The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-03-19
MINOT, N. D., THURSDAY, MARCH -, 1908.
EDITORIAL COMMENT

that the Little boom for senator has already spent
it's force and the chances are that Hansbrougns
star will be in the ascendency from now on Ihere
has been no Little boom. Col Little and his tol-
lowers do not believe in blooms me colonel Is
people Judge by that and that alone Whetner ne
IS a man to be sent to the senate or not? Llttles
is man to be sent to the senate ornot! Llttle ;
record has been perfectly clean. HIS actlohs nave
always been open and above board. can the seilor
senator say as much? Hansbrough has fortunately ,
stood with his feet in the public trough ana ne
ought to be satisfied to step down as gracefully as
nossible and make way for man that the people
want If he doesn't get out of the way, ne II get
pushed out anyway, for North Dakota has had too
much Henry Clay Hansbrough, TOO much OF lne
man who has always befriended the trusts. Can
Hansbroueh deny that he has always been the best
friend the trusts ever had in the state? or course
he is saying all kinds of hard things ABOUT me
trusts now but readers, stop and think. why dldn
he go after the trusts years ago before the trusts
were as strong as they are today, when they mlgn.
have been npped in the bud NO. Hahsprousn 7 81
not turn his hand to interrupt them IN thelr
damnable purpose, and on the other hand 1t can pc
shown that he aided them in every way possible.
And this man has the temerty to ask the voters OF
North Dakota to return him to the senate-and why
so that he can go helping the trusts as OF yore
No one believes that Hansbrough is in earnest IN
his fight the trusts Its votes he's after and sne
people know it. MI Hansbrough, the voters are
not fools They not children Ihey are not
going to vote the way they told to VOTE not this
year. They are going 10 weigh facts and then they
are going to vote for the man whom they beheYe
will befriend them. Had you befrended the PEG
ple of North Dakota in the twenty years past; you
would not today need to be gong ABOUT over tlS
state speaking at family reunions, school houses,
socials and farmers Institutes in order to explain
to the people what you stand for You've had TWEEN
ty years in which to make record. HAD you oeen
square during all of these years the people at THIS
time would demand your return to the senate. AS
it is, MI. Hansbrough, can read the hand writing
the wall.
You will surely be elected-to stay at home.
:sEs*seee
Lured BY Wheat.
Regina Saskatchewan, March 15.-A grain FAMINE
in Alberta and SASKATCHEWAN
Only yesterday these widespread provinces OF the
Canadian northwest were touted as the greatest
wheat producing districts of the world
Vet the Canadian government is spending today
s4oOo0oo in furnishing seed grain to the farmers OF
Alberta and Saskatchewan, because the late spring
last year froZe so much OF the gram tnat - uilt
for seeding purposes. IL
The two provinces produced about 1Oooooooo
bushels of wheat and oats, but the loss mas been en-
ornous because of the frost bitten grain and many
farmers are on the verge of restitution this winter.
Regina is the headquarters for the disposition OF
seed grain, which is the most stupendous govern
ment distribution since the settlers of Kansas appeal
ed to the eastern states to aid them in tldlng over
the grasshopper panic and drough of lSss-9o:
Forty per cent of the settlers Of the Canadian
northwest are Americans from the states OF iowa,
Ohio Illinois, Nebraska Kansas and the Dakotas.
How many they number is almost beyond calcula-
ton Probably $4,000 families in Alberta and sas-
ketchewan is a low estimate. More than $4,000
Americans emigrated to Canada in 1906 alone, car
rying belongings valued at some $5OoOoooo, and II
is believed that than 100000 settlers there dur
ing the past year thousands spent thelr last uol-
lar settling there
Wheat Lured Thousands.
The lure wheat
The Canadian government has been spending
$1,000 600 yearly in encouraging immigration IL ad
vertised it's wheat lands in 1000 newspapers It told
farmers that 75000OO0 acres were waiting Tor them
free.
There were stories and pictures and advertise
meuts about it, Settlers wrote home to their friends
Their friends friends heard about it. Poems were
o1,c
yelous country.
So the hordes poured in
In 1906 the grain of Alberta and saskatchewan
was as new as any in the world and as far north as
the very edge of the artic circle the wheat crop was
prodigious.
It was either government aid or a crash
Then the frost came.
If the settlers could not pay their bills and re-
plant their lands, it the end. The tide would
have turned away. The newness OF the land and
the unpreparedness of the settlers made government
aid imperative.
This money will be considered loan. The
farmers who take advantage Of it will get seed
grain at COST and will pay cent interest on the
loan while the government will hold the land on
which the seed grain is used as security
asssee
The farmers from east of this city making
strenuous complaints account of someone dump
ing half dozen dead horses, cattle, dead chickens
dogs etc. right along the road about a mile east of
the city. This combined with the manure, swill and
other obnoxious matter makes a terrible offensive
and very unhealthful condition 1t would seem that
our proper authorities would look into this matter
and instead of such truck being dumped along
the public highway, flower beds be located there in
stead. We want farmers to come to Minot to
trade, but this is not good way to get their good
will and their money Let something be done, and
at once.
343GGG
The twelve thousand dollars that the Mnot citi-
zens spend for pure water every year, would go a
long ways towards securing a first class water sys
TEN. We trust that our city fathers will get down