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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
BEAVER At WORK NEAR MlNor,

Ten beavers were seen at work
cutting down large trees along the
Mouse river just ".s. Of the ;'ty
limits the other evening"" They cut
down the largest trees with compare
tive ease. and then the entire beaver
family turned in and rolled the logs
down to the waters edge, where they
were building large dam. Once in
the water. they ous. logs on, into the
stream to the exact place where they
want them and plaster up the space
between the logs with mud. Thay
Keep careful watch and when any,
one comes near they plunge from the
bank to the middle 'of the stream with
a great splash, disappearing instantly.
The beavers are protected by law and
during the past year have become
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
FLAX STRAW.

Flax straw contains considera Bile
feeding value as indicated by the
ranking gfAen 1t with the other types
doessnbt contain@muchS nutnents, but
..sl,psA pproper or stem and leaf portion.
of straw, mentioned above. There
Is always present in fax straw
considerable immature seed, which is
blown over with the straw in thresh-
ing, and some mature seed left is the
heads. A small quantity of this seed
will furnish considerable nutrients
when consumed in connection with
the stem portion
If farmer is to be classed as a
good farmer in North Dakota, he
should keep enough stock to consume
all the straw produced on his farm.
fed only as a portion of the ration
There is no question in my mind but
what it would pay our farmers 70
buy the amount Of feed necessary
above what he raised on his farm to
feed with the straw, in order to get
a proper ration. Straw has value,
but the only metho> value CAN be OBJ
tanned from 1t, is to feed it to stock
w. B. RICHARDS,
Prof. Animal Husbandry.
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THE House that Jack Built" did not
compare very favoraDly with tho mod
ern houses OF these times, especially
those constructed. of material purchas-
ed from Rogers Lumber Co. We car
ry a very complete stock Of building
materials of all kinds and our priceI
are right. H. S. Johnson, Manager
Farmers, let us sell you your fence
posts. We carry large stock Of the
best grades. Rogers Lumber Co. H.
s. Johnson, Manager.
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JOE koReEL's BOYS.
Joe Korgel, one Of the prominent
North Prairie farmers, has . family
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05

ed their studio this week in the Sec
ond National bank building, where th(
U. s. land office was formerly located
The place was completely remodele(
and the rooms made very light apd
pleasant. skylights.. were installed
and several rooms necessary for .
first class studio Installed.
The skrivseths gre we'll known here
having been in the business here be
fore They made a line record in MI
not for good work and are better
equipped than ever.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05
TIN CAN CONTEST.

Grant S. Youmans, Of the Savings
Deposit Bank has inaugurated tin
can contest for the boys Of Minot
which will end Oct. 2S. On that dav
the cans will be hauled to the dump
ing grounds, where a picture will be
taken. Mr.. Youmans offers the boys
a cent a dozen for the cans, and be,
sides he offers several tempting cash
prizes.
The boys are searching the alleys
for cans, and we doubt If any spare
cans will be lying around the city
by the time the contest ends Some
Of the boys have already gathered
1000 cans. Mr.. Youmans is not oulv
instilling the idea of thrift in the
minds Of the young Americans, but
he is doing the city good turn as
we'll. His scheme is one to be emu
lated. .A,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-10-05

of eight fine boys. Mr.. and Mrs.
Korgel were awarded the premium
offered by Boyer & I.indberg for the
finest family of boys, $25 worth OF
clothing. They were also awarded
a premium, fine rocking chair given
by the New York Store, for the
largest family attending the fair
Joe, some years ago. won gold
medal at the worlds fair for raising
the finest wheat, and he feels certain
that he could win several gold medals
on his group of boys.
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NORTH DAKOTA INDUS
TRIAL STATISTICS

Grand Forks, Oct. 5.-The indus
trial statistics for North Dakota rs
recently issued by the bureau of the
census at Washington, indicate that
factories are rapidly coming into
North Dakota. The official figures
show that there are 1853 manufacturing
establishments in this state, this be-
ing gain Of 40 per cent in the past
ten years. $11,594,000 is invested in
manufacturing in North Dakota, a
gain of LOB per cent since 1900. 3d.
67S,O0O worth Of raw materials is used
annually, and $40. 10000 is the value
Of the total product. $2,422,O0O IS
paid out in salaries and wages each
year.
Factories tend to make more staple
the income Of any community. The
cities and towns If the state are eE.
couraging as raEidly as possible the
establishment Of industries and are
1owith & success in this line:
GrandGRorks.inew has ~forty-twoI man
,ufaetArinGratts, having added IAN
ireR syyorkins0R plant within the past
NET; a:Ats ogf8 Ill.e '@'s /
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HON. VICTORL. BERGER,
Americas Most Prominent and
Atheist Sociai1st

11OASSt 5VSAdl1Sls
In the coming to our city OF the
Hon. Victor L. Berger of M;lwau-
kee, our first and only Socialist men,
Der of Congress, and commonly re-
garded as the head and front of the
Socialist party in this country, is ex-
empliied the catholicity of the Lyce-
um movement. The Socialist move
ment is one we must deal with,
whether we believe in it or not, and
so the local lecture committee de-
cided we should hear what Socialism
really is from one who knows, the
one who did most to organize the
Socialis party in this country and is
the American delegate to the Inter-
national Body of Socialists.
Arthur Brisbane, the highest sal
aried editor in the world, once called
Berger modern Martin Luther.
When Berger heard this he said:
NO no! am only scene shifter.
~ MY life has been spent in pre-
pairing the stage for great drama"
Which shows his modesty. He has
a powerful personality and all who
hear and meet him will be impressed.
He has made a remarkably good rec
ord thus far at Washington and is
our most talked about Congressman.
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COMPLETE 100 MILES ~ JUNE :.
Contractor Whittier who has charge
Of the grading Of the first one hundred
miles Of the surrey-Fargo line Of
the G. N. was in Minot SATURDAY..
He reports that he will have his work
done by June, 1912, and that the steel
viii be completed that far soon after
F. will continne w' steam shovel
work in the Antelope hills during
the winter.
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OVER $1,000 FOR ONE
LOAD Or HnAIA

LOAD OF GRAIN
PORTLAND. N. D., Sept. 29.--Henry
s. Heskim brought a load of timothy
seed to town this week and SOLD #
to Hangom & Grinley for s1,oSs
The load weighed approximately 5000
pounds. 1t was undoubtedly the
most costly load Of grain ever mar
keted in this city. -.
That the question of barley prices
Is no myth was amply demonstrated
last week by two prominent Emer-
son farmers-W. Robinson and d
"A. Fraser. A sample brousht 10
Emerson commanded a price of 50
cents per bushel, while 1t Pembina,
after a test Of the same sample,
two different grain buyers made offers
OF SO cents per bushel. This is
difference Of IS cents per bushel,
ard as more 'o.n 3,0o( bushels
were for sale in this one instance
the total difference between Emerson
and Pembina prices would mean
s1,o5osea The two cars, in favor ef the
American market, which sum is
practically A j.se-sss1zq ,ha en-.
adian farmer, or at least the Canadian
should have had that much more IN
his pocket Msthet duty was removed.
That's clineher onrthe barley ques-
ION. Emerson Journal. ,rH,- 1.., -,
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c. L. PRESCOTT 70 To-
CATE IN Los AkcEiE:

GATE IN LOS ANGELES
c. L. Prescott, who has been one
of our foremost, business men for sew:
eral years, left Tuesday 9or los All :
geles, Cal, where's hemwfll. make his
future home. MRS. Prescott Will re
main tor 2 few. weeks, closing up The
business affairs, and about the first
of the year she Will join her. husband,
A number 81 the members ST tie
X. P. order gathered at the depot 10
bid their brother farewell and the TO-!
lowing resolutions were presented
him: ,s~s
! Resolutions, o. Minot lodge No. i 8,
kr,ehts q .Pythias. 4 4 ~
Whereas, G. l.. Prescott, a past
chancellor Of the order OF knights X
Pythias, one Of the present officers 81
this lodge, and one of our grand lodge
resentatives, is: about to leave. Mi
not, and
Whereas, Brother Prescott has al
ways been an enthusiastic and faith
ful knight Of Pythias, one upon whose
cooperation in all good works we
found we could always rely, and one
who has earned and kept tho respect
and liking Of the members Of the
lodge, and whose loss to this lodge
and to the community will be deeply
felt; therefore be it,
Resolved, that we hereby express
our regret that Brother Prescott is
leaving US, and extend to him in his
new home our best wishes and con-
fident hopes for his success; and he
it further
Resolved, that this lodge purchase
and present to Brother Prescott a
past chancellor's jewel, in token Of
pleasant recollections OF our inter-
course and Of the regard in which we
hold him.
G. B. BACH
o. r. ROELLlG, =,
&c. SMALLWOOD,
Committee,
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SAYS DEPOT CONTRACT

"TIC OK e
H. "A. Diunie, who is building two
nre halls and a bank building at
SASKATOON, Can, was back last week
no went to Minneapolis, returning
saturday, where he conferred with
the 500 officials concerning the new
passenger depot, which will probably
De started in a few days. Mr.. DinnIe
reports that the contract will soon
% let' and he hopes to be the fortnp-
ate bidder. ,.H "r~,
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To Our Nelghbors and Friends.
Words fail when we try to express
our gratefulness for your kind words
of sympathy for us and for your beau.
tiful flowers. But we thank you all
from the bottom Of our hearts for
what you did. Mr.. and Mrs. e. D.
Norton and family, -: .~ Z,
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ARM BROKEN BY AUTO CRANK.
Eddie Ehr, while cranking an auto
sustained broken arm, the pesky
crank flying backwards, striking the
arm at the wrist.
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on the young folks keeping out of the
station during train time.
, 1911-09-28
The Fallacy OF Socialis m

Socialism is in the air. 1t has conquered the ranks of labor
and permeated the schools of learning, and now it marches on the
erstwhne citadel of individualism, the clear-eyed aud iron-hearted
band of the great captains of industry. The brainy organizers of
finance, trade and manufacture, who have denounced trades unionism
and scofed at the sentiment utterances of pulpit and fiction and ped
agog-these, at last, are tired of competition, and set themselves to
kicking down the ladder on which all achievement, rung by rung, in
pain and loss and strife, has come up.
"They must not succeed, but if they succeed they will fail and in
the crash of that failure will go down the most colossal ruin of human
history. One civilization after another have failed Egypt, Ninevah
Babylon, Carthage, Greece, Rome-and this great Teutonic Celtic
fabric of mechanical industry may crumble to the dust a prone a
any. In the day that the competitive system is thrown away our
doom is sealed, Without incentive ambition will die away without
rivalry, exertion loses its point. Without competition, improvement
becomes needless and impossible. Without struggle, the very fac
ulties atrophy, purpose flags, nerve fails and muscles are enfeebled
with disuse.
When our harmon1zation become complete, nobody will need to
build new railroads or improve facilities or invent new machinery, or
study economy, or reward exceptional fidelity or energy. We shall
fall to a dead level of mediocrity, stagnation and then decay. The
agencies that have built us up will be destroyed, the props withdrawn.
The great machine will revolve awhile on its own accumulated mo-
mentum, and then it will stop. And upon the ruins of what is left
the survivors will erect another system, still imperfect no doubt, but
purged of this insidious error of socialism. Thru some such dread
experience as this we may have to pass, for nature will make her les
sons understood, at whatever cost is necessary to those who would set
her at defiance. The process of creation is not to be reversed be-
cause some of the participants are tired of the struggle Harvey
Scott in the Philstine.
, 1911-09-28
Engine Power

Any II in need of power from / to
B b. p. for driving or handling any
kind of machinery, will do themselves
a favor by calling at the Sun office
and g the little Cushman engine do
its work. Perfect in action and con
struction combined with light weight.
Ranch people especially need this
engine for grind stones, wood saws,
pumps, churns, etc. You can buy it
on a base, or mounted on skids so
that two men eau carry it anywhere
or you can get it mounted on a truck
that a child can haul around. The
price on the base engine all equipped
ready to run, $l25 90. Mounted ON
truck with same equipment, $l37.50
Freight on outfit laied down here is
about $40, saving $40 on freight
alone. Uses q gallons gasoline at
full 3 p. h. load for 10 hours. Saves
2 to 3 gallons gasoline per day over
any other make. ID. S. Crawford
, 1911-09-28

WYoMNe-Situated on the North Platte River, on the
line O. the Saratoga & Encampment Railway, Population, 1000,
Altitude. 6,7S5 feet. 1t is the site of the Medical Hot Springs, the
waters of which are a ure specific for all blood and skin diseases,
rheumatism, stomach, liver and kidney disorders. Temperature of
water 1873 degrees. Saratoga is also the center of the finest trout
fishing grounds in the World. Not only the North Platte River
teens with Rainbow, Brook and Salmon trout but the numerous
tributaries of that stream are alive with fish. Saratoga is the center
of an agricultural country of 100000 acres of the best agrcul-
tural land in the west. The soil and climate are adapted to the
growth of alfalfa wheat, oats, barley, all kinds Of small fruits and
vegetables. The Saratoga Valley is the finest stock raising country
in the United States. The Sierra Madre range on the west and the
Medicine Bow range of mountains on the east, are full of copper,
gold and silver, which is being developed rapidly. All of the re-
sources of the valley center at Saratoga, which is certain to become
one of the greatest towns of the west. For information address, The
Saratoga Commercial Club, The Saratoga State Bank, The First Ma
tional Bank or the Saratoga Sun.
, 1911-09-28
Department of Interior.

Department of Interior.
Uaited States Land Office at Chey-
enne, Wyoming, Sept. IL, 1911.
Not Coal Land.
Notice is hereby given that Carter
A. Burgess, of Saratoga, Wyoming,
who, on May 81. 1907, made Desert
Land entry No. 1853, Serial, No.
0l942, for ST of SE4, Sec. 3, NJ of
NE4, Sec, 10, Township Is N, Range
9Th p. M, has filed notice of
intention to make final proof, to es-
tablish claim to the land above de.
scribed, before j. F. Crawford, United
States Commissioner, at Saratoga,
Wyoming, on the 10Th day of October,
1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Sam
5. Wood, Ira G. Want, Matthew
Watt and Charles A. Kennedy, all of
Saratoga, Wyoming.
w. E.. CHAPLIN,
'-ls-lo-l2 Register.
, 1911-09-28

Department of the Interior,
Not Coal Land

Department of the Interior,
Not Coal Land
U. S. Land Office at Cheyenne Wyo
August 81, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Ferdin-
and j.. E. Book of Saratoga, Wyom-
ing, who, on September 10, 1905,
made Homestead application No615O
Serial, No.02675, for W. OF SCI, E4
ofSW4, Section 10. Township IGN,
Range S5W, 9th P. Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make Fin
al five year Proof, to establish claim
To the land above described, before
j. F. Crawford, United States Comm
%issioner, at Saratoga, Wyoming, on
the 10th day of October, 1911
Claimant names as witnesses:
James Delaney, George H. McCoid,
Frank White and julius e. Nelson,
all of Saratoga, Wyoming.
9-7-lO-5 W. E. Chaplin
Register.
, 1911-09-28

Notice is hereby given, that on the
18th day of September, A. d. 1911,
letters of administration we're granted
the undersigned in the matter of the
Estate of Willard Caldwell, deceased,
by the District Court of the County
of Carbon, State of Wyoming, All
persons having claims against the
said Estate are required to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers for
allowance to the undersigned at his
office in Saratoga, Wyoming, within
six months after the date of said let
ters or they may be precluded from
any benefit from said estate, and if
such claims be not exhibited within
one year from the date of said let
tiers they will he forever barred.
Ernest Pearson
Administrator OF the Estate of Will
lard Caldwell, deceased.
Dated Saratoga, Wyoming, Septem-
Der % 1911. 9-2S-1O.12
, 1911-09-28
Saratoga Making Good Progress

While the town of Saratoga is not making astonishing progress it
IS steadily and surely going forward. One of the surest signs of
this steady progress is the fact that the town is having a large number
of cement crossings put in. These crossings replace the wooden
ones that have heretofore done service. The wooden crossings last
for perhaps a year, during which time they give good service. The
cement crossings are a very great improvement and while they cost
about a third more than the wooden ones there no comparison be-
tween them when it comes to wear. A good cement crossing will
last for years-indeed no n can tell how many years they will en-
dure if they are properly put in and meet with no mishap, outside of
the ordinary wear of street travel. Aside from the cross ings men,
toned other improvements such as sidewalks i'll the process of build
ing show the steady progress the town is making.
, 1911-09-28
Humanity The Same The World Over

The defeat of Reciprocity in Canada serves to demonstrate that
humanity is the same the world over We, of the United States
have been wont to regard ourselves a a very corrupt people politically
but we have, in the illustration given US by our Canadian neighbors.
an example in the use of money and in the perversion of facts to the
defeat of a good measure that shows the Cannuck can give II S cards
and spades and then beat us in the count. The Sun believes, and
has believed all the time, that Reciprocity right and that it
would have worked good to both the United States and Canada, when
it came to be tried out, Notwithstanding all that has been said against
it and in spite of the fact that the Wyoming delegation in Congress
opposed it. If Reciprocity is right it will rise again. If the
principle is wrong it will die the death. All things founded on
truth come up again, no matter how often they are beaten to earth
Truth always triumphs in the end and for that reason we can content
ourselves in peace.
, 1911-09-28
Twas In The Mild September"

September, the month of harvest, the month when Jack Frost
touches the leaves and turns them to gold, the month which divides
the summer and the winter, is passing away and in a few days the
"sere and yellow leaf will be with us. We have enjoyed the beauty
of the green leaves, the fragrant grass and the beautiful flowers and
see them go with reluctance. But what could be more beautiful
and enhancing in this mountain country than the wonderful sight
that is spread out before us at this time! The river, all afame with
its dying verdure, the mountain sides, with their golden threads
, 1911-09-28

Last spring the Sun made mention of the large amount of land
that was being broken up thruout the valley and the sowing of large
quantities of grain. The results from this increase in the number
of acres devoted to the production of grain is now seen by the large
amount OF gram that Is howlng INTO the Saratoga market. The oat
crop was especially good, and also the wheat crop. One field of
80 acres, adjoining the town limits of Saratoga on the west. farmed
by L. F. Hennessey, yielded about 5000 pounds of oats of a very fine
quality, averaging AZ pounds to the bushel. The Wood thresher
has been busy the past week, threshing out the grain within thres
miles of Saratoga. Teams with loads of grain are to be ee OF our
streets almost constantly. 1t is safe to say that never before in the
history of the valley, has 30 much grain been harvested as during tbe
year 1911. The yield for this year will be four times that of anv
previous year in that line.
, 1911-09-28
To Order Engines

The time is how ripe and every
ranchman, or anyone else, that ex-
expects to install an engine for any
kind of work, from to IL horse
power, should see D. S. Crawford at
once and put in an order. Easy pay
ments and a discount on certain sizes
Order now, don't wait. DO your fall
work with an engine.
, 1911-09-28
DR.. Hsbard's Government OF WYOMING"

A copy of the fourth edition of the Government of WYOMING
by DIR. Grace Raymond Hebarn, Librrrian and Professor of Political
Ecynomy in the University, has just been received. This work.
the first edition of which was issued in 1904, "a copy of which we
have has been enlarged and added to until it has become one of the
most valuable books of its kind issued from the press, 1t is COM
plete in every detail and is certainly one of the books that should be
in the hands of every Wyoming scholar. In fact it is a work that
should be in the hands of every lawyer and business man in the state
The latest edition is right up to date, containing a map of the state in
which the new counties are given. Also a new map of the Univer-
sny buildings, showing the normal school building. 1t has man
other new illustrations, among which isl picture of Chief Washable
who signed the treaty in 1868 at Fort Bridger, with the United States
for his tribe, the Shoshones.
, 1911-09-28

There is always some one looking
for a photo of that baby of yours, or
that family group, or perhaps that
girl or young man is expecting a
photo. Why keep them waiting.
Just 20 to Passmore, who makes fine
Photos, Saratoga, Wyoming.
, 1911-09-28

Rev. R. g. Hamilton.
Services LIST and Bird Sunday OF
each month.
Morning prayer and sermon III a.
m. Evening services Sp. m.
Sunday school 10 a. IN. each Sun
day.
You are cordially invited.
, 1911-09-28

marking the course of every stream that trickles down from the
heights, the perfume from the crisp and many colored leaves that fall
upon the pathway and yield up their fragrance to the tread all of
these things make us love and cherish September as one of the most
delightful of all the months that come and go with the fving years.
Still, lovely September, dear September, we bid you farewell with the
sigh that always goes with the WORD, Farewell"
, 1911-09-28

A Lincoln, Neb, girl writes, 81 had been
ailing for some time with chronic constipa.
ton and stomach trouble. / began taking
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and in three days | was able to be up and
got better right along. / am the proudest
girl in Lincoln TO find such a good medi-
cine" For sale by all dealers.
, 1911-09-28

For summer diGrrhoea in children always
give Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy and castor oil, and a speedy
cure "a certain. For sale by all dealers.
, 1911-09-28

Lost or Strayed-Irish setter dog,
white with brown spots. Has sore
eyes. Lost Tuesday Sept 5 and pro-
badly followed some team out of
town. f.. L.. Gould.
, 1911-09-28
No Hunting or Fishing

No hunting or fishing allowed on
my ranch. All t~respassers will be
prosecuted. Rudolf Clausen.
7-20-tf