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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-21
sheriH's Sale.

State of North Dakota, County OF
Ward,-ss.
O. F. Bicknell, Plaintiff, vs.. Frank
Wan, Defendant.
Notice Is hereby given that by
virtue Of an execution to me directed
and delivered, and now in my hanis,
issued out OF the clerks Office Of the
Eighth Judicial District Court,
state OF North Dakota, in and for
the county of Ward, upon a julg-
meat rendered in said court in
favor 0 Frank Wan, defendant, anl
against o. F. Bicknell, plaiakif.
have levied the upon the following
described real property of said j1ig-
mant debtor, to-wit:
The northwest quarter (NW 1-4)
LOT section three (3) township enc
hundred fiity-ssven (157). north
range eighty.nine (ss), west Of the
6fth principal meridian and 1sha1l On
Tuesday, the 23rd day of February,
A. D. 1909, at the hour of 2:0e
o'clock p. M, Of said day, at the
front door Of tho court house city
OF Minot, in said county and state
proceed to sell the right, title and
interest Of the above named o. F.
Bickaell, the said judgment debtor
in and to the abavs described prop
erty, to satisfy said judgment and
costs, amounting to $3.50 dollars
and together with ali accrued and
accruing costs Of sale, and interest
on the same from the 18th day Of
Feb. 1907, at the rate, Of seven
per cent per anaum, At public
auction to the highest bidder fer
cash.
6. A. Sorenssn,
Sheriff Of Ward County, N. D.
Palda & Burke. Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated It Minot, N. D., Jan. 13, 1893
ia 2-1S
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-21
Low nsytn Thlsf

A fellow giving his Hame a
Frank Deacon 10 lodged In oar jail
on charge Of stealing Is cents
from Baby Cottingham's safe. The
fellow has been working around the
barn for sometime. Later he con
tossed that he had set fire to the
Butte Livery barn Moniay. He
says he laid lighted cigar on the
manger and forgot it and 1t evident
ly fell among the. hay and started
the b1aze.-Dogden News.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-21

A large number OF employes On
tbs 500 have BEEN laid OF, until
work picks up. The early threshins
gave the road chance to do most
Of the grain hauling before the hrst
Of the year AMI but a small amount
of freight is being hauled at this
time of the year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Now comes the wall Of disappointed
Paris hostesses at the omission of the
"etrennes." those tokens Of gratitude
which young men are expected to send
ON New Years day for Inequalities re.
csived. 1t has long been pretty Gus
tom for the paying on Of small debts,
but this year there has been falling
on and 1t 10 ascribed to the increasing
selfshness of man. In London the rule
Is to take all and give nothing, not
even a Christmas card, and Parisians
fear the gilded youth they entertain
are taking q leaf out of this English
custom. Formerly, 1t was claimed.
however impecunious the young men
in Paris. they managed to send or
bring an etrenne to each of their host
esses whether she was plain or pretty,
young or old. Now how different! A
few of the most brilliant leaders have
been remembered" the rest had to
sing small.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

The tribute paid to the courageous
wireless operator on the Republic.
who forgot his own human needs in
heroic duty at his post, and well-nigh
dropped from exhaustion at it. was a
well deserved one. Americans have
been called nation of hero worship
ers. rather should It be said that one
Of the national traits is q generous
sagerness to recognize and applaud
the best and noblest in human nature.
The whole nation is strengthened by
such examples.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
FARMER AND
PLANTER
Must Keep Changing Crops.

Must Keep Changing Crops.
To the Editor-The effect Of con-
tinuously growing the same crops on
the soil year after year is shown on
the once rich prairie lands OF the
West, where this method is fast ex-
hausting their fertility. The results
are more plainly evident on some OF
the abandoned farms of New England.
whose fertility was once mined rath-
er than cultivated when they were
new and rich.
Though different crops are all COM
posed of the same elements taken as
food from the soil, they do not use
them in the same amounts. Thus the
root crops require potash, the grain
phosphates and the forage crops nj
trogen. Plants have different meth
DDS of getting the same kind OF food.
Clovers can get nitrogen from the air
and nearly all classes Of plants differ
in their foraging area in the soil. So
II we grow one crop all the time 1t
will exhaust one part Of the soil
while not using the other.
A shallow rooted or deep-rooted
slant should not be exclusively grown
upon any one soil. We therefore
practice rotation of crops-that Is.
growing a different crop on the soil
each year from the one grown there
before. In this way we give the land
different kinds of treatment In prep
xration for the crop and during its
growth. Some crops are intertilled
snd some are not, and 30 we give the
weeds different treatment. 1t IL well
known that certain insects and dis.
eases infest certain crops. II we
change crops we disturb the home OF
the insects and cut on their supply
and allow time for the diseases to die
cut before we plant the same crop
hgain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
stick BY the Live stock Business.

SLICK py tne Live STOCK 6uStneS0.
Men are encounterinR a new set of
conditions in the Central West. A
corn crop below normal in 1907 and
another of the same in 1908 has made
the grain prices look very high to
the feeder, and it is not surprising If
1t tests the nerve even OF the old
timers When men can sell corn d.
rect as high as 20 cents a bushel the
incentive to feed 1t to either steers
or hogs with the possibility Of not
getting over cents for the weight
put on is not very great, and the
quickest way out of it is to simply
make a cash deal and sell the corn.
To change over. to the grain selling
policy, however, is not farming in the
best sense of the term. 1t is soil
robbing. Values will eventually be
adjusted so as to offer sufficient slim
ulation to men to feed their own
grain. But those among our farmers
who are wisest in their day and gen.
Grafton will not change. but will con-
tinue the policy of feeding as usual
even II for no other purpose than
that of maintaining the soils fertility
supply.
It seems diflcult for men to re-
member that land well filed with hui
mus such as is derived from an APP
plication of farmyard manure is In
much better shape to Withstand
drouth, and it is likewise better able
to 90 through wet spell than is poor
and. In other words. taking 1t one
year with another. such soil would
be vastly more profitable than one
farmed under the robbing system.
This being true. we would very much
like to see men 90 on just about ~
they have In the past. II they have
been making 30 many pounds Of beef
| In . year, let there be no change In
| the policy; and, likewise. let the hogs
| that are ON hand be carried to q good
market weight regardless Of the
temptation that brisk prices for grain
| will make.
The wisdom Of carrying out the
same policy by men who are engaged
in breeding animals cannot be ques'
| toned for a moment. We cannot see
why any man who has raised a fair
crop should keep single SOW less
than his usual quota, and the same ID
applicable to cattle. 1t will be
sorry day for agriculture when a little
furry in market values win prevent
the carrying out of sane policy :,
famers, a policy that in the mair
keeps up fertility. This is the mos
profitable policy and on that ground
alone it ought to be advocated more
and more.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

We have heard a great deal about
balanced rations during the last few
wears. Balanced rations for cows, for
feeding cattle, sheep, hogs. human be-
ings and poultry, until good many
people really believe that a great deal
Of feed is wasted unless it is properly
balanced and contains due percentages
Of protein and carbohydrates.
Prof. Hacker gave some Of the the
uries about balanced. rations for cows
q sad shock by proving that it il not
necessary to feed dairy cows 80 care.
fully, and Prof. Davenport said to me
one time that It was often good econo.
my to waste little cheap feed rather
than buy q costly one In order to make
q balanced ration.
Mr.. Mapes of New York announced
that he was q hereto as far as feeding
balanced rations to poultry by telling
how he gave his hens q mixture of al
kinds of feed and let them select what
they liked best.
While have never tried to feed sci
sntifically balanced rations to my poul
try, I have roughly guessed at thu
proper feeds so the hen might have
enough protein to produce eggs and
carbohydrates enough to prevent thu
waste of protein, and have been yer,
we'll satisfied with the results.-Mtl
Ter Purvis.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Mysterious disappearance always
have a fascination for the curious.
Probably to the end of time there will
be persons who believe that they know
what became of the French dauphin,
who, but for the revolution, would
have been Louis XVII. Others will
maintain that the official record Of his
death is correct. The fate Of Arch.
duke John Of Austria is likely to re-
main as uncertain es that of the
dauphin. The archduke renounced his
royal claims several years ago, and
sailed from London for South America
under the name Of John Orth. Nothing
definite has since been heard of him
or of his ship, although he has been
reported as living in one part Of the
world or another, says Youths CON-
panion. These reports have always
been unverified. That the emperor
Francis Joseph, the head of the family,
thinks his kinsman may still be living
was disclosed in q lawsuit In Switzer.
land not long ago, when, in response
to inquiries by the court, it was an
nounced that the emperor had ordered
that the fortune of Archduke John,
amounting to $s.o0o.o 900. be kept intact
till 1917, when It may be divided
among the heirs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

The choice of Prof Lowell to sue
coed President Eliot was not a new
inspiration. 1t was the fulfilment Of
a confident prophecy that has been
current in higher educational circles
for long time. Five years ago
James Bryce, talking with a Boston
ian about Harvard and its distin-
guished head, INDUCED his fondness
Tor asking questions by inquiring who
would be likely to succeed President
Eliot when he retired. Prof. Lowells
name was mentioned, among others,
and Mr.. Bryce. who has known Prof.
Lowell long and intimately, said:
Eyes. have often heard that sugges-
ton. and what an admirable selection
e would bel"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
The Farm Poultry.

Under the heading. The Hen and
Wonderful Products" the Cotton
Journal has something to say thar
should command the attention and
interest of every home builder IN
the South. There can be no real
home without hen. The eulogy on
the hen IL as follows:
The hen IL the symbol Of peace ana
plenty-wherever her cackle IL heard
the lamp Of civilization burns. The
poets have immortalized the linnet
and the hooking bird, and brainy
congressman before his peers has
had the temerity to sing the praises
of the busy hen. Not only that, .
great literary weekly has threatened
to lay before its readers all there IL
to tell about that domesticated crea-
ture which so assiduously lays the
delicate and nourishing food classed
ON the market Is eggs.
The Cotton Journal is indeed inter
ested In the great poultry industry.
moving that these Southern states
present opportunities for the growth
and development Of other breeds sec
ond to NO other section Of the United
States. The cotton belt Is awakening
to the Importance of poultry as being
q part Of the supplies each and every
man should produce. who Is 30 situ-
ated as to raise chickens. One hum
dred good hens with the proper num-
Der of cocks go long way toward
sustaining family when this fact u
clearly understood by our people
very much greater interest will be
manifested In this truly important
branch of home supplies.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
Pastor and Physician.

I0SkSs dto
The true function of the clergyman
IL to teach the ethical and spiritual
doctrine of Christianity, and as an
under shepherd, to visit the flock CON-
mitted to his care, is the stand taken
by DR.. James M. Buckley in the Gen.
fury, In a discussion of the Dangers
Of the Emmanuel Movement" and the
reasons why 1t should not be generally
adopted. In the discharge Of this duty
he should maintain an individual &C.
Quaintance with members of the con-
gregation, listen to whatever they COM
municate, and by counsel assist them.
He should be accessible to all, sympa-
thize IL sorrow and in Joy, and help
them bear their burdens. Scrupulous
attention should be given the poor and
the sick, and the clergyman should be
in such relation to reputable physi-
clans and surgeons as to direct those
who require advice; he must also have
the entree to hospitals. His prayers
and communings in the sick-room will
sink into the depths of the mental and
moral nature of the sufferer. cheering,
comforting, strengthening, and rein
force every effort to cure or mitigate
his malady, inspiring him with hope Of
recovery or Of immortality. All else
the pastor should leave to the physi-
clan.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
The New
Woman
and
Divorce
By Elizabeth Bacon wallinG

band divorces obtained by the wives is the
fact that the usually the children to the mother While tins
one the chief her liberal
by situation which prevails In this coun
try better able to support herself
No longer by the making of which she has
had M mart TO continue TO live with beats her. with the
gambler bgga her, DESERVING her in her Distress and
with the cupt forsang her for Others Factory shop
university have opened their doors her as avenues OF escape
She no longer the right to the which she has earned
With her own hands, clothing which she has bought with her
earnings which bears and brings and to her
body old dpnsaon the New England states
her husband was privileged to sell to his neighbor.
By her higher intelligence and refined conscience woman has
right be born the offspring Of husbands
who are runkard She also wondering whether she
should have properly educate and for
the battle of life She has come herself whether it not
fair to society herself from relation which must but
ule the world with race of dgenerates and weaklings
One why wives than husbands are securing OIL
independence
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Who wouldn't be a president and q
hunting go? Already the millionaires
have preceded Roosevelt to Africa and
have laid their plans TO entertain him
in the jungles on an extensive scale.
1t might be well. however. for them
to search themselves, lest they be in
cluded among those malefactors of
great wealth for whom he has been
hunting a long time.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

On account OF the growing scarcity
Of wood the National Conservation
Commission has Undertaken to fnves-
tigate the possibilities Of sawdust.
Inquiries bearing upon the subject
have been sent to 500 manufacturers
of explosives, pulpwood and like prod.
ucts. Closely related to this particu'
lar investment are other inquiries
dealing with the utilization of waste
lumber from sawmills and waste ma
terials from mills devoted to coopsr
ags. furniture. box. veneer and otass
industries
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

II farmers knew vhen they were
well on they would raise more tur-
keys, good turkeys, either the bronze
or the White Holland. The latter Il
not quite 80 large As the Bronze. nus
is q rapid grower. In any section q
our farming community where the
raising Of turkeys once gets foot
hold they do not let the industry las
but on the contrary 1t is ever on the
increase.
In many sections Of our country
they are raised by the hundreds foz
market and still the demand is q
great that the price IL higher than II
was nifty years ago. 1t IL no hard
ship to raise 5000 worth of good tur
keys on the average farm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Woman is now beginning to realize that her soul
is her own. She is no longer an economic slave. AT
one time woman knew that outside of her husbands
home she had opportunity for self-support Her
property, her children her wages, her clothes all be-
longed to her 'lord and MASTER
When woman marries she gives him her
YOUTH places her fate his hands, and unless she has
fortune of her own is dependent upon him till death
for her comfort and well being Therefore it is SOL
emn moment in the life of the wife and mother when
she turns her back upon her only refuge from want
and while we not without examples of wives de-
serng their husbands for frivolous reasons it is safe
to conclude that IN the majority of cases when wives
desert their husbands they following honest
conviction of conscience and principle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Why is it that to-day so many more
wives than husbands are securing divorces?
The official census report on divorce
just published shows that two-thirds OF the
945,625 divorces in the last 20 years were
granted to women. The most common
ground has been desertion.
The fact that so many more wives
than husbands are securing divorce is proof
neither that husbands are growing In prof
ligacy. nor that wives, because of their
ehigher education" and interest in public
affairs, are becoming more prone to free
themselves from loving and faithful hus-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
The Family Mellon paseh.

Many who pride themselves on q
good garden and are fond of melons
never attempt to grow them. Cheap
or to buy at rs cents each?" May
BE- for the hrst two or three. but If
you would like dozen or two, enough
that If company comes unexpectedly
and there is no dessert for dinner,
the melons can richly replace pastry
that is different matter.
Despite theories to the contrary,
melons are as easily grown as cucum-
bers, and there are number OF va
rieties which will mature unless the
summer. is unusually short. A rich,
light soil, sloping toward the east or
south and well fortified in the hill,
will bring the luscious fruit.
II there is danger from dry weather
MI and an old pail or water can FIRST
perforating the bottom with nail
holes) with stable manure or poultry
drippings, sink it partly In the ground
and keep it imoistened. This will not
only furnish moisture, but food. The
reservoir being below the surface will
tempt the roots to grow down instead
of seeking the surface, as when water
comes from the hose~in only small
quantities, and they win be less sus-
ceptible to drought.
II the plants go to vines nip on the
ends. but do not try to check vigor-
GUS grown by starvation. The Rocky
Ford is one of the best early musk
melons and one of the easiest to
grow, bearing in profusion.
The Indiana Sweetheart Is . favor
tie watermelon. ripening early and Of
excellent quality.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

In Matching goose eggs By the hsn
do not remove the goslins II the hen
il quiet until all the eggs are Matched
and the young dry. Should the hen
be restless, remove the young a. soon
as dry and keep them In warm
place, such a. . basket lined with
flannel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
Lure of
Death
Not More
Suicides, But
More Publicity
By RABBI JOSEPH SILvERMAN.
Temple Emanu FL. New York City.

/ do not believe there are more suicides to-day
than there Newspapers are more alert now.
There were just as many suicides in ancient umes'
Once upon time when committed suicide peo-
pie said he was "crazy" and let it drop. Now suicide
news is especially featured, but think the actual num-
Der is no greater than in ancient Rome. Nature has
many ways of getting rid of her unfit
At one time suicide was almost lash
ionabe in Rome Seneca advocated it, and
among his disciples there was what he called pas
sion for suicide" man was justified in destroying
his own life, the stoics believed. Roman senator
declared that the one point in which mans lot is SUI
perior to that of god is that he has the power OF
syng to the tomb" He describes it as the greatest
proof of the bounty of Providence that in the world
there are SO many herbs from which the weary man
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

1t is interesting to watch women in
specting the exhibits in the reptile house.
They peer into the glass boxes as if fascin-
ated and give little EXPLANATIONS of fright.
ooh, look! isn't he terriblelo says one,
clutching the arm of her companion. "Just
look at his eyes. l just love to watch
them" | have noticed that after they have
been looking at the exhibits for few mo-
ments one woman will give little scream
and say: "Oh, goodness! What's that on
my foot?"
/ think the prejudice against snakes is
inborn. If il Is growing less II ;s throuoh
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Old and neglected orchards call for
seyepe pruning. Don't neglect that
tins season. 1t may be done at any
time between the full Of the leaves
and the rise of the sap next spring.
Trees that have not borne for the last
two years should be well opened up
from top to bottom. Exercise judy
nent. of course. but do not hesitate
to take on large branches where you
think the tree would be improved by
II. After pruning, don't leave the
brush scattered around the trees. Pile
saA burn II ct some convenient place.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13
Snakes
FaSCi-
nate
Women
By DIRECTOR HoRNADAY,
New Ysrk leo.

familiarity with the exhibits geological gardens country
the easily trained of snakes Although
exceedingly powerful animal becomes quite amabe and friendly
that successful than in
ming reptiles having the figures hand that
the business of snake charm
ing python favote pet Many other varieties of snake
handled however, including the COBRA which The most dangerous
e them ell
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

Missouri has ten-year-old bank rob
Der. Nickel novels are great educa
sional institution.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13


what sort Of record did Lem Big
Gins make out west?"
He broke the Marathon record"
II didn't know he was such .
sprinter."
Lem didn't know 1t. either. till the
sherif took after him."
Sore throat leads to Tonsilitis, Quinsy
and Diphtheria. Hamlins Wizard Oil
used a. eargle upon the first symptoms
Of . sore throat will invariably prevent
al three of these dread diseases.
Some people spend so much time
handing out advice that they have no
time to accomplish anything.
To restore a normal action to liver, kid
neys, stomach and bowels, take Garfield
Tea, the mild herb laxative.
Diamonds como highest when sold
ct cut rates.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-03-13

A few suggestions about dehorning
cows: First, do it In cool weather,
when the flies win not trouble them.
and second. do 1t on an mepty stom-
ach. II you bear these points I'd
mind they will suffer little II any loss
in milk by the operation.