The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-02-06
Items of Interest
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Short State Stories

( The Grand Forks Herald has just
installed new $4,000 press.
1t is reported that the Velva men
who captured the wild man three
weeks ago, have about sobered up.
Tom Marshall offers to file an affi.
davit of his campaign expenses pro-
viding the other candidates do like
wise. Some of the newspaper boys
are wondering If Tom is going to run
thirty cent campaign.
The Bottineau News thinks that La
Toilette can beat Billie Bryan. This
reminds us that the senator is trying
to get some cheap advertising from
the newspapers. His political bureau
at Madison, Wis, is sending out bush
els of literature, but fails to advise
the publishers to send in their bills.
La Toilette claims that he will be
able to land North Dakota when the
time comes. La Toilette might make
good president, but there are
great many people who think that he
would be too radical The radical
reformer who would bring about
heaven on earth in ten minutes, is
not practical and would only be vast
ing his energy. We will almit that
there are reforms to be made, but
give us the clear thinking, deliber-
ate Taft in preference to a man like
La Toilette who tears passion to tat
tiers.
Several base bail games are report
ed over the state and jamestown held
big picnic in the city park the other
day. How is that?
Nine inches of snow fell in the state
of New York last week, and the Their
m0meter stood at zero. This reminds
us of good cartoon in the Minneapo-
lis paper the other day. The first
| picture showed the fastener last win
ter chuckling all over with delight at
the thought of North Dakoia's having
an old fashioned winter. The second
I picture represented North Dakota in
the midst of summer heat, the farmers
lying in their hammocks or reading
their newspapers on the porches, the
little robins perching in the trees, the
kids wading in puddles of water and
the banana trees hanging full of fruit,
while in the east blizzard was rag
ing and traffic was tied up tight.
Hines & Nolen have sold their gen
eral store at Granville to Mus Bros
of Velva.
i A fish peddler at Granville sold a
great many fish on the streets at
eight cents a pound. The Herald
says the people could have bought
them just as cheap from the local
butcher, But then the butcher didn't
advertise them. Spread a little print
er's ink and beat out these parasites.
Martin Burke, the Tolna farmer,
who was badly beaten up few weeks
ago, finally succumbed to his Injuries.
He was an old resident of Nelson
county, and was well-to-do. He
leaves wife and five children.
4 Southern North Dakota has two
4 boys on the big fleet making the H.,
900 mile cruise. J. Newton Page, q
Paramount boy, is on the *'Kentucky,'
and Willis Brady, of Forman, is al
: officer on one of the big boats.
The man Of the first meadow larl
claims has long since appeared ant
now comes a man nthe eastern par
of the state that claims to have re
Gently been troubled with mosquitoes
while another spring enthusiast from
the western part of the state has en-
tered complaint about frogs keepin:
him awake nights.
If the harvester trust hallucinatio1
bOthers our senior senator mucl
more, he had better try chloroform.
Some time during the fall months
a smooth salesman visited among the
German farmers south of Rugby, and
secured number OF orders for stock
food and medicines, and the purchas
ers Of the connections claim that they
were promised stock food and medi
cine for their stock for a period Of
five years, at an annual cost of So
It has developed, however, that in
signing the agreements, they signed
notes, and now the company is trying
to enforce the payment Of the notes.
Thus far several Of these cases have
been tried, and there are several
more of them which will no dOnht