The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-02-27

elect any man to the above office.
asseee
To the people of the Slope country the can
idacy Of Colonel Little. for the Y. ;: Senate
should and doubtless does have wider and
deeper significance than the natural and laudable
ambition Of prominent citizen to represent the
state in the councils Of the nation To us of the
western part of the state it is the concrete ex-
preston of our determination to secure congress
ional representation and is an announcement to
the world at large and to the eastern part of the
state in particular that North Dakota is, no
longer vast and sparsey settled tract given
over to the nomadic herds Of a few cattle owners
who dispute the right of way with the coyote
and the Indian, but the rich, populous and pro:
expanse with thrifty cities possessing all the at
tributes of the highest civilization and qualified
and competent to take it's place by representa-
ton in those councils where weighty matters are
adjudged and national affairs discussed. 70
represent such community with such aspira-
than Colonel Little. During twenty-five years
of intimate personal relations with the growth
and progress of the west he has grown up with
the new country, sharing its hopes and disap-
pointments, bearing his share of the burdens of
Misrepresentation and ignorance which painted
this splendid domain as an arid waste and later,
when enlightment slowly dawned, taking fore
most part in that stupendous development which
has finally succeeded in forcing recognition and
admiration from those who formerly decried and
belittled the country We believe that the Slope,
the solid western portion of the state will stand
as unit lack of the sentiment which Colonel
Little's candidacy stands for and tfiumpbantly
carry his aspirations to a successful issue.
sssese
The Grand Forks Herald answered the ques-
ton editorially, Does Prohibition Prohibit?'
The Herald concludes that prohibition does pro-
hibit, but not prevent. That's about the size of
lawyer is compiling few facts for references
later on and has concluded that enough beer was
shipped into Minot during the past year, which
if sold at the rate of IS cents and dollar a
bottle, the going prices, for the same, would
bring the neat little sum Of $500, 900. The ques-
ton is Who is drinking all of this beer?"
Would as much beer be consumed if Minot was
a licensed city? There must be some profits on
the sale of this stimulent. Is Minot getting any
of the benefit of the traffic? The Independent
is not making plea for license, tho we have
often been told that it would be better if North
Dakota were licensed state than allow the
liquor traffic to be conducted as it now is
About thirty pggers are up for trial before
Judge Davis during his present term of court
This means great expense for the tax payers
Ever since the writer has lived in Ward county,
six years, there have been violators Of the pro-
hibiton law galore No sooner would one pigger
be convicted than dozen would step into his
place, until today there are as many piggers, or
more in the county than there ever were before
There's something wrong about the prohibition
law, it's enforcement or the penalty to the viola
tors, which should be remedied. The great
sums which are expended every year in the pro-
secution of the pig cases, make high taxes and
the dear people are paying them