The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-09-10
EDITORIAL COMMENT
THRILLING WITH HUMAN LIFE

THRILLING WITH HUMAN LIFE
There are hundreds and hundreds OF people in (
Ward county who are trifing with human life II
you want striking example of this statement,
take drive with us any hot day into the country,
AID go with us from farm house to farm house
lookins for drink of pure water. There may be
few good wells in the country, but they are few
and far between. Why is this? Cant pure water
be- secured in Ward county? Certainly it can.
Their is AN occasional pure well in every locality,
but they very The writer drove thru
the country day last week distance of thirty
miles from the southwest and as the day was
hot became thirsty and would have given
fifty cents for a drink Of good water. We drove
into farm yard The buildings looked prosperous
enough but where was the well? Several little
children were playing in the yard and the young
lady who came to the door informed that we
could have drink Of water, but really there
wasn't enough for the horse driving. She
handed us cup, and pointed to barrel sitting
at iae corner Of the house Looking into the bar
rel We spied about three inches OF dirty water hot
from the rays Of the afternoon sum- few flies
swimming on the surface. and goodness only
knows how many were at the bottom, a halt inch
Of dit at the bottom of the barrel and no doubt
there were myriads OF germs all over the surface
Of the water any variety Of which might send a
person to his last resting place in mighty short
time 1t didn't look right to US 50 we passed it
up. We thanked the young lady, stanmered some
thing about the water being pretty scarce and
drove on. We drove for miles before we came to
another house The inhabitants must have been
away visiting but Fe found the well away down
at the edge Of the slough. little stasuant water
stood At the bottom OF the shallow hole and disease
germs no doubt lurked in 1t also We drove on
and en- Finally we came to another farm house.
Here the owner had tried to get good water, but
struck alkal we'll and We were sent out into
a field quarter Of = mile away, where We finally
secured = fairly good sample OF the stun that Sam
Clark uses for bathing purposes.
Take forty out Of every fifty Of the dug wells
in the country, and note where they are located
They located in the lowest spot nearest to the
house, because water can be secured without such
an effort on the part Of the one who digs the we'll
In the spring, the dirt from about the premises Is
washed into the we'll. and as consequence you
Will uaVe impure WAFER tle year rOu00
4 prominent -pAysician 1Gys that " eaHt .see
why stme OF the people who have to drink this
stun the year round, keep alive It all. That they
10 eno. die OF typhoid fever and other diseases
must be anaaot Of Providence.
raymers, have you good pure drinking water At
Your komes? We are not in the we'll drilling bus-
ness, 80 have no, axe to grind but We feel conn.
den. that If this article induce one Of you who
have impure water, to get busy and locate well
of pure water, We will have done . worthy act.
The old saying: "A dog that will carry bone
to your house will also carry away" shows pref
ty concluslvel that the author OF the above adage
was 4 profound student Of humane nature. When
. person comes to your house and spins you yarn
about the short comings Of others, you just sit and
play deaf and dumb-that is. unless you prefer to
boot the critter OF the premises-for rest assured
YOU will come in for your share Of abuse the next
time your neighbor calls his or her next door
neighbor.
"A Ramsey county man sat on . porch one OF the
hot afternoons Of this week. with the avowed inten
tion Of keeping COOL But woman who was oc-
cupied with some fancy work near at hand was dis
GUESSING the husbands Of eighteen other women. Ac-
cordtng to her figures seventeen out Of the eight
cen were mean to their wives. And the man who
sought to keep cool has been hot ever since that
he is Just on the point Of boiling all the time.
The editor Of the Leeds News is . good
student Of human nature Leeds has factional
row., and the News editor says he wants to keep
out Of it; but he adds, "f people must quarrel, he
will throw open his columns to signed articles at
so per column" The editor is wise. tor the
chronic kicker never kicks If it is going to cost
him anything