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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Early ThreshIng Returns

A number of threshng machines
were set to work in this county this
week and early returs from the ma
chimes are being reported. More work
has been done in the vicinity OF Great
Bend than any other section of the
county and the yields of wheat 80 far
reported run from twelve to fifteen
bushels to the acre. Purcell & Ddvet
threshed some small pieces of barley
and oats, one field OF barley going
forty-five bushels and another TWEEN
ty-five. One small field OF oats went
uixty bushels to the acre.-Wahpeton
Globe. ..- -...
The harvest just finished has been
the hardest on men and horses IN
several years and dozens Of horses
have been lost thru ovcrheating. The
rains Just as harvest commenced not
only delayed cutting until the grain
was overripe but it softened the
ground, making the binders pull hard.
VWulS 6IuuA SAOA1A6 VNAN VIVA ->>~
threatening every day the farmers felt
like pushing the horses to the limit In
spate of heavy pulling and hot weather
and some of the horses were bound to
give out. There is "a good deal i'm the
way animals are cared for, however,
and the man who takes the trouble to
t,ave a tank of water in the field SO
as to give the horses an occasional
drink in the morning and afternoon
giving them a little breathing spell
at the same time, gets. about as much
grain cut without as much danger OF
loss as the other fellow. 1t takes
good deal of wheat to pay for good
..orse.- Wahpeton Globe.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Results in Weed Spraying

"A number of farmers have this year
purchased spraying machinery and ap-
piled several sorts of chemicals in
killing weeds in cereal grain fields.
The department of botany of The
North Dakota College is interested
in learning the results which may
have been obtained by the farmers
from such work, that IL may the
better be able to give out information
in the future. We know that some
farmers have failed and that some
have claimed Ito make market sue
cess.
It would be a matter of great in
terest to all, if some of those who
have sprayed for the destruction of
mustard, kinghead or other weeds
could give definh.e results regarding
the affect of the spraying upon the
yield Of, grain.
OF course where weeds were very
abundant and the spraying succeeded
in destroying them, there would I'M
doubtedly be a marked increase in
yield, but where weeds were less alb
undant, there seems ito be some
question whether spraying may not,
under some conditions, cause in
jury to the crops.
The writer would be glad to re-
cedve any notes that the farmers may
be willing to send in, regarding this
matter. If it is possible to learn the
effect on the yield, by making def
mite test at the threshing machine,
would be particularly pleased to re-
ceive such notes. will be thankful
for any statement received regarding
the results of spraying obtained dur
ing the present season.
H. L. Bolley,
Bol.anist North Dakota Agricultural
College.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Met Him With Brass Band

H. P. Rygmyr, former Ward coun-
ty farmer, arrived from Forest City
Iowa, where he now lives, and will
assist in threshing, as we'll as visit
his many old time friends. When
Rygmyr reached Main street last
Saturday just after he got off the
train, band started playing. Il
know that l had goou many friends
in these parts" the Iowan said, but
really didn't expect that they would
meet me With brass band"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Macaroni 80. bushels
Per Acre

Speaking of his grain, Mr.. Abraham,
a farmer living ten miles south OF the
city said: 1--WE have completed our
harvest, and we are Well pleased with
the result, too We have macaroni
wheat that Will average between 20
and 80 bushels Per acre. Such bum
dies, why it almost wore us out shock
ing. The bundles are very long, and
the heads are so well filled that catch
ing bundle by the band, the heads
drag on the ground. The hard wheat
will go twenty bushels easily. The
grains run from % to 80 to the head.
The shocks OF grain stand thicker on
the field than 1 ever saw them before.
This is true of practically every field.
Even in the hills, there seems ito be
bumper crop this year.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Fine Sample Alaska Wheat

Charles Uhrhammer, who has a
fine farm just on the outskirts OF
Raw, was in the city yesterday with
a fine sample of Alaska wheat raised
on his farm this year. Over 80 ker-
nels we're counted in one head and
MIR, Uhrhammer says that he has AN
acre of this wheat which will yield
Is bushels. He bought a bushel OF
the wheat this spring and sowed one
acre as an experiment. The wheat
has more than made good the claims
made for TRAY Sentinel.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Diversified Farming

The problem of the hired man Is
asain with us for solution. The Or
binary population of North Dakota
Is sufficient to take care of its crop.
We do not know at this moment now
many additional men are needed this
season, but we must havea good
many. There are few farmers who
are able to get along without extra
harvest help. Even where there are
q large family of boys as rule, land
enough to keep them busy all sum-
mer has been acquired, and there Is
still need for more men during 'har-
vest. Harvest cannot wait. We are
subject at this season to the caprioes
OF the elements, and a brief delay
may mean inesi.imable loss. the
hired man must be on the spot, and
he must be active and reliable. We
have to trust to the east to send US
the sort of help we need. Sometimes
we GEL. it and sometimes we do not.
The state needs line OF activities
that will make more men necessary
in the winter months, and II we had
those conditions we would be less de-
pendent on transients for harvesting
OUT crops. The one thing which will
bring this about is the diversified
ton of our farming industry. More
stock must be kept, more dairylng
must be done. These things will give
the hired man job all winter and he
can afford to stay with US. Inas
works out in several ways. 1t Will
rive winter employment to labor. 1t
will lessen the proportion OF our Land
cropped with grain each year and
thus will tend to diminish the rush
demand Tor labor in the fall. 1t gets
all the land in condition as II
will make possible better an mteln-
gent rotation. It will increase the
grain yield ON the cropped land, hence
It will diminish the cost of production
per bushel. 1t will increase very ma
terially the aggregate income OF every
farm, which means the enrichment OF
the state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
A REVELATION

A drive thru the country Is a reve-
lation to even us, who have been liv-
ing in North Dakota for some years.
The crop all ripened at once, practic-
ally, and this necessitated great haste
in cutting and shocking 1t. The re-
suit is that the fields of shocked grain
greet you on every hand. And the
shocks, that stand so thick make a
sight that is good to look at. The
harvest is being wound UP very fast
md this week will see very large
part of 1t out of the way. A little
threshing he's been done, and hund-
.ads of machines will be going full
last by TIE latter part Of the week.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Spacious Catalpha

The diameter measure OF nVe
sprouts growing on one stump Is ~
1-2 in and the hight II #. The
above is one years growth. The meas
urement of one willow tree in Sft. 4
inches in diameter, age unknown.
The above are grown on Robert
Hutchins' farm IL miles southwest
of Algona.
In visiting at the home of Robert
Hutchinson, with his daughter took
the measurement of the aforesaid.
II you doubt the veracity of the
aforesaid statement you can refer to
Mr.. Hutchinson. Rev. A. L. Tryon.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Hughes Writes Of
His Minot Trip
Tells Of the Conditions He Found the Ward c.
Farms---PIeased with Vim. Jones' Glover
Fied---Comments on the Corn
Growing Proposition

'oAA0 o~euIo, VI WIuu DuaV0y. os0
thinly sown, and early cut, alloWx tn
clover roots moisture, and a chaDos
later on in the season to develop uaR
against the coming winter. Ito
stubble affords some protection Aas-
ing the winter. The main idea H1ha
be to have plenty Of snow cover, :r
else the clover will winter kill.
You can grow clover. And groulE
clover means that Nature has set -
a 6 eat laboratory in your fields 4.
take the Nitrogen out of the air -
make 1T over into forms fit for IN
shaping of plant life. Wheat miaaa
nitrogen out of the soil very rapidly.
clover fills the soil veins with nov ~
trogen, and 50 the balance is struck,
and the land loses little or perkaes
none of it's nitrogen fertility.
And you can grow corn. Now ~haR
say you can grow clover and cssna
do not mean that they VIA 8Ekw,
merely. I am thinking of what tAsts
growth brings in it's wake-pAst4xRS,
and cattle, and crean1eries, the trtsR,
of the Percheron and Clyde, and tac
patter of the golden hoof.
You can grow corn. 1 wish thsF
had ready to send you the pictureI
took of field of corn south OF yastr
city the other day. But you eaB
take my word for 1T that it was gubL
CORN we'll ON toward the roastingex~
stage that means choice silage, xfsss
all it's posi- bilities of prime buEnz
all the year long.
Now the growing of corn is a benz
fit to the land in two ways, the 1aE
direct, and the other indirect. The
direct benefi. comes from the clearing.
away of the weeds, and from fa*s
working over of the ground into beGftz9
physical condition. The larger lEnsss
are broken up and made fine, ard ia
this way a larger pasture for Tire
roots of the NEXT crop is made. 2fX
somewhat. analogous to the milling.
process in the extraction OF, eiEpes
from its ores. So long as the rDcE T.
unbroken the silver lis useless, but III
soon as the rock is thoroly pulvertzaE
the silver is made capable of beHs:
used. In the same manner the SD
particles hold the various things lAe
plant needs, and the finer the soil pss
I'LL abo
! has to get its fair share OF food.
I have limited at the indirect beneE.
from growing corn. You summer
fallow your land, and are paid for Dr.
ing it by crop that is worth fully T.
much as an average crop of whesa~
This corn fodder, or ensilage if ytsi
are so fortunate as to have silo, be-
comes the backbone of dairy feeding
and stock returns to the farm tse
larger part of the fertility taken out
of the land by cropping. And fhN
rounds out our scheme for get TnEr
three crops to do the work of five. AZ
at the same time hold up the power e
the land to produce year after yeaf
as much as it now does. -
And this would be my rough plz1s
for cropping the Ward coun' " fields
wheat, Barley, clover, wheat. corr,
The plan can be varied to ALLOW tNs'
growing of any other crops d'esiredi Z
have only tried to emphasize thu
fact; that the time to begin 10 cates:
your horse is before he is stolen-sa
will pay you to do it now.
Hugh J. Hughes
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Fargo, N. D.

Editor ndependent:-So many mat
ters of detail have engaged my @5ten-
ton since returning to Fargo that it is
only now that l find the time to give
you the promised letter
The farms that we saw in the vicinity
of Minot were very good. The soil of
the Mouse River is the equal OF hat
of the Red River Valley in many ways,
and i'm some superior. For one thing it
is better drained soil, and quicker.
It works easier, andwiM respond more
will ours in the Valley. 1t lies we'll,
and the drainage is all that can be
desired. 1t may not have the lasting
qualities OF OUT soil, but as to that
point, any soil will wear out sooner or
later. 1t Is merely a question of going
to the bank and drawing out time
after time, and never putting in, when
your account will be closed. The same
is true of any soil anywhere.
And it seems to me that with your
splendid soil you are bit careless
how the account now stands. Inn not
going to tell you the story that you
have heard SO many times, about
cropping the soil to death. YOU'LL sit
there and bunch down deeper into
your coat collar and say Fits Bill
Jones to a T, doesn't it, Map But l
want to put it ON the basis OF bust
mess proposition.
Suppose you could grow as much
grain in three groupings as you now
do in five, and suppose that you could
keep that up for your Lifetime, and
leave to your boy the power i'm the
land ITO keep right on at the same gait
until his hand slackened from the
binder levers, wouldn't you do it?
OF course you would. 1t would be
good business. 1t would cut the cost
of Irvine, labor, threshing, hauling
everyt point where cost enters in
would be lessened, every point where
profits comes back would be made
stronger.
You can do it. Yaa cam grow as
much grain in three years as you
now grow in five; and you can keep
right on doing that thing for years and
sometimes, but in the long run you
| will come out all right, working on
that basis.
How? There is a clover field "a few
miles southwes. of Mlnot. 1t belongs
to R. w. Jones, and l wish you'd drop
in on Mr.. Jones some day this fall
and find out how he grows clover.
Sometimes you have trouble getting
clover started. If you will write the
College next spring, and get some soil
from our clover fields ITO inocula.e
your servings. think your incubation
troubles will be at an end. This soil
should be sown broadcast at the rate
of 100 lb. per acre, and narrowed in
ait once, as sun light kills the bac-
terra that work ON she clover roots.
The soil will be sent you free, save
for the freight charges, and 25 cents
per sack, to cover the cost of the
sacks used. We do rot advise that
you try more than two or three acres
:. and after you make success
| of growing rOvar ay.auI voN1r Saa1-
ing work.
Our Demonstration Farms are get
ting the best results by seeding clover
either alone, as i'm the drer parts of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
What Will the Market Bet


While the tariff Is debated,
And the sweat on lofty brows
Tells how saloons are related
To the issue they espouse,
There's subject more inspiring
Which the farmer has to meet
Just at present he's inQuiring
What they'll pay this fall for wheat.
What will be the price OF lumber
When they settle ON nhe rate
Whether Johnson or McCumber
Votes the party ticket straight;
Whether tariff high or low is,
On the sweets we have Ito eat;
What the farmer wants to know L.
What they'll pay this fall for wheat.
Other sections Of our nation
Other things may wish to know,
Such as Free hide" legislation,
TAX on gloves" and so and so;
But the farmers sole concern is,
Not of what our tariffs treat;
His intense desire to learn is
What they'll pay this fall for wheat.
Smut and rust and frost may worry,
And the storm clouds cause him
dread,
While the present market furry
May, by bulls or bears, be led,
Still the question on his mind is
Not so much of blight or heat,
What he seems to want to find is
What they'll pay this fall for wheat
Even freight rates do not phase him,
As he scans waving field,
He is thinking how it pays him
When he gets bumper yield,
How the profits from his labor
Simply puts him on his feet;
So he asks as does his neighbor,
What they'll pay this fall for wheat
Rugby, N. D. S. r. Johnson
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
= SHIPPED New Wheat

The Logan Farmers Elevator Co
shipped its first car load OF wheat
Monday, which graded No. 1, hard.
Grain at Logan is averaging we'll.
Seventy-five acres on the James Eg-
an farm averaged eighteen bushels.
One hundred acres on the Ole Saug-
stad farm averaged from fifteen to
twenty-five bushels. =
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Grain Good at Max

Wheat at Max is turning out vlEa-
Merchant Steinhauseris grain aveE-
ed eighteen bushels. Arsen MersMA
reports an average of % bushels ~
his entire yield.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02
Less Chambers

The veterinarians report there is
less CHAMBERS in the state than for
years-but advise farmers to be par
tica,larly careful at Enls season when
30 many transients are coming into
the state with teams to assist in har-
vet.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02

The foreign jobber in rotten and un-
lawful foods will soon nave "nelr
agents here to palm off their adulter-
aAed truck at slightly reduced price
Wade right in, and set nothing tor
something.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02

FOR RENT-One 10-room bs0
and one 4-room. Inquire o1sMrAL
M. Mcconnell. Phone TAI Minot, N0.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-09-02

Two colored cooks want position with
cook car. Can deliver the goods. In
uuiYe stGrand Hotel, Minot. ltp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

DR.. w. W. Davis spent last Satur-
day in Clarksburg, where he was called
on business.
Mr.. J. B. Lipscomp, of near Deer
Park, was business caller at this of.
fee Monday.
Mr.. M. w. Layman, of Jennings,
was in Oakland Monday when he made
this Office visit
The first snow of any consequence for
the present winter fell last night anC
this morning the ground is coated with
whiteness.
Mr.. D. E. Offutt, Jr., drove his auto
mobile through to Keyser, West Va,
Tuesday morning, beng accompanied
by Mr.. Mr.. H. C. Sincell
DR.. and Mrs. Henry W. McComas,
who were on an extended visit to rela-
tives in Baltimore, returned to their
home in Oakland Sunday morning.
Mr.. Philip T Peddicord of the Noun
tain State Business College, Parkers-
burg, w. Va, spent Sunday in Oak
land with his parents and other friends.
Mrs. Mary Lowenstein was in Graf
ton last Monday where she attended
the funeral of the late Capt Dennis A.
Litzinger, father of Mr.. James NJ. Lit
Finger, formerly of the Mountain Dem
ocrat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

Mrs. &. A. Fraley, who was a patient
for several weeks in DR.. Jones hospital
in Wheeling, returned to her home in
Oakland Tuesday afternoon, very much
improved in health.
Mrs. Luther J. Brown and Mrs. Louis
Walters, of Oakland, who were visiting
relatives in Benwood and Wheeling, w.
Va, for week or more, returned to
I Oakland Tuesday afternoon.
Don't forget the fair at Swanton on
Saturday of this week, and bring fruit,
grain, potatoes or anything else you
have to show. Good speaking, good
music and a good time to see your
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parlev DeBerry, of
Terra Alta, spent Sunday in Oakland as
the guest of Miss Ellen Council and her
mother, who arrived here Friday from
Terra Alta, and who will reside here
with her daughter
Mr.. Stewart F. Hamill, accompanied
by Mr.. William Byrd, left Oakland
Tuesday morning for York, Pa, in the
formers automobile, which will be re-
paired in the factory in that city during
the coming winter. DR.. w. w. Grant
accompanied Mr.. Hamill as far as Key
ser, returning home the same evening.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

Messrs. D. E. Offutt and Scott T.
Jones went to Cumberland Monday
morning where they became the guests
of Mr. J. Wilson Humbird in an auto
mobile tour through West Virginia, re-
turning to Oakland last night.
Tuesday night was quite an enjoyable
occasion among the Masonic fraternity
when DR.. Goodwin delivered a lecture
on Masonic principles at the lodge room
after which the ancient brethren adj
journed to the Hinebaugh dining rooms
where a collation. of considerable pro-
portions was served and which was dis
cussed heartily by the assembled guests
and members of the Oakland lodge. A
number of Masons from other lodges
were present.
A party of prominent ladies and gen
tlemen from Pittsburg who were on
their way to Grantsville to spend d
week or more in the pretty little Mary
land village were registered at the
Colonial Monday on their way to their
destination. The party consisted of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Carson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Currie, Mrs. Allen Galley,
Miss Nellie Schrack, Mr. W. j. Franks
town and Mr.. w. S. Gibson. Meyers
dale Commercial.
Mr.. j. Arthur White, son of Mr..
James w. White, of Oakland, returned
to his home here from Pittsburg, last
Sunday afternoon and on Monday morn
ing entered the employ of Messrs. Dix
on & Kelso as clerk, taking the place
which will be made vacant this week by
the resignation of Mr.. Carl B. White,
who goes from here to Uniontown, Pa. :,
next week, where he will enter the
hardware business with his uncle, Mr.
r. S. McCrum, the mayor of that city.
While the patrons of the Dixon store
will miss the geniality of the retiring
clerk they will nevertheless be pleased
with the treatment they receive from
the one taking his place The many
friends of both young men wish them
success.
The big mill of the Croft Lumber Co.
at Alexander, w. Va, was started last
week. 1t is the largest lumber concern
in Upshur county, W. Va. Messrs. S.
A. Kendall, of Meyersdale; j. H. Hen
derson, of Pittsburg; J. Gibson Mac
llvane, of Philadelphia, principal stock
holders and owners, together with Mr..
N. U. Bond, of Bond, Md, general
manager and designer of the plant,
witnessed the trial test of the machin-
cry and were well pleased with the
first days operations. The mill makes
cut of 1000 feet per hour and when
fully limbered up is expected to exceed
its contract capacity of 10000 feet per
day. During the afternoon the visitors
were taken on an excursion over the
Alexander and Rich Mountain railroad,
twenty miles into the heart Of the eX-
teneive timber tract of the company,
and closed the day of sight seeing and
inspection by sum- tuous banquet
served in the large dining room of the
company's boarding house. Meyers
dale Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28

Mr. DeCOury E. Bn the Republican
of Delegates from Garrett 18th
1889 and has resided here
He the the late Charles W. Boen
this his at
in the Union with credit Mr. D. F. Ben engaged
nure and undertaking business Oakland and popular
of of
church. where he regular Mr. Boen serving
sixth member of the City Council of Oakland Being a
ocabe genial disposition that Mr. Boden
entirely without enemies will doubtless many
of his
He has always taken active affairs
of
doubtless the people of the whole
In 1880 Mr. Boen Miss
this five children them
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-10-28
JEHU PAUGH,

late OF Garrett Co. Md, deceased. All per
sons haying claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated to
the subscriber. on or before the 18th day of
March next; they may otherwise by law
he excluded from all benefit Of said estate.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to
said estate are requested to make immedi-
ate payment.
Given under my hand this 10th day OF
September, 1909.
CLARISsA X. PAUGH.
Administrative.