The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-08-05
Will Sneak on Hog Cholera


,of the control Of hog cholera, and
will also speak of certain phases OF
meat inspection. Those who nave
followed European comment and leg
islation with regard to American
meats will best appreciate the import
.-ance of these subjects both to the
American shipper and producer. DR..
Van Els will spend a rev days in Chi
cago, before leaving for the Hague,
and under direction OF the Bureau OF
Animal Industry will visit Hamburg,
Berlin, and Copenhagen. DR.. Van Els
ability to speak fuently both French
and German will add largely to the
value and interest Of his discussion
and to the position occupied by the
United States at this Congress.
The intense heat during the middle
of the week slowed down operations
both on the veterinary building and
on the Nomans' Building, the concrete
work for which is week along. The
casual visitor will scarcely get a due
sense OF the immense size OF this
new building, intended to serve both
us a home for the young ladies at
tending the Agricultural College, and
to be used for class room and labor
atory work in Domestic Science. It
takes some time to gather from the
ground plan an adequate idea of what
the completed structure will repre-
sent in size, and in enlarged facilities
Tor work along domestic lines. The
very general feeling that education
must coordinate with the daily af-
fairs of life is rapidly taking shape
In the establishment Of coursed In
domestic science in connection with
the high schools thruout the state, and
the college finds itself faced by the
double duty of giving instruction to
those who desire the work simply for
It's general homemaklag value, and of
hitting teachers in the domestic arts
capable of going out and filling in a
creditable manner the positions open
ing in the secondary schools. The
new building will meet, for some
years to come, the needs of this de-
partment in a very satisfactory man
ner. Any estimate of the exact time
of it's formal opening would at this
time be purely guesswork; but in the
meanwhile the Domestic Science de-
partment will occupy it's old quarters
In the Agricultural Building.
Have you an idea of the value of
the North Dakota Ignite fields? asked
Prof. Slocum of the Engineering de-
partment the other day, of the writer.
The writer had not. So the Profess
sor laid down a sheet Of paper on
which were some figures running up
into tie billions of tons and dollars.
The biggest figures we are acquainted
with are inside the size of the par
check, and we told him so. So he
started in to make it clear to our
understanding. Here it is. Several
men, including your correspondent,
are willing to go on record as saying
that as far as they could 81 ,ge the
professor was entirely sane and sober
At the time he made the statement. He
backed it up with big blue covered
book that we didn't nave time to
read, published by the Geological Sur
vey. Said Prof. Slocum. The Geolo-
gical Survey estimates that there is
within the Is townships comprising
the Sentinel Butte area, within a
depth not to exceed 1000 feet from the
surface, and not less than #. in
thickness 39,126,269,000 tons of lig-
mite. Now if you take the top fifth
OF that you have available within
reasonable mining depth 6,625, 234,000
tons that should be worth not less
than rs cents per ton, in the vein.
Probably it is worth more than that
but take that figure as basis of ek
innate. Your nearly seven billion
tons Of fuel will have mine value of
31,656, 3O8,500, or almost exactly the
same as the number of bushel of the
entire corn crop of the nation for
last year. Its value would build
three Panama Canals. It could be
traded with some odds in our favor
for the British navy. 1t would sup
port all the departments of the gov
eminent for year and half. Turned
into money it would give to each man,
woman, and child in the country a
$40 gold piece" ~Tetse
NOW you're getting down where
ordinary mortals can follow you,'' the
reporter remarked. .E
alright, here is comparison for
you: There are some 45,O0O,O00 acres
' of land in the state Of North Dakota
If this top one-fifth Of the Ignite in
the state were to be divided evenly