The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-04-30

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Three days Of rain and snow, Friday Saturday
and Sunday is helping to prove what the Independ.
ent said would be true in an issue several months
I ago. We mentioned that this country was due to
get seventeen inches of RAINFALL during the year aid
received but very little moisture during the
winter the spring was bound to make up the def
cheney. $3.50,
We advised the farmers to go ahead and prepare
for bumper crop, Notwithstanding the fact that the
ground not overly wet. One old friend said he
took the same advice sixteen years ago, given by
newspaperman and nearly went broke. He said that
in the three following years that seventeen iches Ct
conditions have changed with the breaking Of the
prairie sod and the planting of trees. We have
more moisture than we used to have, and no one
any longer thinks that the farmers of NORTH Dakota
not going to make success by reason of insult
fcient moisture. The careful farmer who works his
ground up we'll plows reasonably Deep stirs the
surface, making dust mulch, good seed, prop
ery treated, bank good crop IT the goph
ers do not take it. The gopher question can be
work.
The latest trade getting device of the catalog
houses is something out of ordinary. They are
sending out to some Of their carefully selected A
grade customers set of blanks for distribution in
per cent if the business amounts to over 5000 in
three months Besides distributing these blanks
"a grade customer" is required to say few words
to each of his neighbors by way of recommending
the particular catalog house he is working for AMI
tell them how badly they get skinned elsewhere
The fact is that the cataog business is on the down
grade and the big firms doing everything that
can be to stem the tide that set In against
them. The gltterng promises and line illustration
in their advertising has lost much of Its effect, be-
cause of being able to stand the light OF inves
tigation Their grocery business has been entirely
spoiled by the national pure food law. People Will
persist in being fooled for some time, but When
they once come to a realization of the fact the re-
action comes very rapidly, and can not be stopped 4
by ten per cent commissions any other device.
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Interesting indeed are the figures which tell Of
the growth Of North Dakota issued by Commissioner
of Agriculture w c. Gilbreath in conjunction with q
new map of the state. The map of this year shows
allhe late territory opened, the new railroads and
IS complete in every respect. On the back of the 81
map are shown some very interesting facts in con-
nection with the state follows
Population 100000.
Post Offices $50.
Free delivery rural mail routes, 293.
Miles of railroad, 1865
Newspapers published 345.
Ignite coal Mines So Sg%
Tons Of coal Mined 515,4S1.
Assessed valuation Of all property in 1907,
$213 663,839.47
Total valuation Of all property is more tnan
$3.50, 100000.
Number Of state banks, AGO.
Number of National banks, $780,
Number of acres in crop, 1907 9,S90,O00.
Wages paid farm laborers, $7119,137.
Bushels of grain produced, 1907; Wheat, 72534,
s12; flax, 1so75so1; oats. ss.s4o 81 barley Il
f 2s9,547; rye, S1466s: corn, 1.2s6s9s; potatoes
1,757,367