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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

During one Of the sessions. Prof
Hoversta1 said: Poultry deserves
recognition in a new country. II I
was going ontoa farm, / would frat
secure some poultry. 1t would re.
qulre but small investment and tho
returns would pay we'll, and in a ,e
markedly short time. I do NOT be.
ueVe that it Is always the u7,sas+
p1an ior the farmer to begin to de.
eNroy the grass crop. lam a ;u+t,e
nike the Indian, who was opposed to
.eaAins because he said the wnono
sue was turned up It is .,,o,
=. psan 70 make use OF the crop that
49, ue seluer already finds CROWN,
l11ls recalls to me a sett,or
~ 70 mis- homestead in prairie
oner' He brought two cows
alo .,1s and in the morning he had
y. Tue hrst crop from the farm
lney srazed on the nutrition, 80 ~
a @na IN the morning he had - ms, u.s.
snu cream for breakfast He 49,,
t tnat a,. poultry and they began to ~
n ,ue nfst day; they did not hava a., ~
a ne SO they Laid in Tho any
tho h'' 80 ne had milk, cream and Ie zs.s
rne nrst day. Establish pou, t es s,a
D"''ment on your farm ' ae'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

Independent Editor:
The two houses assembled Feb.
4 pursuant to adjournment. There
has been more or less comment over
the state on the propriety OF the
members taking a weeks vacation
at the expense OF the state in the
middle OF a short session. Some OF
this comment has been serious and
some OF it has been In the 3ocular
vein. believe that an adjournment
Of week in the middle Of the SEES.
sion is conducive of good in many
ways. But two adjournments OF q
week each in. one 60 days session
both at the expense Of the state is
going too far. The custom Of al
journing for a week at the beginnins
Of the session when the members
should be getting into training for
the ba;ance Of. the session should be g
abolished.
Several interesting debates have
been heard on the moor Of the
house since the adjournment. 6: One =.
that has caused more talk than nhy
othef and also some little excitement
is the initiative and referendum bill
nro2osea by Mr.. Shulason Of Grand
Forks. The usand bill was killed be-
fore the adjournment AMI the new
bill is the Uland bill applied to the
statutes only. The skuiason BILL
was recommended for indefinite
postponement by The committee Of
the whole and the report was adopt
ed by a roll call vote if IS to 40.
But in theafternoon the vote was
.reconsidered and the committee OF
the, whole then amended the bill
and recommended that It be made a
special order for Monday, Feb. 8.
On Monday the bill was again post
poned and is made a special order
for Saturday There is liable to be
some fireworks" at that time.
l believe in the initiative and the
referendum. This means simply
that believe the people should
have the right by petition to pro-
pose laws and if the legislature re-
fuse to act on laws so proposed or if
passes other laws of questionable
merit the people should have the
right to have these laws referred
to them for approval or rejection. We
heard campaign orators during the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11
chas. Funderberg q Surrey ID

Chas. Frnderberg Of Surrey told
Of finding clover pant In his gar
den few years ago. He allowed
it to grow in one corner, and the one
plant produced 14s heals. Where Is
the best alfalfa seed obtained? One
farmer asked.
Prof. Hoverstad said that any
God North Dakota seed house could
furnish good seed. Try northern
grown seed. preferably that which
comes from Montana.
In summing up the alfalfa question
Prof. Hoverstad gave the foilo wing
good advice:
Get good seed bed, 1t is a deli.
cate plant when young, but when
older possesses great strength. Don't
let It fight Its enemies. the weeds
Sow plenty Of seed. Is to Is pounds
to the acre, rather waste theseed
than SOW too little. Don't grow a
nurse crop with 1t, you want all the
moisture for the plant. Il requires
much moisture at first. Don't pas.
ture Il, and keep your neighbours
cattle OF the field. Allow 1t: to grow
so 81; that the snow will catch in the
field and protect It. Manure the land
with good barn yard manure.
How many will try some alfalfa
this year? quite number q
hands went up. .s,
z It is well to sow alfalfa on siimmes
tallowang, but If you SOW with wheat.
don't let the wheat mature. =
John Reed asked how many pounds
Of seed clover to SOW to the acre and
was told, fifteen: you always SOW
TOO little Of the seed until sou SOW
too MUCH" he was told.
c. E. Funderbers'of Surrey asked
If 1t was well to SOW clover with
wheat every year and was told that
1t would be a good thing to do;
One farmer sowed three pounds Of
clover seed per acre with his wheat
for twelve years and in the fail
turned his cattle on the stubb1e, Civ.
ing them fine feed The Fargo
Agricultural college has experimental
in this wa and finds that the extra
wheat crop more than makes up the
cost. Of the clover seed ,4
Prof. Shaw sa id, Don't expect too
much of the clover the first year."
Prof. Hoverstad then told the story
of the eastern North Dakotan who
grew clover successfully. One day a
friend asked him the secret of it,
and was told that he would be in
formed as to the secret on one con.
dition, and that was that he would
not repeat the secret to anyone. He
promised and was surprised when the
farmer whispered in his ear the
words, "WeN, just SOW GLOVER seed.
That's ALL"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11
A RELIABLE IMMINENT
A RELIABLE IMMINENT.
Tr. Iodine II OF.
Sp. Camphor / or.
Aq. Ammonia / OF.
sp. Terebinth o..
TT. Arnica II OF.
OF. Olivae i OF.

lhls prescription was written by
one of the best veterinarians in the
country for tho1ough2in. 1t will DOS.
.dtively remove thoroughpin or bog
spawn on any horse, even if the
bunch be of long standing and hard
as bone. 1t will remove any kini Of
Jumps. For bruises sprains. ETC.. It
is a splendid application. It l. strong
er than the much advertised cures
;sor sravin and win not blister when
covered with bandage..
Your druggist ought to put this
up in full pint BOTTLES for a dollar
The directions for using are apply
twice day.
The above was contributed to this
department by A. c. Hanson of the
Public Drug Co.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11
Special Bismarck
Core spondence

last year shout the phrase Let the
people rule Pass the initiative
and referendum bill and they shall
rule. !,
/ opposed the Uland bill for the
reason that under its provisions the
constitution and the statutes Of the
state were on the same plan. One
could be amended or changed as
easily IS the other. TAis 1t
seems to me- is exkarJ
to our principle Of governmant. It
would be revolutionary IN is effect.
Prohibitionists generally were op-
,oosed to the Uland bill. ] Do not
believe that a prohtbittmist nas any
good reasons to oppose the httia-
tive and the referendum, even when
applied to thu. constitution thas Is II
2roperesafeguacds. are placed On the
power 20 0We00.
: MI. ,schull;s house bill No! ! and
Mn. Hendrtcksonis u. B. No. ! were
killed by the Judiciary eonnittee
Just before adjournment. !1hsse bills
provided that personal sersceof all
real estate toreclosur, shan be had
on the actual occupant az the Land
at least 8 weeks prior TO- ate Of
sale that the sheriff may serve this
notice and charge thereoqre tAe same
as serving summons IN. ctvQ action.
that only about ono cot q tsU
hundred m,ortsasors would y bene.s
ntten by the law and tan& & would
cost the other 1se severl nous.
and dollars in .sherin's tees Thers
is another blu. up IN tassassaase
providing for notice to be sent by
registered letter to the last known
address Of the owner, and II not
known to the postodlce nearest the
land This bill is liable to become
a law.
The normal school bill VIII come
up Thursday of this week and we
hope it will be passed at that time.
Several Minot people are In town
attending the county commissioners
and auditors meeting and other
matters of business. 1t will be
steady grind OF bills from now on.
Sessions are being held forenoons
and afternoons and the suggestion
is made that evening sess! will be
Mark M. ChatfeM
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

WIN. Smart, editor Of - Opkic,
accompanied by his father hun Wild
Rose. Wis, ieft for the coask the
first of the week where they Will (
spend some weeks.
3. D. Glazer ami wife len Aatnr.
day night for the east where Ny;
are buying spring goods for tie
Branch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

Of weekly sermons preached by the
INDEPENDENT. You will make fail
urelof your farming II you raise
grain alone" is just what the Prof.
said and his advice ought to be
pretty sound. Mr.. Hoverstad advis'
ed growing some live stock just al
soon as possible. Grow live stock and
feed It corn, roots, meadow. all al
which is cheaply produced. You
will not be selling any fewer bushels
OF grain. than now. and you will be
getting more than twice the returns
from each acre. Take good. care
Of the live stock, and you will be
repaid just: in the proportion to
,the care that you give the stock:
Prot. Hoversad also gave a few
hints about planting trees.
1t is not matter simply Of doNarz
and cents. but your surrounding,
will be more comfortable ann va;
WILL be more content" II
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

ID. c. Kaiser, who lives north CT
the city, has been having very go,tl
success raising calves. He buys the
calves from the dairymen for an ay.
erage OF about five dollars apiece
and feeds them oats, warm water.
swiH. etc letting them iatten on the
nutritious grass in the summer. He
has secured twelve calves recently
that are doing well. and as the stock
~ the very best, he viii soon have
nice lot Of mich cows, gotten for
a very small sum.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11
New Officers of
Montreal County
[Speciai to independent

IopeC1Al ------|-
Register OF Deeds-J. W. Arnold, Belden, N. D.
Sheriff-Alex Stronack, Res N. D.
Supt Of Schools Kane, Stanley N. D.
Clerk Of Court-O. n Kliene, Epworth, N. D.
Auditor C. Glib, White Earth, N D.
Treasurer-W. G. Holland, Tagus, N D.
q PROBATE Judga-E w. Burks Palermo, N. D. 9
States Attorney--R. o. Miller, Plaza, N. b.
Public Administrator WykoH, Plaza, N. d.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

Henry Senior. q farmer northeast
OF Minot, has learned the import.
ance of growing some corn, IL tor no
other reason than that Of securing
q better crop of wheat the year fol.
lowing. Last year his wheat on the
corn land, planted the same time as
the rest, was fully foot and q halt
taller, and while the wheat on corn
land averaged 80 bushels per acre,
the other made but twelve. Thig is
a point worth considering Mr.. Sem
Ter will grow more corn this year,
which in itself is a good paying
crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-11

]. 3. Ellsberry and wife have gone
to good old Missouri where they
VIII spend some week. vsstiag
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Queens Who Smoke

Somehow it seems unimaginable
That Queen Alexandra or the German
Empress or the Queen of Rumania
should have taken to the Cigarette
habit" to which most of the younger
consorts of European rulers confess.
Yet Carmen Sylvia is on a list of
Queens who smoke" which has lust
been published. and explains that she
has never yet put a poetic thought
into writing without that best of
nerve soothers. the cigarette, be-
tween her lips. The Dowager EN-
press of Russia. Queen Amelia of
Portugal and the Dowager Queen of
Spain are also among the smokers
and, OF the younger generation, the
Empress of Russia, who had never
smoked cigarette before her mar
riage, Is now probably the one whose
daily allowance Of cigarettes is the
largest. But, then, ladies cigar
cites" in Russia are of the mildest
kind-almost as mild as chocolate
limitations.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
FOOTBALL WORTH MANY LIVES
Necessary to Face Real Peril to De.
veloP Manly Courage.

New Haven. Conn.-The Rev. DR.,
Lyman Abbott when addressing Yale
students In Battell Chapel. said he
was glad that men were not pup-
pets even II the strings were to be
pulled by God.
Il do not know enough about
football to say whether there are too
many injuries and deaths from the
game or not" said DR.. ABBOTT, but
1t is necessary to face real peril in
order to develop manly courage. and
SO this development is worth all that
1t costs.
The end Of life is not the build
ing OF railroads and skyscrapers. II
Is the development of manly men
and womenly women.
Il am glad / live in a world where
l can be lawless If | want to, for I
can also be virtuous. 1t is better
that there should be wickedness,
crime and misery than there should
be only puppets"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Jewels In Goose's Gizzard.

Beloit. Wis.-"This is the goose
that laid the golden egg" said Mrs
Dunward Cornelius, No. S52 High
land avenue, to her little daughter
ineresa as she was preparing a
goose for dinner.
Mamma, let me take the gizzard
10 look for the gold" pleaded the
little girl.
she dissected the portion which
her mother gave her, and to every
ones astonishment found two dia-
monds worth about $12 each and q
piece OF gold, evidently from a set
ting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Worlds Work in Incompetent Hands

Chicago.-The Rev. Frank Crane,
formerly of this city, now of Worces
ter, Mass, told students at the Chi
cago University, that the rank and
nile OF every profession, students,
teachers, mothers. preachers, actors,
all come under his ban. He saws
only meagre per cent. ever do
the work required of them. And
with the students the percentage
sinks in an appalling manner--to
bare and lonely per cent.
The great work of the world ia
left to the hands of incompetents.
And this unfitness extends to all
walks of life.
Nineteen out of every twenty
mothers are unfit to rear their chill
dren.
Nineteen out of every twenty
preachers fail to deliver their mes
sage"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Peppermint Farms.

Kalamazoo, Mich,-The worlds
peppermint is grown on peppermint
farms in the neighborhood of this
city. Over 100000 pounds of pep
permint oil, worth So pound, is pro-
duced annually from the moist and
ink black soil Of southwestern Michi-
gan.
Peppermint farming is simple. The
roots are planted in the spring; the
bushes, which are about three feet
high, are cut down in the late sum-
mer; the stiliing goes on through
August and September.
An acre yields about twenty-five
pounds of oil. The cost of this pro-
duction-planting, wedding, stilling
is about SIS. The oil itself brings
$125. Thus every acre of pepper
mint farm gives profit of $110.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
SAW HER DEAD SON
DIDN'T KNOW HIM
Watched Body, with Never a
Thought that Crushed Boy
Was Hers
IDENTIFIED BY HIS SCHOOL BOOKS
Lad Killed by a Trolley Car on Way
Home, and Mother Innocenly
Joined the Curious Throng and
Saw Maneled Remains Removed.

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Little dreaming
that it was her son who had been
killed, Mrs. Lawrence Schiller. of
No. 43 Throop avenue. Williams
burg, Joined a crowd OF several thou
sand persons that gathered around q
trolley car of the Union avenue line
under which the body OF the boy
was pinned.
The accident took place on Throop
avenue, near the Schiller home and
Mrs. Schiller saw hundreds of shop
pers hurryins to the scene. She fol-
lowed and had Just reached the car
when an ambulance arrived from the
Williamsburg Hospital bringing DR..
Hurley.
DR.. Hurley crawled under the car
to where the body Of the boy lay
SO terribly crushed under the rear
fed. Mrs. Schiller saw the doctor
crawl from under the car and heard
him say:
The poor little fellow is dead-I
think he was q schoolboy."
Still Mrs. Schiller had no idea the
trolley victim was her son and she
waited with the crowd until a wreck
ing crew arrived to lift the car and
free the body. She turned away as
she saw men lifting the limp body
from under the rear trucks. The
wrecksrs found several school books
scattered over the ground and these
were picked up and put in the am
bulance. The body was then taken
to the hospital.
Mrs. Schiller started for her home
when a school mate OF her son
overlook her and thrust a school
book into her hands. The school
book had been overlooked by the
wrecking crew and the boy explained
that he had found it between the
car tracks.
Instantly Mrs. Schiller identified
the book and It came to her like a
fash that her son Lawrence, a pupil
In Public School No. 33, had been
killed. The unhappy woman ran to
the Ciymer avenue police station,
praying she might be mistaken. She
arrived at the station house as
policeman was bringing In from the
hospital the other school books which
had been found beside the body. Mrs.
Schiller tainted. She was taken
home and is in serious condition.
Lawrence Schiller was eight years
old. and was killed while on his way
home from school, where he was at
the head Of his class. The boy tried
to run across the street in front of
the car. but was struck, knocked
down and ground under the wheels.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
HERO OF FOREST FIRE RETIRED
Engineer Years Ago Took Passenger
Through Flames to Water.

O"H" W bshttT.
Washburn, Wis.-"Jim" Root, old
est engineer on the Northern Pacific
Railway system, has ben laid on.
but, although he has ceased to work.
he will continue to draw his pay as
II he was running an engine. He 10
now 73 years old.
Root won fame for his heroic deed
In saving the passengers on his train
from being roasted alive when they
were caught at Hinckley in 4 forest
nre years ago. He was running 4
train between Duluth and st. Paul
He ran his engine to Hinckley, which
was found to be In ashes. Suddenly,
the winds famed the forest fires and
the train was surrounded by flames
Root stuck to the throttle whiLe the
hreman dipped water from the en-
gine's tank and threw 1t on him and
on the cab to keep them from burn
ing.
The smoke was suffocating and
the heat terrific. but the members OF
the crew stayed at their posts until
the train reached Skunk Creek.
where all escaped to the water and
were saved.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
GAME RABBIT KILLS TURKEY.
Funny Resents Attack on Rooss.r
and Breaks Gobblcr's Neck
bv n Fierce Kick.


West Caldwell, N. J.--In q ferr,
encounter between a large pet rsb.
bit. fighting to save the life Of
rooster which had been It's nearest
and best friend for months, and f.
savage turkey gobbler on Josiah
Wertz's farm. near here. the rabbit
kicked the life out OF the sobbler b.,
fore the farmer could save 1t. The
first blow of the strong hind legs Of
the rabbit ripped open the breast
and craw of the turkey and a second
blow cut It's throat. After sparrins
a few minutes the rabbit planted a
terrific kick on the side Of the tur-
keys neck. breaking It. The turkeJ
fell dead when Wertz, who had no
idea rabbit could fight SO herceiy,
was only few feet away and hurry
ing to the rescue.
The name of the rabbit is Pinky.
IL has no mate on the farm. Being
lonely. It made friends with the
chickens and became the chum of
Pilgrim Father. large Plymouth
Rock rooster. Day after day they
went about the farmyard together,
one nibbling and the other peckinE
Pilgrim Father scratched up a fat
worm and then the rooster stood
over II, clucking and calling the hens
to the feast. The turkey gobbler
rushed in and swallowed the worm.
That made Pilgrim Father angry and
1t spurred the gobbler and soon a
fight was on. The gobbler knocked
Pilgrim Father over once or twice.
PinSy kept circling around. eager to
help It's friend. but apparently not
knowing just how to do 1t. Finally
the gobbler committed the indiscre-
tion of pecking Pinky.
That made the rabbit wild with
rage 1t began drumming on the
ground with its hind legs. Suddenly
1t shifted the drumming to the tur-
key. The long sharp claws first rip
ped open the gobbler's breast Then
they cut big cash in the throat,
and the fisht ended when the COB
bier keeled over dead with its neck
broken.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
To Protect Hard Wood Floors.

To protect hardwood floors from
scratches. At corrugated rubber to
bottom Of tables and chairs. fasten
with strong glue. These tips are in
visible.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14

Topeka, Kan,-Cities of Kansas
may provide separate schools for
white and negro children In the
grades below the high school, but
inc schools for negro children must
nave equal facilities and be as easy
as those provided for white children
Ihis is a decision of the State Su-
preme Court.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14

New York City.-The traction
roads In the City of New York kill
about $50 persons a year and injure
between 2,00O and 5000, paying for
DOING 1t more than they pay for fuel
WIN which to run the engines that
furnish the power for the cars.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Unchivalrous Suprestio.

Women like to jest about there be-
Ing no men In heaven, but they know
well enough that II there were mn
men there It wouldn't be heaven for
them.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
one Way of Stopping q Toothacho

Waukegan. 1ll.-John Secrack-
ades OF South avenue. successfully
shot an aching tooth out OF his jaw
in novel manner.
he hrst made loop OF wire
around the tooth and then another
loop at the other end of the wire,
winch he placed at the end Of the
revolver barrel. The bullet, on be-
ing hred, struck the wired loop and
Jerked the tooth out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
CreOsOte on Bacon,

Baltimore, Md.-The State Board
Of Health stated that large portion
of the bacon sold is covered with a
preparation of creosote, which has
been used as substitute for the
smokehouse. 1t is asserted that the
preparation saves the packers from
placing the bacon in the smokehouse
for the three or four days necessary.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Gotham Saving Money!

New York City.-There is evident
~ money in New York city for every
sort OF an honest, legitimate invest
meht' for there is $1.35 going into
lhe savings banks for each 81 taken
out.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Old Lake Bed for Ratterv

Honolulu, Hawaii.-It is reported
mere that the army engineers have
hxed upon a subterranean chamber
or lake. as the proposed location n
the battery at Waikiki.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Women Run Many Hotels.

Many OF the hotels of the country
towns OF England are managed by
women, and 1t is claimed that they
do it far better than men in the
same position.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
New Workers Favor Insurance

New York.-According to the re-
cords one person out Of eighteen in
this city is carrying some life insur-
ance.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1909-01-14
Moderation.

The moderation of fortunate peo.
pies comes from the calm which good
fortune gives to their tempers.