The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-21

Five or six years ago, land firm in Mi
not, published booklet, OF general lntor-
nation tor the prospective immigrant and :
investor We note III one OF the pages this
statement, which has proved to be true:
Decided lands are continually increasing III
value and you can buy land tor less money
than you can at some future date. he
increase is not unreasonable and not more
than the increase in older states. We said
four years ago, when land was selling for
three dollars an acre that the same land
within i've years would be worth ten dol
lars an acre, and the same land has already
changed hands at ten and fifteen dollars an
acre. We have every reason to believe that
the land that can be bought now for from
eight to twelve dollars an acre., will within
three years be selling for twenty dollars all
acre, and even higher. The average price
OF raw land is about $1,000 quarter" This
statement was made only five years ago.
Land has been sellino for SIS and $40 an
acre. Is there any reason to believe that
James J. Hill made a mistake when he said
that within cOnDaratlVely short time,
land in this portion Of the state would be
worth from SIS to $50 an acre? Wait, and
see, but if you are thinking of buying any
land, don't wait too long. You who now hold
land, take Hills advice, when he said:
Hold your land Just as long as you see
someone else holding theirs. The only time
that | would advise you to sell your farm,
is when You can do SO, and buy better
farm for the same money"
President Taft very much disikes con-
troversy, and is endeavoring to pour oil
OF the troubled waters of the Ballinger
Pinchot affair He has assured Ballinger
that he was a true friend of the forests, the
power sites and the dam sites, and at the
-.
ester, Clifford Pinchot, and expressed the
desire that he remain with the government
service. 1t has been predicted by many
that either PinChot or Ballinger would
have to 60, on account of the variance OF
their methods and ideas. While many do
not agree with the President in his COM
promising policy, yet he is advocating some
he favors a SIo,ooo.ooo bond issue for the
completion OF irrigat ton project He be-
leves that in time the control of water
power sites can be made source of reve-
nue. to the public, as we'll as the source of
profit to the private capital invested. He
has declared himself for a ship subsidy. He
wishes bill that will SO encourage our
lines directly between New York and east
ern ports and South American ports, and
between Our Pacific ports, and the Orient
and the Philippines. He wishes to see Al
aska governed by Washington bureau
and local legislation operated by resident
commission of five or more members, to be
appointed by the President, and to act in
conjunction with the GoVernI: + \laska.
After laboring for years to gather an i'm
-mense fortune and secure great power as
a railroad manager. +. H. Hartman was
obliged to capitulate to the grim reaper,
and has gone to his last rest Few men
have attained the power in financial circles
OF Mr.. Hartman, yet what has it availed?
Ho wmuch of his $1oo,ooo,ooo of stock
and securities will he take with him across
the dark waters? When the time came to
settle the account of life how little value
was attached to the wealth and power OF
the great railroad magnate? While we do
not wish to deprecate the accumulation Of
money, the development of the power Of
acquisition to the exclusion Of higher and
nobler aims is of little practical benefit to
the individual and none whatever to the
race. A life spent in good works and kind
acts Yields far greater returns than one
used for the sole purpose Of piling up dol
liars srafton Record
prize fighting will soon be thing Of
ahe past in this country said an ex-pugil-
. list to a representative of the Independent
"Most of the states have passed laws
against this practice, New York, California
and many others states that used to toler-
ate IT have naSsed laws and are seeing