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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
Metallic Mirrors.

The production of metallic mirror,
for searchlights and other such usas
is now In demand in Europe. Those
made of glass, now used, are ob1ec.
tionable owing to their liability "a
fracture when the guns are fired on
ships, and to the silvering on the nil.
rors bnstering and separating from
the glass. A new metallic mirror
made partly by electro.deposition. IA
being introduced. The mirror has a
surface composed of alternate bands
or rings of gold and white rejecting
surfaces. It is claimed that this mir
ror gives a more penetrating beam Of
light, both at night and in foggy
weather; that objects on which such
beam of light is thrown stand out
in greater relief than in light
thrown from a silver white metal mir.
ror, and that the intensity of the light
is so great that it Is impossible to aim
accurately at the protector. Another
advantage claimed for the new mir.
rors is that they are not fractured by
conclusion, and that even when pen
Grated by bullets the area Of distor-
ton IL very small
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

pellets that are scented with anise Oh,
ETC., for attracting the gophers. Others
are in liquid form and are intended
10 be mixed with grain that is after.
ward dried and dropped into the bur.
rows with spoon or similar contIav.
ance. Poisoned raisins or pieces Of
potato or Of apple are thus dropped
into the main runways with excellent
result In employing poison for the
destruction of gophers great care is
always necessary SO as to avoid all
possible chance of poison to the oper-
ator as well as to everything else not
Intended to be killed.
Considerable success has frequently
been obtained and reported by shoot
ing the animals as they come to the
surface when throwing out their loads
Of earth or for making observations.
They do this work and accommodating
mostly during early morning or late
afternoon, at which time they are not
at all shy and can be approached
quite closely It is necessary, there
fore, that those who would obtain the
best results by the employment of this
method should betake themselves to
the fields either at daybreak or else
during the evening twilight
Some persons have reported sue.
cess by the use of bisulphide Of carbon,
but our personal experiments have not
been at all satisfactory when trying
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
IT PAYS TO
RAISE COLTS

1t is strange that more farmers do
not appreciate the advantage OF colt
raising. II managed right it need In
terfere little with the regular work
Of the farm. The farmer who has one
Or more mares is making great mis-
take If he does not raise colt or two.
It is often possible to SO arrange the
time of foaling as to not materially
interfere with the mares work, or,
il there are a number Of mares, so
there will be some At for work at all
times. The fact that a mare is with
foal need not debar her from work; n
fact reasonable work is good for her.
OF course, she should be treated kind
~ and not be worked to excess. Draft
or coach stations are the best sires
for the farmer to use.s Trotting and
saddle horses require more care and
training before theycan be marketed
tAaa The hZpslseae I've, XAile ths
o0ly EoQuiFsnenl9 q draft heg1o
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
True Freedom.
Men whose boast it is that ye
~ ~ 1ro,,a a.I

Men whose boast 1t is that ye
Came Of fathers brave and free,
If there breathe on earth slave,
Are ye truly free and brave?
If ye Go not feel the chain
When It works a brothers pain,
Are ye not base slaves indeed,
Slaves unworthy to be freed7
Women who shah one day bear
Sons to breathe New England air,
II ye hesr without blush
Deeds TO make the reused blood rush
Like rad lava through your veins
For your sisters now In chains.
Answor, Are ye fit to be
Mothers Of tho brave and free?
Is true freedom but 10 break
Fetteus for their own dear sake,
And with Leathern hearts forget
That we oWe mankind a debt7
No! True freedom is to share
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest 10 make others freel
They are slaves who dare not speak
For the fallen and the weak.
Hatred. scomng and abuse,
They are slaves who dare Mt choooo
Rather than In silence GhSank
1fem ths tSueh thsy neeAonaGl ~
3h4R eFo l1ayee We la0o - -
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
WITHOUT A THOUGHT OF FEAR.
Behavior Of American Troops IN tho
Face Of Awful Death.


One Of the most remarkable events
In the annals of American arms &C.
Cured at Fort Crook, Neb., the other
day when tornado struck the place.
Al the dispatches tell the story:
"When the officers realized that a tor.
nado had struck the post 600 men OF
the Sixth regiment were brought TO
battalion formation and in the midst
Of flying slate roofs and other debris
they were marched across the parade
ground to the substantial buildings,
where they were put at rest and took
to the cellars. The fort was damaged
to the extent of 100000"
History and fiction alike have dWelt
upon the dauntless spirit Of men who
have manifested their willingness to
charge the gates Of hell or scale the
heights of heaven" but doubtless no
better illustration Of this spirit was
ever given than when this devoted
band of American soldiers at Fort
Crook formed ranks to ''do or die" to-
gether in the face of resistless tor
nado, says the Kansas City Journal.
Those who have never viewed the
fury of one Of these terrible outbursts
of the angry elements cannot imagine
the dreadful reality of the scene, with
the heavens blacker than night, the
darkness intensified by binding fash
es Of lightning, the terrors OF the
storm multiplied by the terrific
crashes Of heavens artillery, and the
air filed with swirling clouds which
hide all else but the awful figure Of
death, the CHASTITY funnel-shaped cloud
which makes gigantic leaps along the
ground, uprooting trees and whirlina
houses, animals and human beings
through the air on the wings Of the
death-dealing wind.
It is sight to appall the stoutest
heart and to cause the human mind te
realize the utter impotence Of man II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

ialfa fields. It is therefore quite with
In bounds to place the annual damage
caused by the three species Of pocket
gophers at close to million dollars.
This being true it is certainly worth
our while to give the matter more
than casual attention. The injury
caused is due both to the actual de-
vouring of the crops concerned and
to the choking out of others, as well
as to the necessity for high cutting to-
gether with injury to machinery. "A
very little good might result from
their mixing and loosening the soil,
but this is again more than Offset in
the harm done by draining irrigating
bitches, etc.
Owing to the confusion of popular
names given to common animals in
different regions, a number of persons
d. not appear to differentiate between
ground squirrels, which are also some
times called gophers, and the Great
ures which we are now speaking of.
In order to clearly set forth the diff
ferences, illustrations of our two COM
monest ground squirrels are given
herewith together with picture of the
pocket gopher.
The different species of pocket
gophers live almost entirely beneath
the surface of the ground, where they
frequently run their galleries to great
distances, only coming to the surface
from time to time for the purpose Of
+h~nrT-i,,ry fIod I'd ip1, dino
loose in driving their burrows and con-
structing store rooms, and once a year
when seeking mates. During the bal
ance Of the year their life is solitary,
both the males and the females lead
ing such isolated existence. They are
not rapid multipliers, since only one
brood is reared each year. The aver
age number Of young is two or three,
and these are generally born IN May
or June. When looking for mate the
male is usually the sex that leaves
its burrow and makes the above
ground pilgrimages. These journeys
are principally undertaken at night or
In the early morning, at time Of day
when there is comparatively little dan
ger from enemies.
The probable cause for the increase
In numbers of these mammals dur
ing recent years must be laid to the
Killing of of their natural enemies,
rather than to any other special
agency. The natural enemies are
: owls, hawks, weasels and bull-snakes
The planting and cultivation of GER
tain especially enticing food plants, as
Alfalfa, potatoes, ETC., may also have
had some influence in attracting the
animals to particular locations.
As effective and at the same time
comparatively inexpensive methods
Of combating and destroying pocket
gophers, / would suggest the follow
ing, in the order Of their importance
and effectiveness:
Trapping is perhaps the safes
method, if not the quickest one. O
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
Vote 40 You Strike.

There are 100000 voters who be-
long to some labor union, and they
vote the same tickets as their masters
and then strike against their masters.
Any man who votes for capitalism has
no moral right to strike or complain
Of the conditions under which he
works.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
POCKET GOPHERS A PEST
OF THE WESTERN FARMER
Damage In Various Ways Proves Heavy Burden
for Agricu1turist-By Prof. Lawrence
Nebraska.

dropping the bait through openings
made with a tool something like tho
garden dibble, only longer. This open
ing should then be covered over. Poi.
soning should never be done by throw
ing the bait into the mouth Of an open
burrow, as the gopher is very apt to
push the poison out along with a load
of dirt, and in that way endanger the
lives of various farm animals. These
poisons can be obtained from your
druggist already prepared for use
since number of our manufacturing
chemists make a speciality Of their
preparation. Some of the prepared
poisons are put UP in lozenge-shaped
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

the presence Of angry nature Tho
charge OF the Six Hundred at Balar
lava was trivial incident of milits ~,
duty compared with the steadfast dis
cipline Of the 600 American soldiers a.
Fort Crook. who coolly formed in linz ~
and braved the tornados fury "a
though it were 9 matter Of mere ron
tine duty.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

The damage caused by pocket
gophers in many Of the western states
each year for the past decade at least
has become more and more pro-
uounced. It Is difficult to estimate in
dollars. since it is both actual and ap-
parent. However, all agree that the
injury Is sufficient to make 1t quite
necessary to wage relentless war
against the pest. The various esti-
mates Of harm done range between
$40 and SIS per each 100 acre farm,
and In some instances as high as $1.00
per acre, and in still others several
dollars per acre where the injury is in
orchards, gardens and potato and al
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

Double Header working in his
Gopher Trap. burrow, i. e., by
getting them far enough down in the
main runway so as to insure the ami
mails crossing the trap when coming
to close up the opening, the trap will
be sprung and the victim secured.
There is very little difficulty in catch
ing them after one has had little ex-
porience in placing traps.
Theso mammals can also be quite
reoAiIy poisoned. In; doing this. . very
aetive tolsm must ~ used. a.. for ex.
anple. eeKycAnin4 ae ey4pi6e e pptaas
49,. - d IT - plScSd i thos
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
The
Canning
Season
is
Now On

Remember that we always car
ry tho largest assortment OF
fruits in season and you will be
able to pick up some snaps in
this line at our store every day.
The farmers wife will be e.
pecially pleased with the price
and quality OF our fruits. Be
sure to come into our store and
inspect the line.
We make a speciality OF fitting
out threshers and harvesters
with groceries. Get our prices.
We are not afraid to compete
with any mail.order house in
the continent.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06

getting rid of
pocket gophers.
BY setting steel or
other traps in con-
fornfity with the
habits Of the
gophe r W h e n
-r,3,s~ - III,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
A Meditation.

eye shall receive power after that
the Holy Ghost is come unto you.
There can be no acceptable service
without this endowment. Even
Jesus must first be baptized with the
Holy Ghost before He could enter
upon His great mission.
The apostles, who had been IN
Christ's school for three years, could
do nothing until they were endowed
with power from on high.
Mr.. Moody used to say that he
would rather break stones on turn.
pike than attempt to preach without
the indwelling and power OF the
Holy Spirit The great reason why
some of our young peoples meetings
are such a drag is because its mem
bers do not seek power from above.
To obtain this power we must
earnestly seek for it in prayer. II
We being evil know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much
more shall your heavenly Father give
the Holy Spirit to them that ask
Him.
To obtain more power, we must
use the power already bestowed.
GO in this thy might" the angel
said to Gideon-the might OF the
promised presence. 1.-The Lord be
with thee" As he went he realized
the presence and power of the Al
mighty :,
We must use this power in wit
Messing for Jesus. Il am no more IN
the world, but these are in the
world" We are His representatives.
Let us not misrepresent Him
Christian Union-Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13

and that is the anchor of prayer. I
care not what a mans work or edu-
cation Is, whether he is college bred
or has no education at all, but this
thing l am sure of, and that is, with
out a prayer in your heart you cannot
make life worth what God Is expecting
of 1t. Prayer is our wanting to get
near to God, wanting to tell God OF
our difficulties, our troubles, our per-
plexities, our successes, our Ideas, our
wanting to ask for His strength and
guidance. We have to have this an
Choir when things are going wrong,
when the world seems dark and life
is weary. We want to have this an
Choir in God to give us courage to go
on our way, and if we have not been
doing right to help us to return and
through our fellow men serve God.
Let us cast out our four anchors:
our anchor of faith in God and our
fellow men; our anchor of hope In
eternal goodness; our anchor OF love
in universal service; our anchor OF
prayer to God; and in so doing may
the blessing of God rest with you IN
all your labors.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
Se1f-Conouest a Necessity.

Deeply, 1 fear, does this age need
to take to heart the stern, inexorable
necessity of self-conquest-not IN
self-torture, but yet in earnest watch
fulness; not in extreme fasting, but
in habitual careful moderation; nor
in morbid self-introspection, but in
thorough and vigorous occupation;
not in enfeebling the body by macera-
ton, but by filling it's hours OF work
with strenuous and cheerful activity
and its hours of leisure with bright
thoughtfulness and many prayer;
by these blessed means we, too, even
in the midst of the world, may attain
to the spirit which is dead to the
world; we may be keeping under our
body and bringing it into subsection;
nay, in no mere formula, but truth
full figure be crucified with Christ
F. w. Farrar.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
LYDIA E. PINKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gen.
uine testimonials as has Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bene-
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, anywomanany daymay
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand. letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is made from roots and
herbs, without drugs, and is whole
some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is SO
successful is because it contains in
gradients which act directly upon
the feminine organism, restoring it
to a healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills peculiar totheir
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
tr'er '-r Bumped His Head.

William Kitzman while at Lac du
Flamheau with number Of companions
setting traps saw bear at his heels.
Then ensued terrific race. After the
first mile the bear gained rapidly on
Kitzma~, w @ in the darkness stumbled
over stump.
A groan escaped his lips, as he thought
his end had come, but the bear was go
ing so asst he couldn' stop and he also
struck the stump, full force, head on.
While the bear Jay on the ground, stun
ned Kitzmln male his way to the camp,
and returning with an ak dispatched it,
The animal; measured over six feet in
length and is one of the largest ever
killed in the North
AS the arties involved in the incident
have regulations for truthfulness among
their friends, the latter resent the insinu-
alton of those who do not know the
hunters, and point to the carcass. Of old
Bruin, which was brought here, to ver1-
fly the story. Duluth Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
NEy.-SN GLEiNI<GS.

Wall Street markets stay be-
numbed.
q ,itish administrations are charged
with selling titles.
The merger of Mexican railroads
is said to be practically perfected.
The next President will probably
have the appointment of four new
Supreme Court Justices.
Comptroller Metz issued a report
that STOP, S34,327 is due New York
City in uncoilscted taxes.
Baron Takahira, the new Japanese
Ambassador, said war with the Uni
ted States would be crime.
The great diamond company of De
Beers has taken fright at the disas-
trous fall in the price OF gems.
Plans are being prepared for max
ing Vladiv0stok, Siberia, a first class
fortress at a cost of $6,000,000.
Peter Cooper Hewitt, of New York,
will build big dirigible balloon as g.
fighting machine for the Government.
A bill which will wipe out 10000
licenses in Great Britain was intro
duced by the Chancellor of the E1-
chequer.
E. r. Thomas creditors in New
York City were worried on learning
that his debts are nearly $5,000,000
instead of the $2,7OO,000 they had
supposed.
There was much comment over the
announcement of the declaration OF
an extra dividend of SIS a share on
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany stock.
Varnum Lincoln. of Andoyer,
Mass. has left by will $4,000, the an
nual income of which is to be distrib-
uted in cash prizes to the best spell
crs at a spelling bee.
The Appellate Division of the New
York Supreme Court decided that
tenant who stays in a cold fat cannot
collect damages from the landlord.
but that the tenant may legally break
his lease and move.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
and Horseback Riding.

The man behind the desk in the
hotels sees and hears many funny
things about gusets that would make
good reading, but it is only OCCASION
ally that he finds time to tell them to
his newspaper acquaintance. See
that man over there" said hotel
clerk. "That's John H. Pattison, a
manufacturer, of Dayton, Ohio. A
man from the Buckeye State told me
story about him the other day. He
said Mr.. Pattison noticed his clerks
lacked ginger, and, patterning after
President Roosevelt, he bought a
number of horses and ordered them
to get in the saddle and shake them
selves. One of the clerks who had
never put leg over a horses back
got nervous prostration when he
physician, who gave him a certificate
that he was threatened with appen-
dicitis and that it would be fatal for
him to ride horseback. The certifi-
cate was presented to Mr.. Pattison.
Now that clerk is sorry he presented
it, for the manufacturer ordered him
to take a months rest. GO to the
hospital and have your appendix cut
out and send it to me with the bill
The clerk had to make good. New
York Correspondence Pittsburg Dis
match
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
THE DOCTORS GIFT
Food Worth its Weight in Gold.

We usually expect the doctor to
put us on some kind of penance and
give us bitter medicines.
A Penn doctor brought a patient
something entirely different and the
results are truly interesting.
1.-TWO years ago." writes this pa
tient, 81 was a frequent victim of
acute indigestion and biliousness, be-
ing allowed to eat very few things
One day our family doctor brought
me a small package, saying he had
found something for me to eat, at
last
He said it was a food called
Grape-Nuts, and even as it's golden
color might suggest, it was worth its
weight in gold. 1 was sick and tired,
trying one thing after another to no
avail, but at last consented to try this
new food
well! it surpassed my doctors
fondest anticipation, and every day
since then l have blessed the. good
doctor and the inventor of Grape
Nuts
81 noticed improvement at once,
and in a months time my former
spells of indigestion had disappeared.
In two months l felt like new man.
My brain was much clearer and keen
er, my body took on the vitality of
youth, and this condition has contin-
ued'
There's Reason" Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Read '"The Road to Wellville," in
pkgs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-13
Death of a Useful Goat.

The Montclair Improvement Associa-
ton is expected to hang crepe on the
door of its meeting hall, because Tony
Ieresco's goat Bill has passed away,
The autopsy disclosed:
One half-filled tin tobacco box.
Five policemen's buttons.
Eleven pennies.
One trunk check.
One gold brooch.
1t was Gained the beast was poisoned,
but those who knew him we'll and haH e
watched him keep back yards, lots, and
hlllsldes clear of garbage, aver chemists
n yer manufactured anything too strong
for Billy's stomach.
AS he saved expense by removing de-
brls free of charge, the Improveme~ AS
ISOLATION mourns his loss
1t is admitted the go,t leaped from a
railroad bridge, fell tive. ty fl feet,
and was run over by handcar, but the
cause of his suicidal leap IS not under
stood.-New York American.