The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-05

dreds Of bright men have been LETT behind IN
the race because they were disposed to be dead
beats.
Senator Little happened to run into Minot
Saturday when the McHenry and Ward county
editors met. The newspaper men were right
there with the goods. and every last one Of EN-
their papers, and some Of the got 9 couple Of
years. subscription out Of the next .. s. Sena-
tor. Bishop Cowell, who owns four papers, and
Louis Pierson, another magnate who CONTROLS
four moral iluminators, pulled the Colonevs leg
a the Is ep psee lis P papers
before he called upon Mr.. Little, and afterwards
put the subscriptions down to the old price.
Cowell says he doesn't send papers to politicians
for less than two years either.
ssseee
Sam Clark, the editor Of the Reporter got
hold of q Minot Posten the other day and saw q
long editorial about himself, or at least he thot
it was about himself, for all the way through
the article he could see the words which began
Editor Baukol's office in double quick time with
blood in his eye. He imagined that Baukol had
been giving him severe roast, for he knew
that he deserved it. Imagine his surprise when
Paul translated the article and Sam found that
the editorial was not about him at all, but
is going to install an up-to-date Swiss Cheese
plant. Sam bought the cigars.
This is what rural editor says about young
idlers: We are raising too many society tops.
parlor soldiers, cigarette suckers and street
loafers. When we see little, foppish, short
dressed, silly girl. just jumping into her teens,
gadding up and down the street, talking slang
and flirting with the boys, entertaining, young,
jobless bloods in the parlor at night when she
ought to be in her trundle bed beneath her
mothers eye, tucked snugly in; when we see
knee pants kids and beardless youths loafing up
! and down the Streets who are too trifling to
| to think and too stuck up to do odd jobs at
home, we exclaim It's not statutory that we
need but parental law"
| Some of the newspapers are publishing the
report that since postal reciprocal agreement
| has been made between Canada and Uncle Sam,
the papers can now be sent across the line at the
dependent that this applies only OF the dailies,
and the weekly papers must place one cent
stamp on each paper as before.
Railroad men tell us that passenger business
is light. No wonder. The railroad companies
are not doing any advertising. The big long
/
ductor rambles through them, now and then
punching ticket, and exchanging little con-
versation with an inquisitive passenger. AS
soon as the ads start, business will pick up.
sssees
i The Valley City Times Record has Just is
sued one Of the finest looking souvenir editions
we have ever seen gotten out in the state. True
this is q good time to issue such publication,
for the forty and one candidates were only too
glad to secure advertising space in the edition,
and it doesn't make such bad reading either.
The edition is handsomely illustrated and the
makeup perfect
The Marshall political market has taken an
awful slump over the state ard it's considered
almost as bad q form for an editor to say that
he's for Marshall as tho he declared himself for
Hansbrough. Tom is good fellow, but he used
poor Judgment right in the start.
Judge Templeton decided that the voters O.
Ward county should vote upon the two divis
ion propositions at the next general election.
This complexities matters good deal and under
county divided at this time.
]. B. Sharpe of Kuhn, who was candidate
for the nomination Of Governor on the Republic
can ticket, has withdrawn from the race on &C.
tically clear to C. A. johnson of Minot, who
ought to have clear sailing.
If the man who tolls fourteen hours the day,
wears overalls and a checkered shirt and his
happen that the fellow who never works at all
xuoor 70 hr0a dcInth and his wife wears seal skin!