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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28
MCGEE Again!

States Attorney McGee is of the
opinion that the printers charge too
much and in accordance ordered that
what was due, $120, which IS the
legal and standard rate, be cut down
to S19.25. Queer how some fools can
run a newspaper--in the hole-'which
seems to be his case-Lansford
Times.
The M:not independent is kicking,
and most jussl ly, because the county
commissioners cut down it's bill for
publishing the treasurer's statement
from $120 to $40. It would be "A
mighty small statement that could be
set and published for $40 ana leave
any >money for the publisller---Wess
hope Standard. .J.~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28
Claim Returns
Improperly Certified
Canvassing Board Mandamused to Make Recount
Over Thousand Votes involved

.eItIIc.te uld not Conform 10 lAe
poll book.
Inc case is an extremely interest
ing one. 1t is said that labulatioL
OF the certificates OF votes shows that
Mon tra1l county did receive
majority OF votes cast for the prop
sllAon.
III une event that the court sus-
ulIu lie Contention ul those who seek
the writ of mandamus and it develops
uuat Montrail county did not actu-
ally carry, there is much speculation
as TO what would be the next move.
1t is predicted that the Montrail coun-
" people may vhen seek q recount
OF Me votes, Which would mean an
Investigation of the accuracy OF the
returns, as sent in TO the county
auditor.
A representative of the Imlepen-
dent called al the auditors office to-
uay, anG Investigated rne matter more
.nOIOIy. luere are q number OF PIE
clncLs where the members OF Ire
elecl4on board, utterly failed to GER
tIIy LnaL Lue cUunL on uhe county
ulV4s.on question was correct, and II
Ine matter is ever brought " Inc
supreme court, We do not see now
JnaI court can he4p but knock oul the
entire proposition. There are l449
votes on county division included III
the returns THAT were accepted by the
canyassing board, and which are not
property certified TO.
There is a place on the record
! book, for The results to be listed and
properly sworn to. Here is wnere
the trouble comes in. In many in
stances the canvassing board counted
the votes, where they We're not listed
in the book at all, merely listed on a
sheet of paper enclosed loosely in the
book.
The canvassing board refused to re-
canvass the votes. Mr.. De Lance,
one of the board was willing, but Wall
lis, Abbott and Fabrick refuse to
make re-canVaSS
The board has been ordered to
show cause next Saturday why it has
not reconvened.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

An application for a writ OF man
damus was filed in the Minot district
court Friday to compel the canvass
ing board which went over the elec-
ton returns of November to make
another and correct canvass OF the
votes cast for ami against Montrail
county.
In the application it is alleged that
the canvass made by the board was
not according to law for the reason
that instead Of taking the sworn re-
turns as sent to the county auditor
by the officers of election, the board
made an investigation into certain
precincts the canva.ssing board sent
were not in the sworn reports.
In the returns sent to the county
auditor there was not vote reporter
on county division in certain pre-,
cincts.. To ascertain whether or ne'
any votes were actually cast in these
precincts the canvassing board sent
out subpoenaes ani got some infor.
nation which they incorporated in
their table of votes.
The attorneys who applied for the
mandamus, John E. Greene and L. "
Gammons, claim that the board had
no authority to tabulate any vote
that were not included in the sworn
abstracts of votes sent into the coun
ty auditor. These attorneys contend
that the canvassing board is not a
board for the purpose of going back
of the official returns; there is an
other method in law of making an in
vestigation of this kind. All THE can
vassing board is supposed to do is tc
tabulate the returns actually received
| They have no right to question the
accuracy of thereturns sent in or tc
| look for more returns than are ac
tually sent. This is the contention
of the attorneys who seek the writ
of mandamus and they state th@
they are supported in their views b!
numerous decisions of supre'
courts.
In one case it is said a supreme
court decided that the canvassins
board had no right to change the Ger
titicate of returns even though th'
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28
Bismarck, N. Oak, Jan. 10, 1905

Bismarck, n. Oak, Jan. ~, l9V9.
Independent Editor:
My letter for last weeks issue DID
not materialize for the reason that
there was an adjournment OF the leg
islature and nothing until Wednesday
at which time the legislators came to-
geuher again. On Wednesday, the
House was called to order an ad-
journed almost Immediately out OF
respect of the memory Of some form
tr assemblyman who had died during
the recess. I believe in paying all
due respect to the dead, but wJrk
well done is a better memorial Than
i,dleness. The only occasion on record
that the sun ever obeyed the COM
mand to stand still was a time when
there was plenty Of hard work to do,
not on account of funeral. e.
Committee appointments were made
and Ward county Jared well. The
delegation will find all the work they
can do to attend the several commit
tee meetings. I noticed in the Minot
Daily papers "a statement of the COM
mittee appointments, but as the state
ment of the committee appointments,
but as the statemen was not exactly
was not exactly correct I shall incor-
porate in my letter as follows:
Schulz is a member of Municipal
Corporations, Warehouses and Grain
Grading, Coal Lands and Mining, Live
Stock, Apportionment and Library.
Skinner has Education, Agriculture,
Warehouses and Grain Grading, Man
ufactures, Counties and County Boun-
daries, and Federal Relations. Linde
has Craftsmanship of Enrolment, Ag-
riculture, Irrigation, Apportionment,
Federal Relations, and Joint Rules.
Davidson has Judiciary, Railroads,
Elections and Privileges, PRIZE
Printing, Temperance and Taxes ard
Tex Laws. Jewett has Labor. Appor-
tionment, Taxes and Tax Laws Bank
ing and Public Buildings. EepG:rck-
son has Jul 'ciary, Education. Public
Health, and Craftsmanship of Counties
and County Boundaries. Chatfie'd
has Judiciary, Education, Cnai 'man-
ship of Corporations, Counties aad
County Boundaries and Educational
Institutions
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

DO you know that a small cottage
surrounded with trees, shrubs ant
flowers judiciously planted is wortf
more than two-story house without
any shade decorations?
There are many who live in these
pleasant cottages that have more en-
toyment than the man with a $4,000
to $So,000 palace.
For $500 invested in trees, shrubs
and flowers I guarantee to increase
the appearance and value OF YOU
2roperty more than $1,000 will dc
otherwise invested. Don't you thlnl
a living fence or hedge would ado
greatly to your place? Their uses
are many as fence, as a windhL'eak
to shut the back yard from the front
lawn, to hide unsightly objects. A
hedge is always ornamental.
The hest lawn grass mixture ever
sold in Minot You should have a fine
lawn in from to 6 weeks after
sowing. Plans and estimate cheer
fully given. Address Minot Nursery
Min, N. D. .....
Better do it now we might run
short later on.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28
Expensive Arithmetic.

This letter was sent short time
ago to school teacher by an anxious
parent:
"Sir: Will you in the future give
my boy easier some to do at mites.
This is what he's brought boam two
or thre mites back. II four gallons of
bere will fill thirty-to pint bottles, how
many pints and half bottles will nine
gallons of bere fill? Well. we tried
ami could make nothing of it at all,
and my boy cried and laughed, and
sed he didn't dare to go back in tn,
morning without doing it. So I hat
to go and buy nine gallon 11eg Of
bere, which could i'll afford to dc
and then he went and borrowed a lot
Of wine and brandy bottles. We filed
them, and my boy put the number
down for an answer. I don't know
it is right or not, as we split
some while doing it.
"P. S.-Please let the next some be
IN water, as am not able to buy
more bere.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

Some folks are so one sided that they
think the very smallest pointed refer
ence in print to things maetrial is a
great Injustice to other things--mostlY
immaterial l-beca Use, say they, "look at
the 'ad' they're getting" AS If they
didn't know that an 'ad' is-"the par
turition and demonstration of condi-
tional esoteric cogitations concerning
ponderous potential products demon
strable by perspicacious incorporation
of exuberant verboslty with illustrative
iconography"-which latter is so bound
up with the biggest Gus word vocabu-
larry extapt that it is surprising how few
''comps" figure in their own papers as
defendants in ultra naughty. word cases
But I digress, I've got to bring in
Natural gas right here-no, my fair
critic, the foregoing isn't-and I'd near
ly got onto "ad' writing, and that
would be talking" "shop", which the edi-
tor mightn't like, so here goes for facts:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

However, they tell me he can blow
any old figure below zero he LIKES, and
snow any old blizzard he chooses to sea-
son it withaa, if only the dwelling be
overcoated with the "Reliable" and |
guess that's SO if 1 may judge fsom a
piece I've used as doormat and other
dour matters and purposes during the
past twelve months
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

This appellation for Minot being orig
mated by Mr. Graves, would suggest
to the powers that be, that they confer
the degree of C.M. upon that gentle
man and present hin with a badge of
office in the shape of wand, for his
very apt designation
l started this article on q carefully
studied plan, just like q wedding guest
plans his maiden speech, and it looked
real good to me, but now
I'm jiggered il can discov- In
or the slightest resemblance Va
to the plan, it's just an Nk1
or'nery "crack" and moth Iv)
ing more?
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forming.

Mr.. Week who resides eighteen
miles southwest of Minot is going tc
begin farming on large scale next
spring.
Mr.. ami Mrs. Fred Bergman are re-
joicing over the arrival of a bouncing
baby boy. Mother and babe are do.
ing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs A. Wetmore were call
ing on brady friends one day last
week.
Lots of farmers are taking adyan-
tage of the good weather, great
many are taking hay to Minot and
some are hauling coal.
There is quite little travel with
teams from Ryder to Minot. The
trains being unable to run most Of
the time.
If the January thaw continues much
longer the farmers will be looking
after their wagons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wetmore called
at the B. Larson home Sunday.
The J. E. Christianson children
were Minet visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Larson have
returned home from visit in sew
eral Minnesota towns. Z
j. E. Christensen was a brady
caller Sunday.
Herman Troutmiller spent Saturday
and Sunday with Minot friends
Annas Larson called at brady Sun
day.
John Underdahl of brady is going
to grind feed Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Of this week.
Miss Clara brady is visiting at I'm
derwood N. D.
If you want to sell your farm list
1t with S. W. Nicodemus, Minot N.
D. I'll
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

body else was cry
ing over it; he just
called up the long
distance ph on Q =,
got the editor of a
leading paper; and,
in less than an
hour from the time
of the accident,
people were read
ing "the story OF
an eyewitness" in
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

nothing more ur-
gent for the time
b Q ing tn a n to
lounge and watch
the smoke wreaths
twirling and twist
ing in to quaint
and queer gar
lands of vanishing
vapour, le avi n g
but the fragrance
of that exquisite
weed" the Y. B.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

ihomesS Seems to
me as if a good re-
.serve fund Of RE
liable R,u b b 9 I
Roofing would be
a n exceptionally
good acoeption il
the Hon. j. Frost
be playing low
down tricks there,
like he does with
Thermometers in
the Magic City.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

and the latter is
much too busy to
worry about any
thing except Sum-
NIT Park, and mail
bags full OF ques
tions about th1' gift,
house there, farms,
loans, businesses
and insurance, all
better than gold for
the sweet bye and
bye that's coming to
tho uMa0ic Ctitv ,,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

c. B. Goodrich formerly of Minot
but of late from Greenbush, Mimi,
has been compelled to make arrange
ments to leave that place owing to
the illness of his wife. Mr.. Goodrich
has been editing the Greenbust Trib-
une but has disposed Of that paper
Charlie used to be the head push on
the Reporter six Or seven years ago.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

Insure your farm buildings and
stock with S. W. Nicodemus over
Second National bank, Ninot, N. D. If
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

What do you think ofthe Tndepen-
dents Farm Department?
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...
Chas. L. Moore, a farmer living
northeast of the city on route No. 1.
has an advertisement in this issue for
the Aremoter wind and power mills.
Mr., Moore will put up the mills him
self and asks those interested to
send for a prospectus, free He has
mt 1rn 3ower mills and grinders on
the farms Of Moses Wise, and Melinda
Rlcc7'nr northeast OF Minot and he
r,or11 1i1-e ~ have any one who IS
'rte~eo-tet7 writ to the above parties
60 ton to how tiaev ,a~e work.
inc
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brady Items.

The change in the weather and
Temperature is very welcome to every
body.
Mr.. A Blom has returned from ST
Paul after a short visit there.
Miss Inez Herzog was pleasantly
! surprised by party OF young people
on her birthday last week. All pres
ent were highly entertained with the
music and games.
After visiting in Iowa Gunder Kively
has returned to his home in brady to
enjoy peace and rosperity.
MT. Gilbert Underdahl is making an
extended visit in Aberdeen, S. Oak,
with friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Varburg who have
been visiting at their old home
Iowa have returned.
Mr.. John Beckman was a Minot
caller last, Sunday.
Mrs. Art Beckman was brady
caller last week.
"A number of farmers attended the
Farmers institute last Tuesday ani
Wednesday.
Miss Clara brady has gone to visit
with her sister, Mrs. Onserd in Cold
Harbor.
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cigar, to assure you that life is worth
living.
You have had the same sort of "sweet-
doing nothing" kind of feeling many
time, perhaps while watching grotesque
pictures in the fire, discovering lovely
landscapes in the drifting clouds, or
forests on the frosted window pane.
It may be that inspirations come this
way. If they do, we'll! commend me to
those borne on the fragrant cloud
waves Of that delightful Y. B. cigar
especially the next one-for, in that
case, if you're not quick enough to
catch them before they float away to
the angels you have delightful re-
compence.
It's just that trick of being quick
enough that makes all the difference
between success and failure. A man
once told me how he made good money
out of railway accident while every
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

distant city. What convenience to
be able to ''reach the people,, or any
one of them, miles away at will, and just
tell your tale as you would were your
hearer close beside you, and in this con-
nection I'm sure nobody Will object to
me saying that the Northern Telephone
Co. are facilitating matters in this part
of the world every day; blizzard days
excepted; but then, what proves a rule
but its exception? .~..
Speaking OF exceptions, what's the
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

An after dinner smoke, cup of cof-
fee, a pleasantly quiet companion, and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

I suppose l ought 70 apologize to the
late Bobby Burns and the later "Real-
Estate. Graves for the apparent pla,
,glarism in the above "pome'', bnt don't
know the present address of the former
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

Speaking OF exceptions, what's the
weather department doing in prairie
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

Doubters concerning the Westhope Gas
possibilties may now inter all latent
doubts. the State University an d
School 5sof Mining having practically
OKd it,iafter thorough investigation,
and INSPECTION of the various wells by
Prof. ~ B, Snyder, as will be seen by
the mott favorable report volunteered
by tie Cniversity.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

If you want to sell your farm list
It with S. W. Nicodemus, Minot, N
D. {,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-01-28

%! would we had see-'s sense.
To see our city five years hence
We'd seize the chance and save expense
And buy and buy for bye and bye.
Sweet bye and bye!
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-04
COUNTY NEWS
OF THE WEEK
Items Of Interest Gathered at Ran
dom From Our Mclean Co.
Exchanges.
MeClusky Gazette.

The latest report is there will be
a town called Haystack on Sec.
24-l43-77 on the new Pingree
road.
Chris Zweigle is plating the
Sc quarter Of the Sc quarter of
sec. 2, adjoining McClusky, and
has already sold several tracts of
land out Of it. The addition,
which is intended, will be recorded
as North cClusky.
That some of the farmers did
not sell all their wheat last year
was evidence this morning when
l5 big loads of valuable kernels
were hauled in and delivered to
Jake Herr's elevator. Jake paid
$l.21 per bushel for it.
Jacob Sabatka offered his farm
for $4,000 this spring, but has
changed his mind and writes
Kansas is too dry for him, and he
may be back soon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-04
Worst Storm In May.

a cyclonic storm swept over a
part Of this state last Saturday
and nine persons we're killed and
a great many injured. It is sell
dom as severe a storm strikes this
state. Considerable damage was
done to property. -Four persons
were killed at Langdon and twenty
injured and abont half the town
wiped out. At Ypsilanti three
persons are dead and two will per-
haps not recover from their injur-
les. At jamestown Fargo and sew
eral other cities the heavy wind
and rain did some damage. a re-
lief fund Of $4,000 has been raised
at Langdon for the sufferers from
the tornado
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Underwood Miner.

George Stillings received a tel
egram yesterday from Windon,
MINI, stating that his sister had
Just died. He left for that place
today.
The board Of directors OF the
fair association had meeting last
Friday to fix mp their premium
list and make other preparations,
and will endeaver to make this the
best fair ever held in Mclean
county.
George Houghtaling who has a
ranch west Of Max, is here visiting
his parents. He reports a short
age Of pasture on account of the
country in that locality becoming
more thickly settled.
B. o. Wyman returned this
week from a trip to the twin cities
where he had been looking after
some business. He contemplates
taking some landseekers to Canada
in the near future.
E y Z E d * Z .4 Z
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Earthquakes on the Way.

Chicago, ILL.,, May 3l,-Predic-
tions of earthquakes for the middle
west periodically made, with some
embellishments of dire disasters
that forget to turn up, gained
some standing in consequence of
the tremors which ratified Chicago's
dishes. and now some of the prog
nosticators point with pride' to
their guesses.
Some brand new publications
also have been inspired. G. S.
Braganza De La Coralla, writing
from Port Byron, ILL.,, said of an
earthquake:
Il had predicted it's occurrence
for tomorrow, but it anticipated
its date by one day. I have pre-
dicted another earthquake of more
intense force for June nesTzsaext.
But the seismic medal was won
by one A. L. Koopman, who pre-
dicted on June 6, 1907, that an
earthquake would visit Chicago
sin 1909" He may have recov-
cred from billiousness now but his
representations wore weeds aud
its gloom reminded one of the
dirges played on Memorial days.
But as predicting remains an
inexact science, one can listen with
no alarm. He said:
Il will predict that from now
till 1909 and 1910 we shall have
almost continuous chain of
earthquakes and crop failures
which will devastate not only a
great part of this country but of
our globe. San Francisco in the
time laid down by me will suffer
again. Also one-half of Chicago,
lying south of Madison street, all
of New York City, all Of Washing
ton, d. G. The Panama canal will
be rendered useless, not by any
actual quake, but by the shifting
of the earth's crust, which will not
shake down buildings, but will
destroy the canal excavations. Crop
failures will be complete aud we
shall have to depend on Canada
for sustenance. Some of the cities
of the United States that will be
free from any seismic disturbances
are Boston, Milwaukee, Minneap-
oils and Seattle"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1909-06-04
Hansbrough Resigns His Position.

Former Sen. e.. G. Hansbrough
Of North Dakota. who was taken
care of on the expiration of his
term with an appointment as one
of the assistants to the finance
committee of the senate. has re-
signed his position.
The fact of his resignation be-
came known publicly Saturday,
but. it is stated his letter of
resignation was sent to the COM
m1ttee a week ago.
Behind the resignation Of the
North Dakotan is said to be the
misunderstanding as to the COM
pensation he was to receive.
When. Senator Hansbrough and
Senator Hemenway of Indiana re-
tired March 4, it was given out
that both of them had been taken
care of with appointments under
the finance committee, at salaries
supposed to be $500 per year. 1t
is understood, however, that while
Hemenway got the $500 the re-
trenchment policy Of the COM
mittee led them to compensate
Hansbrough only on the basis Of a
salary of $4,000, and that he de-
cided to withdraw from the place.
1t is understood that ex-senator
Hansbroagh has associated him
self with ex-senator Pettigrew of
South Dakota with Offices in New
York. The latter enjoys a big
practice before the department in
Washington and also at the
capital.
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go to Colorado for his health. His
father will accompany him.

90 to Colorado for his health. His
father will accompany him.
Jim Hill says that if the 400,
100000 inhabitants Of China could
be taught to eat wheat instead Of
rice, that country alone would eat
up all the wheat raised in the
United States.
"A. j. Morstad of Boyd who is
making trip through the Da-
kotas, stopped off here Tuesday
for a short visit with friends and
relatives. Mr.. Morstad has just
been through northern South
Dakota on the Milwaukee road
out the Standing Rock Reserva-
tion but says what he has seen Of
North Dakota suits him better
than South Dakota. This is his
first trip to North Dakota and he
is we'll pleased with the country
and may locate here later. He
returns to his home Saturday.