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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
MAX EDITOR ISN'T
VERY PARTICULAR

A geod farmer asked us the other
day II he could pay his subscription
lin turkey" or II we Always demanded
it to be paid in money. It did not take
us long to tell him that we would
take of our hats to turkey that got
into our office accompanied by a sub
scriber that wanted to square himself
on our book. And so we woodland
If there are any others who owe us,
that have got something eatable and
have not got money, call early. We
are just getting our teeth fixed ur'
by the dentist and will not be too
particular about the age Of meat al
though we always have preferred to
fix limit-on fowls, say mot over
five." But we don't want to discourage
any well-meaning subscriber and will
just say that this year we accept any
thing we can get.-Max Enterprise.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
when PERCY
HANDLES THE SHOVEL

While going down the line via the
500 last Friday we had the pleasure
Of meeting Hon. P. M. Cole, who
boarded the train at Kenmare, bound
as we were, for Minot. We had not
met before two years, and it was
hard for us to believe our eyes in
placing Mr.. c., who when we last
saw him was a comparatively small
and slender man, weighing then 40
pounds, but since then having flesh
ed up" till he now tips the scales at
some 225. P. M. reported business
woeful dull at Kennlare, in fact the
dullest it has been at this season of
the year for the past five years, but
accounted for the slackness in trade
by the almost total crop failure of
the past season. He has been a resi-
dent OF Ward county ~ years, and
as the train was scurrying along
short distance east of Burlington he
showed us the hole where, ~ years
ago last October, he helped open the
first Ignite coal mine ever opened
In North Dakota.-BowbeQls Tribune
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
ON THE ANXIOUS SEAT.

The commissioners Of Ward county
have put in an electric light plant to
light the court house-the dynamo
to be run with a gasoline engine. The
Independent Is fighting the PROPOSE
tion and it's dollars to "doenuts' the
Independent will have that bunch Of
wdse heads on the anxious seat inside
six months.-Bottineau News.
]. T. Lloyd, formerly Of Norwicn,
arrived in Minot few days ago from
Spokane, where he has spent the
past two years. He has gone to Gid
ford, Mont, where he has invested
heavily in school land. Mr.. Lloyd
is 73 years young" and he is %
husky a looking young old man as
you would care to meet. He intends
to buy Large number Of sheep and
place them on his Montana land.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
Short StateStori

Questioning the validity Of his own
signature to hio own mar1aage IL
cense, Judge William D. Lynch, Of
LaMoure, N. D., and his bride to be,
went to Minneapolis to obtain H.
cense to wed. Under the North Dakota
law, marriage licenses are issued by
the Judge of the county court. When
the time came for his own wedding
Judge Lynch wondered whether he
had the power to issue his own license
and he decided to take no risks.
The following are the newly ap-
pointed commissioners Of Divide coun-
ty: A. H. Mckee, Noonan; w. E.
Perry, Crosby and M. Callahan, Am
brose.
"he Kenmare Journals big press
was seriously smashed, watch delay
ed the paper several days.
Our old friend, Mrs. Jane McNaul-
ten Stevens Of Towner. fell on the
icy steps of the Presbyterian church,
and aprained her wrist badly, It be-
ing necessary to place that member In
splints. -. r....-. ... :
Mrs. Butler Lamb of Towner, WHOSE
husband recently died. has gone to
Chicago to reside.
Some one takes rosy view Of life
and gets off the following: There are
men who argue that living is high, but
they might try dying. A live man
gets shaved for Is cents, but q dead
one pays 81 and never kicks. An over
coat costs $25, but a wooden one costs
$100. A grave digger will plant pota-
toes for 20 cents an hour, but for
planting you he gets four times a.
much. A carriage to the theatre costs
81, but one to the cemetery costs IS.
A saloon keeper will fill your hide full
to bursting for so cents, but an EN-.
balmer gets $3.50 for the job. Come to
think Of It, there are lots Of things
left to live for in this old world, des-
pite the high prices and the contrary
weather. f."
Herb Allen of st. Paul, has been
here for several days, attending to
the business Of the Mercantile Trad.
ing company. Burton K. Harris, who
managed the place for q couple Of
years, has gone west 10 locate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
MRS. LACK0RE
IS RECOVERING

Mrs. Irving Lackore whose husband
died last week of typhoid fever, is i'm
proving, and will be removed to the
nome OF her parents at Glenburn, N.
D., as soon as she Is sufficiently we'll
to stand the trip. As we stated last
week, she CAME down with the fever
at the same time that her husband
did, and it was thought at the time of
his death she could not recover, but
she has fortunately taken a change
for the better. Her sister, Ada GOWN
Of Glenburn, who came to the Lack
ore nome for the funeral, returned
Wednesday. and the father, A. Walton,
who has been here for some time,
will remain until Mrs. Lackore can be
taken to Glenburn. Miss Wilkinson
one OF the nurses, returned to WILL
iston on Wednesday, and the other
nurse, Miss Esther Rounds, will re-
main as long as her service, are re-
qutred.- -Culberxson, Mont, Republ,-
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
DOUBLE THE YIELD.

Cut up the farm into five fields.
Crop as follows: one to corn, two to
wheat, one to clover and timothy and
one to. barley. and then change the
crops On each field from year to year.
This is the rotation followed on the
"a demonstration farms. When clover
and timothy fail, peas and oats are
put in place Of them. The corn land
is manured. In 1909 the average yield
Of wheat for tine state was 13 bushels.
On the demonstration farms run
three years 26 10 bushels Of wheat,
on those run two years % IA bushels.
This year the average for the state
was Alp and tine average on the
demonstration farms was bushels.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
Items of Interest
Boiled Down for
Busy Readers

Louis Iverson, q section man at
Portal, was instantly killed by boa
car, while flying switch was being
made. The mans head was COM
pletely severed from the body, and it
had been rolled for some distance
from the track. The body was hor-
ribly mangled. The deceased leaves
a wife and four children.
The Wilton News has increased its
subscription rate to $3.50 a yea1.
Many of the papers Of the state are
now charging $500 year, and the
price is not too much. One publisher
has figured that it cost him SIS.
year fof every paper he sends out
A nelghborng editor makes this
appeal to delinquent subscribers:
Fish down into your pocket and dig
up the dust, the editor Is hungry and
tine paper bout to bust, we trusted you
for several months, and did it with a
smile, SO just return the compliment
and trust us for a while. Our wife
she needs some stockings and baby
needs dress; Jimmy needs some
breeches, and 20 do Kate and Bess.
Pud is on the hog train and Peggy
sick with grief. good gosh almighty,
can't you give man relief. Shell
out those nickels and turn loose the
dimes, turn EN- loose and whistle
and we'll have better times; there
will be fewer patches on the bosom
of our pants and we'd make tine paper
better If we had half a chance. Don't
give us that story, long gone to seed
bout taking more papers than the
family want to read; but help to feed
the printer, and help the town to
grow, and thus escape the sulphur in
the regions down below"
A letter received from Walter J.
Evans, OF Granum, Alta, a former
Minot resident, informs the Independ-
ent that he will coon locate at Kala-
moth Falls, Oregon, where he will en-
gage In the real estate business. He
has invested quite heavily in property
there already.
The report that cholera has
broken out among some Russian
families at Anamoose, proved upon
Investigation to be erroneous.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15

and atlanta are particularly valuable.
In fact do not think that you can
keep UP farming without these crops.
1t is very necessary that weeds b
eradicated. They take the plant food.
and the moisture that the plant should
have. Fan your grain, rotate youa
crops, make war on the weeds. Al.
| so select seed grain carefully and
clean it thoroughly. Fan it so as to
eliminate the small and shrunken
kernels, these are from scrubs or
runt plants. If they are planted q
Scrub crop will be the result, raisink
scrub crops in time makes a scrub
farmer.
DR.. Widtsoe Of the Utah E1peq1-
ment station has found that q crop
does not need as much moisture to
make given growth on q rich soil -
on poor one. Just a. It viii not
take as much rich soup 10 furnish .
given amount Of nourishment a. Of
thin soup.
This year if an inch Of rainfall
had fallen when the crop needed Il
the most good crop would have
been the result. It would not have
been difficult to have saved two Inches
of moisture by cultivation and thus
to have turned a poor crop into a good
one.
Attention must be given to saving
the fertility. The farmer who takes
la piece of virgin land and leaves 1t
poorer than he found it is detrlment
to the country. (Applause) !
These are some of tine statements
made by President Worst of the N.
Oak. Agricultural college, also Presi-
dent International Dry Farming Con-
gress at the Berthold Farmers In
stitute. He also gave an address in
the evening on Mans Dominion Over
Nature.
The Institute was coducted by Supt.
Hoverstad. Prof. Palmer of the Agr.
college took up the subjects OF Corn
and Glover and Alfalfa. Mr.. z. n.
Pierce Asst. Dairy Commissioner, dis
scussed Dairying.
The attendance was large in spite
of stromy day, great interest was
taken in the meeting, a great many
questions we're asked.
The farmers organized with p. W.
Arnold az Pres, Henry Fink, v. P.
Ed. Jones, sec. They viii meet to
hold meeting from time to time.
There was an exhibit OF manual
training work. Il was sold at suction,
the proceeds to 90 to the purchase Of
moro tools.
Supt. Porter who mas charge Of the
State Demonstration farm discussed
rotations and the results that he has
secured on the Demonstration farms.
Having doubled the yield on those run
three years
The business men served free din
ner and supper.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
CHILDREN ARE
VERY UNCRATEFUL

Thomas J. Hayes, OF whose illness
mention was made tn last
weeks Tribune, died Monday evening
of typhoid fever at the Northwestern
hospital at Minot. He had been all
ing for some time, but thinking 1t
would wear off, did not give up until
tine fever had burned up every ounce
Of strength he possessed. He has
worried much Of late over the condi-
ton of his financial affairs, the weight
OF which together with the fever was
too much for his weakened condition.
He leaves three daughters and two
sons-none of whom reside here
who have sadly neglected their father
in his declining years, and now that
there is a possibility Of being a little
property to divide they will come
forward and endeavor to get their
share.
Mr.. Hayes was straightforward
and honest man, but a lack of bush
ness ability proved a great handicap
to him in accommodating any property.
He was always considered a goou
neighbor and had not an enemy IL
the world.
The body Is being held at the NOR
que in Minot while the authorities
are endeavoring to hear from hls
children.-Berthold Tribune.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15

T. w. Tasker, one of the pioneers
Of Carpio, passed through Minot last
week enroute to the west where he
will spend the winter months. He
has resided ct st. Paul for number
OF years. His son James accompain-
ed him to the west.
The Ward county members of the
coming legislature have been invited
to attend the annual meeting Of the
Northwestern district Medical associ.
alton, which will be held Dec. Is. At
this meeting the features Of the medi-
cal bills, recommended by the associa-
tion, will be explained. The bill
proposes to 20 regulate the practice
of medicine as to climate some Of the
Objectionable features.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
6T'UDEb BAKER
| CO. wins SUIT
Eugene Teutseh Must Pay Balance on
Dump Wagons-tMrs. kulaas Wins
From Minot Plumbing Co.

The cases in county court are pro-
gressing slowly. but stin they are
progressing. 1t takes about SO long
ito try case and while Judge Davis
lis doing all that he can to clear up
the calendar, it will be several weeks
before the $50 civil cases and the
fourteen criminal cases end.
The Studebaker company Of Indiana
won its case against Eugene Teutsch,
which occupied most of Friday and
SATURDAY. The jury arrived at q ver-
dict Saturday evening and reported
Monday morning. Mr.. Teutsoh had
bought three dump wagons for $2S1,
paying part down and ut the end Of
20 days he had made q second pay
menA paying $40 in al. He became
dtsafIsded with the wagons before
the hnal payment was made, and be
Refused to settle. He claims that the
wagons were heavier than he ordered,
and besides, he claimed that the paint
was faulty. The wagons were pulled
in front OF the court house a. evidence.
The jury rendered q verdict for, the
Studbaker company.
The case Of the Minot Plumbing
company vs. Mrs. ku1ass, resulted
IN verdict for the defendant. The
company claimed a balance for some
work done. ..~{
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
ice HARVEST a HAND.

The Mdnot ice men are getttng
ready for their harvest. Kelley and
the Write Ice Cream factory have
cleared a mile and q haH Of the
Mouse river, above the city, Of snow,
and the ice is rapidly thickening. It
will soon be twenty inches or more
thick, when the harvest will start.
They will put up a fine quality of
pure ice, and large quantities OF It
too.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
dry FARMING BY
PRESIDENT worst

Deep plowing is the first essential
in dry farming. It lets the rain tall
get into the soil quickly thus lessen
Ing the runoff, which is equivalent to
increasing the rainfall. Then again
the deeply plowed ground furnishes
more space for the roots to feed in,
as the plant gets most of its food
from the furrow slice as evidenc-
ed by the poor growth that
the plant makes in the dead furrow.
Where it has to feed on the soil that
has not been brought up to the action
CT the sun air frost and weatnering
agencies. In the west they Iplow ten
to twelve inches deep and then sub
soil once in a while five or six inches
deeper.
Keeping the moisture from eva
porating is the next thing to do after
it mas been absorbed by the soil. The
way to do this is to keep the surface
loose. The moisture passes quite
quickly &hru q compact soil, but 1t
passes only slowly thru a loose soil.
Just as coffee will pass quickly thru
a lump Of sugar, but only very slowly
thru powdered sugar. To keep the
soil loose, in the case Of fall plowing
harrow it as early as possible in the
spring. Then after the grain Is up a
couple Of inches harrow it again. It
can be narrowed quite thoroughly too.
He related an instance at the Agrl-
cultural college, where some grain had
been planted on ground that was
wanted for some thing else. Men
were sent to harrow the wheat to kill
it. They narrowed till they thought
they had 1t all killed, yet the wheat
came on and made yield of 2S bush
els almost twice as much as on tle
fields that were not narrowed. He
stated that in Montana some of the
farmers harrow grain till its heads
out Others use tle weeder
The summer fallow is used a good
deal. It saves moisture and kills
weeds. Where it is practiced large
yields are secured, the trouble with
this fallow is that it is hard on the
land. Here the rainfall is sufficient
for growing corn (some of the farmers
testified that they found more moist
ure in the corn ground than in the
summer fallow.) Thds will also save
moisture and kill weeds and has the
further advantage that it takes up the
plant food that is made available and
at the same time adds some organic
matter. It also furnishes a valuable
fodder and grain crop. Potatoes are
another crop that can be used for
killing weeds and saving up moisture.
Organic matter is also necessary,
it helps to hold moisture to hold plant
food, and it also holds the soil grains
together so as to prevent drifting. The
growing Of grasses is one of the best
ways to add It to the soil. Glover
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15

Theo. Thorn marketed $4,000 worth
of live stock in Jamestown last week
and is not letting little thing like
the shortage of 10000 bushels of grain
worry him wnen he knows the state
is going to produce bumper crop
next season. He drove in SO head of
cattle and brought in five head of hogs
which brought this nice sum. The
cattle were prairie fattened entirely
and showed what excellent beef can
be produced from the native grasses
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
WINNIE Is IN ALBERTA.

VIM. Winnie, of the Lansford hotei,
who was convicted of fracturing the
prohibdtory law, is now in Alberta
where he will engage in business Win
ME never yet served his sentenve he
was to receive, AS he appealed his case,
and was admitted to bail on an appeal.
The Supreme court decided against
him. Whether he Will return to &C.
cert his sentence or not, u not known.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15
STOLE CASH
FOR SAKE OF
HIS FAMILY
This was the Excuse Of Frsnzisd Fl.
nancier Who Annexed Firms Funds
In Store at Ray.

Ray, N. D., Dec. 6.-"I have wife
and baby in Norway who need money
and as this company had plenty I
thought would use some Of It."
Such was the statement Of Conrad
Haugen. seh-confessed embezsler {
about $500 from the LnwellNason
Mercantile company of this city. in
whose employ he acted as bookkeaper
and cashier.
Although only in the employ Of the
hrm for twenty.six days young Haug-
en- has anything in this neck O. tho
woods beaten to Z frazzle" when it
comes to frenzed finance. His system
rof.operating consisted mainly Of tear
ing up the cash slips and pockeuns
the money and that on sales aggre.
eating 40 high a. so. It was his
coarse work in this respect that e1cdt-
ed the firms suspicious and led to his
arrest.
Much Of the money was recovered
but several sums aggregating about
$400 Haugen had sent to his wife In
Christiana and It Is doubtful II It will
be recovered. although cablegrams
nave been dispatched to the old coun-
try asking that payment be stopped on
the drafts.
The culprdt was given preliminary
hearing in Justice Schneiders court
and was bound over to district court
He has been taken to Williston to
await trial.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-15

The Burke County Tribune, pub.,sr,-
ed at Ignite, has reached our desk.
It is newsy paper, and appears very
prosperous.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16

People who suffer from sour stom-
ach, fermentation of food, distress
after eating. and indigestion, and
seek relief in large chunks of arti-
fetal digestors, are killing their
stomachs by inaction just as surely
as the victim of morphine is deaden-
ing and injuring beyond repair every
nerve in his body.
What the stomach of every suffer-
er from indigestion needs is a good
prescription that will build up his
stomach, put strength, energy and
elasticity into it. and make it sturdy
enough to digest hearty meal with
out artificial aid.
The best prescription for indiges-
ton ever written is sold by druggist.
everywhere and by VanWerden &
Kopp, and is rigidly guaranteed to
build up the stomach and cure indi-
gestion, or money back.
This prescription is named Mi
on-a, and is sold in small tablet form
in large boxes, for only SO cents
Remember the name, Mi-on-a stom-
ach tablets. They never fail.
Booths pills, best for liver, bowel.
and constipation. 25c.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16
Oklahoma Suits Him.
Okla lime a 1!

Hitchcock, Okla, June 4, 1910.
Editor Reporters l look over
my paper / find my time is about ex-
pired so ! enclose money order to
push it ahead for year, as we could
not do without the Old Reporter
Things are looking fine here, harvest
has commenced. Wheat is fine and
oats the best l ever saw. Corn is hip
high and looks fine We have cut
alfalfa once and it is nearly ready to
cut again. We have plenty of fruit of
all kinds. Peaches are beginning to
ripen. | like to hear the news from
old Decatur county, but we have no
desire to come back. This is a fine
healthy country to live in, and there
has been, no occasion to call doctor
since we moved here eight years ago,
and if / live until the Sth of August /
will be rs years old.
Yours truly,
c. w. Moore, Sr.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16
BASE BALL.
(By II. /. Benefiel.
The Leon Boosters added another

The Leon Boosters added another
victory to their list last Sunday by
winning from Davis City, the score
being to O. At no time did Davis
City have chance to win, but on
two occasions they had a golden OPP
portunity to score, but on both oc-
casions Wright came to the rescue,
and by superb pitching retired the
side without a run. In the ninth in
ming with two men on bases and no
one out, the spectators were treated
to some classy ball, as the side was
retired runless, two going out on
strikes. AS usual the visitors were
helpless before such pitching, fifteen
tanning the air, and only four being
able to connect for safe hits. King
was on the mound for the visitors
and was touched up for eleven hits,
two of which were for extra bases.
Six Leon batters fell by the strike
out route.
The boosters are playing excep-
tionally fast ball this year, the team
average for eight games being 81
batting and .912 fielding.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16
stomach Dead, Man Still Lives.

Dr. Wards next dates at Crane
River are June IS to 10.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
of your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer. All druggists sell it,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16
Last sunday evening John Gaunt,

Last Sunday evening John Gaunt,
the Youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Gaunt, had quite an exciting expert
ence with a tramp. He had come
home and the rest of the family were
not there, it being about s O'Clock he
proceeded to prepare himself some
sandwiches for supper, having lighted
lamp and placed it on the table.
While he was doing this the back
door opened and he supposed it was
his father coming in and said, "Hello,
papa" to him, but on turning his
head he saw it was not his father but
a big ugly looking tramp. He told
John to "git" and the only thing for
John to do was to git" He ran over
to the A. w. Stearns home thinking
possibly his parents were there, but
there was no one at home and from
he went to G. D. Mallett's thinking
his parents might. be there but they
were not. However, he told what had
happened and Frank Mallette went
back with him. When they arrived
Mr.. tramp was gone and also the food
which John had out on the table. If
tramps are coming through here and
getting that bold it will be best to be
Oh our guard and possibly get a
chance to mark one or two of them
up with buck shot.-Garden Grove
FxnreSS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-06-16

Dallas, the six-year-old son of W.
w. Pennock, living just over the line
in Clarke county, was attacked last
Saturday by an angry bull. The en-
ragged animal knocked the child down
and gored him, breaking his collar
bone and otherwise bruising him But
for the timely arrival of assistance
the little fellow would have been
killed. River Local.