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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-02-06

In the morning the neighbors
noticed that the house was gone and
went in search Of John. They met
him on the road and told him about
the fire. He hurried to the scene and
with the result that the
remains of Murdoch were found in
the cellar, burned to a crisp.
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Taken Up.

Sunday. Jan. 26. 1908, at my home
Sc RI of section 81, township 153,
range 81. q black mare, weight about
1850 pounds, about II years DID,
Had q nearly new ring halter on,
rope broken of close. Shoes had re-
Gently been pulled. No visible brands.
A. Ga'usha, Minot, N. D., Box 81.
1923 chg.
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The Independent acknowledges REL
ceipt of a beautiful post card from
Lem Wright who is now sojourning in
the city of Mexico.
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portions. The only party who is GET
ting anything out Of the process isg
Jim Hill, who doubtless enjoys haul
Ing our supply Of fuel away and using
the same cars to haul foreign fuel
back to us."-Minn. Ex.
And so it goes with many other
products. Much Of our beef and pork
Is shipped clear to Chicago to be
dressed and cured and brought back
to us in hams, bacon, sausage, dried
beef, etc. This is all right II we can
afford it, for it affords much work and
profit for others butts there not
better way?-Dakota Farmer.
u
The house was insured for $1,000.
It was owned by John Mcleod.
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the same proportion is maintained if you
draw four or all of the numbers.
France succeeds in raising S140, 100000
yearly out of stamp duties. When you
visit gay Paris your hotel bills come to
you with a stamp on them. Every check
drawn bears extra receipt stamp
across which you must sign your name.
Theater tickets must be stamped Even
posters On the boards are stamped. the
value varying with the size of the bills.
A Penny for Spirits.
For municipal purposes its towns also
adopt queer expedients. Every morsel of
food, drink or fuel must pay a tax. while
Paris puts tax of one penny on all spir-
it's, besides mulcting landlords with a 21s
per cent and tenants 1 per cent tax
Holland has similarly levied several
queer taxes. Besides imposing duty of
= cents on every person who enters tav-
ern before noon, she used to levy taxes on
those who visited places of entertainment,
on marriages and OH many other things.
If person were buried out of the dis
trict to which he belonged his nearest of
kin would have tn pay twice the amount
that would have had to be paid had the
burial taken place in his own district.
Even boots and shoes were taxed, regu-
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lated by the size of the article-the small
er the shoe the smaller theStaX.
A Smoking License.
In Switzerland to be exempt from mill
tary service one must pay tax of sos a
year, no matter whether one be a cripple
or an invalid And if the bill is neglected
the Swiss is prohibited from entering any
beer garden or public entertainment until
the full sum is paid.
Greece attempted TO raise money by
making every smoker take out license.
but as the smokers objected in such
strenuous manner, causing riots in the
streets and in other ways embarrassing
the government, the plan failed. But she
compelled her people to purchase the ma
tional emblem in the form of flying
swallow These she had manufactured
I'm bronze in large quantities. charging a
few cents for them. Any person not hav-
ing one in his or her possession was liza
bic to q penalty.
While not exactly n tax. many coun-
tries have raised money by taking advan-
tage of the postage stamp craze. Espe-
cially is this true of the South American
republics. where the stamps are changed
as often as once year. The demand for
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boat twelve. including the keeper. were
drowned. The water WAS cold and the
men chung to their craft until one by
one they dropped off exhausted. save one
Surfman the sole survivor. who managed
to hold fast until the upturned boat drift
ed into quiet water.
Glory of Success.
And now let us see the lies saving man
in the glory of success. Thus far Wa
have been dealing largely with failures
failures unavoidable though they be. The
night of December H. 1907. the schooner
John r. Noyes struck three miles off
Lakeside. on the New York shore of Lake
Ontario. Keeper Gray Of the nearest
lfe-saving station, at Charlotte twenty
three miles away. tried to put off at
once in the harbor tug. but it was frozen
fast in the ice. Fastening To the nearest
railroad station. inland he ordered
two fiat cars on a siding shoveled clear,
hauled his beach apparatus for two hours
through the snow. lifted il into the cars.
chartered a special locomotive put out
for Lakeside. unloaded his apparatus on
sleds. and with his men thus hauled II
four miles TO the beach through the snow
six feet deep When he launched his
boat he could not see twelve feet ahead
In the blackness OF the night which had
fallen upon the wreck. and. although he
and his crew CROPPED about the wintry sea
for hours, they did not sight 1t till dawn.
She had drifted twenty miles out and
here. after hours of toll at the oars he
found her. with all on board nearly dead
from exposure. The welnlgh exhausted
crew, while steadying their little craft
against the storm waves. lifted all OF
the imperled ones aboard and rowed back
over the twenty miles of wintry sea. But
on nearing shore, after all of this cease
less toll. kept up all night and all day,
the crew found the ice barriers along
the brink too high to let them beach
their boat. Just as the second night OF
their adventure was falling these nearly
fainting men. their backs bent and ach-
ing, their muscles chilled and knotted.
steadied their little boat once more, picked
up their human burdens. one by one, and
now. wading waist deep in the chilly wa
ter now carefully feeling their way over
the slippery ice, laid them safely upon the
soft snow.
1t is the women and children made de-
pendent the men themselves disabled. by
such ordeals as these that Congress Is
now asked 10 give square deal -Four
out Of every five of the plucky chaps
left in the service has wife at home.
and race suicide is not a crime to be laid
at the doors of saltwater folk. Nearly
all OF the bachelors in the service have
dependent mothers. Are not the women
and children of men who slave like this for
others. and for others alone. as worthy of
a nations protection the women and
children of the soldier and bluejacket.
who fight once in a generation. or of the
revenue cutter sailor, who seldom smells
gunpowder i'm lifetime? The life-saving
man is engaged In ceaseless hand-to-
hand combat with a foe far more relent-
less far more horrible than the most
treacherous human monster that ever bore
arms-a foe which grants no armfstice, re-
spects no flag of truce. allows no quarter
to the prisoner or the manned
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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sight and entirely lost his mind. On this
trip he waded knee deep in snoW-covered
marshes and scrambled on all-fours over
sand dunes while the snow was falling
SO thickly that it well-nigh smothered
him
Entire Crews Drowned.
The most terrible ordeals OF our life
savers are suffered while struggling with
the waves in times of shipwreck. But when
death is the wages of valor here it comes
quick and fast. and Dies not nf1ict a
lingering sting The list of widows and
orphans and helpless mothers heart
broken and left dependent by sudden
death met in these heroic moments, is
long. The first great tragedy of this
kind occurred at the wreck of the Italian
bark Nuova Ottawa off North Carolina in
1876 The life savers put out at night
through heavy surf. beyond which the
bark appeared as mere mass of sha dow.
The progress of the llfeDoat could be
traced from shore only by the glimmer
OF its lantern A sudden extinction OF
this flame a scream from the and
then corpses rolling in through the surf,
by the empty boat. tumbling in
upside down, were the only evidences of
the catastrophe which claimed the lives
of an entire life-saving crew. From one
of the surviving sailors OF tne Dark IL
was afterWard learned that his fellow
Italians becoming panic stricken when
the lifeboat had come alongside, had all
attempted to jump aboard at once and
had swamped the little craft
All of the su-fmen were lost at the
wreck OF the J. H. Magruder on Lake
Huron in 1880. This crew was from the
Point Aux Barques station, Michigan.
The wreck was three miles out. and for
;wo hours the lfeboat tried to reach
her through treacherous surf, which
turned the little craft over time and time
again. Finally she capsized after the
crew had become exhausted by repeated
rightings and bailings. Finally they had
only strength enough left to hold on to
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LEE SANERs SIGNALLING A NREcK

her sides; then they dropped off. one by
one to death-all save the keeper who
managed to hold fast until washed into
safe water.
Screamed to Aid Heart Action.
Il was conscious only at brief inter
walls said the keeper, who was in the
water three and one-half hours. II was
not suffering, had no pain. had no sense
OF feeling in my hands; felt tired sleepy
and numb. At times ! could scarcely see.
l remember screening several times not
to attract attention. but thought 1t world
help the circulation of my blood The
same year the keeper and two surfmen
of the Peaked Hill bar station, Cape Cod
were drowned while trying to rescue the
crew Of the slOop c. f. Trumbull. The life
savers had landed part of the crew, and
having gone back for the remainder. were
alongside the wreck when the latter's
boom came down into the water. then rose
again and turned the lifeboat bottom up. |
The life savers righted her but before
they could turn her bow-on big sea cap
sized her once more, drowning the three
men.
Victims of Austrian Wreck.
The Barnegat crew. New Jersey. also |
lost three tried men in the winter of 1855. !
when the Austrian bark kraljevica struck
on Barnegat shoals during night of thick
darkness and dense fog. The Austrians
left the bark in their lCngboat and after
drifting for hours capsized. Eight were
drowned. but the captain and five others
chung to the boat and gained the beach.
Almost dead from exhaustion. they |
dragged themselves TO a SunnerS nut, |
we'll provisioned and supplied with fuel. |
The members of the Barnegat crew at |
dawn first espied the wreck. and not
knowing that the Austrians had put off. |
went out through the ugliest surf seen IN |
years They were half way back when to |
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succeeded in raising money by forcing
cleanliness upon its people Under
penalty of $50 Austria demands that every
householder shall have his chimney swept
at least once a. month for fear of fire,
the work to be done by the government
sweep She found the measure most lu-
cratve. as she charged a tax of 4o cents
for every chimney cleaned.
Italy has a plan for raising money that
has been called "a tax on imbeciles.' This
is the state lottery. from which she raises
a considerable sum. Out of the numbers
from l to 90 every Saturday night five
winning numbers are drawn. For the
player to win 1t is necessary TO draw one
of more of the Sc numbers. II you draw
one right you gain fourteen times what
you paid-that is. S. probabilities in favor
of the government. If you draw two
numbers YOU gain 80 times what you
paid. but you have only ten probabilities
in your favor, while the government has
40 If you draw three you gain $3.50
times what you risked. but while the
probabilities in your favor are still ten.
those of the government are llI,4IO, and
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ers The same year the keeper and two
surfmen of the Grand Point Au Sable
crew. Lake Michigan. were lost al a wreck
by the capsiZing of their boat. beneath
which one of the men was smothered. The
thermometer stood at zero. and the sur
vivors of this catastrophe reached shore
with their clothing frozen as stiff as
boards.
Raced to Death Through Snowdrift.
The next year part OF a picked crew
from the two stations near Cape Henry.
Va, met the same fate at the wreck OF
the German ship Elisabeth Some Of these
men had dragged their apparatus for miles
through snowdrifts often waist deep. Ar
irving at the wreck they found twenty
two Germans in a lOnSbcat alongside the
sinking ship and had taken seven of these
aboard when an immense wave suddenly
swept around the rear of the wreck and
turned the two small boats over and over.
throwing all of the twenty mine men. in
Guiding the seven life savers. into the sea.
Keeper Belanga. as he swan with the
men toward shore. helped surfman re-
move his boots. and this man was saved.
while the brave keeper himself was lost.
Out of the tive ty-nine men only one other
also a surfman-escaped. The latter
snow where he was found by his wife,
who with another woman dragged him
home and nursed him back % life. This
keepers .,rother and two brOtherS-ln law
died with him.
The brea king of defective oar caused
z capsize which drowned four surfmen OF
the Cleveland, Ohio station who were out
at the wreck of a skiff in 1893. the re-
mainder of the crew being rescued by a
tug
Panic among the men taken aboard the
lifeI.oat caused he last sad catastrophe OF
this kind. in 1892. off ShoVelfui shoai;
Mass Keeper Eldridge and his men had
rescued the crew of wreck March H.
and on the 18th were returning to take
off the wreckers working thereon The
latter were safely in when a sea struck
the surfboat. This would have caused no
damage but the wreckers became SO pan
ic stricken by the sudden lurching of the
craft that they stood up. chung TO the
surfmen and crowded them from the
thwarts second sea capsized the
nartv before the life savers could turn
how-on and of the thirteen in the nttle
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Copyright. 1905. by John Elfreth WatkinsD

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Italy's Queen.

From the London Woman.
Queen Elena. not appreciated as she
should have been at first by the Romans,
ia now very popular She is sensible
woman, having been brought up in an UNI
destinations way in her mountain home OF
Montenegro, and though possessed of few
accomplishments yet entertains definite
ideas of her own-more particularly on
the rights and wrongs of women. part
of each day she herself devotes to bodily
exercise gymnastics. riding, hill-climbing
and shooting. The queens beautiful char
acter is reflected in her charming face.
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DY pigeon holng the cat tax. the Dis
X triet of Columbia has. in addition
TO losing an uncertain revenue,
lost an opportunity to stand among the
nations in which revenue has been raised
by freak taxes. Not a few countries
have lifted themselves out of financial dif-
ttculties by their ingenuity in taxation.
Take Germany. for instance, At one
time Germany sent out charwomen with
instructions to inspect and thoroughly
clean peoples houses. This was not done
so much with the idea Of cleanliness as
with the view to raising money; small
charge being made for the services OF
the charwoman. That the plan was sue
cessful is shown by the fact that nearly
So 10000 was added to the national fund
On another occasion only certain kind
of tooth powder was allowed to be sold
in the stores-that kind made in the gov
eminent factories. Rather than pay the
high price demanded the people preferred
not to use any dentifrice at ALL and the
tax failed i'm its purpose.
A Clean Bill.
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Drink Scourge in France.

From the Church Quarterly Review.
What the French call "alcoholisme' has
grown to be a dreadful scourge. and a
direful portent for the future of the peo-
pie. In some parts of France the very
medical men must be consulted early in
the day If they are to be found sober.
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CURIOUS REGULATIONS THAT RECORD TAX

stamps by collectors is SO great that each
new issue nets a good revenue In order
to keep up the demand the design Is
changed frequently. causing a scramble
for them among the collectors.
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| their horror towering wave. so hollow
| that the lifeboat could not rise III 1t,
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A Clean Bill

Austria is another country that has
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
Normal Institute June Is.

Section -2773. No school shall be
in session during the time of holding
q teachers institute except by written
permission of the County Superlnten-
dent.
Living as we do in this corn belt we
find, as arule, atmospheric conditions
too oppressive for efficient school
work later than this date. Also in the
interest OF the teachers we would say
that it is now absolutely necessary for
teachers to make some professional
showing and unless there is a serious
obstacle in the way it will be we'll that
they attend the institute. But should
the people of a district desire their
school TO continue longer than the
above mentioned date, permission, I'M
der protest, will probably DO given.
We do not think it best. but do not
want to act arbitrarily in the matter.
Perhaps hore is a good opportunity
to drop the suggestion that school
boards give more thoughtful consid-
Grafton to dividing the time of
school year. Far too many of our lar,
ger boys and girls, especially the boys
do not receive their rightful share of
schooling. We hope a word to the
wise is sufficient.
Very respectfully
Ella M. Stearns,
Co. Supt.
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New Train Service Between Pierre and
the Black Hills. Pullman Sleeping
Cars Between Huron and Rap
i'd City

Effective May 18th, the train service
via the Chicago q North Western and
the Pierre, Rapid City 81 Northwest
ern will be greatly improved. A new
train will be inaugurated between
Pierre and Rapid City on this date,
with Pullman sleeping cars betwee
Huron and Rapid City, leaves Huron,
west bound, 9:20 pm, except Sunday;
Pierre ITO am, excerpt Monday; ar
irving Rapid City 1888 am. East
bound, leave Rapid City 1888 p M, ex-
cept Saturday; arrive Pierre 300 am.
except Sunday; Huron $40 am.
Direct connection at Huron with The
North Western Line from Iowa points
and at Rapid City with trains to and
from Deadwood, Lead and Belle
Fourche.
Trains Nos. SOL and 504 continue on
present schedule daily, except Sunday.
thus providing two trains per day in
each direction between Pierre and the
Black Hills.
Schedules, tickets and information
on application to Ticket Agents, The
North-W estern Line. 22e
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lar upon which | have not paid lawful
tax, and have never had my assess
ment doubled by the Board of Review
as was done to certain candidate for
state senator last April.
/ feel under lasting indebtedness to
the voters of this county for past ia
vors, and should my opponent be cho-
sen no word of criticism will come
from me, but | believe the voters are
entitled TO know the facts, and are in
favor of square deal in politics.
1t is amazing that a man who has
practiced law for eight years should
be willing to take the legal opinion of
the Assessor who makes no pretense
to ever having studied law day in
his life, instead of consulting the Stat
ute of Iowa and the Supreme Court
decisions. GEORGE COSSON.
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Auld Lang SyHe

While fumbling around in his pock-
cts the other day Station Agent W..
w. Smith, at the Rock Island depot,
ran across "a bit ofcardboard which is
quite curiosity. 1t is nothing less
than check once owned by Banker
Charles Van Gorder, of Audubon,
and says the holder is entitled to ride
on the Great Rock Island Line from
Geneseo, Illinois, to Rock Island, on
the east bank of the Mississippi River
in the same state; and bears the date
of March 20, 1856. Mr.. Smith one
time " Hornswoggled " Mr.. Van Cor
der out of the check in trade and it
went down to the big Railway Mems
Meeting of the Old Timers which is
being held at Des Moines today, and
which began yesterday.
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To THE REPUBLICAN ELECTORS OF
AITDTTRON COUNTY

The date of the primaries is right at
hand and while great deal of energy
has been exhibited by some of the can
didates in canvassing the voters of
the county and also as candidate for
County Recorder should greatly have
enjoyed meeting the public, yet circum-
stances have been such that | have
been unable to do so. My school work
together with the illness of my wife,
have necessitated my remaining at
home. / therefore wish by this means
to assure you that any favors you
may show at the coming primaries
will be heartily appreciated and if l
shall be the fortunate choice of the
people, / can assure you competent
faithful service.
Yours truly,
S Il. Nelson.
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About The Primary Election

All clerks and judges of the Primary
Election should carefully study the
Primary Law. Remember the polls
open at One O'Clock p. NJ. and close
at Eight p. M, Tuesday. The judges
of the primary election will save con-
siderable labor if they open no more
ballots than are likely to be voted.
Township clerks or trustees should
see that arrangements are made for
the booths at the Primary.
O. B. TRAIN,
County Auditor.
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DO YOU KNOW

the Recorders Office is important Office in
the County?
That there over $50 recordbooks in that office?
That the perfect title of your property depends entirely
upon these records
That your property advances in price the purchaser
the loan companies becoming and parcu-
lar in regard to the perfect title Of your property?
That business proposition it would be your best
interest for this office who thoroughly under
working experience right in the Recorders office.
READ ON!
Below give you the why come before you,
asking for the office:
IL have been a resident of Audubon County for the
past thirty years.
81 have always been Republican and worked in the
interest of the Republican Party.
four years actual experience
Recorder and know the Record work in every particular
ESbeck from 1897 1901 also worked
in the office under both Mr.. Donaldson and Mr. Wood
4-Ihave before asked the Republican of
Audubon County for any Office
5-If nominated and elected, will devote my entire
time and attention the duties of the office from January 1909
till my successor is elected and qualified
REMEMBER
That Tuesday is Primary Election my candi-
appeals help by marking in the
opposite my ballot Trusting may honor
of receiving such support, remain,
Yours Very Truly,
A. F. DRAKE.
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Eiwood Sollcits Sunnort.

In regard to the Sheriff | desire to
say few words through the columns
of the Republican in behalf of my can
didacy | have lived In this county
and Guthrie many years. | need the
Office and believe | am qualified to
fill it in an acceptable manner. | have
been life long republican If elected
| will discharge the duties Of the same
faithfully. respectfully solicit your
support. YOrrs truly
Joseph w. Elwood,
AUDUBON, Iowa,
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REMEMBER

The Seniors and Freshmen and
Juniors and Sopbomores of the Au-
dubon Schools played ball on the dia-
mond Friday afternoon and the Juni-
ors and Sophomores won, Eight to
Two. Killinger and Elwood were on
the firing line for the second named
nine and Booten and Law for the first
named.