The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-05-14
MlNor, N. D., THURSDAY, NAY Il, 1908.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
OPPORTUNITY FOR LABoRERs

lust before harvest, ne WOulQ nnQ STEADY o1upiOy
ment at good wages for the season or perhaps for
the entire year. The state can use thousands OF
steady, sober men, During the past the farmers OF
sient '1aborer the lumberjack and the boe We want
better class of labor and must have It, The east has
what want and thousands OF the best men are
out of work.
The only problem is to get the man and the oppor-
tunity together 1t might be well for the CONNER
cil clubs the farmers organizations to advertise
in the east of this type and take steps to get
them west In this way better could be obtain
ed at lower wage and the state would not be ter
rerized by all of the toughs of the northwest from
middle summer until the freezup
DON'T KILL THE BIRDS
Reports come to this Office of destruction OF
thousands of birds by farmers in clumsy attempts
to poison gophers. That poison is about the only
efficient means of destroying the troublesome little
gopher is we'll known, but it is not necessary to
scatter the poisoned grain broadcast over the fields
and along the highways in order to eradicate these
pests Experiments have shown that careful placing
of few poisoned grains deep enough in the holes
to be out of the reach of birds is more effective
method of getting rid of the festive fcker-tail than
leaving the grain in exposed places, and while it
may entail little extra labor, the effects will be
SO much more gratifying that every farmer whe
tries it will feel himself repaid for the extra toll
The writer of this article recently saw and
counted twenty-three dead prairie chickens on and
alongside one wheat field of less than half section,
together with large number of smaller birds, while
careful search failed to discover single dead
In other fields dead chickens seen in
place seven being counted around single gopher
mound
North Dakota has stringent laws for the protec
ton of birds from wanton destruction especially at
this season of the year and maintains expen-
sive army of game wardens to enforce the laws,
all of which is of little avail if few farmers in each
locality persists in the wholesale destruction of
aeathered friends in vain attempt to poison few
gophers. If there is no law statute books
against the scattering of poison promiscuously
around some such provision must be made
possible Or prairie chickens, meadow larks and
other birds will soon become extinct in Ward coun-
ty. Don't kill tn ebirds.-Flaxton Times.
you SHOULD PLANT TREES
In fifty years we shall have whole states as bare
China. The Appaachians will be stripped to bed
rock The Rockies will send down vast floods, which
cannot be controlled. The Canadian forests north
Of the Great Lakes will be swept away. Our Mid
die West will be swept bare The Yazoo Delta will
be ripped apart, because levee will be able to
stand the floods of those days. We shall be living
in concrete houses, and at double the rent we now
pay We shall make vehicles of steel, use no wood
On our farms. We shall pay ten cents for news
paper fifty cents for magazine, as much for lead
pencil. Cotton will be immensely higher Beef will
be the privilege of the few Clothing will cost twice
what it costs today Like Cinnamon our children
will rake the soil for fuel forage food We shall
5!jHer in a cold, and burn in a heat never before
feit in this temperate zone meant by God as a com
Portable growing place for splendid human beings
I'M LESS WE WAKE UP-Emerson Hough in Every
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Tie western part of the state made such 70
markabie growth in the decade that i !. ~
ura' mere shoui q, be desire on the Dart Of The
III al q this great section to 500 !. 1ro.+
at,sn 10 is familiar with the needs and ~
sres otssast .. counties as Ward Williams MS Nc Nc
Kenzie Bottinear ucs,~ ,nry and AL parts that go
to make this western nfiBire-dn me senate of
'he United States from North Dakota. Such
- n y T. D. l1ttle the only candidate for the Unit
unc - thoc tota
III: Little has put in twenty-five years in the western
palt OF North Daketa For twenty years he has been
With 4h o. tne STATE seate He has been identified
TOT auarte. Of century and he has always made
r. SIC is not trimmer or trader He IS a sue
zssnt BUSINESS man and square toed Republican
He is 1oyal to his friends and to his party His plat
form should appeal to every Republican voter 1t is
agreed now that Little is in the lead in the senatorial
race The united support OF the western part OF
North Dakota will mean that 1t will have in the
United States senate typical representative OF the
western country-a broad, liberal energetic and able
citizen OF the state This is of Importance TO TINS
and surrounding counties A recent political review
aE conditions In the state shows that Little has
onted active and hustlng lot OF supporters, who are
putting him in the lead in the race. It is generally
agreed that Hansbrough and Marshall are losing
rather than gaining strength and that Little is the
man the great western empire will unite on as ITS
candidate for United States senator. s.yc
0ss@GG
In this issue OF the S1n appears the announce
ment OF Mr. O. M. Champln, of Surrey who is can
didate Tor the ofioe Of Clerk OF Court Mr.. Cham
plin we say, without fear Of successful contra
diction is one of the whitest and squarest men o
the political contgent now in the political
imperial Ward asking the suferages Of the people
He is a farmer and is at present secretary OF tn
Surrey Farmers Grain Asso, and withal he is fear
less conscientious honest and efhcient citizen whe1
ever you find him That he would ill the ONCE wit
abaity and give the people an economical admins
tration there Is no doubt Mr.. Champin Is deser,
ms NJ your fecOEn1tiOD.-Sf2nlcY
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