Democracy. And
we congratulate the Democrats of the
United States in having such an able
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

thc-spot,' to see that the ordinances
Of cur city are enforced, will put their
houlders to the wheel and help elect
Peter VanIenoever.
NJ. VandenOever realizes tnat
Mnot needs reforms, yet If elected ne
will endeavor to bring about those
reforms gradually. His policy IS
neither the wide open nor the tight
lid. He realizes that either one
would be fatal to our best interests.
Mr.. Vandenoever and his workers
are making good clean campaign.
They do not believe in misrepresenta-
lions or mud singing. This Is not
necessary to elect Mr.. Vandenoever.
He will make no promises regarding
appointments in case of his election.
but it is an assured fact, that sucn
appointments will meet with the ap-
probation Of practically all Of the peo-
pie. A vote for Vandenoever means
vote for bigger, buster and better
MinOt.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26
Florists are Here.

Walker & Ekman from Minneapolis
are here to open their new floral bust.
ness in the Economy Drug building
on South Main street. The place will
be open the latter part Of the week
and Mr.. Walker who will have charge
of the business informs us that he
will have a large stock of flowers on
hand at all times. He will pay strict
attention to out Of town customers
as well a. those right in our city. He
has spent several years following this
business with some Of the largest
florists in Minneapolis, and is thor
oughly competent young man. He Is
a young man with pleasing person
ality and will make good in this city
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26
Hector, Mimi, March Is, 1908.

Hector, Mimi, March Is, 1908.
Editor Ward County independent
Dear Sir l have been wanting to drop
you few lines to insert in your pages
ever since started out on by visit 10
Minnesota, my old home, which I al
ways thought was the only place in
the world where it was fit for people
to live, but since living in Ward coun-
ty, North Dakota, find no charm
here. It is true that there hardly ever
Is as much snow here as there is up
there, but the roads are so muddy now
that it is almost impossible to travel.
After the least bit of rain there is no
road here for whole week while we
can go out bicycle riding the very
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

There are two reasons why some
people don't mind their own business.
One is that they haven't any mind, the
other that they haven't any business,
is the way Bro. Bagely puts it in his
TOwner Tribune
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

Miss Minnie Frederick, of the Reg.
lister of Deeds Office, went to Norwich
Saturday to attend a funeral Of her
sister, Mrs. Stewart.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26
MILITIA BOYS REMEMBER COL
oNEL ON BIRTHDAY

Col. Scarlet 10 Presented with 4 Gold
Cane by the Members Of Company
D Of Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-26

A warm tribute to Col. Alex Scar.
lett, whose sixty-fifth birthday occur
red yesterday, was paid. by the mem.
bers Of Company D a few evenings
ago.
The colonel was presented with q
gold.headed cane by the members Of
the company who wished to express
their appreciation of his work in con.
nection with the company and Of their
estimate of him as man and a citi-
zen.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

and particularly the soil and climatic
conditions. Where there Ia much rain
and the soil is sticky the areas should
probably be limited so that they can
be cleaned up in 20 days or less. Where
there is but little rain, and the soil is
sandy or gravelly, there is perhaps nc
good reason for limiting the amount OF
corn beyond that which they can -on.
sumo before the end of the season. II
by mismanagement or accident any
part OF field is left unfinished brood
sows or stock hogs may advantageous.
ly be used to clean It up, and II the
amount is large, then they should be
turned in for only short period at a
time, as their breeding qualities are
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
WAS ONLY RED BLOOD.
And Three-Year-oId Had Been Told
That II Was Blue.

Three-year-old Allan had very aris-
tocratic grandma. who prided herself
on her own and her husbands blue
blooded ancestry. She told him heroic
deeds of them and warned him from
ever playing with boys of low degree.
One day Allan came screaming up
stairs to his mamma and grandma
holding his hand up covered With
blood. where he had cut his little
finger. They were both greatly
alarmed as he was a child who rarely
cried or complained when hurt. Nam
ma washed the blood OF and. exam
lining the cut, said:
why, dear, it's not SO very bad.
Does 1t hurt you SO much?"
I'm not cryin' cause 1t hurts" he
said. but cause it's only red blood.
and grandma said had blue.
de!phia Ledger
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
| wrrH coRN sHRUNK 10 JAN. / ana WELDING.

ing since they have at that weight
formed good amount of bone and
muscle for framework. and are in a
condition to fatten rather than to
grow. Those that have been grown on
pasture are better fitted for the work
than those that have been confined
in pens, as they are more active. and
have had more experience In gathering
food for themselves. They, therefore.
eat corn more readily and require less
amounts of expensive mill feed. Shoats
of this weight may be expected to gain
about Ia pounds daily. In 60 to 10
days of feeding they should gain ap-
proximately 92 pounds.
Hogs weighing from 200 to 240
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
SOME CURIOUS WAYS OF BIRDS

the goldfinch. believes in late season
housekeeping. 1t is the ceGcr bird
tampelis cedrorum) the very Beau
Brummel of birds. The cedar bird
has crest which 1t wears iauntily.
Its head and under parts are OF a
beautiful fawn color. while the upper
parts are olive gray. The tail is tipped
with yellow and upon the wings are
drops of red substance like sealing
wax. The birds plumage fits it like
glove. 1t is the one bird OF the
whole tribe of birds which can sit
with its back to a bowling wind and
never ruflie feather. It has the
secret of being well groomed upon all
occasions.
The cedar bird. like the goldfinch. is
not afraid of winter weather There
is no sight more charming and more
novel than to see a number of cedar
birds sitting on tree branch during a
gentle snowstorm, and launching out.
one after another. to seize the falling
feathery fakes. The birds make a
winter sport of snowflake catching.
Possibly the white flakes remind them
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

nests of other birds, selecting usually
the homes of birds which are much
smaller than herself. Occasionally
the birds which have been i'm
posed upon will desert the nest or
build an additional story to it, thus
cutting off the parasite egg from the
benefit of the sitting. Ordinarily, how
ever. the victim lays her own eggs
and matches them with the egg OF the
cowbird, though as a rule the parasite
egg matches first. The young cowbird,
being larger than its nest mates,
claims nearly all Of the food. and the
lives OF its foster brothers ard sisters
are sacrificed. The foster mother will
lead forth the great hulking young one
and care for 1t with all the tenderness
that she would have shown her lesiti-
mate offspring.
The shore lark. often called the
horned lark (Otocoris alpestris) fre-
quently is imposed upon by the cow
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

pounds almost always bring good
prices. 1t is not unreasonable then
to expect to start with pigs that weigh
from ITO to 140 pounds. II farrowed
in early April, pigs will make these
weights by September 10.
Old brood sows that are thin in flesh
fatten up very quickly when turned
into a field. A few weeks on early
varieties of corn will usually permit
such sows to be marketed early or be-
fore it would be possible following the
common method of feeding.
While eating corn In the field hogs
require a great deal Of clear water.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
II Was Not Loaded.

The Russkoje Slowa tells the follow
ing story about Prof. Kowalewski:
THE doctor was seated in his con-
sultation room in a mountain resort
where he practices his profession sew
eral months every year The last pa
tient admitted was burly man, who
sat quietly in the chair opposite the
Doctors desk until the latter looked
up and asked: What can I do for
your The man drew a paper out of
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
AN HONEST DOCTOR
ADVISED PE-RU-NA.

MIR. SYLVESTER Il. SMITH, Room
AvA 2ls, Granite Block, st. Louis, Mo-,
writes: "Peruna is the best friend .
sick man can have.
"a few months ago came hero in .
wretched condition. Exposure and
dsmpness had ruined my once robust
health. 1 had catarrhal affections of
tho bronchial tubes, and for a time there
was q doubt rs to my recovery.
"My good honest old doctor advised
me to take Peruna, which did and In
q short time my health began to inn
prove very rapidly, tho bronchial
I, ,ouble gradually disappeared, and in
three months my health was fully re-
stored.
"Accept grateful mans thanks for
his restoration to perfect health"
Pe-ru-na for Ills Patients.
A. w. Perrin, NJ. d. s., $50 Halsey
St., Brooklyn, N. Y, says:
81 am using your Peruna myself, and
am recommending 1t to my patients in
all cases or catarrh, and find 1t to be
more than you represent. Peruna can
be had now of all druggists in this Sec
tion. At the time began using 1t, It
was unknown"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

They grow and thrive better when
they have II, and some means of sup
plying 1t to them fresh. and In large
quantities. must be provided When in
the field. hogs do not come up and
drink in droves as they do in the
yards; therefore, 1t is necessary to
keep water before them continually.
When fields adjacent to the farmstead
are used, hogs can be brought up to
the yards and watered or fed slop as
usual: where fields remote from the
farmstead are used, the simplest way
is to fill several barrels or casks with
stone boat or other conveyance to the
field. Enough can thus be taken out
at time to last for two or three days.
There are no definite data at hand to
determine Just how large an area 1t is
advisable to allow hogs at one time in
feeding off corn. Results at the Min
nesota station show that where 1t took
the hogs 20 days to clean up a field
OF corn they did not make as good
gains during the latter part of the
period as during the earlier part. Some
farmers who have tried It claim that
as good results are obtained by turn
ing into the whole field at once as
by fencing into lots. This is a matter
to be settled largely by circumstances
such as the price of labor. the shape
of the fields, the cost to fence them
- Days Required to Hog OFF an Acre Of
Pins wein him 1o5 Potfpde
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

bird. Robert W. Hegner. who has
photographed many birds nests In
stu. recently secured a picture of
shore lark's nest. which contained In
addition to its complement OF lark's
eggs two eggs of the cowblrd.
Not long ago l personally found the
nest of a yellow warbler containing
four eggs OF the cowbird. The war
bier Dendroica aestiva) completed It's
nest on Sunday afternoon. Tuesday
morning 1t contained four cowbirds'
eggs and not one egg of the rightful
owner of the home. The yellow war
bier deserted in disgust.
have watched the female cowbird
while she was approaching the nest
in which she intended to lay an egg.
No sneak thief ever more plainly
showed by his appearance and man.
ner that he intended wrongdoing than
did that cowbird. She kept watch
ful eye out to see that the warbler
whose nome she was to visit was abb
sent. and then skunk through the un-
derbrush. pausing every few yards TO
.ook about. and finally ended in one
swift dash for the nest. / chased the
bird away and then retired to dis
tance. She was back inside of five
minutes. l drove her away again, and
would have killed her with pleasure
had I the means at nand. for be 1t
known that one warbler is worth ten
cowbirds, and If that cowbird egg had
found lodging in the warbler's nest
it meant that every little warbler
which might be Matched would soon
meet death by starvation.
Something was said about the eco
nomic value of the robin. There has
been issued by the national committee
of Audubon societies an educational
leaflet on this bird. The matter was
prepared by William butcher of New
York city, chairman of the protection
committee of the American Orni-
biologists union. Mr.. butcher is one
of the foremost bird authorities in the
United States. Mr. Dutcheg says:
Wherever the robin breeds with
in the confines of civilization man
is its friend. and a mutual attach
ment has grown up that borders
on sentiment. In the robins win
ter home In the southland all Is
different for there no sentiment
but that of gastronomics is displayed: /:
the bird is simply tender morsel to
be made an integral part of stew
or pie. In central Tennessee are
large tracts of cedars, the berries of
which serve to attract myriads of
robins in the winter. One small ham
let in this district sends to market
annually enough robins to return
$500. at five cents a dozen, equal to
10000 birds"
From member of the Louisiana
Audubon society there came to Mr..
butcher the statement that a con
servative estimate made the number
OF robins killed for food purposes In
Louisiana from quarter of mil
lion in ordinary years to a million
when the birds are unusually plenti-
full"
The Audubon societies are endeavor.
ing to check this awful slaughter of
birds, which are absolutely necessary
to protect the crops The southern
state legislatures recently have expe-
rienced a change of heart, and they
now are ready to. throw the arm of
protection about birds which make a
winter resort of the southland.
EDWARD b. CLARK.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

The variety of corn usually grown In
locality is the proper kind to grow
for hogging off purposes. since 1t is
probably the best adapted to the local
ity and gives the largest yield. How
ever. getting an early start In the fat
tening process is very advantageous,
and II sometimes happens when pas
ture supplies are short or the early
sale of hogs is desirable, that such
variety does not mature early enough
To be prepared for such conditions, IL
is well TO grow n sufficient amount OF
sweet corn or early maturing flint corn
to tide over until the field corn is
ready for use. No more than Is suf-
hcient for early fall feeding should be
grown since 1t costs just as much to
grow these varieties as 1t does the
dent and they yield much less. Flint
corn is preferable to sweet corn for
hogs, and field feeding OF flint corn
gives better results than where
husked and fed after the corn has
hardened.
One of the great objections In grow
Ing flint and other early varieties of
corn has been the difficulty of harvest
ing them. Feeding them off with live
stock eliminates this objection, and it
would seem that they might be grown
and utilized more extensively.
Pigs weighing from 100 to 140
pounds are best suited for field feed
Showing Approximately the Number
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

easily injured by excessive corn feed.
ing.
For convenience. a table has been
arranged showing approximately the
number of days required to hog on
an acre of corn yielding various
amounts in order to enable the feeder
to Judge as to the acreage of corn he
will need to inclose at time for his
pigs.
Comfort is highly essential to the
growth and well-being OF pigs: and
while they are out In the fields shelter
OF some sort must be provided for
tnem.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
Thinqs That Trip.

TITS fact" said the man who was
given to moralizing. that one cannot
be too careful about trifles. Some
times when mans going along plan
ming some big things some little thing
that he's overlooked trips him up"
YES" the plain man agreed. "and
there should be a law against throw.
ing banana skins on the pavement"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

Copyright, Joseph b. Bowles)
Go to the parks Of the city or to the
anes of the countryside in July and
iigh overhead you may hear a
hnkling note. Look upward and you
will see bird in livery of black and
gold swinging hammocks in the sky.
1t Is the goldfinch taking its flight
above mother earth in a series OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

feeding youngster of more than
double her size. 1t is perhaps almost
needless to say that the youngster is
a cow bunting (Molothrus ater), while
the food-providing mother is in reality
only foster mother The female cow
bird skulks through the fields and
woods and drops her eggs into the
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

of the petals of springtime apple bios
SONS. of which the birds are rather
fonder than the fruit raiser might
wish.
Wandering through the fields on
bird observing bent, in this summer
season. a not infrequent sight will be
that of some mite of a mother bird
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
HAZY.

Publisher-The third chapter in this
manuscript is SO blurred can't make
1t out.
Authorizes; that is where I used
London atmosphere. That is the fog,
you know.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

his pocket and handed It to the profess
sor. who read: I want 5000 rubles
After a pause of few minutes the
written request was laid on the desk
and the doctor said: have no
money, but II had l would not give
1t to you We shall see.' said the
alleged patient. drawing from the
same pocket large revolver. so we
shall, said the doctor. pointing
weapon OF equal size at the intruder.
So they sat several minutes, when the
burly man lowered his weapon, say
Ing: shall not harm you. and passed
out through the waiting room into the
street. Prof. Kowalewski said he
would have followed the man IL his
revolver had been loaded"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
Standard Measurements.

A league Is three miles. a fathom is
six feet. span is 10% inches and a
hand (horse measure) is four inches.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23
eoLpFINcH GETS BOTH BED AND
BOARD FROM THIsTLEs-A
DEVOTED HUSBAND.
SNEAK TRICK OF cowBIRD
Immense Numbers Of Robins Killed ir
Southern States for the Stew Pot
of the Northern as Well as
Southern Home.
BY EDWARD 8. CLARK.

associate Member American Ornithol-
ogIsts' Unlon)
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-23

Showing
Corn by Given Number of Pigs Weis 1926
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-09-08
FATALLY HURT
BY TRAIN AT
MARKET ST.
Thomas KeegaR loses Leg While
Trying to Board a Freight
Yesterday Noon.
DIES IN CITY HOSPITAL
Accident ShTOudsd In Mystery
Dsalh EHded His SufieTingS
Last Might.

Thomas Keegan, twenty-six years
old, Of 230 Market street, died in
the city hospital last night as the re-
suit of injuries received while trying
to board freight train at the Mar
ket street crossing of the Central
railroad shortly after 1890 o'clock
yesterday noon.
The train was a southbound Penn
sylvania freight in charge Of Con
ductor Ayres and Engineer Foster.
Keegan, it is asserted, attempted to
board the train just south of the
crossing and, missing his hold, fell
under the wheels, which horribly
mangled his right leg
DR.. F. c. Henry and DR.. M. S.
Meinzer were called and, after they
had made him as comfortable as
possible, he was removed to the hos
pital, where the crushed member
was amputated
Keegan sank gradually and the
end came early in the evening.
The body was removed to his
home this morning and will be taken
to Sayreyille Thursday morning for
interment, following funeral SER
vices at that place.
The dead man is survived by a
widow.