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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-06-24

intersects with the south boundary of
the Great Northern right Of way;
thence east 800 feet along the south
/, boundary of said right of way to a
point, being the northeast corner Of
; said lot two, in block 1; thence south
along said east boundary of said
block one, seven feet to place Of be-
ginning.
That no action or proceedings at
law have been instituted to collect
same or any part thereof; that by
the power of sale contained in said
mortgage, the whole Of said mortgage
is declared due and payable. There
will be due upon said mortgage at
the date of sale, the sum Of eleven
hundred thirty-two ($1132) dollars.
and cost of sale.
julius Fauchald,
Mortgage.
James Johnson, Attorney for Mort
gagee. 6-3 7-8
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CONTEST NOTICE

Department Of the Interior. United
States Land Office. Minot, N. D. 'ar
May 3. 1909.
A sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this Office by Elmer e.
Griffin. contestant. against homestead
Entry No. 1850, made Jan. "a. 1908,
for. N IL of Sc Ia. section 26, town
ship 1856, range IS, w 9Th P. Meridian.
by julius Mikkelson, contestee, in
which it is alleged that said entry
man has never established resi-
dence upon the above described land;
that it has been abandoned for per-
iod of more than six months last
past; that it lies in its natural state,
wholly abandoned and unimproved;
said parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear, respond, and offer evidence
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Notice Of Mortgage Sale

Notice is hereby given that default
having been made in the payment OF
that certain note and mortgage, ex-
ecuted and delivered by Senius
Christianson and Helga Christianson
his wife, mortgagors to julius Fauch-
aid moregagee, dated the eleventh
day Of May, 1908, and filed for record
In the Office of the register Of deeds
Of the county of Ward and state OF
North Dakota on the 18th day OF
May, 1908, and recorded in Book Ill
of mortgages at page 294, will be
foreclosed by a sale Of the premises
In such mortgage and hereinafter de-
scribed, at the front door OF the
court house in the city of Minot,
county Of Ward and state of North
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-06-24

Notice of Hearing for Druggists Per.
NIT
State of North Dakota. County of
Ward-ss.
District Court. 9Th Judicial District.
Take notice that the undersigned OF
Minot. County of Ward. and state of
North Dakota. has filed and presented
to the above named court petition in
due form of law for permit to sell in
toxicating liquors for medical. scien-
tific. sacramento and mechanical
purposes and that a. hearing upon
said application has been set before
the Hon. E. B. Goss. Judge of said dis
trfct court at the court house in the
city of Minot. county Of Ward and
state aforesaid for the 18th day of
July, 1909. at 10 o'clock a. m.
Dated this LIST dav of June. 1909. .
Alfred 8. Blakev.
GO 7-S Applicant.
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subject to checks with monthly set
Elements. Bids to be received up
until July 10. 1909. at 2 p. m. when
they will be opened. Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
For further particulars address M.
o. Ofsthum, Surrey, N. D., Clerk Of
Maryland School District.
BY order School Board.
6-17 $50
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touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
q. m. on July s, 1909, before the
register and receiver at the United
States land Office in Minot, N. D.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, filed May 26. 1909,
set forth facts which show that after
due diligence personal service Of
this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper
publication.
L.. D. McGahan,
Robert German, Receiver.
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EsTRAYED- From Sec. 15-155-s4,
about May IL. twenty-three head Of
cows, .heifers, and three yearling
bulls. All but three head being black
Aberdeen Angus stock. A liberal re-
ward will be paid for the taking up,
and retention of said stock. Address
]. s. Murphy, Minot, N. d. 81 tt
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Notice to Creditors
HAnAu NAnA

| COuuty ,COuTL ...- b..
State of North Dakota, County Of
Ward,-ss.
i In the matter of the estate of Henry
! ]. Anderson, Deceased
Notice is hereby given by Albert ].
Anderson, administrator. of the estate
Of Henry J. Anderson. Deceased. to
the creditors Of, and all persons hav-
ing claims against said deceased. to
present them with the necessary
vouchers. to the said Albert J. Ander-
son, at Hartland. North Dakota, or at
the office of James Johnson, his at
torney. at Minot, N. OAK. within 4
months after the first publication of
this notice. --. H.
Dated this twenty-ninth day Of
May. 1909.
Administrator of the Estate Of
Henry J. Anderson. Deceased.
James Johnson, Atty. for Admins
traitor. GO 6-24
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Notice For Bids

Notice is hereby given that Mary
land school district No. 144, will re-
ceive sealed bids for the deposit of
it's sinking fund. And also the de-
post of the other money on hand,
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l.. D. McGahan,
Robert German, Receiver.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
All In Fight Against TubereulosIs.

AL III TI0nI A8ASOSS SO0oSS~s0s'os
Prevention of tuberculosis versus
dividends 10 the proposition which
some Of our largest insurance COM
panies are now trying to establish.
The Metropolitan Life recently ap'
piled for permission to erect q sana'
torium for its policy holders and EN-.
ployes afflicted with tuberculosis, but
the application was refused on grounds
Of Illegally by New York State Super
intendent of Insurance Hotchkiss. The
company is, however, conducting an
active educational campaign by dis.
tributing 100000 pamphlets among
its policy holders. The Provident
Savings Life Assurance society has
also established a health bureau,
where its policy holders may receive
free medicsS advice. Several fraternal
orders, notably the Modern Woodmen.
Knights of Pythias, Royal League,
Royal Arcanum and Workmen's Cir.
Gle. have already established or are
contemplating the erection OF sana'
toria for their tuberculous members.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

jokes; very little of it sad or pathetic. When
the chief widows turn came there was pathos IN
her voice. though she gave no other sign OF grief
Turning her motherly face to the grave. she sat
there and talked to Wobeh's spirit as naturally as
If she were looking into his face. Nobody needed
to cross question her
There was nothing extraordinary for the next
two days. On the first day the mourning women
taken to the creek and washed, in order that
they might begin to dress up for the final feast
On the second day the men of the town were as
sembled under the big palaver tree and individu'
ally sworn to be loyal to the town. The oath was
administered by making the man drink from a
bowl of milkish fluid which was supposed to kill
the man If he was insincere. On this day, also,
the men brought in large quantities of frewood
and the women were busy threshing and cleaning
rice and pots.
Then came the third and greatest day-the
slaughter of the bullock and the great feast. So
far I could learn there is no sacrifcial idea
involved in the ceremony; the slaughter is solely
for the purpose of providing for joyful banquet.
The big bullock led to vacant place near
the grave just at sunrise, and securely tied down
on its side. It's throat was then cut, the wind
pipe being severed and the animal slowly bled to
death. It 20 minutes before the animal
ceased to struggle but it's tail had been severed
long before this being the especial perquisite Of
the men selected as butchers.
The carcass then skinned and King Sow
sat in his leopard chair while the bullock cut
up. He kept careful watch to that not even
an ounce of meat was taken by anybody. Two
large brass kettles and large basket placed
in front of him and in these were placed the in.
ternal organs and the choicest cuts-the kings
meat Now and then one of the butchers would
overlook some small portion, but the king over
looked nothing; he had the promptly recti.
fed Altogether he received about onethrd of
the bullock The remainder was cut up and dis.
tributed among the families, to be cooked; posi-
lively part of the animal except the hide and
horns discarded. There not quite enough
to go around, the king ordered dog killed to
make up the deficiency.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

time. causing the evil shapes to take to fight.
Most of the night was given to the beating
OF drums the women and younger men dancing
In procession all over town.
When night closed in on the scene and the
moon began to shed it's soft light through hazy
clouds the nights dancing began. There was no
undercurrent OF sadness in it; everybody was lit
orally out Tor a good time. The dancers were
drummed up in groups, the drummers shutting
all through the town to organize procession.
second crowd was gathered under the leadership
OF man with string instrument made from
calabash. and eventually third group shufled
along to the tune of calabash strung with iron
rings the sound being that of gourd half filled
with dried peas.
The succeeding day of the most
eventful of all. Before sunrise the men of the
town brought large stones to the grave and
walled 1t in, making Enclosure about six feet
wide and 10 feet long. Dozens of empty gin
bottles were brought and placed all around the
grave-a very common custom on this coast. The
mound was then eveed down and the entire
Enclosure covered with stones and wet sand. At
the head they placed a couple of small ivory
tusks, rice bowl containing Wobeh's silver ring
and some kola nuts two pitchers and small
brass kettle. Across these was laid an unsheath-
ed sword. The fixing of the grave was not COM
pleted until they had brought small Jug OF
rum and poured a little of it into each vessel
The thirst of Wobehs spirit was apparently more
easily quenched than had been that of the man
in ife-and this enabled the men about the
grave to put the greater part OF the rum to bet
ter use.
After the grave had been properly arranged
the town assembled to witness the significant
ceremony of killing the white chicken. The
principal nephew of the late king knelt on the
grave and held the chickens head above Wobeh's
head King Sow made long speech and tnen
different members of WObch's family gave the
chicken messages to take to his spirit. This
part of the ceremony was very solemn and i'm
pressive. 1t was clear that they implicitly be-
lieved that their messages would reach their des
tination.
Then the nephew pulled off the chickens head
and threw the body down on the grave Curl
ousy enough. the headless chicken huttereo
around until it reached the head of the grave
and then seemed to be trying to bore its way
down to the king 1t then futtered away, the
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
Marriage and Meanness.

Some years ago there lived IN Atch.
1son a young woman noted for her
good works and gentleness. She was
always helping the poor and was pa
tent and kind and universally id.
mired. She married a fairly good man
and abused him within three months.
She had been good and patient for
years, but a husband was too much
for her; she had never been cross to
any one until she was cross to her
husband. There is something about
marriage that stirs up hidden depths
Of meanness on both sides.-Atchison
lKan.) Globe.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
PAINT DURABILITY.

The first thought in painting should.
Of course, be durability-and dura
bility means simply pure paint prop
erly applied. Pure paint is pure
white lead and linseed oil with or
without tinting materially.
Some years ago the paint-buysr was
likely to get adulterated or counter.
felt white lead if he was not familiar
with brands. To-day he may buy
with perfect safety If he only makes
sure that the Dutch Boy Painter
trademark is on the packages Of
white lead that he buys. This trade
mark was adopted by National Lead
Company to distinguish the pure
white lead made by them from the
worthless adulterated and fake goods.
It 10 q guarantee as valuable to the
house.owner as the education Of 4
paint expert could be.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
IT WORKS
The laborer Eats Food That Would
Wreck an Office Man.

Men who are actively engaged at
hard work can sometimes eat food
that would wreck a man who is more
closely confined.
This is illustrated in the following
story:
II was for IL years clerk in store
working actively and drank coffee all
the time without much trouble until
after I entered the telegraph service.
There l got very little exercise and
drinking strong coffee, my nerves
were unsteady and my stomach got
weak and I was soon very sick man.
quit meat and tobacco and in fact l
stopped eating everything which I
thought might affect me except coffee.
but still my condition grew worse, and
was all but a wreck.
II finally quit coffee and com.
menced to use Postum a few years
ago, and l am speaking the truth
when / say, my condition commenced
to improve Immediately and today l
am well and can eat anything l want
without any bad effects, all due to
shifting from coffee to Postum.
II told my wife today I believed I
could digest brick if l had a cup Of
postum to 60 with it.
I'VE make it according to directions
boiling it full 20 minutes and use good
rich cream and it is certainly deli.
ciOus."
Look in pkgs. for a copy of the ia.
NOUS little book, '"The Road to Wei.
ville."
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter7 A new
one appears from time to time They
ars genuine trues and full Of humaa
aatAge0ts
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
Early to Bed.

The man who makes 1t the habit
of his life to 60 to bed at nine o'clock
usually gets rich and Is always reli.
able. OF course going to bed does
not make him rich-I merely mean
that such man will in all probable
ity be up early in the morning and
do q big days work. so his weary
bones put him to bed early. Rogues
do their work at night. Honest men
work by day. It's all a matter Of
habit and good habits in America
make any man rich. Wealth Is a re.
suit of habit-John Jacob Astor.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

large enough to be
heard. Meanwhile for
two days and nights
the men of the town
made it lively for the
spirits of evil that
were supposed to be
lowering in the bush
that surrounds the viii
lage. Guns heavily
charged with powder
were fired at intervals
throughout the entire
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

throng crowding each other IN tneiE
efforts to watch every movement
When it finally ceased its struggles
there was a chorus of "Ah! Followed
by some excited talking. 1t was e1'
planned to me that when a chicken
dies with it's feet in the air 1t Is
sign that the nephew has been true
to the king and has not meddleo WIN
his women. In this case the chicken
had died on its side.
Then another chicken was brougot
for another nephew to kill. II IKE
wise died on it's side and there was
another chorus of excited grunts. "A
third chicken was killed by niece
with the same result; but the fourtn'
killed by another niece, stopped Will
its feet in the air. The crowd Went
wild, caught up the girl and marched
around the town with her on their
shoulders. Wobeh had one relative
that had been true.
This ceremony was f ollowed an
hour or two later by that OF eating
the chickens, together with rice
cooked in yellow palm oil. The food
was placed at the head of the grave
and Wobeh's head wife presided over
the pot. All the children squatted
about on the grave and the other rel
atives were assembled around 1t.
King Sow had a good many remarks
to make before he called up the eld-
est son and motioned for him to take
tho nalmful Of rice which the widow
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

had held out Before eating 1t ne maze cer'aln
nrouises relative to peace in the family. Each OF
the relatives was called out in turn and required
to 20 through the same performance. Old King
Sow kent his ears open and whenever he was
not satisfied with a given promise he arose and
cross questioned the relative like country Jaw
ver until he made him promise what he wanted
Parts of this ceremony were exciting; at times
there were outbursts of laughter at one OF Sow's
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

WneTe the natlVe African
chiefs reign supreme, where the only
statutes are the laws of the bush. A
couple of English prospectors, an
English rubber trader and an Ameri-
can missionary compose the foreign
population all the way back to the
French frontier. There is no part of
the west coast of Africa so lightly
touched by the white man, for even
the occasional government officials
who visit the region are black. In
all the towns the babies yelled at my
approach and the children fled in ter.
ror if walked toward them.
While King Wobeh's star was in
the ascendency death came out Of
the foggy bush and laid it's hand
upon him. A famous mullah man
was called to make lamentations and
the sand cutter" brought out all his
paraphernalia of divination and
peeped impressively into the future.
That which Wobeh really needed, a
good physician, does not exist in that
region. The mullah and the sand
cutter" gave an unfavorable progno.
sis, so the suffering king was pre-.
pared for his departure in the manner
prescribed by the law of the bush.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
Bessie Was WILLING.

"Oh, dear" said the tired mother, 81 wish !
were a little girl again like you'll" "Well," re,
Joined fiveyear-old Bessie, lets play you are n.y.
little girl, then you act naughty and I'll spank yo.
and send you to bed without your supper"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

WObeh's won e n
and children reassem.
bled in their kitchen
and resumed their
mournful chant. This
is a performance In
which the women OF
West Africa are very
accomplished and Wo.
beh's ia mily was
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

hams Vegetable Compound is the most
successful remedy for all kinds of
female troubles, and I feel that can
never praise it enough" -MRs. LIZZIE
HOLLAND, Noah, Ky.
The Changeof Life is themostcritical
period Of / woman's existence, and
neglect Of health at this time invites
disease and pain.
Womeneverywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
medicine that will so successfully carry
women through this trying period az
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs.
For 80 years 1t has been curing
women from the worst forms Of female
s-infammation ulcerat ton, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregulart-
Ties, periodic pains, backache, and
nervous prostration.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a conffden:.
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn. Mass. Her advice Is free.
and always helpful.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
4|lEk@l8f

Jack-There goes young Softy. He
took his Anacee out rowing last Sun.
day, rocked the boat. and the poor
gil was drowned.
Ruth-Lucky girl!
Jack-Why do you say that?
Ruth-Why, she might have lived
and married the idiot.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
~FL<NERAL R/zES-~
HE old hing NJ Totonuo11

HE old king of Totoquelli
was dead. It was in the
Liberian hinterland, four
days back from Monrovia,
a region where the gov.
eminent levies no taxes,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08

noaQacno0, nervous
prostration, and
hemorrhages.
Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable
Compound ademe
well and strong, SO
that I can do all my
Homework, and at
tend to the store
and post-ofice, and
Ifeel muchyo
than I really am.
"LYdia e. Pink
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-09-08
THE:
BEST
REMEDY
For Women-Lydi E. Pink.
hams Vegetable G Compound

Noah, Ky.-"I was passing through
the Change of Life and suffered from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-05
IMMENSE CROWD
HEARS ". J. BRYAN
NebraSkan Given a Banquet at
Tampa, Fla, by Midwin-
ter Fair Association.

Tampa. Fla. Feb. 4.-Speaking to an
immense crowd at the race track today.
William J. Bryan said he brought to the
Democrats of the south a message of
good cheer and declared there is a stead
ily increasing sentiment that makes for
the growth of the Democratic party in
the United States
he predicted the masses would demand
the rights Of the ariStOcratic class
Mr.. Bryan said the president had taken
to himself ali the authority of a car in
the manipulation of his high office. He
declared that prospects were brighter than
ever for Democratic victory in 1912.
Mr.. Bryan was the guest tonight at q
banquet given in his honor By the State
Midwtnter Fair association. and spoke on
THE Future Of the Democracy
Mr.. Bryan reviewed the recent decision
sentencing Samuel Gompers, John Mitch
ell and Frank Morrison to jail on con-
tempt charges. and declared these leaders
of organized labor are entitled to the
sympathy OF the entire people.
MI Bryan said that the trust question
remains unsettled and will be a control
ling issue in the next national campaign.
and that il would remain for the Demo-
Gratis to give the American people the re-
lief which they have for SO long demand
ed. He secuted the idea that Mr.. Tafi
OF any other Republican would succeed in
breaking the solid south.
The policy of the Republican party. he
said. was .'one of absolutism and CEN
tralfzation. a power which he had not the
least fear would ever appeal to the people
of this section
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-05
SPECIAL POLICEMEN
FIGHT TO THE DEATH

Seattle, Wash. Feb. 4-In a pistol duel
today between w. S. Dudley aud Alexan-
der Smith, special policemen. employed
as night watchmen at the freight sheds OF
the Northern Pacific railroad, Smith was
killed and Dudley was shot twice. being
badly wounded The shooting occurred in
the freight sheds on Second avenue south.
Smith was armed with a revolver with
which he shot Dudley twice, once below
the left ear, the bullet lodging in the
back of the neck. and again in the left
hand Smith was shot with an automatic
pistol. one bullet striking him above the
heart. another in the right hand and three
in the right leg.
Smith was 80 years of age. He was a
son of General r. c. Smith OF Mexican
and civil war fame.
The men had been on terms Of enmity
for some time.