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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

cation services of the new church
1t has been deemed proper to charge
an admission fee of one dollar pei
individual. Many are under the i'm
preston that the dedication of the
new church is to furnish an occasion
for the clearing of the church debt
This is an error. No one shall have
occasion to feel that he has been
"coronered."
The evening services which will
begin yat 8 p. m. sharp will consist Of
Solemn Vespers and Benediction
Very likely there will be lecture
given by either the Rt Rev. Bishop
Of Fargo, or Great Falls. This will
be definitely announced at the con
clusion of the morning services
After the dedication the ladies of the
congregation will serve a Thanks
giving dinner at one p. m. sharp at
fifty cents plate-tickets to be
secured at the entrance to the base
ment.
The ladies wish to announce the
following menu:
Oyster Cocktail
Pickles Olives
Roast
Turkey, with Dressing sa
Ss& Cranberry Jelly
Giblet Gravy Mashed Potatoes
s@ Salad
Fruit Cabbage
Rolls Mince and Pumpkin Pie
Cake Coffee Tea and Cream Cheese
Everybody is cordially invited tt
the dedication services-children
under Is years excepted. To the
dinner all are invited without ex
ception.
Joseph Raith, Pastor.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Killed In Coal Mine.

On Friday Of last week Mr.. J. w
Raber met his death while at worA
in the coal mine at Estevan, Canada
It seems that Mr.. Raber had gone
there. some two or three months ago
and since going was married. His
body was brought to this city on
Monday and burial was made on
wednesday OF this week. Besides q
young wife he leaves paprents. and
other relatives here to mourn his IN
timely death. ]. w. Raber was OF
but twenty-four years Of age.-Wil-
liston Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
A Trine Sore.

Henry c. Hansbrough who wants
a life Job as senator from North Da
kota, was in Minot Monday evening
framing up. 1t looks to the 1ndepen'
dent as tho Mr.. Hansbrough is JUS
a trife sore at being defeated In the
primaries, and is trying to create all
the trouble he possibly can for llr
johnson. HansIbrough argues that
the state will go to the dogs If the
dear people do notsend him to the
senate again, and out of the goodness
OF his noble heart, he's willing to
spend few more years in their ser
vice.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Tom Fitzgerald Of Schatfer, had the
misfortune to shoot of two of his
toes with shotgun. He had been
out on a hunt AMI when he came
in he left the loadinthe gun while he
went to dinner. After dinner he
went out to the buggy to get his gun
and in taking the same from the
buggy it accidentally discharged, the
contents entering his foot. TIL doctor
chopped two toes of clean and let
it go at that.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

TIC Nlrth Dakota, oar large war
ship was successfully launched at
Boston, on NV. 10. The ship is not
near completed, but will be in readi'
ness sometime during the coming
wear The North Dakota has a dis
placement Of 1000 toms more than
any other war vessel, 10 $40 feet
long, and IS feet wide. She is the
size Of . four story city block. two
blocks long and will require over
thousand sailors to manipulate her
Miss Mary Benton of Grand Forks
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Ehr aouoh4 Land Cheap.

John chr, one Of Ward county 9
wealthiest men, bought forty quarter
sections Of land in the early days for
less than three dollars for the en-
.ha lot. Later he sold three quarters
Of the lard for $500 dollars and
considered that he was getting .
fancy price at the time. The lanl
has since advanced to several tnous-
and dollars q quarter and that which
Il close to Mdnot is considered worth
a hundred dollars an acre or more.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Built Like TAFT.

J. u. Ellsberry, the big good natur.
ed milk man, was awarded the first
premium for being the largest man
attending the Harvest Festival held
several weeks ago. Ellsberry weighs
800 pounds, the same as Taft. and IL
n,,yt 4 rood deal like our next presi-
dent His premium was ten dollars
worth OF anti-fat, presented BY the
Public Drug Co. and while me DIG
lpllow ls4walling 70 take = poteaon g p
= g vente - i -; = g @
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Burton Harris Makes Good

Burton Harris Makes Good.
Burton Harris, who recently came
from St. Paul to take charge of the
Mercantile Trading Co. Is making
an unusually good record. Mr.. Har.
ria IL a worker, besides he has the
right system. and the store is doing
business all the time. Harris is an
advertiser from away back. The
manner in which the various stocks
are bought, enable him to give un'
usually low prices.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

M o. johnson, a Foxholm farmer
shas made enough money this season
"a enable him to spend the winter IN
California. He left for that place
~ 1finaso0oals and wlk ~ sesnsa
~ several moatAs.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
The North Dakota Launched
Joseph Raith, Pastor.

was the sponsor of the new ship and
dressed in beautiful white gown,
shouted, Il caristen thee, North Da-
kota' as the huge craft slid into the
water. At the same time she smash
ed the bottle OF champaign against
the steel side of the battle ship.
Among those from Ward county
VINO. were present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bickford of Bowbells, and ]. f.
McKoane Of Minot. Gov. Burke was
also present, having gone to Boston
in his special train. y.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

The thief who stole a valuable
mare from Bob Fox's pasture Al
Towner, plead guilty AMI Judge Goes
sentenced him to serve a term ia
the pen. The man who passed a
couple Of forged checks at Granville,
also entered . plea Of guilty and Is
Gireasiy doing tinHs h the twine FAC
tory.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Miss Ida Hestekind, the charming
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Hestikind
spent Sunday at the home of her par
ents, one mile north of Norwich. Miss
Ida is employed in the office Of DR.. Carr
at Minot. Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

One Of the bleaching machines used
in the bieached flour process by the
mills mas been set up In the base
ment of the Cass county court house
as demonstration to the jury.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

An auto frightened q horse to death
at BisbeeA farmer was hauling a load
of oats to that town when an auto
came tearing around a corner. The
team gave plunge and one of the
horses dropped.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

John Nelson, a Granville farmer,
stopped of at East Grand Forks on
his way to Grafton to visit. Before
going the rounds, he left $50 with the
proprietor of a cigar store, and after
SOLDERING up found to his sorrow that
he could not remember the place.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

w. G. linn, Cavalier youth, died
on the operating table just as two
surgeons were getting ready to am
putate his leg for bone disease.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

The county commissioners adjourn
sd until Dec. 2, but the boari OF
equalization consisting Of A. J. De
Lance. c. C. G. Willis, Ralph Abbott
and ]. w. Fabrick ID still in session.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

There are many applicants for the
Grand Forks postomce, and the cen
atorial asAe nay hare something to
% With fanding tAs job.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

The ponds in this city are frozen
over nicely and the skaters are en-
joying the most healthful sport OF
the season. The ice is six or seven
inchesin thickness.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Ten Cars Of Flour

Henry Auslander, the baker, re-
Gently bought ten cars Of -four which
will last = few weeks. At the rate
the Auslander .is turning out bakery
goods, the -four will last remark
ably short tina however.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Mrs. Carl Nelson, wife OF the eoi-
tor of the Cando Democrat, was de-
feated for superintendent OF scnoo's
of Towner county by John Gang,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

IIavervold, the old time attorney,
is reported very i'll in the county jail
1t was reported last week that Havre
died, but the rumor was false.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Joe Cannon's friends assert that he
isn't such bad fellow after all, and
lay the delayed legislation to the
committee on rules and regulations,
cts. Uncle Joe will have to show
the people It is expected that he
will again be selected as Speaker OF
the House.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
WaIl,n WIN stand Pat.

Wallin WIN Stand ,Pat.
John Wallin, senatorelect from the
29th legislative district says: Il *
pect to stand back Of the people and
naturally M. N. johnson will Get my
vote for senator. do not see how
any fair man can do otherwise than
to support johnson under the cir
cumstances.'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Larimore farmers are preparing
to grow potatoes on a large scale,
as that place OF farming has paid
exceedingly we'll over the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

By a majority Of 80, the voters IA
Pierce county decided that thes
ehomld build a new court house, :
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Silver SerumgaM was defeated 1or
states attorney down IN Naii'ses
county by Judge Druell.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

The Rugby Tribune did queer
stroke of business, when in the
eleventh hour, it switched from John
son to Marshall. -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19
Shoe Repairing at Right Price.

Snoe HePdIT178 II H'9HN F'FSe
When it comes to shoe repairing,
l can save you money Why? Be
cause l have the machinery to do the
work with, and do it while you wait
Sewei soles and rubber heels fol
men, 1925. For ladies, $500. Gil,
me a call. Hans Hanson, under J. M
Wilson's, Minot. II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Rev. Nioolay Nilsen will hold ser
vices at the home Of Nels Seifors,
Sunday, Nov. %, at eleven o'clock.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

81 A ahreshine engine smasAed ne
81 calvert wsst 81 Burlington.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Peter Peterson left for 1ll1aescta
where = Win spsAa tAs winlsF
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-11-19

Eight petitions have been fled in
bankruptcy iourt by men in this dis
trict and their cages will be brought
ND in the near future. They are as
follows:
Geo. E. Decker, Blaisdell.
I4ameyer Bros, RAY.
Severst Kkogstad, Tagus.
Lein E. Lyettle, F1a1ton.
Knutson and Stuvkjard, Tioga.
Jahn Wnitemier, Mohall.
VIM. Water, Glenburn.
Lloyd Handy, Towner.
Peter Peterson left for 1llnaesota
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
In the Political Too.

The Elephass and the Jackaphant were
fishtlng for the crown.
The Jacka beat the Elephass and drove
him out of town.
Mother Gander.
Behold the curious Elephass,
Combined of Elephant and Ass:
The aueerest animal twould seem,
In evolutions mighty scheme,
II stlll retains its head and trunk.
But how It's afterpart has shrunk!-
The strange result. II would appear,
OF recent kicking with VS. rear.
Once twas a very doctle brute
That always minded the mahout;
But now II renrs and paws the air,
And makes the keeper dance and swear
Look now upon the Jackaphant-
As queer as t'other beast. you'll grant
Its head Is still the donkey kind,
But. heavens how It's grown behindl
Enlargement of its hinder portion
Produced this curious distortion
The sure result. so goes the story,
or reasoning q posteriori
To this strange shape IT has been
brought
Through many brilliant after
thought.
And teaches us the useful fact
That we should think before we act.
This curious pair Of beasts we find
Symbollcal OF states of mind
One signifies Democracy,
The other means the q. q. p.
But which Is which. must confess.
cannot tell I'll let you guess.
Puck
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
TO DRAIN THE zuypER ZEE,

Like the United States, Holland has
lot of very wet land, and, like the
United States, il is planning to have
less. The present plan for draining the
zuyder Zee. which seems likely to be
put In operation. contemplates the con-
struction of an enormous dyke from
the north of the province of North
Holland over the island Wieringen to
the coast of Friesland This would
change the Zuyder Zee into a lake hay-
ing an area of ss1,770 acres, of which
523.450 acres would be dry (eoual to
about a sixteenth of the countrv's
present surface). The work is expected
to last thirty-three years and to cost
5,750.O00. The length of the dyke
would be more than eighteen miles.
and its construction would be one of
the most difficult parts of the under
taking. For the greater part IT would
consist of sand. but as this is not suf-
ficiently impermeable material, a thick
layer of clay will be used as a coating.
covered with stones. The bottom part
of the dyke on the sea side will he
made of RATS of twigs, bound together.
and loaded with stones to prevent
them from floating After these RATS
have been sunk it is expected that
mussels and other shellfsh will fill the
open spaces between the twigs and
that thus a strong and durabla con-
struction will be formed AS soon as
part of the dyke has been made. the
currents in this part of the Zuyder Zee
will have to pass through a narrower
channel. and consequently will in
crease in strength. To prevent erosion.
when the first half Of the dyke has
been completed, the ground on which
the remainder will have to be built
will be defended by a coating of
stones. This coating will extend over
a breadth of from ESQ feet to 4s0 feet,
and on top of these stones dam will
be constructed reaching as high as low
tide, and made of the RATS already
described. This will defect the current
from the ground in the immediate
neighborhood of the dyke, and guard
/ 1t against erosion.
Thirty-three years is a long time,
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
Chinn and Jnpnn.

(The San Francisco Chronicle.)
BY all the canons of civilization.
China is entitled to use every effort TO
keep arms ont of the hands of revolu-
tionists, and II. in that effort. the limits
OF international law are overstepped,
the least a friendly nation could do. or
would do is to submit the matter to a
competent court To insist. for so
trlning a matter. not only upon the
release of the ships but an indemnity
and an apology Is almost conclusive
evidence that the Japanese government
desires that the Chinese revolutionists
shall get arms and also that she desires
ia get into a war with China, and do
so as quickly as possible before China
pulls herself together, as she Is pretty
sure to do some day, and obliterate the
Japanese power In the East Now II Is
possible that in all these things Japan
il mallgned, but II is certain that the
regular press correspondents who send
these dispatches are paid TO send what
they believe to be tho truth, and no.
thing but the truth. And we think
they do II,
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12

cial legislation, the more evident it be-
comes that the general assembly is not
to be trusted as the final arbiter be
tween petitioners and the public vel
fare. There should be created a body
to which appeals may be made and
examined from a more scientific point
of view. more scientific and less poll
tical AT the last session of the legis
lature the railroad committee reported
favorably a bill concerning mortgage
bonds of railroads and railway COM
panies, which was so fair that it pass
ed promptly both the house and sem
ate Before the bill reached the gov
ernor, who would have signed IT. a
new light broke which led to the re-
consideration of the bill and its defeat
Such instances as these, which could
be multiplied indefinitely. point the
way clearly to such a governmental re-
adjustment of political tools as to put
a premium upon a public utilities COM
mission. Truly these public hearings
are productive of impressive inform
alton. The more we have the more we
shall know.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
ARRIVALS.

Belle-This new hat got doesn't suit
my hair at all.
Maud-well, dear, and which are you
going to Boston Transcript
Have you ever read The Love Let
ters of an Engllshwoman. Major7"
Madame. have read the love letters
of several Englishwomen, London
Taller
Nervous Party-The train seems to
be travelling at fearful pace, ma am
Elderly Female-Yus. amt It? My
Bits a-drlvln' of the ingin'. an e can
make 'er go when e got drop o
drink In 'im,-Punch.
Il declare remarked Rev. Mr.. Good
ley. Il never really knew what pro-
family was until met Mr.. Turf.
Yes" put in Dumley, amt he ag-
gravatln'. though? | don't blame you
bit, for he'd make saint swear. =
Philadelphia Press.
II don't want to be nagging at you"
Mrs Marryat began. but it's the little
things that bother me most
"Ah" interrupted her husband.
sweetly, Il suppose you're going to
tell me you haven't a decent pair OF
shoes."-Philadelp Press.
Jinks-Before their marriage he used
to laud her eyelsshes.
Blinks-Well. | remember.
Jinks-And does he pay any attention
to her eyelashes now?
Blinks-No. poor fellow. He only has
time to pay attention to her tongue
lashes-ChicaEo News.
why do ybu always announce your
intention of going to Europe at least
six months in advance"
Because answered Mr.. Dustin
StaX, Il am largely interested In finance
and | have TO avoid anything that
might in the least suggest the appear
ance of haste. Washington Star.
Pretty dull and monotonous out
this way. isn't it," remarked the tour
list.
Not always replied the quiet ma
tive. BY Heck, this countryll be stir
red up purity constable In few
weeks"
You don't say? Riotsg'
NO; spring plowln' Philadelphia
Press
Gems of Language: Ethel (describ-
ing hockey matchA-Wen. gran, we've
had a topping game. The other side
were bally rotten at the start. but they
bucked up no end and we had bit OF
a hob to Law EN- OUT
Di-Oh, I don't know. I thought they
were the most piaiing crew of foozlers
Id ever struck; we were simply all
over EN-, and had EN- in the cart in no
| time.-Punch.
An army officer stationed at an mae
cessible island post in Narragansett
bay recently engaged a young woman
of Hibernian extraction as a domestic.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
THE APPLE PANIC.

Many who heard much about the
of the apple crop last fall
have been surprised and pleased be-
cause they have been able to comfort
themselves this winter with apples at
prices. But there are some
who have not been comforted with ap-
pies. 1t appears that New York specu-
lators made early and heavy pur-
chases, even buying the fruit of thou
sands-of orchards before II was ripe,
and this policy led many farmers to
store their product, in the expectation
that they could realize larger returns
later on. There Las been a slump in
prices in New York, and 1t is even es-
timated that dealers who bought ear
" must suffer a loss in excess of ST.
900, 900. as the hundreds of thousands
of bushels in storage must be sold at a
great sacrifice.
The panic in apples wont make as
much disturbance and loss as the pan
ic i'm Securities did, but 1t seems TO
have been like that in some respects.
Those who fastened to get rich in APP
pies fell into snare just as those did
who FASTENED to get rich in stocks and
bonds. The Bible doesn't say Cursed
be he who would corner apples, but
there are many who think II would
Tread we'll
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
LATE, but PROBABLY PRUDENT.

Some of the buildings in New York
seem a little high. even to those who
designed and built them. So the archi-
tect of the highest business building
in the world. the Singer tower, $50
feet high. goes before the new build
ing code commission and strongly
urges restrictive law. Mr.. Flagg adj
vocates a height limit not TO exceed
| 1-2 times the width of the street
with a maximum height Of one hun
bred feet, to apply to all new build
ings. The board of fire underwriters,
represented by President George w.
Babb, did not go so far, but he, too,
called halt on the craze for high
buildings. He would restrict non-fire-
proof structures 10 sixty feet, and So
called freproof buildings to one hum
dred and eighty feet or fifteen stories.
No building. he declared with empha-
sis, is really freproof
So II buildings in New York nre
much too high. and somewhat less
than fireproof, there may be trouble
ahead Of a kind which has not been
seriously enough thought Of II might
be rash to think or say that an earth
quake is possible in New York. We
suppose the builders of the tower Of
Babel were not very thoughtful peo-
pie.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
HANDSHAKING.

The political handshakers have be-
gun their rounds. and as the season
wakes they will wax heartier and
more friendly. But they should per-
haps be warned by what took place
in Gas City, Indiana. the other day
Otto Hildebrand met his friend Ira
Hinchman, and he shook his hand to
such an extent that he shook him
into paralysis, from which he is now
suffering and in bed. OF course no
political handshaker wants to be SO
hearty In his handshaking that he will
paralyze a voter when he only wants
to hypnotic him. So let the hand
shaking be gentle and long rather
than severe, sudden and strong. SO
will nobody's physical power be harm
ed. and even If such handshaking does
occasionally result in leaving voter
In such shape that he can go to the
polls and vote against the handshak-
er's man that will be better than the
infection of paralysis.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-03-12
REGULATING STREET TRAFFIC.

In order to avoid a repetition of
the almost tragic smash-up which
took place between a trolley car and
engine No. 4 not long ago. the sug-
gestion has been made that much
stricter traffic regulations he institut-
ed in this city. 1t is suggested that,
whenever there is a fire and the ap-
paratus is on its way to the scene of
the conf1agration, all traffic shall be
stopped absolutely, just as it is in New
York. There the police see to it that
this rule is enforced with but one ex-
eeption, namely, when a trolley car