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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

Jas. Harris Of Workmon, near Sher-
wool died Of sumocatbon erom coal
gas which escaped from furnace
pipe that passed thru his bed room.
Mr.. Harrds was at his son Wtlbur'a
and occupief q small closed room on
the second door and thru which the
furnace pipe passed to its connec.
ton with the chimney. The chin.
ney had become cioggei with
SCOT and the smoke and gas from
the furnace created pressure enough
to partly force the pipe out Of the
chimney and niled the npom. De
.ceasea was.A pioneer resident Of
Workman aaa ct tne time Of shia
dea4a ~ Is pears q ass.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Canvassing Board Answers
Give Reasons Why They Do Not Wish Re-canvass of the
Votet---Case Before Judge Templeton--.
Banks Demurs

The final step on THE part of those
who did not wish to see Ward county
divided, was taken in district court
Tuesday when before Judge Temple.
ton, who sat in place of Judge Goss,
when the application for writ OF
mandamus compelling recount OF
county division votes, ID Y the can
wasting board was considered. An
alternative writ ordening the canvas
sing board to re-canNass the votes or
show cause why they should not do
so, had been issued, ami 1t was up
to that board to show a good reason
why such proceeding wtas mot neces'
sary. Some 140O votes were involved,
enough to change the complexion OF
the whole matter, in dase 1T can be
shown THAT the votes were not proper
Nv certified. Greene and Gammms
appeared for the petitioner, l.. M. Day.
is, and Geo. A. Bangs of Grand Forks
appeared for the canvassing board.
Mr.. Bangs demurs to the petition
on the following grounds:
First: THAT 1T is not in accordance
with law for THE mandamlls proceed.
1ngs to be instituted 10y a private cit
izen without first application having
been made to the states attorney of
Wa county or the attorney gen.
era1
Second: That it is too late for Mr.,
Davis or amy other tax payer to ques'
ton the legality of the work of the
canvassing board, since in the case
of contests the law allows only thirty
days ami in a case involving the reg
ularitr of the canvasstng a greater
time should not be allowed. -.
Third That the action Of those
who oppose the creation Of Montreal
county in securing a writ OF certaorarI
by which the question Of the sum
cheney Of tho vote was reviewed acts
as an estoppal OF the rdeaht to ques
ton the legality Of the work Of the
camvassing board.
Mr.. Bangs argued that since Mr.
Davis interests are affected by the
acsdon Of The canvsasslng board only
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
1909 As,,h.m t,neo'n Century ,sos

1909 Abraham Lincoln. Century 1sol
This IS Lincoln year. the han
iredth anniversary Of his birth VIII
be celebrated not only at the place
where he first saw the light, but
throughout the whole country the
hour when great white soul comes
to earth should be held in perpetual
memory. We have not enough of the
supreme souls that we can spare the
example Of one. It is not for their
sake that we canOnize them but for
the sake of all the rest. They do
not need our praises but we need
their. stimulus. No one can meas
ure the moral force of one Lincoln
century Mr.. Lincoln said and did
great manly things but was greater
than anything he even said Or did.
1t is not the manner of a sous en-.
tering the world or leaving it that
tells the story, but its conduct while
mere. NhdH AZ uOt q SHAVE OIL ull1IlSSssS
He IS in the image of the maker
of things, therefore he is ruler of
things by divine right. All of Abra-
ham Lincoln's life was proof OF
this principle. BY the cheer great.
ness of his heart, his intellect and
his soul he overcame an adverse en-.
vironment. He had few Of the helps
that are regarded as essential by
most men. He was without the as.
sfstance OF family Or wealth, the gre
pared steps OF the stairway to sue.
cess. He had to climb the height
alone, he was the largest figure in
one of the crisis in the worlds his.
tory and yet lent more luster to his
epoch than he gained from it. In the
form Of man he epitomizes the path
from log cabin to the White House
from the deepest obscurity to the |
most luminous fame. He appeals to |
Us ALL |
is ali. Mrs. L. l.. o..
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

the star appears once On 500 years
and can be seen all over the world.
Slim Haley and John Doe were or.
rested at the National hotel Wesines.
Jay night by Officers Day and Bake.
man. They are charged with running
q common nuisance. Jim Knapp, an
employe at the place was recently
arrested charged with renting rooms
for Immoral purposes tho the case
against him has been dropped.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

LIZ @Ae same manner as that of every
ooher tax payer are affected that
this question lis a matter of public
rights not private rights, ami that
1t is tor the states authorities In
institute, not for a private Citizen
Mr' Bangs argued that it il a. mat.
ter OF enforcing the law and THAT rho
enforcement of THE Qaiw in the hands
or the officers elected for that ,,,,r.
pose.
LAS TO the second point, Mr.. BANGS
argued that since the law al1nu.. on1v
unar1y days from the completion of
the work of the oanwassins board in
which to institute a contes, ~ =.
:. .ef"'ne how many votes were cast
~ was unreasonable to suppose that
ehe law would allow more than thirtv
days in which to question the laea,,tv
OF making the canvass. Further ~
argued that Mr.. Davis sat idly by and
IMAGE no move to protect his rights
WHINE the writ of certiorari praL. ho,n,,
argued in the supreme court.
LAS to the third point, Mr. B,nss
argued that the petition for tho ,,.,.
~ oent1oran uses certain lane,aoe
winch practically comedies that thorc
was "a canvass made, that the re-.
s ts.4 s were properly investigated an,
e4nat the votes were actually cast o.
salo enat the petitioner for the writ a,
'l'a 'Ouanus lid not claim thar Tho
'o'es were not cast; that he pract;.
oany admitted that they were cast
wv unat they were not properly car.
titled to. 0er'
4A'i VI 1nese points were covered nv
Attorneys Greene and camroor.
VINO read to the court many decisions
supporting their contention Thav
maintained that the decisions e.ta,>
.iznes beyond doubt the right to the
individual tax payer to institute s,,c,,
proceedings, that there WA. M ,,n.
necessary delay on the part Of rho
petitions operated in no war az m
estop2el to determining whether q,
not the canuassing board comuelhed
with the law.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

land laws, for land which have been
Or may be CLASSIFIED or claimed as
coal lands, may df he elect receive
patent upon satisfactory proof Tut
such patent shalt reserve to tbs Unit
Ell States Coal deposits on such land
and right to the use So much or sur
face as necessary for mining and
removal of coal after reasonable COM
pensation for such use has been paid,
but patentee or successors shall have,
preference right to purchase Goa de:
pposit at classified price and to use,
for domestic purposes coa1 taken p:fcr
to sale of deposit. Wire Approval or
Hsa2proval. A. J. Grenla,
"A telegram received from Congress-
man MARSHALL reads a little different
from that of Gronna. 1t follows:
Washington, D. Gam doing my
utmost to secure passage of bill CIV
ing full patent to all entrymen who
have entered in good faith and COM
piled with the laws. No legislation Is
contemplated which will take away
any rights the homesteaders now
have. On the contrary will give them
additional privileges and protection.
Thomas II. Marshall,
The Commercial club replied to
Gronna's telegram as follows:
This club empathically ,disa3proves
Of amy bill that does not give IN
qualified patent to Innocent home
steaders who died prior to new rul-
ingss Of land ONCE whereby they
have not received same benefits. This
does not apply to law proposed here
settler Ales with full knowledge. See
reasons in our letter mailed today.
Please delay action until You get
optnaon Of oil the communities most
vdtally interested" Z
There Is no question but what the|
legislation on the matter win be de-|
tered until the congressman villa
have an opportunity to 1eel Of the|
pulses Of their constituents and 4 I'll
Is, we have no tear that such . bill
will be passed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
Commercial Club
Works for Homesteaders
Sends kilograms to Congressman Asking Them to Not Pass Bill
Which Will Work q Hardship on Settlers Who Have
Coal Lands Will be Successful

The Commercial club of Minot is
doing grand work in behalf of those
homesteaders Of the state who have
filed on rand which the government
now proposes to question the title to
the same where it can be proven
that the land is valuable for coal
mining purposes. Whole townships
are questioned and as many of the
|homesteaiers have filed on the land,
innocent of the fact that rich coal de-
posts were underlying it, and have
broken up the virgin soil and made
other expensive Improvements, it is
not right that any law shoulu be
passed which will place a semIblance
Of cloud upon that title.
MANY Of the homesteaders have
made final proof on the lani but in
many cases the patent for the Land
has been held up pending the inves-
tigation which is going on. Congress
man Marshall has introduced a (biil in
congress which il is is passed as
originally drawn up, will work a
hanlhip on those who have filed on
such land, AMI there ARE thousands
of such a1omesteaders in the north
western part Of the state. The Com
merciai club Of Minot, ever ready to
lend a helping hand got busy and
sent telegram to Congressman
Gronna, Congressman Marshall and
Senator McCumber, as follows.
Settlers who have made entry with.
in the coal areas Of this district prior
to instructions from the land ONCE
officials. to warm them that title to
lant may be questioned. should by
ali means receive patents without
conditions. Please send copies Of
|biils pentitng.
1iened Commercial Grub Of A0tnot
E. w Younsman. Sec.
"A. Nv. Tracy 4Te6. {
IA copy Of the telegram and q letter
q expaanation was sent to Is Com
mercial clubs In the state with In
stmctiom Tor them to get busy and
try 70 get the congressman to head
OF the passage OF this oeruicious
bill. IN reply to the telegram Of the
Commercial club, Congressman Gron
ma sent the following telegram, which
did not suit the Commercial club in
the least:
Washington. D. C.-Reasonably
suee coal bill can be amendsi t.
Rad any person having made loca,
tion Or entry under ron :utnara|
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
GERMS IN HER SYSTEM
Every Woman Should Read This

The number Of diseases peculiar tc
woman IS such THAT we believe this
space would hardly contain a mere
mention OF their names, and it is IA
fact that most of these diseases are
a catarrhal nature. A woman cannot
be we'll if there IS trace Of the cat
arrhal germs in her system.
Some women think there is NO hell
for them. We positively declare this
to he "a mistaken idea. We are 50
sure Of this that we offer to supply
medicine absolutely free of all cost In
every instance where it fails to give
entire satisfaction or does not sub
stantate our claims. With this u1.
Outstanding, no woman should hest
tate ito believe our honesty of pur
pose, or hesitate to put our claims
to a test. "
There is only one way to cure Cat
arrh. That way is Through the blood
You may use ali the snuns, douches
or like remedies for years without
getting more than temporary relief at
best. Catarrh Is caused by a germ
That germ IS carried by the blood to
the innermost part of the system un'
It'll the mucous membrane is broken
irritation and inflammation produced
and flow of musous results, and you
can probably realize how silly it Dc
to attempt to cure such an adiment
unless you take a medicine that fol
lows the same course as The germ OF
parasite.
Rexail Mucu-Tone is scientifically
pre- pared iron the prescription Of an
eminent physician who dor thirty
years made his speciality Oatarrh, and
with this me1idne he averaged 9s
per cent OF cures where It was EN-
ployed. No other remedy Is 80 prop
erly designed Tor the ailments o.
woman. It will purify and enrich
the blood, stop mucous discharge
destroy all germ matter. remove al
impurities from the system, soodht
hear and strengthen the Mucous tie
sues ami bring Gbout q eooi tesldnt
Of heath and strength.
We want you to try Rexall Nucu
Tone on our guarantee. Il you arr
not benefited or Tor amy. reason no
sahkfed, simply tell US and We vii
hand back your money. Rexal1 Mucu
Tone comes in two sizes, 500 AK
&1.oo. Paul V. Mccoy & Co. Minot
N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

John Olson Of Deermg was arrest
edthismorndng charged with drawing
q check upon bank in which he had
no funds. He cashed a check at
,Marsh's restaurant for 4110 on the
State Bank Of G;enburn. The man,
claimx that he male q mistake In
making out the check, stating that;
his money is in the Lincoln State
Bank.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

A. D. Hagenstein reports making
IL per cent from his farm uear. Stan
ley, Montreii county. hast season, and
It tAat b did not get more than =
thtrd q I crop.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

The depot at FOLLY was burned one
day last week AMI the agent lost al;
his household goods and about a
81 900 in checks and cash which be.
longed to the company-most of the
checks have since been made good
by the parties who issued them.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

Jack Inkster, who committed an A.
sault upon VIM. Demew last fat,
was arrested Monday, brots 70 Manot
and nned $50 and $50 costs and given
thirty dayv In jnik
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

The Kenmare News told story of
a Spring Prairie farmer owning a
pig which was given to nosing around
that it pushed dts head into pail
Of molasses, and was smothered to
death. loss SIS, and the moral was:
Kee7vour nose out of other peoples
business
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

White Earth and Palermo both
have aspiring candidates for the
Office of sheriff in the new county OF
Montrail-if the proposition holds
good.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

VIM. Crowder of Ross, who it will
be remembered was the main witness
from up the line against Major Muir.
phy in the Fargo trials recently lost
i've valuable horses as a result OF a
collision with a G.. N. freight train.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

The water works sytsem at Ken
mare were badly frozen up during a
recent cold snap-am1 the town was
dry for a. while.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

1t lis reported that Bowbells man
fed a piece of his wife;s pie to his
dog and now he has instituted strict
search for the animal-whlch sudden
Nv left for parts unknown ."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04
. % HUB TO RIM 8

The sheriff lis after the people who
still owe delinquent taxes.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

/, Little Mac" OF the Stanley Sun
| has jera1ed the lever of his boosting
machine over on seven and is making
! a mighty run for the county seat To-
I, cation for that town.
IF Montraille county has the same
trouble in deciding who shall be the
first county officials as other new
counties have had their troubles have
hardly begun.
More than a quarter of a century
ago the late Robert G. Samborn in
company with hits brother conducted
a Daily newspaper in the city of
Nargo-The Daily News. He was as
well known in that city as in Minot
and was very we'll thot of by ali.
A White Eanth butcher slaughtered
a yearNng heifer that weighed 400
pounds and another drove a man out
of his shop for accusing him of SELL
ing hog that had died orfrozen to
death.
Minot may get a branch of the
Builders and Traders exchange which
was recently organized in the city
of Fargo. -,
THE Reporter believed the creation
of Montrail county might be blocked
by legal process.
Miss Nelson the young lady who
wats murdered in Mohail last week
was a former clerk in Peter Burtle-
sons big store at Mckinney She
was very popular and well liked
while in that community.
Stanley is attracting a lot of atten-
tion since the Montreal county fight |
was won or iost-and If it is a sure |
thing that town will become a county
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

Stanley is attracting lot Of atten-
ton since the Montreal county fight
was won or iost-and If it is a sure
thing that town will become county
seat and many new business firms
will locate there,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

ID" Portal will soon have an electric
tight and heating plant installed in
the city regardless OF the recent dis.
astrous fire which occurred there last
week. ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

THE Reporter believed the creation
of Montrail county might be blocked
by legal process.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-02-04

;N1inot may get branch of thu
Builders and Traders exchange which
was recently organized in the city
of Fargo. -,
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-24
WHEAT LAND TURN
ING TO DESERT
FULL SECTIONS IN vi.
CINITY OF HARRINGTON RUIN
ED ON ACCOUNT OF DRIFTING
SAND.

Spokane, July 24.-Twelve full Sec
tions of fine wheat land near Har-
rington are covered from six inches
to three feet with wine drifting sand.
The crops are ruined and owners are
preparing to desert them, even
though the taxes have been wiped out
and in some cases refunded.
]. N. Parmenter, county assessor,
drove to Harrington in his auto last
evening from the country south and
west of Odessa, where he and County
Commissioner Samuel Mayer spent
Monday to regrade and reduce the as
sessed valuation of land being de-
vastated by the drifting sand.
I'VE had much trouble in getting
through the country with our auto
mobile because OF the sand, which is
fine and piled up in the roads," said
the assessor.
"One farmer who grew thirty-two
bushels of wheat to the acre on his
land last year, seeded his farm last
spring with wheat that cost him 81 a
bushel, and the wind has piled foot
of sand on top of his crop.
I'm places the sand has drifted up
to a barbed wire fence which acted as
a barrier and has piled up to the top
wire. causing the owner to stretch an
other wire ON top of this to exclude
cattle. Most of the farmers have
gone to a big expense to sink deep
wells on their places, too. Weeds
seem to flourish in the sand"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-24

Louise Lail returned yesterday
from a three weeks visit at Leaven-
worth with Edna Thompson
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-24
DOLLIvER is A HUMORIST..
Wins Recognition as Funny Man IN
Tariff Debate.

Senator DOlliver has won recOgni-
ton by his remarkable series of tar
iff speeches this session, as the hum
orist Of the senate. says the Washing
ton Times. Nobody admires the
brilliant Iowan more than the veter-
an Depew, for many years the humOr-
list of public life in this country. De-
pew takes frank and generous salts
faction in seeing that the mantle he
moth eaten for want of a wearer. He
sees it descending on the broad
shoulders of Dolliver. and he Is
pleased.
Depew, in a speech following Dolli-
ver's first set tariff discussion, ad-
verified to the Dolliver effort as one
| of the most brilliant that had ever
been uttered nthe chamber He de-
clared it greater than the stilted,
studied solemn efforts of the old
udSleTS Ol the uIluuIC dSC Va [AAh0Ai
can craftsmanship.
THE senator from Iowa." he said,
"even dared to call humor to his aid;
a thing few men would dare attempt
and fewer could accomplish. I con-
graduate him on both the daring and
the success; for I have always main
tanned that humor is the very essence
of craftsmanship.
Depew and Dolliver will be seen
sitting together a great deal in the
chamber. The older man is wont to
walk aronud the seat OF the younger.
and they will sit together, manifestly
enjoying the visit, for long periods.
Depew is a great philosopher and
student: and so is Dolliver. Both are
stepped in the best that diligent and
appreciative reading Of English lit
erature can bring to man: and both
have the good fortune of splendid
memories and the unfailing faculty Of
seeing the humor of things. A col
lection of the bon mots which Sen
ator Dolliver has contributed to the
tariff debate would make neat lit
tie volume and there wouldn't be
dry line in it. Here Is one he hand
ed out the other day;
The 1owan was standing in the cor
ridor back of the senate chamber,
talking to a friend. The door OF the
chamber was open, and the voices or
the orators drifted family out. Sud-
denly Dolliver, who had been talking
about some of the iniquities of the
tariff bill, stopped, inclined his head.
put his hand to his ear and said:
That's Lodge talking. You'll have
to excuse me. They're getting things
framed up to put another mortgage
on the farm
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-24
Is New Jersey a Free State?

Washington, n. j.. July 24.-An
election is to be held in this town
Monday and the state of New Jersey
threatens dire results If the election
does not go as the state desires. The
election is to determine whether the
town shall spend $4,000 for the
construction of a sewage disposal
plant or not. The state says that II
the town doesn't adopt the PROPOSE
ton it will at once bring suit against
the town for polluting the Shabba-
cong creek. Individuals who are
guilty will also be sued according to
a letter recently received by Mayor
Smith fro mthe state board.
Why the state should issue threat
in advance Of the election is the ques-
ton that puzzles the townspeople.
They say that if the state board wants
to sue let it sue in the event of the
Improvement being turned down, but
it is overstepping all bounds when
it tries to influence the vote of the
citizens in advance 1t is the great
est case of coercion On a large scale,
declare the prominent men of the
town, that ever was the accompani-
ment of an election.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-24
Takahira Starts for Home.

Washington, July 24.-Baron ko'
goro Takahira, the Japanese ambas-
sador to the United States, left
Washington today en- route for Jap
an. He will spend several months In
Japan comforting with officials of the
Japanese foreign office regarding the
proposed revision of the existing
commercial treaties between Japar
and the principal European countries
He will also make detailed report
to his home government as to the ef'
feet of the new tariff bill upon Jap
anese exports.