The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-09

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Judge Goss in granting the druggists
permits for the sale of liquor, gave the petit
TONERS his views on the liquor law of North
Dakota. The Judge said that the legislat-
ors no doubt expected the druggists to sell
liquor, so long as they comnlied strictly
with the law He could see no good ex-
cuse for not granting the permits, so long
as the law had been strictly observed. Had
the intent of the law been that no liquor
should have been dispensed at the drug
stores, the legislators in framing up this
law no doubt would have prohibited such
sale in no uncertain terms. The Judge,
however, warned the petitioners to observe
the law to the letter if they desire to retain
the permits in the future. Only one drug
gist was refuse da permit, and in this in
stance the Judge no doubt did right in TAX
ing the stand that he did, for there was a
petition from a dozen of the petitioners
business associates, asking that the permit
not be granted, and besides several witness
es were on hand with damaging testimony
Judge Winchester of the Sixth Judicial
district refused to grant any permits at all.
Perhaps the drug stores in his district have
question comes up before Judge Pollock
of the Fourth, Judge Burr of the Fifth, and
Judge Burke OF the Tenth District, thew
will all refuse to grant the permits. The
druggists who are denied the privilege OF
dispensing liquor, usually have only them
selves to blame Judge Cowan of Devils
Lake granted every permit, but told the
ton of the law, they would not only lose
their permits, but their places of business
would be closed for year, and never there
after would he grant such permit. " -
In recent speech to the farmers at
Crookston, Mimi, James ]. Hill advised
the farmers to hold onto their land, saying
from $Ioo to $50 an acre. He said that If
the present farmers were unable to get
good interest on such an investment they
would be replaced sooner or later by those
who could do So He doesn't care how
soon the speculator sells his land, but wants
the actual farmer to keep his clutches on
his real property. Mr.. Hill in the short talk
which he n1atc when passing thru Minot
recently, said practically the same thing to
the farmers of Northwestern North Da-
kota Hitf said in order to make the farms
earn more, cows would have to be MIXED,
some stock raised, and in short, the farmers
must diversity, and keep their land fertile:
Minnesota averages only >1!5:5 bushels OF
wheat per acre, Austria II bu. The Unit
ed klngdOm 81 Du. Tldnce loo Du. any
Germany 37.6 bushels, Think of that and
think hard --.--- ~ ~: e 1ss e
. Why will people flirt with death :? An old
time railroad engineer informs. US that
nearly every run, some smart Aleck Will
poke along lust in front of his train, which
is perhaps running thirty-fve or forty
miles an hour, and barely pass the cross
ing, when the iron horse darts by, very
To
the laugh Only the other day farmer
down the road rode along on his grain tank
absorbed in his business, and did not heed
the approach of tile train. He was killed
inctant1y, and the train escaped dlsast-
ro,rs wreck by mere chance. An engineer
would rather lose a good farm as rule
chan kill man, even by accident, and after
that horrible catastrophe that engineer
walked the streets long into the night. An
engineer cannot stop his train everything
he sees team annroaching, tho time and
time again this engineer has brou~ht his
train almost to standstlll to save the lite
of some fool-hard'- citizen. ~
The French considered the guillotine the
most horrible of all punishnents but that
was nothing as compared to the punish
ment inflicted upon the thirty-n1ne prison.
ers in the county Jail last Saturday, when
under the direction of the sheriff, two-thou-
sand eight hundred bottles Of evidence we're
DESTROYED in the court yard before their
very eyes. What was worse three OF the
Jail birds did the work Of destruction, and
were not able to lick TIP a drop OF the am
a Der fluid. -ss., e. T., o-..,- s.~t
Postmaster General Hitchcock is COM
planning because there is postal def1ci ,i
Of something like twenty million dollars
W. 49,, +en Mr. Hitchcock where he can