The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-01-23

| had too rich a harvest to abandon their ne
farious traffic without struggle. However,
Commissioner Ladd and publicity are fast driv.
ING these frauds from the state.
Under the new vital statistics law OF the
state, burial permits must be secured Of the To-
cal registering officer before interment can be
made The township clerk in organized towns,
the commissioner OF the district IN unorganized
towns and the clerk or auditor in cities and
towns are the registering officers. All births
must be reported to him as we'll as burial per-
mits. There is no fee attached to such certif-
Gates where the official is salaried; otherwise
fee OF twenty-five cents is charged
The farmers OF this section Of the state can
not estimate the value OF the Grain Growers
Convention to be held in Minot on Jan. % and
30 OF course hundreds will attend and they
will be we'll repaid by doing So Ever attend a
farmers institute? Then you must realize that
you will carry home with you lot OF good
practical ideas. It's Just the place TO ask ,ques-
lions, and tell the other farmers how we'll you
have succeeded in certain things.
If the Minot business men perfect their plans
to Taboo all dead beats, the honest man will
have the satisfaction OF knowing that he is not
paying some other fellows bill The merchant
will be able to sell his goods at a lower price,
for he will not have so many poor accounts.
The plan is all right and the honest person
will be able to secure more favors than ever
while the dishonest citizen will be shown no
mercy.
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The United States government is having q
hard time to secure young men for the army.
Golfers comes out with remedy. That pub
LEGATION would like to see the young men OF the
army taught some useful trade at the same
time as they are soldiers, SO that when they
leave the army, they will have good trade
upon which to rely. There is some sense in the
argument. The men would make no less good
soldiers under those circumstances
Wonder what Geo. LaFollette Hansbrough
Plaza Smith will do if his old friend McGahan
throws Hansbrough-as has been reported he
will do. Of course George will go wherever the
final proof business goes. In a recent letter to
an acquaintance Smith says he isn't looking for
anything this year. Then he'll not be disap-
pointed.
Don't let the next farming season catch you
with lot of broken plows, harness, ETC., on
hand when they can just as well be fixed these
fine winter days. The good farmer usually looks
after all of these little extras before the season
opens, and never loses week getting into the
fields when once the ground is in fit condition.
| 99sGGG
Geo. Thorn Cando farmer has grown Salz-
er's Marvel wheat for six years with marked
success. One year this wheat yielded 36 bu. to
the acre while his blue stem went only % BUSH
els. The wheat seems to be a great drouth re-
gister The Independent would like to see our
farmers experiment with some of this wheat
In the census of 1900, North Dakota was at
the top of the list in healthtulness, the death
rate being only seven to the thousand while
the birth rate was thirty six to the thousand.
Tack this in your seggy memory you sinful
son of the sick and sothful east!
Fred bennett, who was once publisher OF
the Milton Globe, has been appointed commiss-
| Toner of the General Land office at Washington,
| D. c., to succeed Com Ballinger who resigned.
bennett is an exceedingly bright young man,
and has risen rapidly.
The weather during the past week has con-
tinued superb. Men any day might be seen
walking along the streets with their coats off
was running in the street Saturday and every.
i body was out enjoying the spring like weather.
The editor OF the Cooperstown Courier says
there's brighter day coming for the North
Dakota editor. No wonder. Didn't he Just re-
ceive cash subscription from congressman
: and get paid up announcement from would
be county official?