The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-12


boards with such others as may be provided by
law
There is nothing more aggravating to per-
son than to call up on rural telephone line on
an urgent matter'of business and find two or
more loquacious women conversing on family
matters, domestic economic and innumerable
trivial matters. True, someone may care If baby
cried last night or they may be interested in
knowing what you are going to have for dinner
but the telephone is not the proper medium Of
communication for such matters and especially
when they are to the exclusion of more import
ant things The telephone is one of the most
convenient of modern inventions but may be
converted into nuisance where it's privileges
are abused. Properly used it is not medium
for gossping women, swearing men, or ire
sponsible youngsters.
No wonder the government print shop is
running behind. President Roosevelt has ap-
proved an order reducing the price of compost
ton to be reduced from $1.2Oto 80 cents an hour
for hand composition and from 81 80 to 80 cents
an hour for machine composition: The union
rate for machine composition is IS cents per
thousand ems. This is about as bad a graft as
existed in North Dakota few years ago when
three printers conspired to hold the state up for
SO per cent on all the job work they did, and d.
vide the profits equally between themselves.
And at least one of them, who was Jared loose
from the trough, is now crying reform.
The editor of the Max Enterprise says he is
willing to meet the newspaper boys along the
line and talking over matters of interest. The
woman asks the question, But how about the
newspaper girls, brother editor?"
The farmers should have no trouble in get
ting in the fields early providing we have an
an opportunity to do great deal Of work out of
doors, and the stock is in the best kind of con-
dition.
The Russell Sentinel notes that when a
young man would rather go to the show with his
sister than with some other girl, it's sure sign
that he has been disappointed in love, or else
the shows no good.
The Rugby Optimist calls the attention of
parents in that city to the actions of their young
sons, who are surely turning out to be toughs,
committing depredations at all hours of the
night.
Fife Hoadley, who wishes to become county
superintendent, has her announcement in the
Leeds News. Women are taking quite a part in
North Dakota politics and are quite successful,
too.
A man who will tell the truth about every
thing else will lie like sixty when it comes to|
telling the number of people who attended the
meeting of his pet political party.
Sam Clark has the whisky proposition down
right He can tell to certainty whether man
comes from Kenmare or Portal if he can only
get Whit at his breath.
Devils Lake will organize company Of the
National Guard. That city had such company
once, but the adjutant general mustered it out
on account of some trouble.
Twenty-Five worthless CANNES were slaugn-
tered at Rugby after mad dog scare. Can't
we get up some kind of dog scare in Minot?
The Cando Democrat wants to see the news
papers with the largest circulation made the
county official papers.
The Towner Tribune has improved wonder
fully under the management of the new owner,
Horace Bagley.
The Bismarck Tribune already has thirty-oneI
political announcements with more to follow. It
pays % aoVertlse' ,.sess
The Bantry Advocate refers to Minot asI
The City with Future" Not % bad.