The Ward County independent., 1909-11-04

EDITOR RIAL com MENT
No one knows Just what the Great North
ern intends to do concerning changing it's
main line thru North Dakota and Montana,
though from statement to the lndepend-
ent from one who is closely allied with the
Great Northern, Mnoc has nothing to fear,
for tlls city will always be on the main
line. The Great Northern itself does not
know exactly wha. it is goino to do. Before
work of this kind is be~'1n, there are always
a number of surveys made, and these are
reported to the Board of Directors, who
consider them carefully. There are at pres
ent number Of surveys before the board,
and Minot is included, in. each of the sur
Veys, SO it is said. One of the propositions
that seems very feasible, and which this
ed out, is to build the Ayr line to Minot,
follow the present line to Bcrthold, pass up
the branch north from Berthold eighteen
or twenty miles, and build directly to Gull
bertson, Mont, thus cutting off a good
many miles, which are made necessary by
the present Wiliston route. This would
take the Great Northern thru a rich level
country and the line to Culbertson would
be perfectly straight Considerable dis
tance could be saved, and this is what the
Great Northern is trying to accomplish.
Prof. Milton Whitney,, chief of the soils
bureau, in the department of agriculture,
declares that the average of crops is in
creasing, notably in the older eastern states.
This is encouraging, and shows that the
farmers of the United States are awaken
ing to the fact that something must be done
to preserve the fertility of the soils, and
that in many instances they are doing it.
There has been an increase OF two bushels
of wheat per acre during the past forty
years, tho corn has decreased half bushel.
This record can be made still better, with
concerted action, and the Independent be-
ieves that the farmers are going to heed
the notes Of warning that have been sent
out by such men as Hill.
The Lansford Journal fears that as long
as Bottineau County Newspapers continue
to advertise Canadian lands, this part of the
state will never fill up with desirable farm
ers That won't make much difference,
Brother The farmers from the crowded
east are coming into North Dakota by The
train load this fall, and they're the kind who
have the money too. North Dakota is rap
idly filling up with good farmers. While "a
good many have gone to Canada, where they
can file on homestead land, their places are
being filled, and then some. f -
In this issue will be found complete, the
lecture given at the opera house recently
by DR.. Mccormack Of Kentucky on
s'7rhings about Doctors that Doctors and
other people ought to know" Read it.
Cut it. out, and preserve it. 1.-The Doctors
ideas should be taught in every school %.
the country. The doctor believes the day
is coming when consumption Will be rare
disease. Help to make that day come
soon. by teaching the children practical
things about this disease. Typhoid fever
should be rare disease. It can only be
spread thru filth. Human life is short at
best, but Dr. Mccormack believes that
the thread can be strengthened. Let's do
our part.
The president is a man Of very liberal
ideas Within few days, on his present
trip, he laid the corner stone Of the ortho-
dox Congregational church at Wasling-
ton; he stood in the pulpit Of Jewish tab
ernacle in Pittsburg; he assisted IN laying
the corner store of a Roman Catholic
institution at Helena, Mont, and he helped
to lay the corner stone OF Unlversalst
church Of Portland, Oregon. He also
preached a sermon from the pulpit Of the
Mormon tabernacle at Salt Lake City,
Utah The President is to be commended
upon his liberalism. .. .@
Two years ago the editor of the-Tagus
Mirror was handicapped about election
time because he was postmaster, and didn't
dare to say anything about the candidates.
Now that he's out of the postoflce, he in
tends to put every candidate up on the