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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

G. 4. stiles. former Minot real.
dent, 10 here from MiHneapolis. Dest
wss the champion raiser Of Daeafeol
wheat q one timo IN this county.
t1oneoe-eJ co&toN
|Ia1(s @ this oe1jeo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

JOuu x. ~ Nell OIL Ills city LOT Tie
following song which he first heard
while crossing the Atlantic some IS
years ago. Mr.. O'Neil has presented
us with the clipping which he has
preserved for many years. The
song is entitled "to the West! to the
West It can be found in an old
song book entitled The Golden
Reath," of which new edition was
published by Oliver Ditson & Son, OF
Boston, Mass, in 1857 and was a
very popular song in Europe more
than forty years ago. The name OF
the author has been lost, but he must
have had very good conception OF
the west, our present home as is ap'
parent when you read the following:
ITO the West, to the West, to the
land Of the free,
Where mighty Missouri rolls down
to the sea;
Where a man is man II he's willing
to toll,
And the humblest may gather the
fruits Of the soil;
Where children are blessings, and ne
who has most
Has aid for his fortune and riches "a
boast;
Where the young may exult,, and the
aged may rest,
Away, far away to the land Of tne
West.
ITO the West, to the West, where
the rivers that flow.
Run thousands Of miles spreading out
as they 60;
Where the green, waving forests shaI
echo our caM,
AZ wide 40 old England, and room fol
us all;
where the prairies, like Seas wher<
4 til pillows hav rolld.
Are broad q the kingdoms and en-
pires Of old;
And the lakes are Ike oceans Il
storm or IN rest;
Away, tar away, to, the land Of tn
! West, etc.
i 'sro the West, to the West, there \
u wealth to be won. &
The prairie to break 10 the work t
be done;
Iwsll try II. ven Do II an1a nsve
despair,
.lWhile there's lieht in the sunshin'
or breath IN the Or.
I IRE bold ilAspendencs that iabo
n shan buy.
Ishail Strengthen our hands and fo'
bid % 70 slyA;
Away. fAr away, let % hope for Q
bee4,
Ana suila % : rome II the la1!ars
t1o West:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Miss Maud A. Tracy Of St. Jo-
seph, Mo-, is here for an extended
visit with her uncle, ]. B. Tracy.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
Wanted to buy, A limited number
of co unity or school warrants. Inquire
at the Independent office. ).

{ A man who was stealing a ride on
a Great Northern train near Stanley
got caught in some manner between
the coaches and sustained fractur.
ed skull. He was brot to the North
western Hospital in this city and
died.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

SAVE YOUR COUPONS
FOR HAND ONE PRE-
NUNS, q y NOT
ONLY GET YOUR GRO,
CERES CHEAPER Ar
the UNIQUE, BUT YOU
ALSO GET TlCEETS
GOOD FOR MANY USE.
FUl AND BEAUTIFUL
PRE- MUM s. IT Is
WORTH YOUR WHILE.
COME m AND LET US
EXPLAIN FURTHER.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08


Fred Deitz, near Mohall has erect
ed a wind mill over his water-ga.ss
well. He has lots Of water and
enough gas coming up all the time
to burn a bright light If one wants
to light it. He can light up the
whole farm at any time and says
that he is mot afraid to go home in
the dark
The editor Of the Mohall Tribune
thinks that there are about hundred
too many dogs in that town and
wants some one to take them away.
The two kids who disappeared
from their home near Granville were
located at Des Laos after a weeks
search.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

If the county division proposition
in the county should fail to mater.
ialize you can't very we'll put the
blame on ID Jim Mitchell of Ken
mare News nor Little Mac of the
Stanley Sun.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
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1t was not generally known that
Col ]. G. Marcy who was burned to
death in his home in this city last
Sunday morning was at one time a
very warm and close companion OF
Grover Cleveland. Col. Marcy was
not financial success in the south
so he left the country and came west
and was lost sight of by his old time
friends in the south.
The Democrats have not gained
much thunder in running Governor
Burke against G. A. Johnson, the Re-
publican candidate for governor on
public occasions. johnson has called
the turn on each and every occasion.
BoWbells papers had some articles
telling of the good crops in that Sec
ton of the country
A politicians grip was swiped in
the country recently-and among
other articles taken was some cam
paign literature in liquid form.
The old Custer trail along the Mis-
souri river in the western part OF
the state and western Ward is fast
being destroyed by the breaking up
and cultivation of the land thru
which it runs.
The list of newspapers in Ward
county has reached the thirty-ive
number and others are being estab-
ushed on an average Of one week
more or less.
A lot Of Republican newspapers in /,
Ward county together with the
Forum of Fargo are smoking out a
lot of fake Republicans by calling
attention to some Of Gov Burke's
failures and misdeeds.
. The Valley City Times Record be-
lieves c. A. Johnson, Republican can.
didate for governor, is in earnest
when he claims he will enforce the
laws when he is elected chief exec |
utive of the state.
Impure drinking water is blamed
for great deal of the sickness |
around Donnybrook. .,1s
Nt. 49, -s~i~-
Burke is willing to take all the
credit of his administration-but
sidesteps the failures of course.
If the county division proposition
in the county should fail to mater.
ialize you can't very well put the |
blame on ID Jim Mitchell of Ken
mare News nor Little Mac, Of the
STANLEY sun.
The new 500 depot is well under
way, Contractor Dinnie having the
basement almost completed.
Treadwell TwitcheN, one OF the
candidates for the Republican nomi.
nation for governor is stumping the
state for the successful man-C. A.
johnson Of Minot. Twitchell is a |
thorough Republican and will some
time be governor of North Dakota.
A Ward county woman got a al.
rorce from her husband who cover.
I'd her with hay and then kissed the
Wv. ais. =, g" -fre;'tt s..
VIM. Crowder OF Ross, the star
witness against Major Murphy, had
. light crop this year-but doesn't
blame the Major Tor the failures at
HI.
The Douglas Herald insists on the
payment of some overdue subscrip-
sons: !
C. A. Johnson's campaign over the
state 10 a vote getter. He doesn't
make many spread eagle speeches
A1d his quiet work appears to be
- more effective.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

= Burke is willing to take all the
credit of his administration-but
sidesteps the failures Of course.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Impure drinking water is blamed
for great deal Of the sickness
around Donnybrook. .It
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Arne Amundson, the Republican
candidate for county commissioner Of
the fourth commissioner district met
with painful accident last Monday.
While out driving the bit on one OF
his horses brides broke and the
horse becoming unmanageable he at
tempted to jump from the buggy and
in doing SO broke small bone in
on leg. It made very painful oper-
alton, but he IL again able to be
about on clutches. It is hoped that
he will soon be able to travel without
the sticks. Mr.. Amundson is an ex-
tensfve farmer near White Earth
and has one Of the finest farms in
Ward county. He has steam break.
ing pillow also which he operate and
usually breaks up all his neighbors
land for miles around that section
OF the country.
The regulation of the Blind Pig
at Thorne-Burke's old county-ac-
cording to some of the state papers
provides for closing OF the saloons
at midnight or a heavy fine is admin
istered.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

2 The Valley City Times Record be-
ieves G. A. Johnson, Republican can.
didate for governor, is in earnest
when he claims he will enforce the
laws when he is elected chief exec
utive of the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
Manted Clean Cotton
Rags at this office.
Min d Markets.

CORRECTED EVERY 1auRsr y
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
The new 500 depot is well under
way, Contractor Dinnie having the
basement almost completed.

Treadwell TwitcheN, one OF the
candidates for the Republican nomi.
nation for governor is stumping the
1tate for the successful man-C. A.
johnson OF Minot. Twitchell is a
thorough Republican and will some
time be governor of North Dakota.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A lot Of Republican newspapers in
Ward county together with the
Forum of Fargo are smoking out a
lot of fake Republicans by calling
attention to some Of Gov Burke's
failures and misdeeds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

The list Of newspapers in Ward
county has reached the thirty-five
number and others are being estab-
lished on an average Of one a week
more or less.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

The old Custer trail along the Mis-
souri, river in the western part OF
the state and western Ward is fast
being destroyed by the breaking up
and cultivation of the land thru
which it runs.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A Ward county woman got d.
~orce from her husband who cover
I'd her with hay and then kissed the
COW. 80 n. - -r~ .ta@,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

VIM. Crowder Of Ross, the star
witness against Major Murphy, had
. light crop this year-but doesn't
blame the Major Tor the failures at
III.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A politicians grip was swiped in
the country recently-and among
other articles taken was some cam.
paign literature-not in liquid form.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

c. A. Johnson's campaign over the
state 10 vote getter. He doesn't
make many spread eagle speeches
A9d his quiet work appears to be
s1e more effective.
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Ward county leads With 11,5s
scaool children, Cas- !, second Wit
s n. some Of the other largo coui
ti4p are Grand Forks, Walsh. Rca
is17G Morton ana Mclean, de toll
n1anber Of pupils Of school ass IN ts
a i wind mill over his waesr-Sa
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-12
How the Other Half Gives.

THAT sentiments of tender charity
are innate among the poor can be seen
from case which presented itself
among a group of little children at
school where we visited" writes Mrs.
John Van Worst in WOman's Home
Companion They were Of the most
destitute, this little class, but as reg
u!ar as soldiers in attendance. After
an unusual absence of two days one
of the small pupils. Mary by name.
was closely questioned by the teacher
on her return. Very reluctantly she
responded that they had been without
food at home and that she was asham-
ed to come hungry to school.
"No comment was made before the
other children Nothing further was
said.
"The following morning small pro-
cession filed before the teachers desk
"a procession of little people. tiny.
poor, ignorant. Yet not one of them
came empty handed. One brought an
apple. one piece of cheese. one roll.
one a slice of meat And each as she
put her meager offering down whis-
pered to the teacher. It's for Mary"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-12
As II HAPPENS.

They parted as girls: they met as wo-
men.
"And what of all your sweethearts"
asked the old time chum at length.
"Gone the way of all good things"
answered the captivator.
"That tall. lanky blond with the
fierce mustache. for instance"
went insane"'
"Gracious. And Jimmie Bowles-'the
little muskrat,' as you used to call him
who was so devoted?
"KilIed in an auto accident trying to
save my life"
Dear me! And your needy artist
swain. who found in you the only GUS
tomer for his wonderful paintings?"
Became waiter and married an
heiress.'
"And the kinky haired little French
count?"
"Ran away with my maid!'
Worse and worse! And how about
Reggie?- You did profess to love him.
you know"
"Now my brother-in-law!"
Never! Well, that Mr.. Hardfiut.
who used to snub us all, yourself In
cluded? I hope he met his deserved
finish"
"He did Come up to the house and
I'll Introduce you to him. He's my hus-
handr'-Young's Magazine.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-12

PLANTATION. The figure is based on an
estimate that our family will average
one trip per day to town and that
there is an average of ten other teams
per day passing. For good measure l
cut in half the benefit to neighbors.
Hon. Matt Hall, now warden Of the
Missouri penitentiary, was wood
dragger before he left the farm. In a
published statement he tells Of begin
ming his work in deep mud. In two
months he had half mile of road of
which he said: II can hardly believe
my own eyes when I look at it. A
loaded wagon won't make any more
impression on it than it would on a
floor. don't believe l have spent a
half day on it altogether. and, hon.
estly, wouldn't near take $50 for the
comfort 1t hns been to me and my
friends and neighbors." You will note
that Mr.. Halls estimate Of benefit Is
about double mine.
A comparison was recently made
which showed by figures taken from
many counties and from Maine to
Minnesota that dollar spent under
the new system would produce as
much benefit as several hundred dol
lars spent the old way. 1t is hard to
accept such conclusions. yet the fig
ures bear investigation and analysis.
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Pepper In Olden Times.

During the middle ages in Europe
pepper was the most esteemed and I'M
portant of all the spices. Genoa, Ven-
ice and other commercial cities Of cen
trail Europe were indebted to their
traffic in pepper for large part OF
their wealth. Its Importance as a
means of promoting commercial activ-
ity and civilization during the middle
ages can hardly be overrated. Tribute
was levied in pepper, and donations
were made in this spice, which was
frequently also used as a medium Of
exchange in place of money. When
the imperial city of Rome was be-
sieged by Alaric,. the king Of the Goths,
in 4O8 A. D.. the ransom demanded in
cluded 5000 pounds Of gold. 10000
pounds Of silver and 5000 pounds Of
pepper, illustrating the Importance Of
this spice at that time.
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cATGUT STRINGS.
The Way They Are Made From the
I,Jtestines of Sheep.

The Way They Are Made From the
lTtestines of Sheep.
Catgut strings, it is well known, are
made Of the intestines of sheep. The
intestines of the full grown animal are
from forty to fifty feet long.
The raw material from the stock.
yards is first thoroughly cleansed Of
fat and fleshy fiber by dull knives ar.
ranged on a drum turned by crank.
The white tough membrane that is
left Is then handed over to the split.
ter, who dexterously splits the mate
rial into even strands by bringing 1t
against the blade of a safety razor set
upright In the table before him. The
strands are then spun together and
placed on the drying frames.
An American E violin string re-
quires six strands, the European four.
The strands, at one end fastened to an
upright post, are twisted together
while still damp and pliable by means
of spinning wheel. Taken from the
drying frames, the strings are cut In
lengths, co!led and boxed in oiled pa.
per for shipment. To polish the strings
very fine emery paper laid on grooyed
aluminium block is used. While the
strings are still on the drying frame
the covered block is passed over the
strings, polishing as many at one time
as there are grooves in the block. 1t
can he seen that from the manner In
which the strands are twisted the ef.
feet Of polishing is to weaken the
string.
In the essential features the process
Of making the fine gut strings for sur
gical uses or the heavy strings three
eighths Of an inch thick sometimes
employed for machinery betting does
not differ from the method employed
in the case of the musical strings ex-
cept that the latter are handled with
more care.-Chicago Record-Heral
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-03-12
DARING PHOTOGRAPHY.
Periious Feats of the Men Who Ma
nipuIate the Cameras.

Periious feats OF the Men Who Ma.
nipuIate the Cameras.
A man who can stand or sit on the
fange of steel beam not so wide as
the sole Of your shoe and GOO feet
above roaring granite paved city
street. there coolly to take successful
pictures of the top of the city far be-
low him, must be possessed of three
qualifications and each of the first wa
ter. He must have Judgment. patience
and courage, these three, and, one may
add without sighting the other two.
the greatest Of these is courage. So
writes H. G. Hunting in the Technical
World Magazine.
The eager eye Of the camera goes
everywhere nowadays, and the man
who makes picture getting his bust
ness adopts no peaceful, uneXciting
pursuit. If he is under contract to
great newspaper or magazine he may
be called upon to secure picture Of
anything. from fashlight in the black
depths of metropolitan sewer to a
portrait Of the fairest white slave in a
Turkish harem. He may be asked to
get a female grizzly nursing her
whelps in her mountain lair to illus
trate some naturalist's work at one
end Of the year. and before the other
end has come he may snap a shutter
on the lip of some smoking volcanoes
crater.
When you see striking or q star
tling picture of man or beast in some
extraordinary place or pose. do you
ever stop to think where the photog-
rapher was who made the negative or
how he got there?
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actual test can pass abreast. This
wall extends for 400 feet and at one
part describes beautiful curve. Un-
less it is desired to make a fill an ex-
cayation Of several feet is first made,
and Mr.. Glessner's men and oxen then
begin to dump in immense stones TAX
en- out of the nearest fields. A fairly
level course is made of these and then
another layer Of somewhat smaller
stone is dumped on.
Then comes still smaller layer, and
then, last, the stonework is leyeied UP
and all openings are filled in with very
small stone, so carefully and thorough
ly placed that animals can be driven
over without hurting their feet. Then
the rock is entirely covered and the
road finally shaped up with a good
layer of "hardpan," which packs solid
and is practically impervious to water.
Drainage teach side is always pro
vided for, the roads s-sre well rounded,
and these features, combined with the
solid foundation of rock underneath
and d>the fmperfious layer on top, give
am ideal road,
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LIKE A ROMAN ROAD.
How Chicago Millionaire Uses Rocks
on His New Hampshire Farm.

How Chicago Millionaire Uses Rocks
on His New Hampshire Farm.
j. Glessner, the Chicago millionaire,
who has made his summer home in
Bethlehem, n. H., for the last twenty
four years, is rapidly attaining fame
as road builder, says Bethlehem
correspondent of the Chicago Record
Herald. He is now able to show three
miles of probably the finest road in the
White mountains, all within or adjoin-
ing his own estate and all public road,
although it was all built or built over
by Mr.. Glessner at his own expense.
During the late autumn he had con-
structed half mile Of road on the
main highway from Bethlehem to Lit
Teton and during most of that time
had crew Of seventy men, thirty
horses and twenty oxen engaged on
the work. Part of this road looks like
pictures of the modern French or the
old Roman roads, and it is built fully
as solidly as the Roman roads used to
be-in fact, after the same plan.
The most important work done on
the Observation-Disclosures road by Mr..
Glessner this year has been an ex-
tensive fill of quite a stretch Of road
over some lowland where bad travel
ing had generally been the rule. At
the lowest place the road was filled in
six feet with stone, and the stone
wall on each side was carried three
| feet higher, the wall in places being
ten feet higher on the back side, or
side toward the fields. The wall is
three feet wide on top and is strong
| ly built.
The road is twenty-five feet wide be-
tween the walls, and four teams by
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day here, when need you so much

day here, when | need you so much
more Come on, please"
She turned to lead the way rs though
there was no argument to be made.
and Bert, grinning over the ridiculous
ness Of the affair, followed after. He
saw with pleasure that the other apart
ment was only across the hall from his
own. 1t was a much smaller place.
and it did not take Bert long to paint
the floors. The girl stood in the door
way experimenting the work, and
Bert was sorry when at last he rose
from his knees and announced the
completion of She job
"You will still have time to finish the
other apartment" said the girl severe
ly. Next time do as you are told, and
you will have less trouble. You know
very we'll that the agent told you to do
this apartment first He promised me
that he would
He'll promise anything" began Bert
grimy. but the tiny foot stamped a
warning. The girl did not care to ar
que the point with workman. and she
dismissed him with nod.
"Come in tomorrow and give it Il
second coat" she commanded. wait
a moment" she added as Bert turned
to go. BUY yourself good cigar.
she finished as she handed him a coin.
Bert dropped the dime in his pocket
with a murmured word of thanks and
backed out of the door. Once on the
other side, his embarrassment died
down. and he paused long enough to
ascertain from the card on the door
that it was Dorothy Remsen who oc-
| cupied the apartment. That she was
a china decorator he already knew. and
| vaguely he remembered having heard
of her skill.
He was tired when he sought his
home that night, but the thought that
| he would see the girl again on the
morrow gave him feeling that the
day had been well spent. He carefully
slipped the dime in locket which he
wore on his watch fob and smiled as
he thought of his ''tip."
He painted the studio floors the
first thing next morning and then
turned his attention to his own apart
ment 1t was late in the afternoon
when he had finished and was clean
ing up There came ring at the door
and he opened it to confront young
woman who radiated confusion and
penitence
81 have come to apologize" she said
blushing redly. II stopped in to thanh
and he did not know that my floors
had been done Then he recalled thai
you were painting your own place ans
explained my error"
Its very natural one," he said
with a laugh. 'If you were half a:
desperate as my mother.~' should no
blame you for kidnapping me with {
full knowledge of the facts. am only
| glad that | have been Of service tt
you
"You don't know how greatly yot
have aided me."-she cried. Il can new
er repay your kindness. | am SO sorr!
that was abrupt yesterday. Will yo'
pardon me?"
The long. slender hand was claspet
in Bert's own. and he smiled dowl
into the brown eyes that dropped shyl.
before his gaze.
Dorothy slipped back into her Owl
apartment, and Bert. closing his door
drew the dime she had given him from
| his IOcket.
1.-THE jobs going to cost you NOR
than that. little woman" he said as b
smiled to himself Its going to cos
you your heart and hand, and they ar
worth millions of Dimes"